The Art of Flying
Short film about “murmurations”: the mysterious flights of the Common Starling. It is still unknown how the thousands of birds are able to fly in such dense swarms without colliding. Every night the starlings gather at dusk to perform their stunning air show.
Director Biography
Jan van IJken is a filmmaker and photographer from the Netherlands, working at the interface of art and science. His work is about the secrets of nature, microscopy, embryology and human-animal relationships.
Director
Jan van IJken
Country
Netherlands
Language
No Dialogue
Year
2016
Duration
7
Also in this session
1. Becoming
Jan van IJken, 6
2. La pieuvre
Jean Painlevé, 14
3. The Art of Flying
Jan van IJken, 7
4. Les amours de la pieuvre
Jean Painlevé, 13
5. Planet A
Momoko Seto, 8
6. Planktonium
Jan van IJken, 15