The Whale and the Raven

by Mirjam Leuze
  • 2018 busse & halberschmidt Filmprod. oHG
  • 2018 busse & halberschmidt Filmprod. oHG
  • 2018 busse & halberschmidt Filmprod. oHG
  • 2018 busse & halberschmidt Filmprod. oHG
  • 2018 busse & halberschmidt Filmprod. oHG
  • 2018 busse & halberschmidt Filmprod. oHG
  • 2018 busse & halberschmidt Filmprod. oHG
  • 2018 busse & halberschmidt Filmprod. oHG
  • 2018 busse & halberschmidt Filmprod. oHG
  • 2018 busse & halberschmidt Filmprod. oHG

    Synopsis

    A remote island in the Pacific, populated by wolves, ravens and two whale researchers. A small town with the promise of a second industrial boom. A First Nation village, torn between the wish to protect its territory and the pressure to cope with big investors. How are the people in the Canadian Great Bear Rainforest handling the arrival of the LNG industry? And what voice do whales have in the debate, when just the sound of tanker engines might be enough to drive them away? THE WHALE AND THE RAVEN is a story of humans and non-humans, united bya deep sea, seperated by conflicting plans for its future.

    with: Janie Wray, Hermann Meuter, Helen Clifton, Patricia Lange, Roy Henry Vickers, La'goot Spencer Greening, Nicole Robinson, Archie Dundas, Marven Robinson, Philip Germuth, Katie Welsh

    Gitga'at Advisory Committee: Chris Bolton, La'goot Spencer Greening, Kyle Clifton

    Festivals

    2019
    34. DOK.fest Munich - Opening Film
    30. Internationales Filmfest Emden-Norderney
    15. SWR Doku Festival
    Naturvision Filmfestival
    15. Festival des deutschen Films Ludwigshafen
    Filmfest der NEUE HEIMAT film #15
    Heimatfilmfestival
    Internationales 5-Seen Filmfestival
    VIFF, Vancouver International Filmfestival 2019,
    WOMEN IN FILM & TV VANCOUVER ARTISTIC MERIT AWARD 2019
    Planet in Focus, International Filmfestival Toronto, Canada
    Cinemare International Ocean Filmfestival Kiel
    SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AWARD 2019

    2020
    Dhaka International Film Festival
    Docpoint, Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
    Available Light Film Festival, Yukon Film Society
    Transitions Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
    LOLA@Berlinale — Longlisted for DEUTSCHER FILMPREIS DOKUMENTARFILM [German FilmAward]
    DocFest Belleville, Ontario/Canada
    Cinequest Film Festival, USA
    nominated Deutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis — German Documentary Award

    2022
    3 LETsDOK

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Mirjam Leuze

    Producer

    Marcelo Busse

    Score

    Jesse Zubot

    Sound

    Brent Calkin, Tyler Lucas, Millar Montgomery

    Editor

    Sandra Brandl (BFS)

    DoP

    Mirjam Leuze, Athan Merrick, Simon Schneider, Tavish Campbell (Underwater Cinematograhy), Mike Dinsmore (Drone Cinematography)

    Sound Design

    Andreas Hildebrandt

    Other

    Roy Henry Vickers (Senior Story Consultant & Narration and Original Artwork "Orca Chief")

    Animation

    Elisa Chee