HET NIEUWE ARTIS
Director W.J.A. Kluijfhout
Producer Chantal vd Horst /Gijs vd Westelaken - Column Films
Camera Hans Bouwma
Sound Anneloes Pabbruwee
Montage Saskia Kievits
Cast Haig Balian, Heleen Rouw e.a.
Broadcaster KRO/NCRV
Runtime 85 minutes
Year 2018
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Artis, the oldest zoo in the Netherlands, is in a radical renewal process and is preparing for the future. Can you still lock up wild animals in the middle of the city of Amsterdam in the 21st century? Or is there no other choice, now that untouched nature no longer exists? Documentary maker Willemiek Kluijfhout followed the caretakers, the designers, the management and above all: the animals themselves for over a year. About the long-awaited birth of an elephant calf, the construction of a spectacular new elephant enclosure, sharp discussions about the roles of humans, animals, plants and microbes, and about the fences that should stop humans rather than animals.