Everybody loves squirrels, and yet we only know them from their brief visits to ground level. Now, extraordinary 4K storytelling shows European red squirrels in their own environment: high up in the treetops. This documentary traces their lifecycle from their preparations for winter, nest-building and nut-storing, through mating and rearing their young – and surviving the attacks of predators. Squirrels do nothing slowly, and this film shows why! The film also focuses on the grey squirrel, the bigger, stronger transatlantic interloper that carries a virus the reds can’t combat. Greys now dominate most of Britain and much of Italy, but there’s a lively campaign to win back for the cuddly red some of its lost territory!
Writer and Director
Franz Fuchs
Principal Cinematography
Johannes Pötscher
Hubert Doppler
Camera Assistant
Marlen Hundertmark, Günther Rath
Andreas Scheurer, Jesse Wilkinson
Graham Horder, Eric Huyton
Drone Photography
Hubert Doppler
Benedikt Wind
Camera Assistant
Günter Schinnerl
Günther Rath
Loction Sound
Graham Ross
Music
Erwin Kiennast
Narrator
Andrew Naylor
Editor
Lukas Kogler
Sound Design
Christofer Frank
Foley Artist
Otger Kunert
Dubbing Mixer
Christian Wesely
Color Correction
Thomas Hlawatschek
Graphics
Maximilian Welscher
Archiv
Mario Kreuzer
Kurt Mayer
Michael Schlamberger
Scientific Consultants
Hans Frey
Craig M. Shuttleworth
Animal Wrangler
Herbert Pecher
Production Team
Florentina Bawart, Sharmila Choudhury
Robert Illek, Andreas Laschober, Claus Lassnig,
Daniel Marterer, Theresa Rilk
Special Thanks to
Willi Dienst, Klaus Feichtenberger, Monika Großmann
Andreas Hollinger, Andreas Januskovecz, Roman Landauer
Bernhard Mang, Walburga Meier, Ulrike Odreitz,
Markus Oswald, Karl Stoier, Julia Stoni,
Forstamt Wien, Eulen- und Greifvogelstation Haringsee
Wiener Stadtgärten, Team Forst Graz, Schloss Eggenberg
Stadt Graz, Verein für kleine Wildtiere in großer Not
Production
Michael Nitsche
Daniela Trauner
Production Managers ORF
Elisabeth Faber
Gabriele Wistawel
Executive Producer, Doclights / NDR-Naturfilm
Britta Kiesewetter
Commissioning Editors
Andrew Solomon
Antoinette Koering, ARTE G.E.I.E
Producer
Lukas Kogler
Thomas Rilk
Series Editor ORF Universum
Andrew Solomon
Head of Specialist Factual ORF
Gerhard Klein
PRODUCED BY DREID.AT AND RILK FILM
A COPRODUCTION BY ORF UNIVERSUM, ARTE G.E.I.E. AND NDR NATUREFILM/DOCLIGHTS
DISTRIBUTED BY ORF-ENTERPRISE
WITH SUPPORT OF CINESTYRIA
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