With this first 30 minute music film and a 9 minute “Making Of” coproduced with music distributor EuroArts, Context has entered a new area of business in what we believe to be a new era of factual film making. Using modern stereoscopic technology we’re currently developing a slate of 3D films in all fields of factual filmmaking, image films and advertising.
“3D is great for factual productions as it opens many new creative opportunities and gives the audience an entirely new and direct visual experience. We’re very happy to have worked with a world class artist like Lang Lang on our first 3D production and are currently developing a slate of exciting new projects exploring the fascinating opportunities of this new technology” says Context’s H W Pausch.
“Lang Lang – The Third Dimension” was co-produced with EuroArts in cooperation with Sony Classical and Studio Hamburg. Partner for the stereoscopic filming was also NHK/Cosmomedia in New York. Find more information about Context 3D activities here.
06.05.2010 "Two Rembrandts in the Garden" at Krakaow Film Festival
Context TV is proud to have its documentary "Two Rembrandts in the Garden" be competing in the category of ‘Best International Documentary’ of Krakow Film Festival. The film will be opening the festival on May 31st, 2010. "Two Rembrandts in the Garden" follows the Englishman Mark Atkins in search of both his Jewish past and the family treasure which his father had told him about and has been an object of familial fascination for decades.
28.04.2010 On Sunday, May 16th at 9pm, Discovery Science Channel will show “Hitler´s Secret Science”
In the crucible of World War Two, Germany’s most brilliant scientists must race to create an arsenal of terrifying new weapons of mass destruction, even an atomic bomb. Before the war is over, Germany will produce a series of technological firsts that remain the basis for many air and spacecraft today, from a stealth-like trans-Atlantic bomber to the world’s first cruise missile. Seventy years later, secret Nazi files reveal the classified blueprints for these – and many other – devastating ‘wonder weapons’.
31.03.2010 On Thursday, April 1 at 9 pm, National Geographic Channel will show “Nazi Secret Weapons”
Just prior to the end of WWII, the German military secretly undertook a massive push to design miracle weapons - colossal tanks, the world's first guided missiles and long-range bombers that could attack New York. Now, nearly 60 years later, a team of experts examine the original blueprints to determine if these so-called Wunderwaffen, or "wonder weapons," could have changed the outcome of the war.
A film by director Jean-Christoph Caron.
26.03.2010 ARTE presents Context TV´s Amundsen documentary on Sunday, March 28th 2010 at 10.10p.m.
In a theme night “the Deadly Arctic” the Context TV documentary “Roald Amundsen – Verschollen/ Sur les traces du grand explorateur polaire” directed by Rudolph Herzog, will be shown on the German/ French TV Channel.
Besides historic original footage of Roald Amundsen on his pole expeditions, the 52-minute film is about the spectacular expedition set out to find the remains of Amundsen. While trying to rescue his former partner and biggest rival Umberto Nobile, Amundsen disappeared 1928 without a trace. In 2009, more than 90 years later, Context TV in collaboration with the Norwegian Marine set out to the Barents Sea. They are followed the polar explorer’s traces in order to throw light on his mysterious disappearance and find the wreck of his flying boat, the Latham 47.
17.03.2010 Premiere "Amundsen - Lost in the Arctic"
On Saturday, February 13th 2010, Context TV celebrated the premier of its documentary „Amundsen – Lost in the Arctic” by director Rudolph Herzog with a reception held at the Norwegian Embassy Berlin.
In two functions, one for press and media, the other for invited guests and the film crew and team, the documentary was shown to the public for the very first time.
Besides historic original footage of Roald Amundsen on his pole expeditions, the 52-minute film shows the spectacular expedition set out to find the remains of Amundsen. While trying to rescue his former partner and biggest rival Umberto Nobile, Amundsen disappeared 1928 without a trace. In 2009, more than 90 years later, Context TV in collaboration with the Norwegian Marine and technical sponsors Kongsberg Maritime and Sperre AS set out to the Barents Sea, following the polar explorer’s traces in order to throw light on his mysterious disappearance and find the debris of his flying boat, the Latham 47.
