BIRDLAND

By Ashgan EL-HAMUS

DOXY FIXY - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2022

Young mother Joy and her daughter Skye live in a trailer park on the outskirts of town. Joy's free parenting style is put to the test when Skye tries to become the woman her mother is in one day.

Festivals
& Awards

NFF 2020
Goudenkalf & Debut competition
Cinekid Film Festival 2020
Dutch short competition
Festival de Cinéma Européen des Arcs 2020
Short film competition
GoShort International Short Film Festival 2021
Dutch competition
International Filmfestival Assen 2021
KersVers competition, the Netherlands
Vers Awards 2021
LAB111, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Leiden Shorts 2021
Dutch competition
Vox Feminae Film Festival 2021
international competition
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • NETHERLANDS
    • Languages
    • DUTCH
    • Duration
    • 15 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ashgan EL-HAMUS
    • Writer(s)
    • Ashgan EL-HAMUS
    • Producer(s)
    • Janneke DOOLAARD (FIXY), Sylvia BAAN (FIXY)
    • Synopsis
    • Birdland is an intimate and moving film about a daughter and a mother in a trailer park on the outskirts of a city. At the heart of the film is Skye, Joy's 8-year-old tough daughter. Skye wants so badly to be a parent that she copies everything from her mother to become the woman her mother is in one day. In addition, Birdland tells a story about living and parenting in freedom and the boundaries Skye pushes in it. While not a feminist pamphlet, Birdland is an honest paean to women and a timely tale about breaking taboos on typical women's topics.