Bird Movies

Composed of serious and funny musical scenes, an exploration of the virtues of translation and desire for communication between humans and birds....

From the North Pole to remote islands, birds can live almost anywhere. How do these resilient animals thrive in such different environments? They...

Nature documentary meets Disney-style cute in this Animaland animated short.

David Attenborough tells the remarkable story of how these " birds of paradise " have captivated explorers , naturalists, artists, filmmakers and...

A 1934 GB production that was picked up in 1937 by Educational for 20th Century Fox distribution about the gannet, a beautiful white and exceedingly...

The birdlife of Northumberland's Farne Islands comes under the spotlight.

Water Birds is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. The film delves into the still waters of lagoons and marshes to the wild...

From somewhere along the east coast of South America, an osprey has just flown 4000 miles to a small saltmarsh at the delta of the Connecticut River,...

Magnús Magnússon´s captivating footage gives viewers the opportunity to experience Icelandic nature in a unique way. The film...

Devastated by the loss of her baby, Brontë discovers a bird’s nest in her backyard, and with it, an unconventional way to process her...

Whoever came up with the term 'bird brain' never met these feathered thinkers, who use their claws and beaks to solve puzzles, make tools and more.

Arne Sucksdorff’s short documentary observes gulls raiding nests and stealing eggs with ruthless persistence. Though presented as pure nature...

Putra, a 13-year-old boy living with asthma, dreams of one day playing for Indonesia’s national football team. Often underestimated, his...

With narration from Paul McGann, this ground-breaking film sets out to solve one of nature's mysterious phenomena: the Bewick swan's dramatic...

Swedish filmmaker Mikael Kristersson directs this austere yet beautiful experimental documentary about two European falcons. Shot over the course of...

An experimental film about a black market surgery. Exploring the meaning of freedom, pain and relief.

At school the dunce draws a Picasso style chicken on the black board. The chicken comes to life, runs away, and finds itself in the teacher's garden....

A lone tui bird must find her lost voice to speak up against her adoptive magpie family before they start a war.