
The Bird Game
The Bird Game
20 min, 2019
Director:
Marianna Simnett
‘What is a Crow anyway?
Crows are people that did bad things.’
The Bird Game is Simnett’s most recent film and departs from her previous focus on the medical realm, shifting attention to the mythological. A wicked trickster crow snares innocent children in an elaborate game and leads them to their deaths. Shot on 16mm film in the opulent grounds of Waddesdon Manor, this film was born out of research into birds’ sleepless migratory behaviour and capitalism’s desire to eliminate the human need for sleep.