ATLAS / NAMIBIA
The desert as a set
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Namib becomes a post-apocalyptic world: convoys, dust and immense horizons show the most cinematic face of the desert.
Landscapes to look at. Trips to imagine.
Discover Namibia on screen.
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Movies and documentaries to discover the landscapes of Namibia. From the dunes to the ocean, a first journey with eyes: look where the stories take you and begin to imagine yours.
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the beginning of a journey.
Yours, in Namibia.
the beginning of a journey.
Yours, in Namibia.
From the scenes
to places.
The dunes of The Fall, the dust of Mad Max, the life told by documentaries. On the screen Namibia changes role, but its landscapes remain real. Here we collect movies and stories to discover them and begin to imagine your journey.
Each card explains the connection with Namibia and takes you to official sources and external platforms. How connections work.Where to start.
Three ways to see Namibia.
Three ideas for imagining the journey.
The world of puppies
Puppies in nature
On Namibia’s coast, a fur seal pup named Tabo learns to fend for itself. The first two episodes also follow a pangolin pup and its mother.
The country as protagonist
Lions of the Skeleton Coast
Three young lionesses between dunes and coast: a story of survival to discover the wild side of Namibia.
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38 titles including films, documentaries and series.
Namibia, even within a single episode.
Namibia, episode after episode.
Desert elephants, nights in the Namib and puppies on the coast: find out which episodes to look for in the Netflix series.
38 titles
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Namib becomes a post-apocalyptic world: convoys, dust and immense horizons show the most cinematic face of the desert.
The Fall
The dunes and Deadvlei become the landscapes of a visual fairytale. An invitation to recognize the real places hidden within the story.
Samsara
A dialogue-free journey that also passes through some of Namibia's most recognizable landscapes.
Lions of the Skeleton Coast
Three young lionesses between dunes and coast: a story of survival to discover the wild side of Namibia.
Vanishing Kings I – Lions of the Namib
The story of five young lions tells of adaptation, fragility and conservation in the Namib.
Vanishing Kings II – Desert Lion Legacy
The sequel leads into the difficult relationship between desert lions and human activities.
Meraviglie d’Africa – Namibia
The first entry in Italian: Alberto Angela accompanies you through the landscapes and nature of the country.
Namibia, il deserto racconta
An Italian tale of the desert and the people who cross it, useful alongside large productions.
Baxu and the Giants
Poaching seen through a little girl: a local short that links people, territory and rhinos.
My Mercury
Seabird conservation on a remote island: a look at a less talked about Namibia.
Planet Earth II – Deserts
The desert episode includes Namibian lions: a sequence documented by the BBC itself.
Africa – Kalahari
David Attenborough explores life between desert and puddles: one of the gateways to the country.
The Grand Tour – The Beach (Buggy) Boys
Two road specials: Namibian landscapes and light adventure, to be presented as entertainment.
Netflix · S2 · E6
Tales of Light – Life and Death: Part 2
Stephen Dupont photographs the deserts of Namibia and meets the communities of the Kalahari.
Netflix · S1 · E5
Our planet
Elephants and lions of the desert cross Namibia in search of food: the Namib is a live landscape, made of waits, memory and resistance.
Netflix · S1 · E1
Night on planet Earth
When the light goes down, the dunes come to life: small predators and a golden mole tell the story of the nocturnal face of the Namibian desert.
Netflix · S1 · E1, E2
Puppies in nature
On Namibia’s coast, a fur seal pup named Tabo learns to fend for itself. The first two episodes also follow a pangolin pup and its mother.
Netflix · 5 episodes · season 1
Into the Pride
Dave Salmoni spends six months with a pack of lions in the reserve of Erindi: five episodes on the relationship between predators, territory and human presence.
The Beauty of Snakes
From the sands of Namibia to the Amazon forests, a documentary closely observes snakes and their adaptations to the most different environments.
The Cell – La cellula
The dunes of Sossusvlei become a dreamlike setting in Tarsem's visual thriller.
Dust Devil / Demoniaca
A horror cult set and filmed in Namibia, for a completely different interpretation of the landscape.
Flight of the Phoenix
The Namib plays the Gobi in a tale of survival. Good catalog title to show the versatility of the sets.
10,000 BC
The Namibian locations contribute to the fantastic landscape of the prehistoric adventure.
The mummy
A popular title to recognize Namibia behind a geography imagined by cinema.
A very far away place
A desert adventure also shot in Namibia, to be selected for the public who loves travel cinema.
But are we all crazy?
A popular classic related to N!xau and filming in the Tsumkwe area.
The White Line
An interracial love during apartheid introduces twentieth-century Namibia through local cinema.
Kapana
A love story in Windhoek brings urban and contemporary Namibia into the catalogue.
Under the Hanging Tree
A Namibian noir that addresses the traces of the colonial past in the present.
Katutura
Lives that intersect in Windhoek: the urban reverse shot compared to the safari country.
Hairareb
Love, necessity and rural life in a locally produced feature film.
Measures of Men / Der vermessene Mensch
A historical fiction about German colonialism and genocide: it opens a necessary conversation about the country.
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
The struggle for independence through the story of Sam Nujoma.
Sacred Planet
An international nature trip that includes the deserts of Namibia.
Primal Survivor – Deadly Desert
Hazen Audel travels through northern Namibia: a cut of entertainment and survival.
2001: A Space Odyssey
A cinephile connection: photographs of the Namibian landscape are used in the backdrops of the opening.
N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman
A Ju/'hoan woman talks about her life and the changes the community has experienced.
A Kalahari Family
Five parts follow fifty years of history of the Ju/'hoansi: a long journey, to be kept among the in-depth studies.
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Namibia also has
its own voice.
Beyond international sets there are directors, actors and Namibian stories. Courts, loves, cities and memory: an essential part of this catalogue.
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