The Birdman of Cooper Island

Feature Documentary
Director: Kevin McMahon

WINNER of the 2026 Canadian Screen Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary.

George Divoky is an extreme birder's extreme birder. For more 49 years, he has spent every summer alone in an Arctic seabird colony, nurturing its inhabitants. The birds, called black guillemots, are fabulous creatures with bright red mouths, black and white wings and garrulous personalities. George builds them nests out of junk and lovingly records the details of their births, marriages and lives, while protecting them from the marauding bears of a melting world.