Mako (Taungaora Emile – Once Were Warriors, No 2), a young Maori boy on the verge of a criminal future, unwillingly returns to his idyllic island home off the coast of New Zealand to live with his mother and her new husband. Sarah (Julia Brendler – Moondance), a promising young musician from Germany has come to the island to spend the holidays with her ornithologist mother.

As the young pair begin to experience the fears and joys of first love they are plunged into a mysterious life and death adventure. Directed by Werner Meyer (The Children of No 67), Flight of the Albatross is a haunting love story.
 
The film is also versioned for television as four half hour episodes.