Sine Loco

YEAR: In production
MEDIUM: Essay film, 15:00 mins
FUNDING: Stroom Den Haag, Amarte Fonds, Mondriaan Fonds

A small parrot skeleton is collapsed in a pile of bones. Slowly, the skeleton begins to breathe again, waking up from her deathly slumber. Multiple human hands dress the skeleton in a small cardigan - she must be cold with no feathers!

In short film Sine Loco, an extinct parrot is experimenting with novel ways to communicate from the afterlife. A ventriloquist talks to her beyond the grave, a bird ‘actor’ attempts to channel her voice and a puppet gives a body to her spirit. But what is she so desperate to say?

Based on research into the life of one individual bird who was born in a termite mound in Australia and died in The Hague Zoo in 1890, before entering the extinct bird collection at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden.

Sine Loco is currently in production. Feel free to get in touch for more information.

Credits (to be completed)

Written and directed by: Georgie Brinkman.

Director of photography: Alex Wight.

Puppeteer: Pluck Venema.

Ventriloquist: Lydia Zwart.

Sound design: Alex Wight.

Supported by: Stroom Den Haag project grant, Amarte Fonds project grant and Mondriaan Fonds development grant.

Developed during: TRACTS essay film workshop, Porto University.