For the last 10 years I’ve been privileged to know film-makers Nick Hayward (Platypus Guardians, Quoll Farm) and director Mark Pearce. While we worked on a series of short films about Australia, they were completing a love project about Lyrebirds. Nick filmed the infamous Attenborough scene of the birds mimicking chainsaws. This was voted Attenborough’s #1 moment by the British public. But was it real? Or was the bird simply reproducing a sound of natural origin? Nick devoted 15 years to solving this mystery. The conclusion is presented in the glorious film The Message of the Lyrebird.
This is one of the jauntiest, hilarious, teary, thought-provoking and entertaining wildlife films I’ve ever seen. It’s an epic tale (or tail, excuse the pun) where humanity meets nature in the most extraordinary way.
Wildiaries Melbourne subscribers and their friends and family have a very special chance to see this film. Please join me at ACMI in Federation Square this coming Tuesday (see below). For everyone else, you’ll need to wait patiently. The film is shortly to get its first broadcast screening in Australia and I’m sure it will be screened elsewhere in time – I will let you know.
Melbourne Residents are invited to the Green Carpet screening at ACMI this Tuesday
If you’re in Melbourne you are invited to join me for free at the Green Carpet Premier this Tuesday at ACMI in Federation square starting at 6PM.
The film was awarded Best International Documentary on Animals at the Filmmakers United International Film Festival (FUIFF) as well as a huge range of other nominations and awards.
