The Homing Bird

Nov 4, 2014

0h 11m

★ 0.0

Overview

A boy accidentally lets loose his father's pigeons, and goes on a dramatic journey in order to retrieve them. After leaving for the war, they are one of the only things he has left of his father.

Genres

History

Production Companies

It's My Shout

The Homing Bird Trailers

Cast

Johnny

Patrick O'Neill

Deano

Billy Thomas

Dad

Sion Ifan Williams

Mam

Lizzie Rogan

Kyle

Ryan Davies

Mr. Jacobs

Nathan Blake

Soldier

Alex Neagle

Kayleigh

Mali Thomas

Sharon

Katie Shears

Becky

Caitlin Toy

Lisa

Elin Morris

Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as the first real motion picture ever made, although Louis Le Prince's 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene pre-dated it by seven years. Three separate versions of this film exist, which differ from one another in numerous ways. The first version features a carriage drawn by one horse, while in the second version the carriage is drawn by two horses, and there is no carriage at all in the third version. The clothing style is also different between the three versions, demonstrating the different seasons in which each was filmed. This film was made in the 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and at a speed of 16 frames per second. At that rate, the 17 meters of film length provided a duration of 46 seconds, holding a total of 800 frames.

5.6

Mehua

Jul 7, 2017

Two young women are about to receive the great honor of being sacrificed to their Mexica gods; but the cruel and bloody ritual does not go as expected.

0.0

Cement

Dec 1, 1927

A Soviet film about construction workers.

0.0

Salandar

Jan 25, 1980

The Mongol invasion of Iran leaves the country devastated but the people fight for their right in their own way.

6.0

Departure

Jan 1, 1991

Young man is going somewhere by train with his love interest. While searching for water to drink tea, he encounters different periods of Estonian and Soviet history in each railroad car, though he loses everything he has at the moment.

6.7

The Magic of Flight

Jan 1, 1996

Take a technological thrill ride The Magic of Flight takes you on a technological thrill ride faster, higher and wider than modern science or even your imagination! Relive the first flight of the Wright Brothers, then soar with the Blue Angels as they defy the laws of gravity. Narrated by Tom Selleck.

0.0

Caravan

Jan 1, 1995

The film consists of three novels: the first novel about Gobustan, an ancient human settlement. The second novel deals with the theme of the East and women. The third novel tells about January 20, 1990 and the Khojaly tragedy.

8.2

Night and Fog

Jan 29, 1956

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

10.0

A Jupatarama

Mar 4, 2024

No overview available.

0.0

Kirkcaldy Man

Oct 23, 2011

Who is Jocky Wilson? 20 years ago every child in Kirkcaldy, on the east coast of Scotland, could answer this question. One of the best darts players ever, world champion in 1982 and 1989 - a national hero. But in '95 Jocky paid the price for his self destructive life style. In search of his myth, we follow the forces that shaped Jocky's hometown and its inhabitants as we discover lost memories of the man who once inspired the nation.

4.7

Nostradamus IV

Jan 2, 1944

This Carey Wilson Miniature takes a further look at prophecies by 16th century seer Nostradamus.

5.0

Johanne

Mar 16, 2017

Inspired by Joan of Arc, Johanne follows a day in a life of the eponymous heroine. While set in medieval fantasy town, it explores the very current and urgent theme of preserving one’s humanity while struggling against inhumane environment, from modern feminist perspective.

10.0

James Baldwin Abroad

Feb 3, 2023

Showcasing three short films by American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race, sexuality and civil rights, among other topics, in Istanbul, Paris and Great Britain.

8.0

Gabriel

Sep 1, 2020

At the end of World War II, a wounded German soldier, disguised as a Canadian, ends up in the midst of a hiding Jewish family.

8.0

A Sirens Call

Dec 10, 2021

Tells the mythical tale of a woman driven by power who is willing to do anything to get it.

0.0

Ghosts

Sep 10, 2022

Three Kiowa boys attempt to escape a government boarding school in 1891, Oklahoma.

0.0

Dormancy

Aug 24, 2018

Set in 1932, at the height of prohibition and the growing American eugenics movement, the state of Vermont passes a law allowing for sexual sterilization of "idiots, imbeciles, feeble minded or insane persons likely to procreate." Dormancy follows a young woman and her new husband who work the land and earn a small income herding sheep and working with lumber. The couple is lured into a rural clinic where they subjected to the sadistic goals of the doctors and eugenics field workers. For this modest family, life will never be quite the same...

4.3

The First Emperor of China

Jan 1, 1989

This historical drama tells the story of Qin Shihuang, who unified China's vast territory and declared himself emperor in 221 B.C. During his reign, he introduced sweeping reforms, built a vast network of roads and connected the Great Wall of China. From the grandiose inner sanctum of Emperor Qin's royal palace, to fierce battles with feudal kings, this film re-creates the glory and the terror of the Qin Dynasty, including footage of Qin's life-sized terra cotta army, constructed 2,200 years ago for his tomb.

0.0

Letter of Forgiveness

Jan 10, 2020

In the household of a wealthy Romanian noblewoman in 1855, Maria, a Roma-Gipsy slave, fights to obtain freedom for her son Dinca. Part of a future full-length project, the short film presents a day in the household in which Maria and her son, Dinca, serve as slaves. As important guests arrive for dinner and all the slaves are making preparations, Maria and her son see this day as a chance to take a step to change their fate. During slavery time, up until 1856, the Romanian equivalent of the word "forgiveness" was used when referring to freeing someone from slavery (the Roma slave was "forgiven" from slavery).

0.0

Mosholu Parkway

Nov 11, 2019

Mosholu Parkway is a short film comedy about a day in the life of a raucus family during World War II, a teenaged girl's disastrous blind date and her 80-year-old aunt who runs a crap game out of her apartment in The Bronx, New York in 1942 . Director Allison Robbins Writer Allison Robbins Stars Caroline AaronMatthew BrodskyMike Cefalo