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  • To Teach a Bird to Fly (2020)
  • Short | 22 min | Documentary, Short
To Teach a Bird to Fly (2020)
Short | 22 min | Documentary, Short
To Teach a Bird to Fly is an documentary-fiction film that explores bird extinction and climate change through a fictionalized story told from the perspective of the future. A woman relates events from the past - today's world - when her ...See moreTo Teach a Bird to Fly is an documentary-fiction film that explores bird extinction and climate change through a fictionalized story told from the perspective of the future. A woman relates events from the past - today's world - when her grandmother worked as a foster parent to a critically endangered bird, the Northern Bald Ibis. The film follows the Waldrapp project in Germany, where a young woman (the narrator's future grandmother) helps breed and hand-raise the birds. She spends all her time with the birds as their foster parent, teach them to migrate by following a light aircraft across the Alps to their wintering grounds in Tuscany, Italy. The film highlights this process as a locus of hope, not just for the future of the Ibis, but for the future of the environment and the planet. Written by Mark Roberts See less
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Producer
Maria Gullsten
Composer
Petri Kuljuntausta (original soundtrack)
Cinematographer
Ilmari Mannermaa
Editor
Jani Johansén
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Updated Jan 28, 2020
Release date
Jan 28, 2020 (Finland)
Awards
2 wins

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4 cast members
Name Known for
Sarah Carver
Narrator (voice) (as Sarah Calver) Narrator (voice) (as Sarah Calver)   See fewer
Falling Skies (2011)
Anne-Gabriela Schmalstieg
Foster Parent / Woman Foster Parent / Woman   See fewer
Zugvögel - Kundschafter in fernen Welten (2016)
Helena Wehner
Second Foster Parent Second Foster Parent   See fewer
Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope (2023)
Johannes Fritz
Microlight Pilot Microlight Pilot   See fewer
Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope (2023)
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