If human-made extinction was a choreography, this is how we have performed it. The great auk was the original penguin, but disappeared from the Earth in the mid-1800s. The filmmaker travels around to meet various people and places with a connection to the extinct bird, from the home of the author of The Great Auk in England to the old zoological museum in Copenhagen, where the entrails of the last two great auks are kept in glass jars. Through their stories and observations we look back on the life of a species that will never return.
Director | Irene Margrethe Kaltenborn |
Cinematography | Irene Margrethe Kaltenborn, Anton Kai, Margo Peegel, Jens Alfred Raahauge |
Editing | Irene Margrethe Kaltenborn |
Producer | Irene Margrethe Kaltenborn |
Production Company | Vidåpne Øyne |
Distributor | Irene Kaltenborn |
Original Title | Choreographies Towards Loss |
Entry Number | 25-22 |
Country of Production |
Norway
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Year of Production | 2024 |
Running Time | 60’ |
Language: | English Danish Norwegian Icelandic |
Subtitles: | English Estonian |