Elder Birdsong (2019)
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.
Directors: Shuchi Kothari, Sarina Pearson.
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Rima Te Wiata as Tui |
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Margaret Baker as Owl |
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Chunjoon Hwang as Mr Godwit |
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Yoon Young Kim as Mrs Godwit |
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Heather Hickman as Suzanne |
| Visual Effects | Glen Real | Animation |
| Directing | Shuchi Kothari | Director |
| Visual Effects | Ryan Bird | Animation |
| Directing | Sarina Pearson | Director |
| Production | Shuchi Kothari | Producer |
| Writing | Sarina Pearson | Writer |
| Production | Lisa Williams | Associate Producer |
| Visual Effects | Aimee Hodges | Animation |
| Production | Sarina Pearson | Producer |
| Writing | Shuchi Kothari | Writer |
| Visual Effects | Alex Dron | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Trevor Dedekind | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Theo Veltman | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Alex Dron | Animation |
| Production | Craig Gainsborough | Associate Producer |
