Bird Boy

Bird Boy

When 12-year-old Reshat looks around, he sees the oil fields of Azerbaijan. When he looks up dreamily, he sees pigeons flying to heaven. He misses his father, who died a year ago and also loved these birds. Reshat cautiously approaches the best pigeon keeper in the village. Will he teach him how to train pigeons? Reshat plays with his friends, visits his father’s grave, looks at old photos with his grandmother and does his homework because his mother tells him to. But what he longs for is to be with the pigeon keeper. While Reshat is learning everything there is to learn about pigeons, he discovers his true desires.
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Script: Simon Lereng Wilmont
Cinematography: Simon Lereng Wilmont
Editing: Michael Aaglund, Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen
Sound: Rune Palving
Music: Ali Helnwein
Production: Toolbox Film
Producers: Maria Stevnbak Westergren
Co-production: Relation04 Media, Pedersen & Co
Co-producers: Knut Skoglund, Karl Emil Rikardsen
Format: ProRes
Color: Color
Production Country: Denmark
Production Year: 2019
Duration: 22'
Contact: Autlook Filmsales
Part of the series Kids on the Silk Road.

Suitable for kids over the age of 10.

Simon Lereng Wilmont

Filmography

2008 Above the Ground, Beneath the Sky (short)
2014 The Fencing Champion (short)
2017 The Distant Barking of Dogs
2019 Bird Boy (short)
2022 A House Made of Splinters
2023 Girl Away From Home (short, co-direction)