To Teach a Bird to Fly
Roberts Mark, Rainio Minna
A woman spends her youth raising the critically endangered Northern Bald Ibis – eventually flying with the birds on their migration journey across the alps. As her story unfolds, a parallel narrative connects her actions with the effects of the climate crisis, offering us a lifeline of hope for a very different future.
Production Year
2020
Duration
00:24:20
Tyyppi
Asiasana
animal behaviour, animals, anthropocene, birds, climate changes, conservation, documentarism, dystopias, environment, experimental films, extinction (death), hope, nature, species
Original Title
To Teach a Bird to Fly
English Title
To Teach a Bird to Fly
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Minna Rainio (Author), Mark Roberts (Author), Ilmari Mannermaa (Cinematographer), Petri Kuljuntausta (Composer), Minna Rainio (Director), Mark Roberts (Director), Jani Johansén (Editor), Maria Gullsten (Producer), Minna Rainio (Script), Mark Roberts (Script), Heikki Illikainen (Sound Design), Anne-Gabriela Schmalstied (Actor), Sarah Calver (Actor), Helena Wehner (Actor), Johannes Fritz (Actor), Yleisradio Oy (Funder), AVEK (Funder), Suomen elokuvasäätiö (Funder), Gold & Green (Funder), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), Koneen säätiö (Funder), Flatlight Creative House (Production Company)
Press Photos
Minna Rainio and Mark Roberts create short films and moving image installations that combine aspects of documentary and fiction filmmaking. Their new short film “To Teach a Bird to Fly” (2020) looks at climate change and bird extinction. Rainio and Roberts’s films have been widely exhibited in Finland, Europe, the United States and South America, and have been shown in the official selections of numerous international film festivals.
11 works
Minna Rainio and Mark Roberts create short films and moving image installations that combine aspects of documentary and fiction filmmaking. Their new short film “To Teach a Bird to Fly” (2020) looks at climate change and bird extinction. Rainio and Roberts’s films have been widely exhibited in Finland, Europe, the United States and South America, and have been shown in the official selections of numerous international film festivals.
11 works