Dancing with the Birds

Dancing with the Birds (2019) is a nature documentary you can watch online on iFILM. Just over fifty minutes, all of it spent on one question: how the birds-of-paradise of New Guinea win a mate. Stephen Fry narrates.

The footage gets close to courtship rituals you'd never catch in the wild on your own. One male sweeps his patch of forest floor spotless before he begins. Another fans his feathers into a flawless black oval and shuffles around a female who looks thoroughly unimpressed. Director Huw Cordey shot it slow and patient, and the displays swing between absurd and genuinely beautiful. A calm, easy watch for an evening when you want something gorgeous and low-stakes. Stream Dancing with the Birds (2019) online on iFILM.