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Information about our newest film can be found on the film website www.yasuniderfilm.de.

In this film, we visit Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon. We are fascinated and astounded by the diversity of plants and animals, but we also come face to face with a major threat to the region - oil production.

We have arrived in Ecuador where we are working on a new film with working title "A Chance for the Rainforest".

We wish you a merry Christmas, peaceful and relaxing holidays and a happy new year.

We support the youth paddling group of the Naturfreunde Karlsruhe (Nature friends Karlsruhe). Watch the short film, which we helped make, and then vote for the group. Only until tomorrow (Wed) at 3pm PST!

Our newest film "The Wild Windwards - Caribbean encounters" will be shown at the Green Screen International Wildlife Film Festival in Eckernförde, Germany in September.

After 1.5 months in front of the computer, we're looking forward to the next 2 weeks of film screenings in Vancouver and on Vancouver Island.

Read more about our experiences working on and sailing our boat Corinthian.

For those who missed our screenings in October/November - one last chance to see "Hitchhiking across the Atlantic" this winter.

During our sailing and filming project, we enjoy working together with companies that share our enthusiasm for wildlife and natural places.

The preparations for a sailing journey need to be exact. That means: sanding, filling, sanding, filling... the boat should be waterproof from all sides!

Wake up on Tuesday morning to Laura Winter's interview on 99.9 The Lounge.

The first screening of “Hitchhiking across the Atlantic” in Vancouver filled the lounge of the False Creek Yacht Club. Thanks to the yacht club for their support and to Zimt Artisan Chocolates for providing a delicious door prize.

We are currently planning film tours of "Hitchhiking across the Atlantic" in Canada and Germany from Oct. to Dec. 2012.

Last Friday, September 7, we showed "Hitchhiking across the Atlantic" for the second time in Trinidad.

Small and large turtles filmed by Tigersnail Film graced Portuguese TV screens in the program “Minuto Verde” (“Green Minute”) on July 17.

The date for our upcoming screening of "Hitchhiking across the Atlantic" at the Anchorage Hotel in Roseau, Dominica has been changed to Thurs, June 14 at 7pm.

Our current film series focuses on environmental issues and nature conservation along our sailing route. Today, however, we've chosen to highlight a campaign to protect the environment in another location – Canada.

You can read short updates and view recent photos on our Facebook page - even without logging in.

The first film in our “Running Downwind” series has been nominated for the Independent Days 12 Film Festival in Karlsruhe, Germany.

How do you catch a 14-meter catamaran that has broken free? Simple – with a kayak.

We encountered an unusual sight when we arrived in Trinidad - the Viking ship "Drakar." When owner Roberto took the ship on a test sail, we used the opportunity to capture the adventure on film.

During our crossing from Charlotteville in Tobago to Trinidad, we got tangled up in fishing nets and lines twice within 36 hours. What was simply a nuisance to us, spells death for hundreds of thousands of marine animals every year.

The second screening of our current film “Into the Blue – Hitchhiking across the Atlantic” entertained an audience of 200 on 17 November 2011. In the meantime, we have returned to the Caribbean and have assumed ownership of our new boat.

The premiere of the first part of our “Into the Blue” film series was shown on 21 October 2011. Approximately 220 people filled the community hall in Merching in south Germany.

After a three-month-long search, at the end of August we found our new floating home, studio and mode of transportation - the Craddock 40.

Now it's even easier to stay informed - with our new RSS feed.

The search for a boat for the Pacific continues. In the past months I have looked at many different boats, from 10 meter production boat, through 14 meter home-built boats to solid 16 meter steel cutters.

Quo vadis is Latin for “Where are you going?” The final 54minute film is finished. Now it's time to think about how things will continue – and not only geographically.

After more than two weeks on the Caribbean island of Trinidad, I have temporarily moved my headquarters to Bucco Point on the neighbouring island of Tobago.

We have set up a Facebook page to allow us to report directly from the midst of the action.

A lot of patience is required to capture animals on film. In addition, you need to be familiar with the animals and their behaviour and know how to find them.

The journey continues. On April 15 I arrived back on the Caribbean island of Martinique after almost four months.

A 29-minute spin-off of the first part of our film prevailed against 24 other films from northern Germany on Saturday, March 5, 2011.

A short trailer of our current project "Into the blue 1" is now available online.

Tropical rainforests are disappearing worldwide at alarming rates. On Saint Lucia, we took a ride on the "Aerial Tram" through one of the remaining original forests and marveled at its lush vegetation and animal life from above.

After 15 days and 13 hours we reached the first island in the Caribbean, Barbados.

A new Torqeedo for the next stages.

Our position is 12°50’N, 52°49’W.

Our position is 12°40’N, 45°12’W. The winds continue to be rather weak.

We are now at 12°27.5’N, 43°14.5’W, with 973 nautical miles to go to Barbados. Everyone on board is relaxed.

We’ve been underway across the Atlantic for 8 days by now.

Tigersnail Film proudly announces the launch of its English site.

After our gennaker tore yesterday, we created improvised twin headsails using the drifter and Genoa. Hence, we were able to increase our speed to over 7 knots.

The last two days were marked by the sudden tearing of our gennaker and a visit by rough-toothed dolphins.

On our way towards the Caribbean, we freed a Cory’s Shearwater from a fishing line.

On Nov. 17, 2010 the Ulysses started on its 2025 nautical mile journey across the Atlantic.

A milestone of the two projects “Into the Blue” and “Reijs Wagnera” (Wagner’s Journey) is the crossing of the Atlantic.

After approximately two months on the Canary Islands, it was time to continue further south.