Between singing frogs and giant bromeliads: scientists discover new species and isolated mountains in the Amazon. “We are filling a blank page in the history of Brazilian biodiversity”, says Professor Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, from São Paulo University, leader of the expedition to Serra do Imeri. We are at an altitude of 1,875 meters in the Serra do Imeri, an isolated mountain range in the extreme north of the Amazon. Heavy rain hits the camp almost every day, and the air humidity rarely drops below 90%.
UNVELLING THE AMAZONIAN HIGHLAND
Directed by: Sylvio Rocha, Gui Stockler
Produced by: Sylvio Rocha
Country of origin: Brazil
Year of production: 2023
Duration: 52:00 min
Category: Ecology
Sylvio Rocha
After more than 20 years of corporate experience, Sylvio began to focus his career on content production and audiovisual project management. From 2012 to 2017 he participated as executive producer in more than 10 documentaries and TV series. In 2017, he created Tocha Filmes with a total focus on the socio-environmental agenda, connecting people, organizations and values, through an audiovisual experience. Among its releases “Women At Work” (best doc at the Hollywood International Women’s Film Festival 2020, “Polar Route” (best doc at the Rio Mountain Film Festival, 2023), “Women at Conservancy” (best foreign doc at the Feedback Female Film Festival, Toronto Women's Film Festival 2024 and Montreal Women's Film Festival 2024), “Unvailing the Amazon Highlands. The entire CO2 footprint of the projects has been calculated and neutralized annually since 2020.
Gui Stockler
Gui has worked on projects shown on National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, Youtube Originals, Tubi (FOX USA), A&E, Rede Globo, GloboNews, Canal Off, ESPN Brasil, Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, TV Cultura, Record, SBT, Rede TV and TV iG, His works include "Expedição Oriente" (Schürmann Family), "Brasil Selvagem" (Wild Brazil), "Missão Américas" (Americas Mission), "Câmera Selvagem" (Wild Camera), "O Mundo Selvagem de Richard Rasmussen" (The Wild World of Richard Rasmussen) and "Até que a Morte nos Separe" (Till Death Do Us Part). He also wrote the scripts for the feature documentaries "A Future-Proof Present", "In Search of U-513", "The Reinvention of Football Art", "Legendary Routes - Route 66", the short film "Natural Born Climber", two books, webseries, events such as the "Meus Prêmios Nick" and "Prêmio Itaú-Unicef", as well as dozens of corporate jobs for large companies such as Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Vivo, Motorola, Sky, Volkswagen, Ford, Mercedes Benz, Toyota, Renault, Nissan, Phillips, Canon, Hering and Sabesp, among many others.
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