Marcel Barelli

MARTHA

short animated documentary – 7 min – 2024 – Switzerland – Nadasdy film / RSI

Original version: english – Subtitles: french, italian and german

  • Director, Screenplay : Marcel Barelli
  • Animation: Judith Ordonneau
  • Production : Nadasdyfilm
  • Producer : Nicolas Burlet
  • Editing : Marcel Barelli
  • Sound Design & Mix : Jérôme Vittoz
  • Music: Julien Painot
  • Financial support: Cinéforom, Lotérie romande & RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, DECS Repubblica e Canton Ticino.

Synopsis (ENG): An old silent documentary from the 1910s has been found and restored. It tell the story of the most abundant bird on Earth, exterminated in just a few decades by human brutality. The film is enriched by the audio testimony of the last passenger pigeon: Martha.

Synopsis (FRA): Un ancien documentaire muet des années 1910, retrouvé et restauré, raconte l’histoire de la Tourte voyageuse ; oiseau le plus abondant sur Terre et exterminé en quelques décennies par la brutalité des humains. Le film est enrichi du témoignage sonore de la dernière tourte voyageuse : Martha

Synopsis (ITA): Un vecchio documentario muto del 1910, riscoperto e restaurato, racconta la storia del Piccione migratore, l’uccello più abbondante della Terra, sterminato in pochi decenni dalla brutalità umana. Il film è arricchito dalla testimonianza audio dell’ultimo piccione migratore: Martha-

Awards:

  • – Special jury award – Kodaikanal International Film Festival 2024 Tamil Nadu – Inde
  • – Honorable mention, Absurd Film Festival – Bimonthly awards 2025 Milano – Italie
  • – Honorable mention, BIPOC PoP 2025 Animation Festival Austin – USA
  • – Meilleure musique, TERRAMIA FILM FESTIVAL 2025 Avellino – Italie
  • – Best animation, FAUNA Tepoztlán Animal Festival 2025 Morelon – Mexique
  • – best animated wild life documentary, UFFS Universal Film Festival Samothraki
  • – Best Short Film Animation and Fiction, Filmambiente 2025 Rio de Janeiro – Brésil
  • – Premio nuove radici, TERRAE Film Fest 2025 Civitavecchia – Italie
  • – best animation, CineEco – International Environmental Film Festival of Serra da Estrela 2025 – Portugal

Festivals :

  • – Fantoche International Animation Film Festival 2009 Baden – Suisse
  • – Rising of Lusitania – AnimaDoc Film Festiva 2024 Gdansk – Pologne
  • – Linea d’Ombra festival 2024 Salerno – Italie
  • – China International Conference of Science and Education Producers 2024 Beijing – Chine
  • – RENCONTRES CINEMA-NATURE 2024 Dompierre-sur-Besbre – France
  • – Corujinha 2024 Santa Catarina – Brésil
  • – BABUL ECO FILM FESTIVAL 2025, Telengana – Inde
  • – Green Film Festival, Accra 2024 – Ghana
  • – Festival International du Court-métrage Scientifique de Riom 2024 – France
  • – Lobo Fest – Festival Internacional de Filmes 2024 Brasilia – Brésil
  • – Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People 2024 Pyrgos – Grèce
  • – Penistone Silent Film Festival 2025 – UK
  • – SILENCE IS GOLDEN 2024 Belgrade – Serbie
  • – Greenmotions Film Festival 2024 Freiburg – Allemagne
  • – Braga Science Film Fest 2024 – Portugal
  • – Inheritance – The Environmental Festival 2024, Bellfast – Irlande
  • – Biophilia International Film Festival 2024 – Mexique
  • – Art Speaks Out – Environmental Initiative 2024 Berlin – Allemagne
  • – Solothurn Film Festival 2024 – Suisse
  • – Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2024 Kerkira – Grèce
  • – FICAA Festival Internacional de Cine Animal y Ambiental de la Ciudad de México 2024 – Mexique
  • – Kodaikanal International Film Festival 2024 Tamil Nadu – Inde
  • – Ecozine film festival 2025 Zaragoza – Espagne
  • – Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2025 – Inde
  • – FAUNA Tepoztlán Animal Festival 2025 Morelon – Mexique
  • – ANIMATIBA – Festival Internacional de Animação de Curitiba 2025 Brésil
  • – Animatex 2025 Cairo – Egypte
  • – 20minmax International Short Film Festival 2025 Ingolstadt – Allemagne
  • – Absurd Film Festival – Bimonthly awards 2025 Milano – Italie
  • – Pápa International Historical Film Festival 2025 – Hongrie
  • – Life Screenings Environmental Film Festival 2025 Clermont – USA
  • – BIPOC PoP 2025 Animation Festival Austin – USA
  • – Yellowstone Film Festival 2025 Cory – USA
  • –  Environmental Film Festival at Yale 2025 – USA
  • – Regain, Festival environnemental 2025 Fos-sur-mer – France
  • – TERRAMIA FILM FESTIVAL 2025 Avellino – Italie
  • – Festival de Cine Amazonia del Plata 2025 Buenos Aires – Argentine
  • – Modern Black and White Film Festival 2025 Buenos Aires – Argentine
  • – ECOador Festival Internacional de Cine Ambiental 2025 Galapagos – Equador
  • – 24Frame Future Film Festival 2025 Bologna – Italie
  • – Frome International Climate Film Festival 2025 UK
  • – NaturVision Filmfestival 2025 Ludwisburg – Allemagne
  • – Festival du Film d’Animation de Savigny 2025 – Suisse
  • – CineGlobe 2025 Genève – Suisse
  • – International Ecoperformance Film Festival 2025 San Paolo – Brésil
  • – Italia Green Film Festival 2025 Roma – Italie
  • – ACAMPADOC Panamá 2025 – Panama
  • – Filmambiente 2025 Rio de Janeiro – Brésil
  • –  International Eco Film Festival by CHYSTO.DE?! 2025 Kolochava – Ukraine
  • – UFFS UNIVERSAL FILM FEST SAMOTHRAKI 2025 Evros – Grpèce
  • – Innovart film festivalsan sebastiano 2025 Italie
  • – CineEco – International Environmental Film Festival of Serra da Estrela 2025 – Portugal
  • – Malabo international music & film festival 2025 Guinée equatorial
  • – International Ornithological Film Festival MEnigoute 2025 – France
  • – Environmental Films Australia 2025 Melbourne – Australie
  • – TERRAE Film Fest 2025 Civitavecchia – Italie
  • – SCINEMA Science Film Festival 2025Canberra  – Australie
  • – L’Animal qui Court 2025 online – France
  • – Animal Nature Future Film Festiva 2025 London – UK
  • – Eho Mountain film festival 2025 Skopje – Macédoine
  • – Festival Internacional de Imagem de Natureza (FIIN) 2025 Villa Réal – Portugal
  • – Ecologico Film Festival 2025 Lecce – Italie
  • – Tampa Animation Festival 2025 – USA
  • – Wild and Free Film Festival 2025 Goleta – USA
  • – Filmare la Storia 2025 Torino – Italie
  • – Seoul International Eco Film Festival 2026 – Corée du sud

Other’s screenings:

  • Rencontre avec Marcel Barelli, Bibliothèque de la Cité, Genève 2024 – Suisse
  • Familles Rurales Néoux-Rencontres 2025 France
  • Festival Histoire et cité Lausanne 2025 – Suisse
  • Festival Nuées Ardentes 2025 Orcines – France
  • BDfil Festival de bande dessinée Lausanne 2025 – Suisse