The Feather Fairy

{{more sources needed|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox film | name = The Feather Fairy | image = The feather fairy poster.jpg | caption = | director = Juraj Jakubisko | producer = Slovenská filmová tvorba, Bratislava / Omnia Film, Munich | writer = Brothers Grimm (original) Juraj Jakubisko Ľubomír Feldek | starring = Giulietta Masina Valerie Kaplanová Soňa Valentová Tobias Hoesl | music = Petr Hapka | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1985}} | runtime = 95 minutes | country = West Germany Czechoslovakia | language = Slovak | budget = }} {{Portal |Children's literature}}

'''''The Feather Fairy''''' ({{langx|sk|Perinbaba}}) is a 1985 Slovak film adaptation of a Brothers Grimm's "Mother Hulda" short story directed by Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko. A fairy tale about an immortal woman who cares for snow and a boy who isn't afraid of death.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Astell |first=Hal C. F. |title=The Feather Fairy (1985) |url=https://www.apocalypselaterfilm.com/2021/02/the-feather-fairy-1985.html |access-date=2024-04-12}}</ref>

==Synopsis== A fairy tale not only for children about Jacob, who through his courage, manages to trick death. The film plays with people's never-ending desire for happiness, love and victory over death. Mrs Winter, The Feather Fairy, rules the world and also, being so open-hearted, raises little Jacob, who almost died in an avalanche. Life in the fairytale is perfect: the little boy is immortal, he doesn't get older, and he has everything. Even though his life is perfect, he watches human life through a looking glass. He sees a young girl Alžbetka growing into a young lady, and he desires to be a normal person and live with his love. Jakubisko: “What you do now with the special digital effects we did without them. My friend Federico Fellini persuaded Giulietta Masina to be the Feather Fairy and she brought a spark and lightness to the story.”

==Film Awards== {{unsourced section|date=November 2024}} * {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Zlín Film Festival 1986 • Special Jury Prize * {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Slovak Film Medal 1986 * {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} XXIV. Festival of Czech and Slovak Film 1986 • Prize for art production * {{flagicon|France}} IV. Film Festival for youth Lyon 1986 • Young Audience Member's Prize for best film * UNICEF Grand Prix, 1986 * {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Film Festival in Belgrade 1986 • Audience Prize for best film * {{flagicon|Italy}} XLII.Venice Film Festival 1986 • Catholic Prize * {{flagicon|Italy}} Venice Film Festival 1986 • Certificate of Merit RAI II * {{flagicon|Spain}} Gijón International Film Festival 1986 • Jury Prize for the best special effects * {{flagicon|Quebec}} International Film Festival Rimouski 1988 • Grand Prize Camerio * {{flagicon|Argentina}} I. International Film Festival for children Buenos Aires 1988 • Grand Prize

==Premiere screening== 1 November 1985

==Sequel== A sequel called Perinbaba: Two Realms came out in 2023.

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==External links== *[http://www.jakubiskofilm.com/en/movies/9-the-feather-fairy/ About The Feather Fairy] *{{IMDb title|id=0089800|title=Perinbaba}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Feather Fairy}} Category:1985 films Category:Films based on Grimms' Fairy Tales Category:Slovak fantasy films Category:Films directed by Juraj Jakubisko Category:Films scored by Petr Hapka Category:1985 fantasy films Category:Films based on fairy tales