Karearea: The Pine Falcon  (49m, New Zealand)
Directed by: Sandy Crichton
Short Documentary
Synopsis
'Karearea: The Pine Falcon' tells the story of a remarkable wild population of New Zealand
falcons that have adapted to live in commercial pine plantations. Set against the constant
threat of forestry logging, the film also threads in the photography and life of wildlife photographer
George Chance, who followed and studied the birds for ten years during the 1970's. Now some
thirty years on, George's health is failing and he is going blind. Featuring completely new falcon
behavior, and filmed over three breeding seasons, filmmaker Sandy Crichton gets ever closer to
the falcons as he attempts to add movement to George's photographs.