The Thing That Ate the Birds
On the North Yorkshire moors, head gamekeeper Abel discovers the thing that is eating his grouse. His blunt and violent response brings the menace back home, shattering his already crumbling relationship with his wife.
- United Kingdom
- 2021, 12 min
- Director: Sophie Mair, Dan Gitsham
- Director of photography: James Oldham
- Editor: James Taggart
- Screenplay: Sophie Mair, Dan Gitsham
- Music: Krantz
- Cast: Eoin Slattery, Rebecca Palmer, Lewis Mackinnon, James Swanton
- Art Director: Tom Atkins
- Producer: Rebecca Wolff, Jude Goldrei, Sophie Mair
- Production: Grasp the Nettle Films, Lunar Lander Films, Sketchbook Pictures
Sophie Mair, Dan Gitsham
Writer/directors Sophie Mair and Dan Gitsham are partners in life and film, and have been creatively collaborating since 2007. Their work has been screened at more than 150 film festivals worldwide. Past films include the countryside thriller Ella (2011) and the horror project Keeper (2014). Their latest short, The Thing That Ate the Birds (2021), received funding from the BFI Network. They are now in development with a feature entitled Ginger.