The Metamorphosis of Birds

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Metamorphosis of Birds

| image = The Metamorphosis of Birds poster.jpg

| caption =

| director = Catarina Vasconcelos

| producer = Pedro Fernandes Duarte, Joana Gusmão, Catarina Vasconcelos

| screenplay = Catarina Vasconcelos

| based_on =

| starring = Manuel Rosa, Ana Vasconcelos, Henrique Vasconcelos, Inês Melo Campos, João Móra, Catarina Vasconcelos, Cláudia Varejão, José Manuel Mendes, João Pedro Mamede

| music = Madalena Palmeirim

| cinematography = Paulo Menezes

| editing = Francisco Moreira, Catarina Vasconcelos

| production_companies = Primeira Idade

| distributor = Portugal Film

| released = {{Film date|2020|02|27|Berlin Film Festival}}

| runtime = 101 minutes

| country = Portugal

| language = Portuguese

| budget = €100,000.00

| gross =

}}

The Metamorphosis of Birds ({{langx|pt|A Metamorfose dos Pássaros}}) is a 2020 Portuguese experimental docudrama film directed by Catarina Vasconcelos and produced by the production company Primeira Idade, world premiered at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020,{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/programme/programme/detail.html?film_id=202006770|title=Berlinale | Programme | Programme - A metamorfose dos pássaros | The Metamorphosis of Birds|website=berlinale.de|accessdate=20 March 2020}} where it was awarded the FIPRESCI Award for Best Film at the Encounters Section.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/futur-drei-no-hard-feelings-wins-teddy-award-as-best-queer-film-berlin-1281986|title='Futur Drei (No Hard Feelings)' Wins Teddy Award as Best Queer Film in Berlin|website=Hollywood Reporter|date=March 2020|accessdate=20 March 2020}} It was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.{{cite web |url=https://primetimezone.com/entertainment/the-metamorphosis-of-birds-is-portugals-oscar-candidate/ |title="The Metamorphosis of Birds" is Portugal's Oscar candidate |work=Prime Time Zone |date=29 October 2021 |access-date=29 October 2021}}

The film was financed by the Portuguese film fund Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual and by Portugal's state broadcaster RTP and developed at the Archidoc writing program of the French film school La Fémis and the Arché development workshop promoted at the Doclisboa international documentary film festival.