The Messenger (2015) filming locations

New York City, United States

The scene : On the esplanade of the 9/11 Memorial, the documentary gives voice to researcher Andrew Farnsworth.

Germany

The scene : The film stops in the Westerwald, the land of German composer and DJ Dominik Eulberg, who shapes electronic tracks from bird song patterns.

Paris, France

The scene : The documentary makes a stop in Paris at the western tip of the Île de la Cité.

Paris, France

The scene : It is at the National Museum of Natural History that the film captures the words of researcher Frédéric Jiguet.

Canada

The scene : In the Alberta boreal forest, the documentary meets researcher Erin Bayne.

Toronto, Canada

The scene : The film concludes here, with a final sequence bringing together children and dead birds.

Türkiye

The scene : Heading to eastern Turkey: the crew sets up their camera on the foothills of Mount Ararat.

London, Canada

Affiliated with Western University, the Advanced Facility for Avian Research is a research center dedicated to the physiology and behavior of birds. It houses the world's first wind tunnel designed for birds, capable of simulating altitude conditions — up to about 6 km — and winds of nearly 65 km/h, in order to study how they cope with the demands of migration.

The scene : Released into a wind tunnel that recreates their nighttime migrations, small songbirds are captured in extreme close-up and then shown in extreme slow motion.

New York City, United States

The scene : Under the beams of the Tribute in Light, the luminous tribute to the Twin Towers, scientists keep watch throughout the night of September 11 while thousands of songbirds swirl in the light; one of them demands that the spotlights be turned off immediately.