The Art of Flying

A document on “murmurations”: the mysterious flights of the Common Starling. It is still unknown how thousands of birds are able to fly in such dense swarms without colliding. Thanks to the warm winter of 2014/2015, the starlings stayed in Holland instead of migrating southwards. This gave the film maker, Jan van Ijken, the opportunity to shoot an amazing masterpiece of art created by birds.

Introduction by Mark Soosaar and Vaiko Edur