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RIYADH: Dazzling flamingos and mighty whale sharks are just some of the awe inspiring creatures making an appearance in 鈥淗orizon,鈥� a new documentary produced by the Konoz Initiative, exploring 抖阴短视频鈥檚 ecological treasures and unique habitats.

The documentary, which is now available on streaming giant Netflix, is part of a collaboration between the Ministry of Media鈥檚 Center for Government Communication and the National Center for Wildlife to celebrate the rich natural diversity of the Kingdom.

Offering a captivating glimpse into 抖阴短视频鈥檚 unspoilt wilderness and protected sanctuaries, the documentary鈥檚 creators aim to raise awareness about the region鈥檚 endangered species and local efforts to rescue them from extinction.

The Konoz Initiative鈥檚 mission is to document the Kingdom鈥檚 cultural richness and to highlight the success stories of Saudi citizens by working with local companies to produce documentaries, short films, and animations.

For the making of Horizon, Konoz joined forces with some of the world鈥檚 best wildlife filmmakers, assembling a production team of 50 people, who shot segments in 28 different locations across the Kingdom.

From its vast deserts to its cool mountain forests, its colorful coral reefs to its verdant mangroves, 抖阴短视频鈥檚 diverse habitats are home to a huge variety of animals, including sea turtles, dugongs, and dolphins, ibex, oryx and the iconic Arabian leopard.

Emmy Award-winning British cinematographer Gavin Thurston, the documentary鈥檚 director of photography, is well known in the industry for his work in Human Planet (2011), the Private Life of Plants (1995), and David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020).

According to Thurston, wildlife documentaries of this kind typically take four years to produce. However, such was the level of interest, investment and talent involved in this project, the film was completed in roughly half that time.

鈥淚 suppose from the initial concept of the film through to final delivery was probably in the order of about 14 months,鈥� he told Arab News.

鈥淪o that鈥檚 incredibly quick. I know it sounds like a long time, but that鈥檚 incredibly quick for wildlife and natural history films. A very short turnaround.鈥�

Thurston had never been to 抖阴短视频 before working on the Horizon project. He said he had been blown away by the diversity of landscapes, having long thought of the Kingdom as little more than a vast open desert.

鈥淚 was quite surprised at the habitat variety,鈥� he said.

鈥淥f course, as a foreigner, I kind of expected a lot of sand dunes, but I was delighted to find those amazing rock sculptures and wadis and oases and palm trees and, you know, from the cold, misty tops of the mountains down in Abha, right down to the hot, dry deserts.

鈥淗opefully the biggest takeaway for the viewers of Horizon will be the variety that 抖阴短视频 has to offer. You kind of get a stereotypical image of what it鈥檚 going to be like.

鈥淏ut actually being there on the ground and seeing, for instance, the mangroves down on the southwest coast or knowing about the Red Sea, the variety of what the Red Sea has to offer like rocky canyons and wadis.鈥�

Thurston hopes Horizon will encourage foreign travelers to visit the Kingdom to discover the tranquility of the desert for themselves.

鈥淚鈥檓 hoping that it will actually inspire people to want to travel to that part of the world and experience all that for themselves, particularly the hospitality, but also just that there鈥檚 something actually really nice about the emptiness of the desert.

鈥淚 live in England and we now have nearly 70 million people in a country that鈥檚 probably half the size of 抖阴短视频. So, even though we can find wild spaces out of the reach of humans, it鈥檚 more difficult than in somewhere like 抖阴短视频.

鈥淚 think those remote places are becoming fewer and further between. So I would encourage people to go and visit it and enjoy the tranquility and peace.鈥