Documentary - Claire Obscuur

TREZOR SESEL : Tropical and Wedge-tailed Shearwater

'Trezor Sesel' or 'Seychelles Treasures' is a series of videos highlighting species or habitats unique to the islands of Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. Because these islands are so isolated from the rest of the world and only have been inhabited for the last century's, nature has thrived here like nowhere else on the planet and there are a large number of animals and plants that exist only here. But as many of these unique species are threatened now it's important to protect. The aim of these video's is for the audience, in the first place the local Seychellois audience, to get to know these very rare and unique creatures a bit better, and thus care for them and help to protect them.
'Trezor Sesel' is a project of the Island Conservation Society Seychelles in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, and funded by the Native Iris Foundation.

In this episode we travel to the island of Aride, which is home to the largest breeding colony of Tropical Shearwaters in the world and one of the largest colony's of wedge-tailed Shearwaters in the Indian Ocean. Gerard Rocamora, an ornithologist, tells us all about these 2 different types of Shearwaters, the colony's on Aride and the groundbreaking research that has been done by ICS on the migration and feeding trips of these marine birds.

Dur: 7'33" - Produced by ICS/TNC - Script/Filmed/Edited by Klaartje Puttemans

TREZOR SESEL : The Mangrove Forest

'Trezor Sesel' or 'Seychelles Treasures' is a series of videos highlighting species or habitats unique to the islands of Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. Because these islands are so isolated from the rest of the world and only have been inhabited for the last century's, nature has thrived here like nowhere else on the planet and there are a large number of animals and plants that exist only here. But as many of these unique species are threatened now it's important to protect. The aim of these video's is for the audience, in the first place the local Seychellois audience, to get to know these very rare and unique creatures a bit better, and thus care for them and help to protect them.
'Trezor Sesel' is a project of the Island Conservation Society Seychelles in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, and funded by the Native Iris Foundation.

In this episode Terrence Vel from Wildlife Clubs Seychelles takes us along to discover the mangrove forest, a beautiful and unique habitat, which plays an important role as a nursery for fish but also as a barrier for climate change effects.

Dur: 5'27" - Produced by ICS/TNC - Script by Sophie Mounier - Filmed/Edited by Klaartje Puttemans

TREZOR SESEL : Wright's Gardenia

'Trezor Sesel' or 'Seychelles Treasures' is a series of videos highlighting species or habitats unique to the islands of Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. Because these islands are so isolated from the rest of the world and only have been inhabited for the last century's, nature has thrived here like nowhere else on the planet and there are a large number of animals and plants that exist only here. But as many of these unique species are threatened now it's important to protect. The aim of these video's is for the audience, in the first place the local Seychellois audience, to get to know these very rare and unique creatures a bit better, and thus care for them and help to protect them.
'Trezor Sesel' is a project of the Island Conservation Society Seychelles in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, and funded by the Native Iris Foundation.

In this episode, the Wright's Gardenia (or Bois Citron in Creole) is the center of attention. It's a tree with beautiful fragrant flowers, endemic to Seychelles, which almost got extinct with only a few specimens left on the Island of Aride. Thanks to a conservation program the Wright's Gardenia now has been re-introduced to some of the other islands and is doing a lot better. Charles Morel, a botanist from the Natural History Museum in Victoria tells us a bit more about the species before we travel to Aride and get to see the Wright's Gardenia trees flourishing there.

Dur: 4'59" - Produced by ICS/TNC - Script by Sophie Mounier - Filmed/Edited by Klaartje Puttemans

TREZOR SESEL : Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat

'Trezor Sesel' or 'Seychelles Treasures' is a series of videos highlighting species or habitats unique to the islands of Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. Because these islands are so isolated from the rest of the world and only have been inhabited for the last century's, nature has thrived here like nowhere else on the planet and there are a large number of animals and plants that exist only here. But as many of these unique species are threatened now it's important to protect. The aim of these video's is for the audience, in the first place the local Seychellois audience, to get to know these very rare and unique creatures a bit better, and thus care for them and help to protect them.
'Trezor Sesel' is a project of the Island Conservation Society Seychelles in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, and funded by the Native Iris Foundation.

