Birds? What Are They Good For?

Birds? What Are They Good For? is an ecological documentary film about the decline of bird populations and habitats due to the expansion of human society. The history of people interacting with birds and how we have seen them over the centuries is explored.

Narrated by Joe Barlam
Directed and Edited by David Lane Diperstein
Written by Charline Tetiyevsky
Music by Daniel Zea

Film Festival Selections
City Montessori School, International Children’s Film Festival
Lucknow, India

Max Sir International Film Festival
Lviv, Ukraine (Cinema in Schools program – screening in 100+ schools)

Science Film Festival (presented by the Goethe Institut)
Bangkok, Thailand (Screening in Philippines and Singapore)

VIANATUR Environmental Film Festival
Valladolid, Spain

International Short Film Festival on Cultural Tourism
Varanasi, India

Inheritance Festival
Belfast, Ireland

Lift-Off Sessions at Pinewood Studios
Buckinghamshire, England

Ekotop Envirofilm International Film Festival
Bratislava and Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Steve Aronson International Film Festival
San José, Costa Rica

Festival Internacional De Imagem De Natureza
Vila Real, Portugal

TV Broadcast
Birds? What Are They Good For? was broadcast on television across the UK
on NVTV Belfast, Latest TV Brighton, KMTV Kent, and Sheffield Live! Sheffield
in association with Virgin Media and the Inheritance Festival