To Teach a Bird To Fly
A docufiction that tells the story of bird extinction from the point of view of the Northern Bald Ibis. This story explores bird extinction and climate change through a fictionalized story told from the perspective of the future. The film follows the Waldrapp project in Germany, where a young woman helps breed and hand-raise the birds. The hope is to teach them to migrate by following a light aircraft across the Alps to their wintering grounds in Tuscany, Italy.
Original title: To Teach a Bird to Fly
International title: To Teach a Bird to Fly
Country: Finland
Duration: 20
Language: English
Director: Minna Raino, Mark Roberts
Production company: Flatlight Creative House
To Teach A Bird To Fly is a docufiction that tells the story of bird extinction from the point of view of northern bald ibis, and the reintroduction project attempting to bring this species back in Europe. The short film is directed by award winning media artists Minna Rainio and Mark Roberts.
The narrative voice of the film comes from the future, beyond the time of two generations, where a woman tells us about her grandmother, who worked as a foster mother for critically endangered species. To Teach A Bird To Fly follows a reintroduction project in Germany, where a young woman is parenting birds. From the day the birds are born, she spends all of her time with waldrapps, feeding and nurturing them. When the time is ready, she teaches the birds to migrate in Tuscany, Italy, for avoiding winters deadly grasp. The waldrapps learn to migrate following their foster mothers powered parachute. Together they fly over the Alps.
2020 Doc Point Helsinki– Official selection
2020 Tampere Film Festival – Winner Risto Jarva Prize, Tampere Nominee for European Audience Award
2020 Best Nature Travel Film, European Cinematography Awards
2020 Best Documentary, New York Cinematography Awards
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