FILMPREMIERE: Dokumentarfilm "SAVING SPOONIE" mit Gästen

Hamburg premiere of the documentary film "Saving Spoonie" by Till Harms.

In attendance and followed by a discussion with director Till Harms and protagonist Dr. Christoph Zöckler.

"Spoonie", the spoon-billed sandpiper, would have died out long ago without Dr. Christoph Zöckler and a committed international group of ornithologists. As if that wasn't bad enough in itself, the flight path of the sparrow-sized wader, with its peculiar spoonbill, runs from Russia via North Korea and China to Myanmar, passing through the crisis regions of the last decade. The task force's work suddenly becomes a political challenge and a diplomatic balancing act between the Russians, Germans, Chinese, British and other members of the flyway.

While an ambitious breeding attempt in England threatens to fail, the Spoonbilled Sandpiper achieves unprecedented popularity in China. Affectionately referred to as "Spoonie" by his fans, he becomes the poster boy of an awakening Chinese environmental movement. But while his fame is constantly growing, the number of real birds continues to decline dramatically, despite worldwide efforts. Eccentric bird lovers debate whether there are one, two or, as optimists believe, three hundred breeding pairs left in the world.
And so the tragicomedy about Spoonie's fate reflects the struggle for endangered diversity in a world that has become fragile.