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Holy Bird is the debut film of writer and director Marc Wagenaar. This surrealistic and poetic drama tells the story of an old writer, played by Rolf Kanies, who lives as a hermit in the woods. The only contact he has is with his dead bird. Thinking that he has failed in life he desperately tries to get new inspiration. Is the bird trying to tell him something? Suddenly a ballet dancer and photographer are entering his trailer and want to take a photograph. Slowly they drive him to the back of his trailer where the writer falls on his bed. Is it only waiting till the photo will be shot.

In the last week before the shooting on location, the key location for the film suddenly got canceled. Within four days, fortunately, an 80 eighty years old trailer was found fifthy 50 kilometers outside of Berlin and got transferred to the woods downside of Berlin. Officially the working title for this project was 'The southside of misery' but later this got changed in 'Holy Bird'.

Holy Bird is also the first film from the film- production company Holy Birds and was shot in just four nights. Writer and director Marc Wagenaar build the decor himself, produced the film, wrote the script and directed the film. Wagenaar has built up a reputation for his clear eye for details and the use of symbols.