The Making of Moonflower

A Phone Call

After her apartment is robbed, a woman makes a desperate phone call, and a surprise connection.

2022

Purple Haze: A Conservation Film

Follow one man’s journey chasing America’s favorite backyard bird halfway around the world and back.

Birdsong

Ornithologist Seán Ronayne from Cobh, Co. Cork is on a mission to record the sound of every bird species in Ireland – that’s nearly 200 birds. Often j

2024

The Starling

A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward

2021

Dysphonias

After a premonition of an unusual bird, a father loses his voice. His daughter undertakes a search to rediscover him, through an intimate narrative th

2024

PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary

Ducks are true originals. There are more than 120 different species of ducks in all, a fantastical group of complex characters. Ducks have a talent fo

2012

The Minsmere Year

Narrated by David Attenborough, this film showcases the bird diversity of the Minsmere Nature Reserve.

2004

Kea - Mountain Parrot

This documentary tells the story of the inimitable kea. The 'Clown of the Alps' is heralded as the world’s smartest bird (its intelligence rivals a mo

Winged Migration

This documentary follows various migratory bird species on their long journeys from their summer homes to the equator and back, covering thousands of

2001

Kes

Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy,

1970

The Last of the Curlews

After being hunted to near-extinction, the last male Eskimo curlew searches for a mate while making the annual migration from the arctic tundra to the

1972

The World of Birds of Prey – Right to Survival

The documentary explores the life of birds of prey and their struggle for survival in a changing world. From nesting to hunting, it reveals their impo

2024

Seabirds in the Shetland Islands

Footage of the seabirds found in the Shetland Isles. One of a group of films made by Jenny Brown and bought by John Grierson for the GPO Film Library

1932

Bug

In Oklahoma, Agnes, a lonely waitress living in an isolated and dilapidated roadside motel, meets Peter, a quiet and mysterious man with whom she esta

2007

The Walk

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

2015

Beak & Brain - Genius Birds from Down Under

Whoever came up with the term 'bird brain' never met these feathered thinkers, who use their claws and beaks to solve puzzles, make tools and more.

2013

Project SG 1:1

Short documentary film covering the Stargate 1:1 project.

2019

Owls: Masters of the Night

Owls are remarkable, highly resourceful birds that have carved out a unique way to live. They have colonized terrains from tundra to rain forest and w

2020

Attenborough's Big Birds

Meet the big birds, a feathered family who have never flown a day in their lives! From ostriches to kiwis, these bizarre birds appear to be nature's g

2015

Among Wild Birds

Finland’s first nature documentary. The filmmakers’ expedition leads them all the way to the Åland Islands and the Karelian Isthmus.

1927