Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets

Local title
Nõuanne kurvale poeedile
Director
Yaniv Raz
Country
USA
Year
2021
Programme
Youth Programme
Genre
romantic comedy
Subject
first love, soul-searching, humor

Sixteen-year-old Romantic James Whitman struggles to overcome anxiety and depression by seeking advice from the only psychoanalyst whom he can afford: an imaginary pigeon named Dr. Bird. In his magical realism inspired world, James goes on a whimsical, but emotionally charged search to solve the mystery of his sister’s disappearance from home, while taking advice from a talking photograph of the famed poet Walt Whitman (no relation) and accompanied by his first love-a precocious girl from school who has her own agenda.

Director
Yaniv Raz
Screenwriter
Yaniv Raz, Evan Roskos
Cast
Lucas Jade Zumann, Taylor Russell, Jason Isaacs, Lisa Edelstien, David Arquette, Tom Wilkinson, Chase Stokes
Producer
Joshua Bachove, Shona Tuckman
DoP
Pierluigi Malavasi
Production designer
Jeremy Woodward
Editor
Steven Centracchio
Writer
Evan Roskos
Composer
Jim Dooley
Production
Dr Birds Advice LLC
Distributor
Storyboard Film
World sales
Storyboard Media
Runtime
Language
English
Subtitles
Estonian, Russian
Director
Yaniv Raz

Yaniv õppis NYU (Tisch) filmikoolis kahekordsel magistri õppekaval filmi ja draama kirjutamist. Pooleteise aasta pärast siirdus ta Vassari kolledžisse, mille lõpetas 1998. aastal teatri ja kirjanduse erialal. Yaniv osales ka Yale'i ülikoolis psühholoogiaprogrammis. Ta on töötanud nii New Yorgi Metropolitan Operis režissööri assistendina IVIA programmis kui laval näitleja, lavastaja ja kirjanikuna New Yorgis, Los Angeleses, Floridas ja Inglismaal. Yanivi stsenaariumi "Goodbye Dali", mille ta kirjutas koos karakternäitleja Allan Richiga, produtseerib David Permut Permut Presentations-ist.

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Screenings

2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening031101 / Nõuanne kurvale poeedile
SubtitlesEstonian, Russian
Screening duration
2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening071101 / Nõuanne kurvale poeedile
SubtitlesEstonian, Russian
Screening duration
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