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  • The Bird Game (2019)
  • Short | 20 min | Short, Fantasy
The Bird Game (2019)
Short | 20 min | Short, Fantasy
The Bird Game is a wicked fairy tale in which a loquacious and bloodthirsty crow, voiced by Joanne Whalley, lures six children to a secluded mansion and snares them in a sequence of deranged games. It mixes dismembered parts of Sleeping ...See moreThe Bird Game is a wicked fairy tale in which a loquacious and bloodthirsty crow, voiced by Joanne Whalley, lures six children to a secluded mansion and snares them in a sequence of deranged games. It mixes dismembered parts of Sleeping Beauty and Ovid's Metamorphoses into a sinister witch's brew. Crow may be a villain but she is also an enchantress, a masterful storyteller and, in her climactic retelling of how she became a bird, a strange and scarred kind of heroine. Also featured in this hellish tale of childhood and transformation are a wolf-haunted lullaby, dirty Disney costumes, eels, and an enucleated eyeball (Text by Charlie Fox). Directed by Marianna Simnett, co-written by Marianna Simnett & Charlie Fox, produced by Sophie Neave, shot on 16mm by Robbie Ryan BSC, starring Joanne Whalley as 'Crow', music by Oliver Coates, and performed by live birds and children at Waddesdon Manor. See less
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Director
Marianna Simnett
Producer
Sophie Neave
Composer
Oliver Coates
Cinematographer
Robbie Ryan
Casting Director
Claire Curry
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Updated Nov 13, 2019
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Nov 13, 2019 (United Kingdom)

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