The Last Male on Earth
In March 2018, the last male northern white rhino remaining on earth died. His name was Sudan, and after 42 years on this planet he had lived his - and his species' - life to the very end. THE LAST MALE ON EARTH shows his last years on earth, in which he was not alone. Ever since he was the last one, armed bodyguards protected him, tourists were standing in line to take a photo with him, journalists rushed to Kenya to tell his story and, still now, scientists are determined to find ways to reproduce his species. What is so attractive about the threat of extinction? How does this reflect on us? A difficult topic served in a light and elegant, but serious form. For even though the irony of man's (self) destructive dominance on earth has become clear to most people, Sudan stands heavily and majestically in the midst of it all, like a mirror image of our own megalomania. Floor van der Meulen's debut film testifies to an extraordinary talent for balancing the many parallel narratives of the rhinoceros Sudan's last days and in the human tragicomedy that unfolds around him.
View here the official site of The Last Male on Earth.
- Director: Floor van der Meulen
- DOP: Christian Paulussen
- Sound: Taco Drijfhout
- Sound design: Taco Drijfhout & Vincent Sinceretti
- Music: Juho Nurmela
- Editor: Thomas Vroege & Patrick Schonewille
- Colourist: Veerle Zeelmaekers
- Artwork: Studio Daoudi
- Line producers: Merle Bemelmans & Britte Hermans
- Post production supervisor: Magalie Dierick
- Co-producer: Emmy Oost, Cassette for Timescapes & Samuel Feller, Magellan Films
- Producers: Hasse van Nunen & Renko Douze, Een van de jongens
- Broadcaster: EO/IKONDocs,VRT, NDR, SRF
- Distributor: Cinema Delicatessen (NL) & Dalton Distributie (BE)
- Sales Agent: Cat&Docs
- Length: 55' & 72'
- Status: Finished, 2019. Premier: march 2019, CPH:Dox
- With the support of the Dutch Cultural Media Fund, Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Production Incentive, CoBO Fund, VAF, Belgium TAX Shelter
Awards:
- WWF Special Mention – CinemAmbiente – 2019 - Italy
Festivals:
- CPH:DOX – 2019 – Denemark
- Zlín Film Festival – 2019 – Czech Republic
- Beldocs – 2019 – Serbia
- CinemAmbiente – 2019 – Italy
- Open City Documentary Festival – 2019 – United Kingdom
- Film by the Sea – 2019 – Vlissingen
- Planet in Focus – 2019 – Canada
- Margaret Mead Film Festival – 2019 – United States
- Doxs! Festival – 2019 – Germany
- Wildlife Film Festival – 2019 – Rotterdam
- Primedate Ööde Filmifestival – 2019 – Estonia
- Biografilm Festival – 2019 – Italiy
- EIDF – 2019 – South-Korea
The Last Male on Earth
In March 2018, the last male northern white rhino remaining on earth died. His name was Sudan, and after 42 years on this planet he had lived his - and his species' - life to the very end. THE LAST MALE ON EARTH shows his last years on earth, in which he was not alone. Ever since he was the last one, armed bodyguards protected him, tourists were standing in line to take a photo with him, journalists rushed to Kenya to tell his story and, still now, scientists are determined to find ways to reproduce his species. What is so attractive about the threat of extinction? How does this reflect on us? A difficult topic served in a light and elegant, but serious form. For even though the irony of man's (self) destructive dominance on earth has become clear to most people, Sudan stands heavily and majestically in the midst of it all, like a mirror image of our own megalomania. Floor van der Meulen's debut film testifies to an extraordinary talent for balancing the many parallel narratives of the rhinoceros Sudan's last days and in the human tragicomedy that unfolds around him.
View here the official site of The Last Male on Earth.
- Director: Floor van der Meulen
- DOP: Christian Paulussen
- Sound: Taco Drijfhout
- Sound design: Taco Drijfhout & Vincent Sinceretti
- Music: Juho Nurmela
- Editor: Thomas Vroege & Patrick Schonewille
- Colourist: Veerle Zeelmaekers
- Artwork: Studio Daoudi
- Line producers: Merle Bemelmans & Britte Hermans
- Post production supervisor: Magalie Dierick
- Co-producer: Emmy Oost, Cassette for Timescapes & Samuel Feller, Magellan Films
- Producers: Hasse van Nunen & Renko Douze, Een van de jongens
- Broadcaster: EO/IKONDocs,VRT, NDR, SRF
- Distributor: Cinema Delicatessen (NL) & Dalton Distributie (BE)
- Sales Agent: Cat&Docs
- Length: 55' & 72'
- Status: Finished, 2019. Premier: march 2019, CPH:Dox
- With the support of the Dutch Cultural Media Fund, Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Production Incentive, CoBO Fund, VAF, Belgium TAX Shelter
Awards:
- WWF Special Mention – CinemAmbiente – 2019 - Italy
Festivals:
- CPH:DOX – 2019 – Denemark
- Zlín Film Festival – 2019 – Czech Republic
- Beldocs – 2019 – Serbia
- CinemAmbiente – 2019 – Italy
- Open City Documentary Festival – 2019 – United Kingdom
- Film by the Sea – 2019 – Vlissingen
- Planet in Focus – 2019 – Canada
- Margaret Mead Film Festival – 2019 – United States
- Doxs! Festival – 2019 – Germany
- Wildlife Film Festival – 2019 – Rotterdam
- Primedate Ööde Filmifestival – 2019 – Estonia
- Biografilm Festival – 2019 – Italiy
- EIDF – 2019 – South-Korea