Hitchhiking across the Atlantic

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Movie
Original title Hitchhiking across the Atlantic
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2012
length 58 minutes
Rod
Director Thorsten O. Böhnke
production Tigersnail movie
occupation
  • Thorsten O. Böhnke
  • Jan Wolf

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Atlantic is a documentary film by the filmmaker Thorsten O. Böhnke from 2012. It tells of a journey that takes him across the Atlantic Ocean in different sailing boats . On the stops on this voyage along the old discovery routes, Böhnke visits people who are committed to nature and animal protection. It is the first part of the documentary series Hoch am Wind .

Background and content

It was more or less by chance that the filmmaker and shipbuilding engineer Böhnke was given the opportunity to sail as a crew member on a friend's catamaran . The "Indiana" started her voyage on May 2, 2010 in Kiel. The course was supposed to lead “beyond the horizon” along the routes of the former tall ships . In contrast to the ventures of the then adventurers Charles Darwin and Alexander von Humboldt , who discovered and described new animal and plant species, today many species are threatened with extinction. For example, the friends visited the Teide National Park on Tenerife on their sailing trip to the Canary Islands . Böhnke met scientists and environmentalists who are committed to preserving the landscape and protecting the sometimes unique fauna. From the Canary Islands , his route “hitchhiked” over the Cape Verde Islands to the Caribbean . Without having his own boat, Böhnke got to know many committed people who have made it their business to protect the animal world. He swam with pilot whales , watched sea turtles and lizards. In addition to the beauty of the maritime biotopes , the film also shows their sensitivity to human intervention and changes.

Publications

  • Hitchhiking across the Atlantic. (= Hitchhiking across the Atlantic. ) DVD 58 min OCLC 876002880 (German and English)
  • Continued - Part 2 of the series High on the Wind : Wild Caribbean - The Leeward Islands. DVD

Awards and demonstrations (selection)

The short version of the film won first prize in the "Travel Film" category at the Montevideo Film Festival in Kiel. The premiere took place on October 21, 2011 in Merching, near Augsburg. The film was shown on May 17th, 2012 during the Independent Days in the Schauburg in Karlsruhe . On November 27, 2012, Böhnke screened the film in the Worms Kinowelt. On November 12, 2013, the documentation was the in cooperation with the Cologne Yacht Club in the "NATO" hall broadcasting center of the WDR presented, and commented winter Böhnke and the marine biologist Laura. Further live screenings took place on December 1, 2013 in the Studio Filmtheater in Kiel and on July 2, 2014 in the University Sailing Club in Kassel.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Blurb to the DVD: Hoch am Wind - Hitchhiking across the Atlantic. - Adventure • Environment • Species protection. or Hitchhiking across the Atlantic. on tv-orange.de
  2. ↑ Film tip: Hitchhiking across the Atlantic. In: Yacht. dated November 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ Environmental protection: Up on the wind - The wild Caribbean. In: Yacht. from February 13, 2015. and trailer on vimeo.com
  4. ↑ a b “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Atlantic” in the Studio Filmtheater: Adventure film with filmmaker Thorsten Böhnke in: infomedia-sh , Newsletter of the Schleswig-Holstein Cultural Film Funding . December 2013.
  5. ↑ Live film event “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Atlantic” eki-leo.de and Independent Days 12 | Filmfest Sail away! From adventurers and world explorers to kalender.karlsruhe.de
  6. ↑ Adventure of a dropout - FILM: Kinowelt shows “Hitchhiking across the Atlantic”. In: Wormser Zeitung of November 26, 2012.
  7. ↑ Screening: Hitchhiking across the Atlantic. on wdr-aktiv.de