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Release Date:
January 31, 2019
Original Title:
Elder Birdsong
Production Companies:
Gainsborough Films
Nomadz Unlimited
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 5
Elder Birdsong is an animated musical short film in which 3 elderly birds: an ailing Owl, a physically challenged native Tui, and a couple of isolated migratory Korean Godwits sing about challenges of mobility, loneliness, and self-reliance. It is through their humour and dignity that these ageing birds demonstrate their resilience and provoke us to pick up the phone and get in touch with the elderly people in our lives. The film is a collaboration between public health scholars and filmmakers in New Zealand.
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Animation:
Alex Dron
Glen Real
Trevor Dedekind
Aimee Hodges
Ryan Bird
Animation Director:
Alex Dron
Associate Producer:
Lisa Williams
Craig Gainsborough
Compositing Artist:
Theo Veltman
Director:
Shuchi Kothari
Sarina Pearson
Producer:
Shuchi Kothari
Sarina Pearson
Writer:
Shuchi Kothari
Sarina Pearson
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