NATURE . WILDLIFE

HUMMINGBIRDS – JEWELLED MESSENGERS

52' (ENG, GER, SPA, FRE)

This is the story of how hummingbirds became the ultimate creatures of the air.

Hummingbirds live at the limits of what is possible. They have the highest metabolism – with a heart rate of 1,200 beats per minute – of any vertebrate. Their wings beat 50 times a second. They can hover on the spot, and even fly backwards. To our eyes, they are just a blur. But with the aid of high-speed cameras we can slow down their hyperactive lives and look into their secret world.

It is a world of great beauty, full of colour and balletic flight. They are the most remarkable creatures to ever grace our planet. This film, with never-seen-before sequences, reveals them in a new light.