Saving Spoonie

Overview

Spoonie, the spoon-billed sandpiper, would have long since gone extinct without Dr. Christoph Zöckler and a tight-knit group of international ornithologists. As if that weren’t bad enough, the migration route of this sparrow-sized wading bird—with its peculiar spoon-shaped bill—runs from Russia through North Korea and China all the way to Myanmar, passing through several of the world’s crisis regions of the past decade. The work of the task force is therefore also a political challenge. It requires diplomatic sensitivity in coordinating with the countries along the flyway. In the tragicomic story of Spoonie’s fate, the struggle for threatened biodiversity in an increasingly fragile world is reflected.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 25, 2026

Original language

German

Spoken languages

Chinese, German, English, Russian

Director

Till Harms

Writer

Till Harms

Producer

Matthias Greving,Gerd Haag

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt41072606