Tippi is no ordinary child. She believes that she has the gift of talking to animals and that they are like brothers to her. 'I speak to them with my mind, or through my eyes, my heart or my soul, and I see that they understand and answer me.' Tippi is the daughter of French filmmakers and wildlife photographers, Alain Degre and Sylvie Robert, who have captured her on film with some of Africa's most beautiful and dangerous animals. Tippi shares her thoughts and wisdom on Africa, its people and the animals she has come to know and love. Often her wisdom is beyond her years, and her innocence and obvious rapport with the animals is both fascinating and charming.
Cinematography
Her parents shot elephants and leopards—on film, thankfully
Production
Real kid, real apex predators, zero CGI
Direction
Narrated by a 10-year-old philosopher in overalls
Director
Christian Crye
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tippi's parents were wildlife photographers who spent her first ten years in Namibia; she later became a filmmaker herself, completing the circle.
The film embodies a very specific late-90s European fantasy of 'untouched Africa'—gorgeous to look at, complicated to interrogate.
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