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.
Sarina Pearson
Director, Writer
Shuchi Kothari
Director, Writer
Rima Te Wiata
Tui
Margaret Baker
Owl
Chunjoon Hwang
Mr Godwit
Yoon Young Kim
Mrs Godwit
Heather Hickman
Suzanne
Piper81%
Up79%
The Starling68%
Doctor Dolittle62%
Napoleon62%
Flying Home59%
Charlie & Boots61%
Sing71%
Grumpy Old Men66%
Rock Dog62%
Lost in Translation73%
Alvin and the Chipmunks58%
My Fair Lady74%
Leo73%
Dug's Special Mission69%
Babe62%
Teacher's Pet60%
Migration73%
Saludos Amigos58%
Away and Back60%
