BAEA

Filmstill BAEA

BAEA

BAEA
Terra Long
International Competition Documentary Film
Documentary Film
Canada,
UK,
USA
2025
18 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
None
World premiere

Winter on Canada’s Pacific coast – a difficult season for the animal keepers at the wildlife rescue centre in Comox, British Columbia: It is hunting season. Despite massive criticism by animal welfare organisations, hunters continue to use lead ammunition. This is particularly life-threatening for the BAEA – the official Alpha 4 code used in North and Central America for the bald eagle. Because these birds of prey feed on animal carcasses left behind. Their chances of surviving lead poisoning are slim. The treatment, too, is extremely stressful for the eagles. With great patience and loving care, the keepers try to save their charges from death.
In gentle images and with respect for the suffering birds, filmmaker Terra Long observes daily life at the station, contrasting it with shots of nature – only seemingly – untouched by humans. Ultimately, this refuge raises fundamental ethnic questions: How can precisely those humans care for wild animals while preserving their dignity and wildness? And: Is the elaborate treatment any use in view of the meagre chances of a change in hunting laws?


Annina Wettstein

Contains depictions of death

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28.10.
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Director
Terra Long
Cinematographer
Terra Long
Editor
Terra Long
Producer
Heidi Fleisher, Mike Paterson
Sound
Colin Whitman
Score
Kaija Siirala

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