The Turtle: The Incredible Journey
UK, Austria, Germany , 2009.

Directed by: Nick Stringer
Script: Nick Stringer
Producer: Mike Downey, Sam Taylor, Sarah Cunliffe
Production company: Film and Music Entertainment, Big Wave Productions, Big Fame
Cinematography: Rory McGuinness
Editing: Sean Barton, Richard Wilkinson
Music: Henning Lohner
Cast: -

Format: video
Running time: 81'

Synopsis
An underwater odyssey for all ages. 'The Turtle: The Incredible Journey' tells the story of the challenging, life-long journey of the enchantingly charismatic and perseverant loggerhead turtle. Small but immensely strong, these determined creatures follow in the path of their ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Documenting one baby turtle’s voyage from her place of birth on a beach in Florida, we follow as she rides the Gulf Stream all the way to the frozen north, ultimately swimming around the entire North Atlantic to Africa and finally back to the beach where she was born. The odds however, are sizably stacked against her with an average of just one in a thousand turtles surviving the monumental voyage. When and if she finally returns, twenty years will have passed and she will be ready to bring the next generation of turtles into the world. 'The Turtle: The Incredible Journey' is an educational, natural history, documentary feature film about adventure and ultimately survival.

Directors Biography
Nick Stringer is an Emmy-winning producer/director. He is also a director of Big Wave Productions, one of the world’s leading producers of wildlife and science documentary. Nick has an impressive track record in wildlife film-making and has spent 15 years producing award-winning natural history and science shows for the BBC and National Geographic. Earlier productions include several Emmy-winning shows including 'Ocean Drifters', 'Heroes of the High Frontier' and 'Life at the Edge' for National Geographic. More recent productions include 'Alien Worlds' for Channel 4, 'Bug Attack' for National Geographic/Channel 4, and 'Bodysnatchers', 'Secret Weapons' and 'Poison!' for National Geographic.

Location and screening schedule: Tuškanac Cinema, Monday, October 19th at 19.00