Unlike the case of humans, there is no law dictating to birds where to fly, when they choose to migrate: their freedom is not restricted by artificial (and very often temporary) borders or invented hierarchies. Through the use of miniature cameras mounted on trained eagles (a vantage point by definition), this aery documentary soars over areas of transit and surveillance, intertwining the birds’ migratory routes with the refugees’ desperate journey into the unknown. A vis-à-vis juxtaposition of human rule vs. nature’s law, which –in all its cruel simplicity– offers a sense of equality that cuts across dividing lines.
Above the Law
Above the Law
#environment
#migration
22nd TDF: International Premiere

Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Bryony Dunne
- Script: Bryony Dunne
- Cinematography: Bryony Dunne
- Editing: Cara Holmes
- Sound: Robin Sherry Wood, Brendan Rehill
- Production: Invisible Hand
- Producers: Patrick Campbell
- Executive producer: Emma Scott
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Ireland
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 14΄
- Contact: Bryony Dunne, bryonymayfilms@gmail.com
Bryony Dunne
Filmography
2014 The Orchard Keepers (short)
2016 Gasper (short)
2016 Bring Them Back Alive (short)
2017 Things Stay For a While (short)
2019 Above The Law (short)
2020 Killing the Messengers (short)
2022 Surrender Your Horns
2016 Gasper (short)
2016 Bring Them Back Alive (short)
2017 Things Stay For a While (short)
2019 Above The Law (short)
2020 Killing the Messengers (short)
2022 Surrender Your Horns