Canada 2002/09/08...(Toronto Film Festival) Turkey 2002/09/13 Israel 2002/09/19 Hungary 2002/09/19 Spain 2002/09/27 Italy 2002/11/15 Lithuania 2002/12/27 Poland 2003/04/04 Japan 2003/04/05...(Tokyo) USA 2003/04/5...(Philadelphia International Film Festival) Slovenia 2003/04/17 USA 2003/04/18...(Limited) Norway 2003/05/02...(Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival) Canada 2003/05/30 Australia 2003/06/19 Norway 2003/06/20 New Zealand 2003/07/13...(Auckland International Film Festival) Mexico 2003/07/25 Denmark 2003/08/15...(Copenhagen International Film Festival) Finland 2003/09/05 UK 2003/09/05 Denmark 2003/09/12 Sweden 2003/ 11/07 Iceland 2004/01/23...(French Film Festival) Argentina 2004/07/29 Chile 2005/03/31 Ireland 2011/07/10...(Galway Film Fleadh) Reception Winged Migration has an overall approval rating of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 132 reviews, and an average rating of 8.2/10. The website's critical consensus states, "A marvel to watch". It also has a score of 82 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 34 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". By gross ticket sales, the film still holds seventh place in nature documentaries and eighteenth in documentary overall. Awards and honors The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It won "Best Editing" at the 27th César Awards, where it was also nominated for "Best Music" and "Best Debut". • Oscar 2003 Best Documentary Feature (nominated) – Jacques Perrin • European Film Award 2002 Best Documentary Feature (nominated) – Jacques Perrin • CFCA Award 2004 Best Cinematography (nominated) – Laurent Charbonnier Best Cinematography (nominated) – Luc Drion Best Cinematography (nominated) – Laurent Fleutot Best Cinematography (nominated) – Sylvie Carcedo Best Cinematography (nominated) – Philippe Garguil Best Cinematography (nominated) – Olli Barbé Best Cinematography (nominated) – Dominique Gentil Best Cinematography (nominated) – Thierry Machado Best Cinematography (nominated) – Stéphane Martin Best Cinematography (nominated) – Fabrice Moindrot Best Cinematography (nominated) – Ernst Sasse Best Cinematography (nominated) – Thierry Thomas Best Cinematography (nominated) – Michel Terrasse Best Documentary (nominated) • Chicago Film Critics Circle Awards 2004 Best Cinematography (nominated) – Bernard Luti Best Cinematography (nominated) – Michel Benjamin • César 2002 Best Editing (Meilleur montage) Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte Best First Work (Meilleure première oeuvre) (nominated) – Michel Debats Best First Work (Meilleure première oeuvre) (nominated) – Jacques Cluzaud • The European Film Award 2002 Best Documentary Award (Nominated) – Jacques Cluzaud Best Documentary Award (Nominated) – Michel Debats Images See also Bill Lishman – He imprinted geese and taught them to follow him in a low-speed ultralight aircraft in a migration path from Canada to Virginia. "The idea of the traveling birds we owe to him." Lishman appears in the "Making of" documentary on