What's so odd about a young, ennui-filled Parisienne whose romantic longings keep getting interrupted by the thump of dead seagulls falling from the sky? Nothing at all, if you're a fan of Strange Birds , a lightly surreal French film in one of the sidebar section at the Berlinale. It's an apt description for the festival's more eccentric selections: animal instincts keep getting intertwined with actual animals.