Metamorphoses: Costa Rica

OPERATION TROPICAL FOREST

Costa Rica is famous for its national parks, tropical forests and rare wildlife. Less well known is that the forests here had been disappearing for centuries – mainly giving way to agriculture. But now the country has taken a new direction. Vast areas have been reforested, the natural flora and fauna are recovering. The film explores something that was long thought impossible: the return of the tropical forest and its inhabitants.

TEAM
Written and directed by Frank Nischk // Camera: Sven Kiesche // Sound: Maximilian Bartusch // Film editor: Isabelle Albert // Assistant editor: Ayşe Remmler // Music: Thomas Wolter // Narrator: Paul Bendelow // Soundmix: Florian Ebrecht // Colour correction: Dany Schelby // Additional footage: Hans Giffhorn, Luis Fonseca // Production assistants: Laura Bleifuß, Isabell Straub // Production manager: Katja Sträter // Executive producers: Thomas Weidenbach, Sarah Zierul // Our thanks go to: Biodiversity Partnership Mesoamerica, Travel to Nature // ARTE G.E.I.E.: ‘Wissen’ department – Christian Cools, Sabine Joertz, under the direction of Alexander von Harling, Production – Heike Lettau, Yvette Durrenberger // WDR ‘Planet Schule’ and ‘Xenius’: Commissioning editor – Birgit Keller-Reddemann