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A Bird in the Hand

2024 • USA • 27 min • Christy Frank and Alex Goetz

Filmmaker in Attendance, Family Friendly, Making Waves Recipient, Michigan Premiere, Staff Pick

With the goal of banding 100,000 birds, this film follows Tom and Paula Bartlett on their quest throughout northwest Ohio, and the impact they have not only on bird research, but those they meet along the way. 

Saving The Night Caller | Uncovering Echoes In The Dark

2025 • Canada • 21 min • Gregg McLachlan

Filmmaker in Attendance, Family Friendly, Michigan Premiere

A hauntingly beautiful conservation documentary that follows wildlife researchers from Birds Canada and the University of Waterloo deep into the forests of southwestern Ontario, Canada to uncover the mysterious world of the Eastern Whip-poor-will — a nocturnal bird whose call once echoed across the night, and is now slowly falling silent.

Where the Wind Takes You

2025 • Norway • 12 min • Ryan Rumpca / Nate Dodge

Family Friendly, Michigan Premiere, Filmmaker in Attendance

Following in his father’s footsteps of polar exploration, captain Peter Schurke takes us up the West coast of Svalbard in a small sailboat, dwarfed by the towering mountains of this arctic archipelago.