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The outstanding AFI award winning film. From the Screen Australia website...

"After a long battle with depression, Queensland rare chicken breeder Mark Tully is now on a mission to protect the endangered chickens to which he owes his life. He begins an epic "chicken chase" fuelled by a determination to find "lost" breeds of poultry before they are gone forever. His search covers almost 10,000 kilometres and five Australian states as he tracks down rare heritage breeds and meets others who share his passion."

• AFI Award Winner, Best Sound in a Documentary (2008)

• Nominated for an AFI Award, Best Documentary Film, Best Direction, Best Editing and Best Cinematography in a Documentary (2008)

• Broadcast on the ABC (2008)

• Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short - Slamdance Film Festival, Utah 2009

• Dendy Award, Best Documentary (2008)

• Best Short Documentary, Film Critics Circle of Australia (2009)

• Nominated for a Panda Award, Wildscreen Film Festival (2008)

• Nominated for 2 ATOM Awards (2008)

• Nominated for an IF Award, Best Short Documentary (2008)

• 55th Sydney International Film Festival (2008)

What the Critics Have Said...

"A beautiful, simple tale about one man's love of rare-breed chickens and how that love redeemed him from chronic depression.... funny, heartfelt, and surprisingly moving." Sunday Age, Melbourne. 4 May 2008

"With a whimsical style reminiscent of Errol Morris (The Fog of War) and Mark Lewis (Cane Toads), writer-director-cinematographer Randall Wood has laid a beauty." Sydney Morning Herald. May 2008

"Half an hour just doesn't do justice to this unseen world, and the soul-mending solace this young man found clucking within it." The Age, Melbourne. 1 May 2008

"Every now and then, a show comes along that has a much bigger punch than you could possibly anticipate, and tonight that honour goes to this little gem." TV Week. 6 May 2008

"It's difficult to imagine a documentary on rare chickens making for enthralling viewing, but it's not hard to get sucked into this one...." Herald Sun, Melbourne. May 2008

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Trish Lake (ep Freshwater Productions), Vickie Gest (prod), Scott Walton (editor), Randall Wood (dir),

Mark Tully (star) and Brett Aplin (composer) on the red carpet at the 2008 AFI Awards

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