MYRIAD. Where we connect. | 360° 3D Documentary

MYRIAD. Where we connect. | 360° 3D Documentary
The adventurous human-led reintroduction of the Bald Ibis

The film uses the latest 360° 3-D technologies to bring the story of one of Europe’s most spectacular reintroduction programs to life: the human-led releasing into the wild of the near-extinct Bald Ibis. A sensory, science-driven and literally immersive experience, both emotionally and spatially.

One of the central problems of the reintroduction is the animals’ wanderlust. Since the flight path to suitable wintering grounds is not instinctive but learned from older, more experienced animals, young birds raised by humans are not familiar with it. Although they fly from their dwelling places in August, they do not do so together or in the same direction. As part of a resettlement project at Vienna’s Schönbrunn Zoo, the young birds are cared for around the clock by human foster parents, with whom they build up the bond needed to learn the long journey across the Alps.

Using an ultralight aircraft, humans guide the Bald Ibis flock over the Alps, encouraging them to readopt historical migration patterns. From the start at Lake Constance, they fly over the northern Alps to Austria and South Tyrol. After 15 days and more than 800 km, the flock then reaches its wintering grounds in Tuscany.

The viewers follow the birds on this exciting and moving journey, learning a good deal about their complex rearing and the development of a loving bond with human foster parents. The 360° 3-D documentary shows in real and animated images the specific characteristics of the animals, their migration routes, the factors influencing their flights and the challenges they must overcome along the way.

A project of Interactive Media Foundation and Filmtank, co-produced with Occupied VR
In cooperation with Miiqo Studios, Context Film, Artificial Rome, Waldrappteam/ LIFE Northern Bald Ibis, zoosuisse, Max-Planck-Institute of Animal Behavior, World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)
Funded by Medienboard-Berlin Brandenburg, Canada Media Fund, Bell Fund

The 360° 3D Documentary is part of the international crossmedia project MYRIAD. Where we connect.
A project of Interactive Media Foundation and Filmtank
In co-creation with Miiqo Studios, Context Film and Artificial Rome
With the scientific support of Max-Planck-Institute of Animal Behavior, Museum für Naturkunde
Berlin/ Mediasphere for Nature, Waldrappteam/ LIFE Northern Bald Ibis, Deutsches Meeresmuseum
Stralsund, University of Exeter, Ascension Island Government, Zoo in der Wingst, Norwegian Polar
Institute, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, zoosuisse, Tiergarten Schönbrunn
In alliance with World Wide Life Fund (WWF)
In cooperation with ARD/ SWR, RiffReporter and Occupied VR
Supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, MFG Baden-Württemberg, Canada Media Fund, Bell Fund

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