28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Into the Okavango
director: Neil Gelinas
original title: Into the Okavango
year: 2018
running time: 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 |