Birds of the Lakes Return
Birds of the Lakes Return

Movie·2018·0h 54m

Birds of the Lakes Return

Country

Slovenia

Language

Slovenian

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The Story

Original title: Ptice jezer, njihova vrnitev

An excellent display of how humans can rehabilitate and restore an area where a heavy industry polluted the water so severely that it was unsuitable to sustain any kind of life. A a film showing how birds returned to an environment once devastated by industry. The lakes around the northern Slovenian town of Velenje, placed in the Central Europe, are geographic center of the film. They emerged as the land above the lignite mines subsided and the depressions were filled with water. The mines started operating at the end of the 19th century. In the mid 20th century a power plant was built that caused a severe pollution of the lake waters to the extent of the lakes not being fit for any kind of life. As a consequence many birds moved from these parts. After a long ecological restoration that started in the mid 1980s, life returned to the water. Gradually the birds returned as well, including some there were previously never observed in this area.

Producer

Matej Vranič

Editor

Matej Vranič

Themes

struggle for survivalenvironmental conservationsloveniawildlife conservationlife challengesnature documentarybird migrationnatural habitatanimal behaviourbirdanimal documentaryrewilding

Production House

Fotokom

Audience Score

80%

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Cast

Jure Longyka

Narrator (Voice)

Philip James Burt

Narrator (Voice)

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Crew

Matej Vranič

Producer, Director, Editor

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