BEST DOKS – Audience Favourite
You can watch our most-viewed and award-winning documentaries of the 2024 edition again on Sunday 12 May.
GEFÄHRLICH NAH – WENN BÄREN TÖTEN
Deutschland, Italien 2024 – Director: Andreas Pichler – Original version with English subtitles – Length: 90 min.
When Gaia the bear kills Andrea Papi in Trentino, Italy, the region’s inhabitants sound the alarm: could the tragedy have been avoided? Gaia is one of several problem children from a “troublesome bear family.” Her brother Bruno achieved questionable fame in Germany and met his death there. Can humans and bears coexist at all in the densely populated Alpine region? Eva Weinmann
Biography
Andreas Pichler was born in Bolzano, where he studied at the ZeLIG School for Television and Film. He later studied film and cultural studies in Bologna and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin. In 2004, he won the Grimme Prize with his film CALL ME BABYLON.
Filmography (selection)
DAS SYSTEM MILCH, DE/IT 2017, 90 min.
DER PFAD DES KRIEGERS, DE/CH/IT 2008, 90 min.
CALL ME BABYLON, DE/NL 2003, 76 min.
Nominated for the VIKTOR Main Competition DOK.international
Slices of life, insights and perspectives: the films of the International Competition open doors to new worlds for us. They compete for the award VIKTOR Main Competition, which is endowed with 10,000 euros. The award donor is Bayerischer Rundfunk.
No youth rating
English/Original Title: TROUBLE BEARS. Writer: Andreas Pichler, Georg Tschurschenthaler. Camera: Daniel Mazza. Sound: Stefano Bernardi Felix Rier Lorenzo Misia Azzurra. Editing: Johannes Hiroshi Nakajima, Beatriz Nogareda. Music: Henning Fuchs. Production: Beetz Brothers Film Production. Producer: Georg Tschurschenthaler. International Sales: Autlook Filmsales GmbH
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