PECKING ORDER – 7:30PM

PECKING ORDER – Buy Tickets Now!

Sunday, February 4, 7:30 pm

Written and Directed by: Slavko Martinov
Documentary, PG, 88 min. (New Zealand)

“An absolutely hilarious and very pointed exploration of politics and culture on the smallest possible scale. And a lot of good-lookin’ chickens.” – Mary Ann Johanson, Flick Filosopher

“This is quirkily compulsive viewing.” – David Aldridge, Radio Times

“As feathers are ruffled by ego and envy, the film doubles as a surprisingly affecting fable of fun turning fowl.” – Simon Kinnear, Total Film

“A documentary about New Zealand’s leading chicken breeders may not immediately seize the imagination, but, like Best in Show, the mockumentary it often resembles, Slavko Martinov’s film is often hilarious.” – Ed Potton, Times (UK)

This feel good feather-ruffling flockumentary takes you into the distinctly Kiwi world of competitive poultry pageantry, inhabited by a group of understated, witty and likable chicken lovers hell-bent on victory at the New Zealand National Poultry Show.

This heart-warming film about the circle of life, power struggles and the need for progress, follows members of the Christchurch Poultry, Pigeon and Bantam Club struggling to peak at nationals while decades of club infighting threaten to tear their 148-year-old club apart. Who will ‘Rule the Roost’?

Awards:

Nominated, Best Documentary, Adelaide Film Festival, 2017
Nominated, Best Documentary, Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2017
Nominated, Best Foreign Documentary Trailer, Golden Trailer Awards, 2017
Nominated, People’s Choice Award – Best Documentary, Melbourne International Film Festival, 2017