In this episode we discover more about the Seychelles sheath-tailed bat, one of the rarest bats in the world with only around a 100 individuals left. Laura Bambini, a conservation biologist, explains why these bats are so special, what's threatening them, and why they are so important for the eco-system.

Dur: 7'29" - Produced by ICS/TNC - Script by Sophie Mounier - Filmed/Edited by Klaartje Puttemans

TREZOR SESEL : Aldabra Giant Tortoise

'Trezor Sesel' or 'Seychelles Treasures' is a series of videos highlighting species or habitats unique to the islands of Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. Because these islands are so isolated from the rest of the world and only have been inhabited for the last century's, nature has thrived here like nowhere else on the planet and there are a large number of animals and plants that exist only here. But as many of these unique species are threatened now it's important to protect. The aim of these video's is for the audience, in the first place the local Seychellois audience, to get to know these very rare and unique creatures a bit better, and thus care for them and help to protect them.
'Trezor Sesel' is a project of the Island Conservation Society Seychelles in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, and funded by the Native Iris Foundation.

In this episode we learn more about the Aldabra Giant Tortoise, which once roamed over all the islands of Seychelles but now appears only naturally on the Aldabra atoll. They have been re-introduced to several other islands again, and breeding programs have to insure the existence of these gentle giants. We visit Desroches, a coralline island, where the Giant Tortoises are roaming freely over the island and an adopting program is set up to involve the hotel guests in the conservation of this ancient species.

Dur: 3'26" - Produced by ICS/TNC - Script/Filmed/Edited by Klaartje Puttemans

GIF Myna Eradication on Denis Island

An instructional video on the Myna Eradication that was conducted by Green Islands Foundation on Denis Private Island in Seychelles. Myna's are one of the most invasive birds on the planet, dramatically impacting endemic bird populations by their aggressive nature. On Denis 4 species of endemic birds have been reintroduced, the Magpie Robin, the Seychelles Warbler, the Seychelles Fody, the Secychelles Paradise Flycatcher, and to give them an honest chance to reproduce and to increase the population the decision was made to eradicate the Myna population.
The objective of this video is to share the knowledge and experience Green Islands Foundation and their partners gathered throughout the project with other organisations who want to conduct a similar eradication.

Dur: 18'49" - Produced/Script by GIF - Filmed/Edited by Klaartje Puttemans

ICS expedition to COSMOLEDO Island, Seychelles - Documentary Videos - Claire Obscuur

An overview of the expedition that 2 ICS researchers, Lucy Martin and Jonathan Pinchart, undertook in November 2014 to Seychelles outer islands Cosmoledo, Astove and Assumption aboard the Maya's Dugong. Dur: 5'47" - Produced by ICS - Filmed by Lucy Martin & Jonathan Pinchart - Script/Edited by Klaartje Puttemans watch on portfolio site: http://www.claireobscuur.com/video-production/documentary/

The Island of Mahé

A short documentary about Seychelles main island Mahé, commissioned by Creole Travel Services to play on their Inter Island Ferry Cat Cocos.

Dur: 14'31" - Produced by RockIt - Script/Filmed/Edited by Klaartje Puttemans

CREEPERS

The installation 'Creepers' is an art project by Seychellois artist George Camille, for the Venice Biennale 2015

Dur: 4'21" - Produced by Seychelles Arts Projects Foundation - Filmed/Edited by Klaartje Puttemans

LA Confessions: Belgian Animators in Hollywood

Each year a large number of people graduate from one of the 5 animation schools in Belgium but its very hard for them to find work in the small film industry here. So a lot of them end up working abroad and the big Hollywood film studios like the quality and original ideas they are bringing from Europe.
In this documentary for the movie channel Prime we visited 5 studios in LA where Belgian animators are pursuing there dreams.

Dur: 57'22" - Produced by Prime - Directed/Edited by Klaartje Puttemans - Filmed by Kim Vandenbergh

Hollywood aan de Schelde

Feature Documentary from Belgian director Robbe De Hert covering the history of movie making madness in Belgium. Dur: 1u59' - Produced by Fugitive in Exile - Directed by Robbe De Hert - Edited by Klaartje Puttemans

Hollywood aan de Schelde