[Birding-Aus] A birding film hits the Sydney Film Festival 2008!

[Phil Straw]

Sorry if you have already seen this.

For your interest -

A birding film hits the Sydney Film Festival 2008!

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Sydney Film Festival <image001.gif>2008

15th June | 12.15PM | Dendy Opera Quays
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Australia is home to over 800 species of birds from honeyeaters to hawks,
spoonbills to frogmouths. It's also home to different species of bird
lovers, some of which take their interest a little further than most...
'twitchers' is the commonly used term for such enthusiasts. Chasing Birds
follows three teams - the Hunter Thickheads, the Wacked Out Woodswallows and
the Hunter Home Brewers (!) - as they compete in an annual state-wide
'Twitchathon'. The aim is to spot as many birds as possible over 24 hours.
The best tactic is to cover as many habitats as possible, so the teams
travel huge distances, dashing in and out of rainforest, woodland and
marshes. The film crew - which included 12 of Australia's top
cinematographers and sound recordists - must be congratulated on their
achievement: keeping up with the dashing spotters, without scaring off the
birds! JN

Discuss this film
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Dir Greg Woodland

Scr Greg Woodland, Gina Twyble
Prod Gina Twyble
Country Australia
Duration 52 mins
Distributor Luminous Films

World Sales/Australian distributor Luminous Films

Phil Straw

Vice Chairman

Australasian Wader Studies Group

philip...@awsg.org.au

www.awsg.org.au

Tel: 02 95977765

Mob: 0411 249 075

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