Accompanied by the words of Ambassador Sven Erik Svedman, producer Daniel Petry and director Rudolph Herzog, the exciting project came to an end.
Again we would like to thank everybody involved, especially the sponsors, for making this film possible.
Context TV 3D productions Context has created a 3D production unit to develop and produce high quality stereoscopic content both for theatrical and tv distribution. We believe that 3D offers unique possibilities especially for Context with its reputation for producing successful high quality international documentaries.
Two Rembrandts in the Garden The documentary "Two Rembrandts in the Garden" follows the Englishman Mark Atkins in search of both his Jewish past and the family treasure which his father had told him about and has been an object of familial fascination for decades.
Roald Amundsen - Lost in the Arctic Roald Amundsen was the world’s greatest polar explorer. The Norwegian was the first to cross the Northwest Passage, he won the spectacular race to the South Pole against his rival Robert F. Scott and he led a pioneering expedition across the Arctic Ocean. But in the end, a revolutionary method of transport became his nemesis – the airplane.
Hitler's Secret Science This film follows the expeditions of Adolf Hitler‘s explorers all over the world and presents the traces of the bizarre Nazi quest to rewrite history. But what was the real relationship between the regime funding ‘useful’ scientific projects and the scientists offering their expertise?
Nazi Secret Weapons As the war effort in Nazi Germany began to lose steam, senior Nazi officials began funnelling money and resources towards the invention of the so-called “Wunderwaffen” – or “Wonder Weapons” – weapons so powerful as to turn the course of the war back in Germany’s favour. Although no such miracle ever came to pass, German engineers nevertheless produced hundreds of novel ideas for strategic weaponry, some of it far ahead of its time.
The Stasi Files of Hans Kramer The Stasi Files of Hans Kramer tells a story from the GDR from three different angles: The dissident writer and his friend who secretly reported to the Stasi, the GDR secret police and was responsible for his imprisonment. 16.000 pages of Stasi files make the third perspective and reveal their own unique light on the story.
Wildlife Nannies - Season I “They dedicate their lives to helping orphaned animals. They open their hearts and homes to all the challenges of raising a young life – no matter how large or small. They are the Wildlife Nannies!”
Wildlife Nannies - Season II Captivating audiences young and old in over 12 countries, Wildlife Nannies follows the lives of an international group of animal specialists as they care for their adopted young.
Context TV crews have scoured the globe – from Europe to Africa to Australia – for the most compelling and uplifting stories we could find. Each of the 20 half-hour episodes chronicles the lives of two to three young animals and their caretakers, providing the whole family with stories both entertaining and educational. The second season will find us shooting in new locations (shows in Florida and Canada) and documenting the age-old bond between man and animal.
Return to the Bismarck She was a steel colossus. The world’s biggest, fastest and most robust battleship. The perfect fighting machine: The Bismarck was expected to turn the tide of the war in the Atlantic by intercepting and destroying the convoys along starving Britain’s essential trade route with Canada. After its first engagement, in which the HMS Hill, the pride of the British Home Fleet, was sunk, Churchill issued the famous order “Sink the Bismarck!;” spurring the British’s navy’s hell-bent pursuit and eventual sinking of the greatest German warship ever built.
Shooting Under Fire Reinhard Krause is Reuters' chief photographer in Israel and the Palestinian territories. He decides which photos of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict the world will see. The film follows three Reuters' photographers - a German, a Palestinian, and an Israeli - as they roam the frontlines armed with nothing but their cameras. Set in the Holy Land, we examine how difficult it is to report the truth in such a politically-charged region.
The Ghost Fleet of Bikini Atoll It is the most spectacular ship graveyard in the world. A fleet of World War II warships from the United States and Japan lies rusting on the ocean floor beneath the lagoon of Bikini, a tiny atoll in the vast South Pacific Ocean. In July 1946 they were sunk by the first atomic bombs ever detonated during peacetime. They were used as target practice in the biggest experiment ever conducted in world history.
