SCHEME BIRDS

By Ellen FISKE, Ellinor HALLIN

SYNDICADO FILM SALES - as SALES

Documentary - Completed 2019

As her childhood turns into motherhood, teenage troublemaker Gemma comes of age in her fading Scottish steel town. But in a place where "you either get knocked up or locked up," innocent games can easily turn into serious crime.

Festivals
& Awards

Zurich FF 2019
International Documentary Film Competition
Tribeca FF 2019
Best Documentary Award
Tribeca FF 2019
Albert Maysles Award for Best New Documentary Director
CPH:DOX 2020
HIGHLIGHTS
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (online) 2021
Official Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ellen FISKE, Ellinor HALLIN
    • Producer(s)
    • Mario ADAMSON (Sisyfos Film Production AB), Ruth REID (GID Films)
    • Synopsis
    • Scheme Birds bursts with the frustration of a generation of Scots let down by society’s promises. We see the fading steel town through the eyes of Gemma, a soon-to-be mother on the verge of adulthood. In a place where you “either get knocked up or locked up,” Gemma carves out brief moments of tenderness amidst the violence of her local scheme.