Puffling

Dir. Jessica Bishopp

20”

On a remote island off the coast of Iceland, teenagers take it upon themselves to counteract the damaging human impact on nature, exchanging night-time parties for nocturnal puffin patrol, in a coming-of-age story of young adults and pufflings alike.

Producers: Alice Hughes, Gannesh Rajah
Cinematographer: Anna MacDonald
Editor: Xanna Ward-Dixon
Original Music: Jófríður Ákadóttir
EPs: Caitlin Mae Burke, Emmanuel Vaughn-Lee
EP for The New Yorker: Paul Moakley

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World Premiere at SXSW 2023

Winner of Jury Award for Best Documentary at Academy Award Qualifying Aspen Shorts Fest

BIFA long-listed

Vimeo Staff Pick & Short of the Week

Online Premiere on The New Yorker

Winner of awards at Manchester Film Festival, London Mountain Film Festival and International Wildlife Film Festival

Special Mentions at BritishShorts and Ökofilmtour

Featured on Doc NYC’s Shortlist as ‘one to watch for awards season’

Multiple selections internationally at Academy and BAFTA Qualifying festivals, breakdown on request.

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Funded by If / Then x Emergence Magazine (Field of Vision), with support from Rooftop Film Fund and The Mill.

Supported by IDFA Academy and Clermont Ferrand EuroConnections