A dead bird walks again—through clay, through grief, through a child's impossible hope.
Practical Effects
Stop-motion so tactile you can feel the fingerprints.
Direction
Leiser turns 7 minutes into an eternity of longing.
Sound
Sparse audio that makes silence devastating.
Director
Eric Leiser
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Seraphim Cloud, who voices the Dodo, was only 6 years old during production—their genuine wonder shapes every line.
The dodo became extinct in 1681; this film joins a tradition of using the bird as symbol for humanity's carelessness, from Lewis Carroll to modern conservation movements.
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