To teach a bird to fly
Finland, 24', 2020
age recommendation: 6+
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.
Minna Rainio, Mark Roberts
They are a filmmaker and artist duo based in Helsinki, Finland. Their films and installations combine aspects of documentary and fiction filmmaking to confront the audience and destabilize perceived boundaries and perceptions of time, space, and society. Their award-winning works deal with topics such as climate change, migration and species extinction, and have been exhibited around the world and screened in the official selections of numerous international film festivals.
Cast & Crew
- direction: Minna Rainio, Mark Roberts
- screenplay: Minna Rainio, Mark Roberts
- cinematography: Ilmari Mannermaa
- editing: Jani Johansen
- music: Petri Kuljuntausta
- sound: Heikki Illikainen
- cast: Anne-Gabriela Schmalstieg
- producer: Maria Gullsten
- production company: Flatlight Creative Oy
- original language: English
Filmography
- They Came in Crowded Boats and Trains (2017)
- How Everything Turns Away (2014)
- The Factory of the World (2014)
- Maamme / Värt Land (2012)
- Some we kept, some we threw back (2010)
- Why do you want to have a child? (2009)
- Eight Rooms (2008)
- Angles of Incidence (2006)
- Borderlands (2004)
English