MIPTV Spotlight: Terra Mater Studios

Among Terra Mater Studios’ top factual programming highlights, Once Upon a Time in Tsavo travels to Kenya to give viewers an up-close look at a waterhole, the center of the world for a diverse selection of animal species.

“The special way a waterhole forms—an unplanned cooperation between termites and elephants—and how it is a giver of life is the starting point of this captivating, emotional adventure,” says Sabine Holzer, head of specialist factual at Terra Mater.

Space Mission Senegal centers on a Senegalese scientist, Maram Kaire, and his mission to find the asteroid Orus and capture a three-second occultation. An underwater adventure, Alien Contact sees sci-fi writer Chris Carter and filmmaker and marine biologist Rick Rosenthal go on a journey to investigate manta rays. 

“We’re always happy to be approached with ideas and projects. Don’t be shy!” says Holzer.