29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Into the Okavango
Into the Okavango

Into the Okavango

Neil Gelinas / United States, Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa / 2018 / East European Premiere / 88 min.


synopsis

This travel documentary chronicles a four-month scientific expedition to study the mysterious Okavango riverscape. This film about a journey that brings together scientists and the local population offers magical shots of unexplored nature as well as its animal inhabitants, and brings an environmental message regarding the situation in the surrounding African countries.

biography

American Neil Gelinas is a producer and director for National Geographic. Into the Okavango is his feature-length debut and, like the other films he has produced, focuses on the last wilderness areas of our planet that remain undisturbed by humans.

more about film

director: Neil Gelinas
producer: Neil Gelinas
script: Neil Gelinas, Brian Newell
photography: Neil Gelinas, Jon Betz, Roger Horrocks
editing: Neil Gelinas, Brian Newell
music: Sven Faulconer

contact

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC / Joseph Scola / 1145 17th Street / DC 20036 / Washington, DC. / United States / +1 202 912 3227 / joseph.scola@natgeo.com / www.nationalsgeographic.com

Film at festival

premiere type:East European Premiere
festival edition:2018
section:A Testimony on Nature
format:DCP
language:English
colour:Colour
simultaneous interpreting:CZ

Info

director:Neil Gelinas
original title:Into the Okavango
country:United States, Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
year:2018
running time:88 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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