Finalist
Mt. Suswa - Life in a Volcano
Suswa mägi - Vulkaani südames
Volcanoes are temperamental, dangerous and deadly. Not the ideal place for wildlife. But Mt. Suswa in Kenya is a volcano like no other: it hosts a multitude of life both above and below its surface. Underground tunnels were formed thousands of years ago by rivers of lava whose outer layers cooled and solidified while the core continued to flow. Once the fluid lava evacuated itself completely, massive subterranean tubes were left behind. One of these caverns is the “Baboon Parliament” as the local Masai named it. Remarkably, Suswa is the only known place in the world where olive baboons roost in caves. It is an almost unique behaviour among primates that gives us a glimpse over the reasons that drove hominids to find shelter into caves in pre-historic times. Surprisingly so far no film has ever been made exclusively about this natural history wonder.
| Director | Oliver Goetzl |
| Cinematography | Ivo Nörenberg, Giuseppe Bucciarelli, Oliver Goetzl, Alain Lusignan, Lars Pfeiffer |
| Editing | Oliver Goetzl |
| Composer | Jörg Magnus Pfeil, Siggi Mueller |
| Producer | Oliver Goetzl, Ivo Nörenberg, Tom Synnatzschke |
| Production Company | Gulo Film Productions |
| Original Title | Mt. Suswa - Im Herzen des Vulkans |
| Entry Number | 20-288 |
| Country of Production |
Germany
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| Year of Production | 2019 |
| Running Time | 51’ |
| Language: | |
| Subtitles: | Estonian |
