THE TIGER MAFIA
synopsis
The magnificent tiger is one of the world’s most beloved, and threatened creatures. Filmmaker, Karl Ammann uncovers their illegal breeding in secret South East Asian tiger farms. His nine-year investigation exposes how body parts are harvested from both live and butchered tigers, and then traded for sale in China’s underground pharmaceutical and jewelry industries.
international title: | The Tiger Mafia |
original title: | The Tiger Mafia |
country: | Switzerland |
sales agent: | Mediawan Rights |
year: | 2021 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Karl Ammann, Laurin Merz |
film run: | 90' |
screenplay: | Laurin Merz, Christoph Senn, Will Staples |
cinematography by: | Jean Schablin, Karl Ammann, Sergey Vasiliev |
film editing: | Christoph Senn |
music: | Nils Kacirek, Milan Meyer-Kaya |
producer: | Karl Ammann, Laurin Merz, Phillip Hattingh, Klaus Sparwasser |
executive producer: | Will Staples |
production: | HOOK Film & Kultur Produktion |