Karearea: the pine falcon
Sandy Crichton / New Zealand / 2008 / 49 min / Colour
Italian premiere
A curious colony of falcons has settled in and adapted to life within a commercial pine farm in the mountains of New Zealand. Conceived as a denouncement of the constant threats to deforest the area, the documentary tells above all the story of these falcons and their struggle to maintain their natural habitat and their right to survival. The animals attack those who attempt to fell the trees, and to thus destroy their nests, as well as anyone who tries to approach them, including the filmmakers whom the animals perceive as a threat. The naturalist photographer George Schance, who followed and studied these birds in the 1970s and ‘80s, shows the photographs he took over the years. Now George is elderly and his health is failing. He is losing his sight. The images captured for this documentary, filmed over four years of rocambolesque shoots, complete the research that George began thirty years ago.
Sandy Crichton
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Language English Screenplay Sandy Crichton Cinematography Sandy Crichton Sound Lloyd Canham Editing Tim Woodhouse Music Nick Marsh Producer Sandy Crichton Production company Catskill Films
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