Private Project

Pigeons: The Illusion Of Harmony

The main protagonists in PIGEONS: THE ILLUSION OF HARMONY are the pigeons living in the cities which almost received the award of "Bird of the Year 2021". In a humorous way we let them speak through selected and animated archive material. Besides that we also get to know 2 pigeon breeders of so called “beauty pigeons“, 2 pigeon caretakers of public lofts in Stuttgart and an installation team for protections against pigeons on buildings - always accompanied by pigeons and their reactions and comments on the human protagonists. The main focus remains nevertheless on the pigeons themselves, their thoughts and feelings through which we realise - the topic of “pigeon plagues“ in European cities is not at all simple and clear-cut.

  • Daniela Fritz
    Director
  • Sylvia Jorde
    Producer
  • Julian Pfaff
    Camera
  • Peter Albrecht
    Composer
  • Moritz Peter
    Composer
  • Moritz Peter
    Sound Design
  • Manik Möllers
    Sound
  • Revan Sarikaya
    Editor
  • Maxim Gontov
    Animation
  • Marc Lehnert
    Sound Mixing
  • Perschya Chehrazi
    Sound Mixing
  • Frederike Glemser
    Color Grading
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Wenn Tauben fliegen könnten
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Documentary, Animals, City, Urban
  • Runtime:
    29 minutes 56 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 29, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Filmschau Baden-Württemberg
    Stuttgart
    Germany
    December 11, 2022
  • NaturVision Filmfestival
    Ludwigsburg
    Germany
    July 23, 2022
  • Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg
    Regensburg
    Germany
    March 19, 2023
Director Biography - Daniela Fritz

Daniela Fritz is a film student for documentary directing at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. In 2016 she graduated at the JGU in Media, Communication and Political Science (B. A.) where she also put a focus on media pedagogy and spent one semester in Zagreb, Croatia. Several film and media projects brought her to Italy and Kenya where she lived in Nairobi while realizing 2 film projects. Her main interest is changing her own perspectives and the ones of her audience by playing with ideas of „imagine if...“. Besides that she focuses on camera work and sound recording including sound design.

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