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The short version of The art of flying will be screened at the TED conference in Vancouver, Canada.

The art of flying (short 2 min version) has been selected for VIMEO STAFF PICKS!

The art of flying (short version) was published on Weather.com:

https://weather.com/news/trending/video/dreamscape-of-swooping-starlings

The full (7 min) version of The art of flying is now available for streaming and/or download on Doc Alliance Films:
http://dafilms.com/film/9863-the-art-of-flying/

One of the biggest screens in Berlin, a handful of the best musicians, and a few of the most exciting short films of the year: That’s the recipe for SOUND & VISION at Interfilm International Short Film Festival, Berlin, Germany. As in the previous five years, on this evening more than 20 musicians board the Volksbühne and accompany the evening’s films with original soundtracks especially composed for this event. An evening filled with audiovisual superlatives.

The art of flying opened this very special evening with live music of Smalltape Syndrome (piano + guitar).

Wonderful opening last weekend of Biennnale De l’image Possible in Liège, Belgium. The art of flying will be playing there in a loop until 16th October at the entrance of the Manège Fonck (main venue) of the biennale. Thank you Anne-Françoise Lesuisse, Lucien Barel, Pierre Stassart, Anja Buecherl and everyone else of BIP!!

The art of flying has won the award for Best Art Film at Pärnu international documentary film festival, Estonia
The prize was awarded at a special ceremony, broadcasted live on national Estonian TV.
Many thanks to the jury of the KUMU art museum of Estonia and to Mark Sosaar and his team for the wonderful film festival.

The art of flying has been selected for:

2016 Palm Springs Int ShortFest, USA
2016 Lima Independiente Festival Internacional de Cine, PERU
2016 Biennale de l’Image Possible Luik, BE
2016 Wildlife Vaasa, FI

International Nature Film Festival Gödöllö, Hungary
CinemAmbiente Environmental Film Festival, Turin, Italy
Encounters International Documentary Festival, Cape Town, South Africa
Festival de Cine de Huesca, Spain
AFI Docs, Wahington DC, USA
Maui Film Festival, Hawaii, USA

The art of flying has been selected for:

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Durham USA
Environmental Film Festival at Yale, USA
Ismailia International Festival for Documentary & Short Films, Cairo, Egypte
Mo&Friese Children’s ShortFilmFestival Hamburg DE

KurzFilmVerleih in Hamburg, Germany will do the European theatrical distribution of The art of flying.
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The art of flying has been selected for Sonoma Int Film Festival USA

Festival dates: 30-03-16 – 03-04-16

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The art of flying has been selected for Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania
Festival dates: 31-3-16 -14-04-16
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The art of flying will take part in Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, Washington USA
Festival dates: 15-03-16 – 26-03-16
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The art of flying has been selected for the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana USA.
The festival will take place from 19-28 February 2016.

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The film will take part in the international short film competition.
The festival will take place from 14-17 January 2016 in Stuttgart, Germany.
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The art of flying will be part of Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2016, Nevada City, USA

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The art of flying will take part in the Alter-Native Int Short Film Festival, Tirgu Mures, Romania (main competition)
Festival dates: 4-8 November 2015
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The art of flying will be screened at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic (Short Joy competition)
The festival will be held from 27 October – 1 November 2015
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The festival will take place from 10-15 November 2015.
More info: Kasseler Dokfest

The art of flying will participate in 3 more festivals:

L’Alternativa Independent Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain (Short film competition) 16-22 November 2015
More info: L’Alternativa
Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran (International competition and Video Art section) 11-17 November 2015
More info: Tehran Short FF
Planet in focus Environmental Film Festival, Toronto, Canada (Short film competition) 19-25 October 2015
More info: Planet in focus festival

The art of flying will have its World Premiere at Split International Film Festival, Croatia, 12-19 September 2015
The film wil take part in the short film competition

Synopsis

Short film about “murmurations”: the mysterious flights of the Common Starling. It is still unknown how the thousands of birds are able to fly in such dense swarms without colliding. Every night the starlings gather at dusk to perform their stunning air show.

Because of the relatively warm winter of 2014/2015, the starlings stayed in the Netherlands instead of migrating southwards. This gave filmmaker Jan van IJken the opportunity to film one of the most spectacular and amazing natural phenomena on earth.

HD video / Black & White / Running time 6:52

The art of flying will take part in the international experimental short film competition ‘In Silico’ of the Message to Man festival, St. Petersburg, Russia

(26/9 – 3/10).

More info: Message2man

In the same week, the Dutch premiere will be at the Nederlands Film Festival in Utrecht (23/9 – 2/10).

More info: Nederlands Film Festival