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Birdsong
Synopsis
Exploring the dying whistling traditions of the Hmong people of northern Laos, whose sonic exchanges straddle the boundary between music and speech. The film follows the personal stories of three individuals from Long Lan village, as they reflect on their experience as practitioners of a vanishing musical language.
Official Selection Aesthetica Film Festival 2022
Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2023
Details
- Year
- 2022
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 18 min
- Format
- Digital
- Director
- Omi Zola Gupta, Sparsh Ahuja
- Producer
- Sparsh Ahuja, Omi Zola Gupta, Dorn Bouttasing
- Co-Producer
- Lao New Wave Cinema
- Executive Producer
- Cherie Federico, Steve Melia, Lindsay Poulton, Jess Gormley
- Editor
- Giorgia Zarantonello
- Director of Photography
- Janamejaya Daroz
- Sound
- Carlos San Juan Juanchi
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 25th January 2023
