The movie “I woke up feeling famished” looks onto the awe and the fragility of the relationship between the human and nature.

Between scientific expeditions and contemplation of large natural spaces, we follow the progression of two characters passionate about the wolf and the shark, from the Austrian borders to the deep blue Mediterranean Sea.

The story of the movie as described by the actor Julien Assemat :

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The fiction short-movie "I woke up feeling famished" is created around three questions and its answers across two animals, the wolf and the shark :

Q : What is the impact of the modern world on wolves and sharks ?

Explaining our relationship and understanding of links and interactions between humans and nature, and some of the possibilities of peaceful cohabitation.

Q : Why education could improve the relationship between Humans and these two animals ?

Showing what environmental scientifics do on the fields, and what tutors do to inform and educate, bringing together the public and the scientific world.

Q : Which benefits immersions into nature can provide ?

Leading you to undestand the necessities and benefits nature can bring us.

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FEBRUARY 2015

Based on true scientifics facts, the movie was born from the stroke of a pen by Jean-Baptiste Saunier, an environmentalist specialised in earth-sea problematics. His constant desire to bring people into appreciateing nature for its true value pushed him to bring together a multidisciplinary team to create this original creation :

''Everything began at an UNESCO workshop, in February 2015, called : "To learn to live together".

The prime objective of this event was to measure the importance of the Cohabitating/cooperation between humans and nature, in order to resolve problems that are happening in our society.

I then tried to understand how we could reconnect humans to nature.

To make this quest become reality, I chose to talk about two big predators that surged on the news, a few weeks following the workshop: the shark and the wolf.

This choice was also a good strategic choice as it not only allowed me to :

- create a film directly linked with my professional field "Earth and Sea",

- to demystify these species for which the prejudies are as large as its misconceptions (small example: looking at children's tales and the key role the wolf plays in each).

As scientist, I then looked at the changes in number and the moves of each species, their behaviours and how the connection linking us to them evolves throughout the years. My growing interest for these topics made me contact various research teams and meet them.

It was the start of an amazing adventure ! "

Jean-Baptiste Saunier

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JULY 2016

The shooting of the movie started with a scientific expedition, organised by the association “AILERONS” on the big Mediterranean sharks.

18 boats and about 30 sport fishermen of the French Federation of Recreational Fishermen (FNPPSF) joined the team on this exceptional day: Sharks and Bottle-nose dolphins joined in !

Our team filmed amazing images with actress Christel Claude,

and all our little world :-)

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OCTOBER 2016

We took the road to Austria, up to Ernstbrunn, to meet with the scientists of the Wolf Science Centre.

There, we learned a lot on the relationship between the Human, the wolf and the dog.

Actor Julien Assemat participated in the integration of young wolf cubs into an adult pack, and was acquainted to Chitto, a beautiful grey wolf with blue eyes.

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But now, to carry on the adventure, we need YOU !!!

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Next step is to shoot the fiction part of the short film with the actors.

The final scenes will be shot on :

- The Mediterranean shoreline,

- At the Mare Nostrum Aquarium of Montpellier,

- At the National Natural History Museum in Paris,

- In the French Alps.

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OUR PROVISIONAL PLANNING :

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Here is the team, in all of its aspects :

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WITH YOUR HELP

and supervised by association “Les Films du Goéland”, in association with PYXEOS, the team goes all the way to showcase all its talent.

The images and the soundtrack of the movie will be embellished by an authentic musical creation composed by Anthony Touzalin.

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