De Nieuwe Wildernis Explained

De Nieuwe Wildernis
Director:	Ruben Smit Mark Verkerk
Producer:	Ton Okkerse Ignas van Schaick
Narrator:	Harry Piekema
Music:	Bob Zimmerman
Editing:	Niels Roza
Distributor:	Dutch FilmWorks
Runtime:	97 minutes
Country:	Netherlands
Language:	Dutch

De Nieuwe Wildernis (English: The New Wilderness) is a 2013 Dutch natural history documentary film about the nature reserve Oostvaardersplassen in the Netherlands. The film shows animal life during four seasons, based on two years of filming in the reserve.^[1]

Animals

43 different animal species are being shown and also mentioned in the film, per class these are the following.^[2]

Mammals

• Konik horse
• red fox
• Eurasian beaver
• brown rat
• red deer

Birds

• great cormorant
• great crested grebe
• greylag goose
• mute swan
• common kingfisher
• common nightingale
• common reed bunting
• bluethroat
• sedge warbler
• Savi's warbler
• western yellow wagtail
• Eurasian bittern
• water rail
• Eurasian spoonbill
• European goldfinch
• common starling
• common raven
• great egret
• barnacle goose
• common buzzard
• bearded reedling
• European robin
• little grebe
• white-tailed eagle

Amphibians

• natterjack toad
• common frog

Fish

• common carp

Insects

• Colletes cunicularius
• large earth bumblebee
• yellow dung fly
• Ranatra linearis
• blowfly
• aphid
• ant
• ladybird beetle
• green-veined white
• small cabbage white

Branchiopods

• water flea.

Awards

• Film Poster Award (2013) at the Netherlands Film Festival^[3]
• Golden Film (2013) for 100,000 visitors^[1]
• Platinum Film (2013) for 400,000 visitors^[4]
• Rembrandt Award for Best Dutch Film (2014)^[5]
• Golden Calf for Best Popular Film (2014) at the Netherlands Film Festival^[6]

Notes and References

1. De nieuwe wildernis in week tijd Gouden Film, Algemeen Dagblad, 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
2. De Nieuwe Wildernis . The New Wilderness . film . Dutch . Dutch FilmWorks.
3. De nieuwe wildernis wint Cinema.nl Afficheprijs, Cinema.nl, 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
4. Platina Film voor De Nieuwe Wildernis, de Volkskrant, 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
5. De Nieuwe Wildernis beste Nederlandse film, Telegraaf, 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
6. Winnaars Gouden Kalveren 2014, de Grote Prijzen van de Nederlandse Film, Netherlands Film Festival, 2014. Retrieved on 4 October 2014.