Warblers, buntings and thrushes are just some of the many songbirds that fill our skies, yards and parks. For thousands of years, these magnificent creatures have embarked on migratory journeys across continents and oceans. But today they are threatened by climate change, pesticides, habitat loss, predators and city lights. We have lost an incredible 50 percent of songbirds in just 60 years. The Messenger is a beautifully shot, intimate investigation that reaches from the Boreal Forest to the base of Turkey’s Mount Ararat to the urban streets of New York as it follows scientists and everyday people exposing threats to songbirds and working to save these immensely important creatures from disappearing from our ecosystems forever.
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2015 (Best Conservation Film), Hot Docs 2015 (Top Ten Audience Award), CinemAmbiente 2015 (Special Mention for Best Documentary), International Wildlife Film Festival of Missoula 2016 (Best of Fest & Best Theatrical Documentary), Canadian Screen Awards 2016 (Nominated for Best Cinematography in a Feature Documentary), “Visions of Nature/Voices of Nature” Environmental Film Festival 2016 (Special Jury Award), Canadian Cinema Editors Award 2016 (Nominated for Best Editing in Feature Documentary), International Wildlife Film Festival 2016 (Best of the Fest and Best Theatrical Documentary), Festival de l’Oiseau et de la Nature 2016 (Best Environmental Film Prize), Ontario Nature 2016 (Carl Nunn Media and Conservation Award), Cinema Verde Film Festival 2016 (Whistleblower Award), Pariscience 2016 (Biodiversity Award, Prix Buffon), North Bay Film Festival 2016 (Favourite Feature Documentary), Rotterdam Wildlife Film Festival 2016 (WFFR Awareness Award), Dutch International Science Film Festival 2016 (Nominated for NTR Audience Award and the Youth Jury Award)
Directed bySu RynardWritten bySally Blake, Su RynardYear2015Duration2 x 43' / 90' / 45'CoproductionSongbirdSOSBroadcastARTE France, CBC, NetflixDistributionZED, Kino Lorber
