MOVIE Name: Bird Drone
DIRECTOR Name: Radheya Jang Jegatheva
SCRIPTWRITER: Clare Toonen
Producer Name: Hannah Ngo, Jay Jay Jegathesan (Associate Producer)
GENRE: Animation, Drama, Romance
RUNNING TIME: 8 minutes 55 seconds
YEAR: 2025
LANGUAGE: No Dialogue
SUBTITLE: English (if applicable)
COUNTRY: Australia, United Kingdom
CAST (Voice / Characters): Seagull (Animated Character), Drone (Animated Character).
Radheya Jang Jegatheva is an Oscar-qualified and AACTA-nominated filmmaker from Perth, Western Australia. Born in Malaysia at the turn of the century, his films have earned 44 Academy Award–qualifying festival selections worldwide. Radheya is deeply committed to using film and animation as tools for education and social impact, regularly engaging with students and institutions globally. His animated short Bird Drone was shortlisted for the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards, while his earlier animated film The Quiet was Oscar-qualified and longlisted for the Academy Award for Best Short Animation in 2021. His live-action documentary short Pacing the Pool won Best Short Documentary at the BFI Future Film Festival 2023 and was shortlisted by the World Health Organization for its Special Prize for Rehabilitation. Beyond his independent work, Radheya has contributed animation and VFX to large-scale multimedia installations and worked on Lynette Wallworth’s How to Live…, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. His multidisciplinary practice continues to bridge cinema, education, and public art.
