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: Sarina Pearson, Shuchi Kothari.
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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 |
| Directing | Sarina Pearson | Director |
| Writing | Sarina Pearson | Writer |
| Production | Sarina Pearson | Producer |
| Directing | Shuchi Kothari | Director |
| Writing | Shuchi Kothari | Writer |
| Production | Lisa Williams | Associate Producer |
| Visual Effects | Glen Real | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Trevor Dedekind | Animation |
| Production | Shuchi Kothari | Producer |
| Production | Craig Gainsborough | Associate Producer |
| Visual Effects | Alex Dron | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Alex Dron | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Theo Veltman | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Aimee Hodges | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ryan Bird | Animation |
