The Last Male on Earth
Directed by Floor van der Meulen, 2019
Main Info
Creative documentary, the Netherlands - Belgium
Synopsis
Ever since there’s only one male northern white rhino remaining on earth, armed bodyguards protect him, tourists are standing in line to make a selfie with him, journalists rush to Kenya to tell his story and scientists are determined to find ways to reproduce his species. What is so attractive about the threat of extinction? How does this reflect on us?
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Now available on VOD in Belgium via dalton.be
Press
'a sharp, dark satirical documentary'
De Filmkrant
'Intriguing and confusing'
NRC
★★★★
De Volkskrant, Trouw, AD
Press KitCredits
Produced by Hasse van Nunen & Renko Douze for Een van de jongens
Coproduced by Emmy Oost for Cassette for timescapes
Coproduced by Magellan Films
DOP Christian Paulussen
Sound Taco Drijfhout
Sound design Taco Drijfhout & Vincent Sinceretti
Music Juho Nurmela
Editors Thomas Vroege & Patrick Schonewille
With the support of Dutch Cultural Media Fund, Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Production Incentive, Netherlands Film Fund, CoBo Fund, The Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), The Tax Shelter of the Belgian federal government
In association with EO/IKONDocs, VRT, NDR, SRF
Awards
WWF Special Mention Award at CinemAmbiente 2019
Selections
CPH:DOX 2019 (DK) NEXT:WAVE competition
Beldocs 2019 (RS)
Zlín Film Festival 2019 (CZ)
CinemAmbiente 2019 (IT)
Film by the Sea International FF 2019 (NL)
Open City Documentary Festival 2019 (UK)
Margaret Mead Film Festival 2019 (USA)
Planet in Focus - International Environmental FF (CA)
DocPoint Festival 2020 (FI)
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