ALBATROSS

In a world scorched by rising heat and collapsing ecosystems, water has become both memory and myth. Beneath endless skies and silent oceans, the image of the albatross drifts like a forgotten omen.

ALBATROSS is a poetic environmental short film that moves through drought, isolation, the sea, and rain — exploring humanity’s fragile relationship with nature. Inspired by the haunting atmosphere of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the film blends symbolic imagery and meditative storytelling to reflect on ecological collapse, guilt, and the possibility of renewal.

Through dreamlike cinematic language, ALBATROSS asks a quiet but urgent question: when nature finally speaks back, will humanity still be listening?

  • Shorna Abedin
    Director
  • Shorna Abedin
    Writer
  • Shorna Abedin
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 16, 2026
  • Country of Origin:
    Bangladesh
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Shorna Abedin

Shorna Abedin is an independent filmmaker and visual storyteller from Bangladesh whose work explores psychological, symbolic, and environmental themes through poetic cinematic language. Influenced by atmospheric world-building, literary symbolism, and experimental visual storytelling, Shorna’s films often blend emotion, nature, memory, and metaphysical imagery.

ALBATROSS reflects an ongoing artistic interest in ecological anxiety, isolation, and the fragile connection between humanity and the natural world. With a focus on mood, symbolism, and visual poetry, Shorna aims to create films that feel both intimate and universal.

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Director Statement

ALBATROSS began as an emotional response to the growing silence surrounding climate collapse and humanity’s fractured relationship with nature. I wanted to create a film that felt less like a conventional narrative and more like a visual elegy — something atmospheric, symbolic, and emotionally reflective.

The albatross became the central image of the film because it carries both beauty and burden. Inspired by the symbolic weight of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, I saw the bird as a witness to human destruction, but also as a sign that nature endures beyond us.

Rather than explaining everything directly, I wanted the film to communicate through imagery: the sea, drought, rain, silence, and movement. ALBATROSS is ultimately about memory, ecological grief, and the fragile hope that renewal may still be possible.