Brother Bird
Colorful stop-motion animation images constructed from layered tissue paper accompany three real-life stories of dearly remembered loved ones who visit from the after-life in the form of birds or insects
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Meredith HolchDirector
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Meredith HolchWriter
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Merediith HolchProducer
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Polash ChowdhuryKey Cast
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Jonathan BergerKey Cast
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Project Type:Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short
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Runtime:9 minutes 16 seconds
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Completion Date:January 26, 2025
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Production Budget:5,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States, United States
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Country of Filming:United States, United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:DSLR stop-motion animation
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Meredith Holch is an independent filmmaker specializing in mixed-media stop-motion animation. She is committed to producing work about socially relevant themes. Holch’s animation and videos have been broadcast on PBS and have screened at the Museum of Modern Art, (MoMA) NYC, the National Art Gallery, DC, the Exploratorium, S.F., the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston, as well as at international film festivals, art galleries, and colleges and universities. She particularly enjoys showing her animations at community spaces such as grange halls, libraries, the walls of endangered community gardens and the sides of old barns near her home in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom.