Inspired by a true story, the film follows a widowed air raid warden during the Second World War as she struggles to move beyond grief and rediscover joy amid the devastation surrounding her. When she finds a dying sparrow, her determination to save the fragile creature awakens a renewed sense of purpose. Through this small act of compassion, she may finally discover a path back to hope, and to life.
Director Details
Tobias Eckerlin (born 1993 in Schwetzingen, Germany) is a director and CGI artist. He earned his Master of Arts in Communication Design from Mannheim University of Applied Sciences in 2018, where his creative focus evolved from photography to live action, and ultimately to CGI and animation. In 2025, he graduated from the renowned Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg with a diploma in Directing Animation. He wrote and directed the animated short film A Sparrow’s Song as his graduation project.
