Every Little Thing

Directed by Sally Aitken
Australia
2024
93 mins
Exquisite hummingbirds fill the screen in Australian filmmaker Sally Aitken’s captivating story of a woman finding herself as she cares for the tiny birds. Selected Sundance and CPH:DOX.

Los Angeles resident Terry Masear nurses the many hummingbirds who fall foul of the environment. In nesting season, she takes hundreds of calls from people who’ve found traumatised mothers and chicks. Aitken (Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story, David Stratton: A Cinematic Life) follows Terry as she goes through her meticulous, time-consuming routine of feeding and grooming her fragile charges. In caring for hummingbirds, Terry finds a graceful way through her own traumas. The birds’ journey from injury to first flight is breathtakingly captured, revealing their oft-spunky personalities and resilient spirit. A compassionate and shimmering film to leave you humming.

Every Little Thing is not just a deeply affecting portrait – it offers a vision of compassion as a way of life
Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter
  • Year
    2024
  • Classification
    All Ages
  • Country
    Australia
  • Language
    In English
  • Director
    Sally Aitken
  • Producer
    Bettina Dalton, Oli Harbottle, Anna Godas
  • Screenwriter
    Sally Aitken
  • Cinematographer
    Nathan Barlow, Dan Freene, Ann Prum
  • Editor
    Tania Nehme
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