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NIGHT PARROT STORIES

Year: 2016

Classification: G

Runtime: 89 min

Produced In: Australia

Directed By: Robert Nugent

Produced By: Robert Nugent, Mitzi Goldman

Website: lookingglasspictures.com.au

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A cinematic ode to a bird lost in the darkness: an exploration by filmmaker Rob Nugent of the science, mythology and rumours surrounding the elusive nocturnal bird, the Night Parrot, that supposedly disappeared In Australia at the end of the 19th Century. A wonderfully inventive and engaging film by one of Australia's most distinctive and original documentary artists.


In the remote deserts of Australia lives an elusive nocturnal bird called the Night Parrot. Virtually nothing is known of its ecology. It supposedly disappeared at the end of the 19th Century. Searching for evidence of its existence became a preoccupation. Night Parrot Stories was filmed in all the locations where Night Parrots once lived, during a time when stories of extinction were everywhere.

  • World Premiere - Something Somewhere Film Festival 2016
  • Finalist - Best Documentary Technology Science Environment, ATOM Awards 2016
  • Official Selection - Sydney Film Festival, 2016
  • Official Selection - Environmental Film Festival, 2016
  • Official Selection - Canberra International Film Festival, 2016
  • Official Selection - Capricornia Film Awards, 2016

VIEW THE TRAILER: vimeo.com/289029027


Directed, written and photographed by Rob Nugent
Produced by Mitzi Goldman and Rob Nugent
Sound Rob Nugent and Will Sheridan
Editor Hilary Balmond
Sound design Sam Petty
Line Producer </b>Merran Lang</b>

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