BirdWatchers is a 2008 film drama set in Brazil directed by Marco Bechis

Marco Bechis

Marco Bechis is a Chilean-Italian film screenwriter and director. His film Garage Olimpo was screened at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.-Selected filmography:* Alambrado...

. It depicts the breakdown of a community of Guarani-Kaiowa

Guarani-Kaiowá

Guarani-Kaiowás are an indigenous people of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. They inhabit Nhande Ru Marangatu, an area of tropical rainforest. This was declared a reservation in October 2004...

 native Indians whilst attempting to reclaim their ancestral land from a local farmer.

Production notes

The movie was shot over ten weeks in 2007 with a cast that had never acted before and without use of a script.

Awards

• 2010 One World Media Award in the Drama category, by unanimous vote of the jury.

External links

• Official BirdWatchers film website, in Italian, but with English language option
• Guarani Survival Fund - Guarani fund launched with an appeal at the end of the film
• Guardian review by Tom Phillips, retrieved 11/09/09