[sighing softly]

An albino bird and a human share a landscape of quiet solitude, encountering moments where language falters and silence lingers. The film explores the subtle connections between human and avian life, presence, and grief through hybrid forms.

  • Süheyla Noyan
    Director
  • Süheyla Noyan
    Writer
  • Süheyla Noyan
    Producer
  • Chloe
    Key Cast
    "Chloe"
  • Süheyla Noyan
    Key Cast
    "Filiz"
  • Don Boros
    Key Cast
    "Florist"
  • Shannon Steiner
    Key Cast
    "Bird lady"
  • Gary Neal Hansen
    Key Cast
    "Park Guy"
  • Sümeyra Noyan
    Key Cast
    "Mom"
  • Andrew Frangella
    Sound Designer
  • Kevin Shaheen
    Cinematographer
  • Süheyla Noyan
    Cinematographer
  • Ali Sadeqi
    Original Soundtrack Composer
  • Andrew Frangella
    Original Soundtrack Composer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 21 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 11, 2026
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Türkiye, United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English, Turkish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, 16mm
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Binghamton University
Director Biography - Süheyla Noyan

Süheyla Noyan is an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker with a background in sociology and law. She holds an MFA in Cinema from Binghamton University (SUNY). Working across documentary and fiction, analog and digital forms, her films explore hybridity and traces overlooked narratives that may not seek to be seen, but deserve attention. Noyan's work received international recognition, including the Social Impact Award at Sabancı Foundation Short Film Competition (Türkiye) and Women's Rights Award at Très Court International Film Festival (France).

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Director Statement

I am drawn to corners rather than centers, to what lingers at the periphery. A bird and a human share a quiet presence, until the bird dies and no place can be found to rest. The impossibility of finding a sanctuary for a bird stayed with me, gradually expanding into a reflection on space, belonging, and visibility—both cultural and sensory.
Living in a language that is not my mother tongue has heightened my attention to listening: to partial hearing, to hesitation, to the moments when sound and image fall slightly out of sync. Along the way, encountering the gestures and sensory qualities of both humans and animals (including limitations in vision) transformed what began as fiction into something more porous, where observation and construction coexist.
The film inhabits hybrid forms, looking beyond binary positions such as human/animal. It is an open-ended search for another point of view, one that lingers at the edges and listens to what does not immediately ask to be seen but deserves attention.

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Beneath these stars,
let there be space for all,
for an avian heart.