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BIRD BOY

Simon Lereng Wilmont
DK 2019    22'
⚬ Kids & Youth 

Synopsis

In Azerbaijan, after losing his father, 12-year old Reshat dreams of becoming the best pigeon trainer of his village. With the help of the old man Rachim, Reshat learns the art of bird training, while also learning how to cope with grief. 

Credits

Director

Simon Lereng Wilmont

Producer

Maria Stevnbak Westergren

Co-Producers

Knut Skoglund, Karl Emil Rikardsen

Production Company

Toolbox Film

Co-Production Companies

Relation04 Media, Pedersen & Co

Cinematographer

Simon Lereng Wilmont

Editors

Michael Aaglund, Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen

Music

Ali Helnwein

Sound

Rune Palving

Film Details

Runtime 22'
Spoken Languages Azerbaijani
Production Countries Denmark

Biography

Simon Lereng Wilmont won numerous prizes among other Best First Appearance at IDFA with the feature documentary THE DISTAND BARKING OF DOGS and his two previous films THE FENCING CHAMPION (2014) and CHIKARA - THE SUMO WRESTLERS SON (2013) both pre­miered at IDFA, won the Jury Award for Medium length Documentary and Best Short Children Documentary Award at Al Jazeera Film Festival 2015. Simon Lereng Wilmont graduated as a Documentary Film Director from The National Danish Film School in 2009.

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