I am very happy to announce the World- and Dutch Premieres of my latest film Becoming Bird.
World Premiere:
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, CZ, Short Joy competition 23 October – 1 November
https://www.ji-hlava.com/filmy/stavat-se-ptakem
Screening date:
28th October 2026, 13:30, DKO II Cinema, Jihlava
Dutch Premiere:
IDFA Amsterdam, NL, section Signed, 12-22 November 2026
https://festival.idfa.nl/film/f85a13b2-fe50-4c1f-abfd-caa1980bf17b/becoming-bird/
Screening dates to be announced
Becoming Bird is a short film about the miraculous embryonic development of a chicken inside its egg, from fertilized egg cell to hatching. In the film, we observe the developing embryo in remarkable detail: the appearance of veins carrying streaming blood and a beating heart, the development of the brain, eyes and other organs, the embryo’s first movements, the emergence of feathers, and finally the hatching of the chick. It is an emotional journey, filmed by Jan van IJken with extraordinary precision and detail.
