Documentary

Turtle: The incredible Journey

Filmplakat für den Dokumentarfilm "Tortuga" mit einer Meeresschildkröte, die unter Wasser in Richtung Betrachter schwimmt, umgeben von blauen Lichtstrahlen und Wasserblasen, mit deutschem Text über der Schildkröte und einem wolkigen Himmel im Hintergrund.

A loggerhead turtle follows the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Born on a beach in Florida she rides the Gulf Stream around the Ocean before coming back home to lay her own eggs, 30 years later.

Data

aka: The Turtle's Song
Category: Documentary
Financing: Minority coproduction
Format: 35 mm, 80 Min
Approximate cinema release: 02.10.2009
Release: 02.10.2009
Distribution: Luna Filmverleih GmbH
Admissions: 6.062
Co-production: Big Fame Ltd. (UK), Tradewind Pictures (DE)
International funding: Filmstiftung Nordrhein Westfalen, UK Tax Credit
Festivals & Awards (Selection): 2009: President's Award Documentary (Fort Lauderdale)
2009: Gold Award for Cinematography – Wildlife/Nature (Melbourne)
Funding program: ÖFI
Film location: USA, Canada, Bahamas, Portugal
Shooting time: October 2007 - January 2008
Funding institutions Austria: Filminstitut