The Calgary Underground Film Festival
Bird Hostage
Canada, 2023: 13 minutes: Alberta Premiere
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2024
Part of:
SHORTS PACKAGE - A BANQUET OF CONSEQUENCES
Sat,
Apr
20
4:15 PM
: 103 minutes
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description
Lauren takes a job pet-sitting Diane’s parrot. However, within the shroud of darkness and beneath a suspiciously placed sheet, Lauren finds Reggie, an African grey parrot, who longs for freedom and has a mouth like a sailor! Striking up a friendship, Lauren and Reggie hatch a plan for his escape.
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Fantasia Film Festival 2023
Toronto After Dark 2023
Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival 2023
Kingston Canadian Film Festival 2023
details
Comedy / Dark Comedy / Narrative
13 minutescredits
Director
Lauren Andrews
Producers
Lauren Andrews
Caitlin Russell
Evan Dubinsky
Colin Walker
Screenwriter
Lauren Andrews
Cinematographer
Nick Tiringer
Cast
Lauren Andrews
Jay Baruchel
Jan Caruana
Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll
Music
Kelly Steinhoff
Charles Hutchings
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awards
WINNER: Jury Award: Best Canadian Short Film