Kestrel's Eye (NR)

synopsis

KESTREL'S EYE is a beautiful film about a family of kestrels, living in the tower of an old church, in a small village in the southwest of Sweden. Not meant to inform us about the life of a kestrel, the film is an attempt to compel us to feel like one. Kristersson filmed the kestrels at close range for several years. Aside from technical contraptions, patience was his secret weapon. The camera enters the time and space of the birds themselves, becoming one of the family, surviving winter, welcoming spring, hunting and devouring prey with them. But Kristersson adds a parallel level to the film. KESTREL'S EYE is also a film about the life of humans. People walking dogs, digging graves, children coming home from school - these everyday activities are also witnessed, from the birds' point-of-view.