Dogwoof Drops Trailer for Gavin Fitzgerald’s Hot Docs Premiere ‘Million Dollar Pigeons’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Christopher Vourlias “Million Dollar Pigeons,” which had its world premiere this week at Hot Docs, follows a colorful cast of pigeon masters from far and wide who compete in the most lucrative pigeon races on the planet.

Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer, and speaks to the director, Irish filmmaker Gavin Fitzgerald.The third documentary feature from Fitzgerald, the film enters the world of the passionate “pigeon fanciers” who put their reputations and livelihoods at stake in pursuit of ever-growing prize purses. “Million Dollar Pigeons” is produced by Samantha Corr for Venom Films, in association with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, in co-production with ZDF/ARTE and NHK.

Dogwoof is handling world sales. Born and raised in Dublin, Fitzgerald is the director of “Conor McGregor: Notorious” (2017), which followed the controversial Irish UFC fighter and was the highest grossing Irish documentary of all time, and “As It Was” (2019), about the former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher’s musical journey after the British band’s high-profile break-up.While the subjects of his latest feature don’t spend quite as much time in the limelight, Fitzgerald’s journey into the surprisingly cutthroat, high-stakes world of competitive pigeon racing reveals how an influx of cash in recent years has transformed the sport.“All this money brought a divide in the world,” the director told Variety. “You’ve got people that feel that the sale of million-dollar pigeons is absolutely necessary for the sport to grow.