IWFF Shorts Block 6: Art & Wildlife Ornithologist and artist Dr. Rob Butler explores the complicated and beautiful lives of crows while looking back on a lifetime of corvid obsession (“Society of Crows”). In the dead of winter, photographer Tom Murphy treks deep into Yellowstone National Park to capture the lives and struggles of those who survive there (“Frozen Frames: Murphy’s Yellowstone”). A filmmaker, facing up to the twilight of his career, sets out to use his camera skills to decipher the relationship between a million seabirds and a single hunting falcon (“The Birds”). Art and wildlife collide in the stories of these three incredible artists and researchers.

Society of Crows
Director: Mike McKinlay
Producers: Rob Butler, Mike McKinlay

Ornithologist and artist Dr. Rob Butler explores the complicated and beautiful lives of crows while looking back on a lifetime of corvid obsession.


The Birds
Directors: David Allen, Martin Dohrn
Producers: Amber Beattie, Gaby Bastrya

A filmmaker facing up to the twilight of his career sets out to use his camera skills to decipher the relationship between a million seabirds and a single hunting falcon. Ultimately his cinematic portrait of this “cosmic event” provides crucial insights into the mechanisms of the natural world and the difficulties of coming to terms with the end of a life well-lived.


Frozen Frames: Murphy's Yellowstone
Director: Allison Argo

Photographer Tom Murphy has dedicated his life to speaking out for the wildlife of Yellowstone. In the dead of winter, Murphy treks deep into the park to capture the lives and struggles of those who survive there. His remarkable photographs capture both the magnificence of Yellowstone and one man's tenacious dedication to protect what's still wild.