Every Little Thing

Sally Aitken / Australia / 2023 / Czech Premiere / 93 min.

synopsis

The protagonist of the film takes care of injured hummingbirds and their chicks – she heals them, teaches them to fly and helps them with socialization. We follow the stories of the recovery of several birds, from life in a cage to their release into the woods. Sunny shots of the natural scenery around Los Angeles are interspersed with close-ups of glistening hummingbird wings in a captivating visual poem that offers a meditation on the connection between the human world and nature. Throughout the film, a hummingbird caretaker reflects on her personal life in relation to the laws of nature and comes to the realization that the human world is in no way superior to the natural one.

“It’s a shimmering, densely layered film about love and resilience, about how we live with and recover from trauma, and about letting go.”

Quote source:The Guardian

biography

Sally Aitken is an Australian documentary filmmaker, television director, screenwriter and producer. She is the co-founder of SAM Content, a female-owned production company. Her films have been screened in competition at Cannes and Sundance, and she has received two Emmy nominations in the documentary section.