The Birds” (2026) is a 19-minute video and sound installation created in 2026 by the artist Yael Bartana

THE BIRDS
A film by Yael Bartana

Featuring:
Rafael Abreu, Amie-Blaire Chartier, Michelle Cheung,
Miguel Ángel Collado, Richard Gabriel Gersch,
Claudia Greco, Chris Jäger, Yi-Chi Lee, Kilian Löderbusch,
Marthe Meier, Andrius Nekrasoff, David Pallant

Voice: Noa Frenkel
Producer: Adi Nachman
Director of Photography: Simon Veroneg
Choreographer: Mor Bashan
Assistant Director: Livnat Sela
Editors: Yael Bartana, Daphna Keenan
Digital Environments & VFX: Adam Sait
Costume Designer & Prop Master: Tal Shacham
Sound Design and Music: Daniel Meir
Masks: Caterina Veronesi
Script Advisor: Noa Shuval
Production Coordinators: Ruth Litan , Johannes Weinbacher
Production Support: Richard Gabriel Gersch
Graphic Design: Avi Bohbot
Set Assistant: Joshua Drieschner
Costume Assistant: Jane Szohr
Catering: Uzun Masa
Still Photography: Daniel Sheriff, Assistant: Alma Porat

Camera Department
1st Assistant Camera: Hannes Engler 
2nd Assistant Camera: Sky Müller

Grip & Electric Department
Grip: Jerome Lauer

Gaffer: Golo Jahn
Best Boy: Simon Pollack
Electricians: Luca Stoll, Thomas Bartholomäus

Rigging: Gravity Stunts, Kristoffer Fuß

Color Grading: Pascal Stindlweber / Shoot’n’Post

Location
LEDcave Berlin
Media Operator: Timo Müssig

Technical Head: Stefan Dünkel
Assistant to the Technical Head: Linus Käpllinger

Project Management: Katja Köstler
The film was produced with the support of
Mondriaan Fonds, The Netherlands
In association with Jewish Museum Berlin
 and Arp Museum