Birds of the Lakes Return

    Director: Matej Vranič
    Country of Origin: Slovenia
    2018

    Birds of the Lakes Return is a film showing how birds returned to an environment once devastated by industry. The author unveils astonishing details from the lives of birds. Some of them live in the vicinity of the people but are hardly ever spotted. The film also shows how industry nowadays coexists with this vibrant life. Birds of the Lakes Return is an excellent display of how a man can transform a once devastated natural area into a much friendlier environment.

    In 2000, Vranič started as a Freelance photographer, 2006 he earned his Photography Master title, and in 2012, he won the competition Best photography of Slovenia and earned a few other awards.
    Between 2009 and 2013, he prepared photo materials for many published articles in the National Geographic Slovenia magazine and he received the title “Slovenian Nature Photographer of the Year” in 2017.

    Thirty years of his private interest in the animal world evolved into professional work in the fields of wildlife photography and later filming. He produced and directed many music and commercial videos.

    He combined his knowledge and experiences from many years of photography, filming, with his interest in wildlife and, in 2016, he decided to produce his first wildlife documentary film Birds of the Lakes Return.

    Producer: Matej Vranič
    Writer: Matej Vranič
    Production Assistant: Karmen Skornšek
    Camera: Matej Vranič
    Camera: Jernej Župevc
    Camera: Andrej Voje
    Camera: Denis Horvat
    Camera Assistant: Karmen Skornšek
    Drone Operator: Matej Nareks
    Drone Operator: Tadej Živko
    Drone Operator: Boris Branović
    Photography: Matej Vranič
    Archive Photos: Lojze Ojsteršek
    Archive Photos: Rudi Ramšak
    Edit & Color Grade (film): Matej Vranič
    Edit & Color Grade (trailer): Matej Nahtigal
    Music Composer: Leon Firšt
    Original Sound: Matej Vranič
    Original Sound: Karmen Skornšek
    Archive Sound Effects: James Lidster
    Archive Sound Effects: Joost van Bruggen
    Archive Sound Effects: The British Library
    Archive Sound Effects: Slovenian Myuseum of Natural History – Tomi Trilar
    Archive Sound Effects: Pond5
    Animation/Visual Effects: Džezz produkcija
    Animation/Visual Effects: Media Vibre
    Animation/Visual Effects: Jernej Župevc
    Illustrator: Matevž Urbančnik
    Foley Artist: Matej Vranič
    Sound Editor: Borut Justin
    Narrator: Philip Burt
    Story Writer: Marjan Žiberna
    Scientific Adviser: Dr. Davorin Tome
    Scientific Adviser: Dr. Tomi Trilar