The Birds

The celestial ballet of bird flocks.

Renowned wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn explores a little-known natural wonder in the vast, unassuming marshes of the Wash estuary on England’s east coast: gigantic flocks of wading birds gliding through the air in breathtaking formations, responding to the rhythm of the migrating moon and the hunt of a peregrine falcon. With unwavering passion, Dohrn captures the traces of this evolution in time-lapse—a dance of life and death, beauty and danger. At the same time, his cinematic endeavor becomes a deeply personal journey.

At the threshold of his own professional farewell, he seeks in the birds’ suspension not only to decipher nature’s hidden mechanisms, but also to find meaning and solace.