Hidden Dance of Eels

Hans Dortmans / Netherlands / 2024 / 72 min

Where eels spawn is one of marine biology’s unsolved mysteries. How exactly do these long sea creatures reproduce? Small eel larvae have already been found in the Sargasso Sea, an area in the Atlantic Ocean. Eels have been on the international red list of animals threatened by extinction for years. This is why a group of international scientists sets off to find the eels’ suspected birthplace. Can the researchers learn enough about the endangered animals to save them?

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Year 2024
Production Country Netherlands
Runtime 72 Min.
FSK Not rated
Language Dutch
Subtitle English
Premiere Status German Premiere
Director Hans Dortmans
Producers Janneke Doolaard, Harmen Jalvingh, Sylvia Baan
Editing Katarina Türler, Patrick Janssens
Sounddesign Mark Wessner, Luuk Hoogsraten, Zita Leemans
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