Im Land der Wölfe

In the organizer's words:

Frankfurt premiere in cooperation with Naturschutzbund Hessen, LAG Wolf & Gesellschaft zum Schutz der Wölfe with film discussion

100 years after their extinction, wolves are returning to Germany, an industrialized country full of people. They are coming back because we let them. We decided that democratically. Their return is an expression of the change in our approach to nature. We are ready to share dominion over the earth again, partly because we realize that we are going under: As sole rulers, we will perish. "In the Land of Wolves" tells of the lives of our new neighbors. The animals do not live in an enchanted wilderness in nature reserves, but in our midst. They find niches in the cultural landscape. They retreat into the wastelands of old open-cast mines, use our paths, cross highways and run through villages. Their pups play with our waste and drink from the furrows left in the forest floor by machines. Sometimes wolves eat farm animals. And many people have a deep-seated fear of them. The wolves' land grab challenges us - administration, science, agriculture: researchers, shepherds, experts, politicians, conservationists and many others are acting in a climate that is characteristic of our present: polarizing and polemical debates about wolves. Yet they are merely roommates, not man-eaters. A cinematic narrative from a world about which many have strong opinions, but which few really know: The world of wolves in Germany. (Source: Distributor)

Germany 2023; Director: Ralf Bücheler