Darßer NaturfilmFestival 2025: Program section "Competition"
In their first film, young filmmakers Clemens Keck and Tom Horak use artistic images to show life in a local spruce forest at night, presenting the animals' fantastic adaptations to the dark and explaining their dependencies on each other. "The night awakens! About Life in the Forest" describes what great horned owls, yellow-necked mice, black woodpeckers and wood ants have to do with each other and shows how the animals of the night deal with the ever-shorter nights, from the longest to the shortest night of the year.
Germany // 2024 // 44 min. // no age rating
Director: Clemens Keck, Tom Horak
Written by: Clemens Keck, Tom Horak
Cinematography: Clemens Keck, Tom Horak
Editing: Clemens Keck
Music: Timo Xanke
Sound: Oliver Görtz
Editing: Claudia Schwab (SWR), Christian Cools (Arte)
Producer:in: Melanie Haft
Production: nautilusfilm
ClemensKeck
Clemens is a passionate wildlife filmmaker with a passion for spectacular images and captivating stories. He discovered his passion for filming animals at an early age in primary school. After graduating from high school, he worked for a year in the camera department at Nautilusfilm, which was a great enrichment. In 2019, he set off for Africa with Clemens Weisshaar to take his first steps into self-employment, after which he founded "Animalia Naturfilmproduktion."
Tom Horak
Tom knows our local nature inside out. His aesthetic, alert eye brings impressive scenes to the sensor. With over 15 years of wildlife photography and several awards in this field, he has a wealth of experience from which to draw. His master's degree in forestry science gives him additional expertise in the interrelationships and processes of nature.
