大会评优影片之《Chasing Birds 追鸟》

片名：追鸟
影片原产国：澳大利亚
片长：55分钟
配音语言：英语
字幕：无 
制作年份：2008年
影片首播日期：2008年6月15日 悉尼电影节
作者：格雷格•伍德兰德    
导演：格雷格•伍德兰德
出品公司：闪光影视制作有限公司

内容简介：澳大利亚栖息着800多种鸟类，从密雀到老鹰，从篱鹭到美冠鹦鹉，应有尽有。澳大利亚同时也各种鸟类爱好者，有些人甚至把这种爱好推向极端……
观鸟人就是对这种爱鸟狂热一族的通用称呼。
《追鸟》跟随着三个观鸟团队：呆子猎人队，阴谋家猎人队，还有疲倦木燕子队等三个队伍参加了每年一次的观鸟马拉松比赛。24小时内找到的鸟类最多，就能胜出。在最有利的情况下能成功已经不容易，更何况随队还跟随着拍摄队伍，这就让比赛的难度更大。
一部分是喜剧，一部分是自然历史，一部分是公路电影，《追鸟》让你通过笑声，深入地了解他们对观鸟的热爱和着迷。

导演简历：
格雷格•伍德兰德执导拍摄的影片包括：
《追鸟》- 2008
《轮到你了》 - 1999                
《目标观众》 - 1989
《绿色》- 1987
《夏琪的舞会》 - 1986
《废话》 - 1985

Name of Entry：Chasing Birds
Country of Production：Australia
Running Time：55 minutes
Commentary Language：English
Subtitile：none
Year of Production：2008
Date of First Release：Sydney Film Festival Screening - June 15 2008
Author：Greg Woodland
Director(s)：Greg Woodland
Company of Production：Luminous Films Pty Ltd

Brief Synopsis：
Australia is home to over 800 species of birds from honeyeaters to hawks, from spoonbills to cockatoos. It is also home to different species of bird lovers, some of whom take their interest to the extreme…’
twitchers’ is the commonly used name for such enthusiasts.
 Chasing Birds follows three teams – the Hunter Thickheads, the Hunter Home-Brewers and the Whacked Out Woodswallows as they compete in an annual “Twitchathon”. The aim is to spot as many species as possible in 24 hours. Not easy at the best of times – but especially difficult with a camera crew tagging along.

Part comedy, part natural history and part road movie, Chasing Birds is a very enjoyable journey into the heart of serious obsession.

As well as being very funny and engaging, Chasing Birds inspires us with how wonderful it can be to be truly passionate about something.

Filmography：Chasing Birds - 2008
Your Turn - 1999                
Target Audience - 1989
Green - 1987
Sharky's Party - 1986
Tripe - 1985