‘Aussie Songbird’ improvises its way into Hungarian Royal Palace
Gödöllői Királyi Kastély [Royal Palace of Gödöllő] Budapest, Hungary.
Images of Palace above and below from website: https://kiralyikastely.hu/royal-palace-of-godollo.html
The 8th annual International Nature and Environment Protection Festival has officially selected The Message of the Lyrebird to screen as part of the event 27-29 May in the Gödöllői Királyi Kastély [Royal Palace of Gödöllő] Budapest, Hungary.
Gödöllő is the second largest Baroque Palace in the world and is one of the largest and most important examples of Hungarian architecture. The Baroque style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep colour, grandeur, and surprise to achieve a sense of awe. The iconic Australian lyrebird uses the same value-set to entertain its audience.
Production still: The Message of the Lyrebird. A Superb male during its fan-like tail display.
Another comparative fact between the lyrebird and the Baroque era, is that professional musicians were expected to be accomplished improvisers.
More importantly, the halls of the Hungarian Royal Palace will soon reverberate for 77-minutes with superb songs [structured and improvised] from the Australian forest, where a mysterious bird sings in full-voice to speak its wisdom.
The social impact film aims to increase understanding about the intelligence of the bird and to conserve its home.
The festival will translate the film’s English subtitles into the Hungarian language for its native audience.
The Hungarian festival is one of the largest nature and environmental events in the country and region. The event will exhibit high-quality films about the environment, sustainability, preservation of traditions, people living in the landscape, and wildlife, to raise awareness regarding the protection and conservation of biological diversity, natural resources, values, and the beauty connected with nature.
Since the 2019/20 bushfires lyrebird has lost up to 40% of habitat and parts of its home are being logged illegally. Since 2015, the International Nature and Environment Protection Festival has attracted over 40,000 visitors each year.
The detailed screening program will be available from the beginning of May.
Elisabeth, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, who was fondly called 'Sissi', and Francis Joseph I lived here in the late 19th century.
