screenings
broadcast
New Zealand premiere, 25th December 2010, Documentary Channel
Broadcast on Viasat Nature throughout Scandinavia in 2010/2011
Broadcast on Viasat Nature throughout Scandinavia in 2010/2011
Film festival
Official Selection Lake Havasu International Film Festival, April 2008 (Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA)
Official Selection at the 35th Athens International Film + Video Festival, April 2008 (Athens, Ohio, USA)
Official Selection Mid Ulster Film Festival, May 2008 (An Creagán, Northern Ireland, UK)
Official Selection Twin Rivers Media Festival, May 2008 (Asheville, North Carolina, USA)
Finalist in the categories Independent and Newcomer at the 31st International Wildlife Film Festival, May 2008 (Missoula, Montana, USA)
Official Selection Swansea Bay Film Festival, June 2008 (Swansea, Wales, UK)
Official Selection The Heart of England International Film Festival, June 2008 (Tamworth, England, UK)
Official Selection ECOFILMS - Rhodes International Films + Visual Arts Festival, June 2008 (Rhodes, Greece)
Official Selection Parnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival, July 2008 (Parnu, Estonia)
Official Selection Forecastle Festival, July 2008 (Louisville, Kentucky, USA)
Official Selection Deep Fried Film Festival, August 2008 (Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland)
Official Selection Washougal International Film Festival, August 2008 (Washougal, Washington, USA)
Official Selection Green Screen International Nature Film Festival, September 2008 (Eckernforde, Germany)
Finalist in the category Man and Nature at Matsalu International Nature Film Festival, September 2008 (Laanemaa, Estonia)
Official Selection Wildwood By The Sea Film Festival, September 2008 (Wildwood, New Jersey, USA)
Official Selection Montana Cine International Film Festival, October 2008 (Missoula, Montana, USA)
Official Selection BendFilm Festival, October 2008 (Bend, Oregon, USA)
Finalist in the category Environment and Ecology at the International Film Festival South Africa, October 2008 (Dargle, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa)
Official Selection at the 35th International Festival of Sustainable Development Films - Ekotopfilm, October 2008 (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Official Selection International Ornithological Film Festival, October 2008 (Menigoute, France)
Finalist in the category Best Documentary Short at Radar Hamburg International Independent Film Festival, November 2008 (Hamburg, Germany)
Official Selection International Mountain & Adventure Film Festival Graz, November 2008 (Graz, Austria)
Official Selection Red Rock Film Festival, November 2008 (St. George, Utah, USA)
Official Selection Wildlife Vaasa International Nature Film Festival, November 2008 (Vaasa, Finland)
Official Selection Myrtle Beach International Film Festival, December 2008 (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA)
Official Selection Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival, January 2009 (Nevada City, California, USA)
Official Selection Frozen River Film Festival, January 2009 (Winona, Minnesota, USA)
Official Selection Canada International Film Festival, February 2009 (Vancouver, Canada)
Official Selection Macon Film and Video Festival, February 2009 (Macon, Georgia, USA)
Official Selection Omaha Film Festival, February 2009 (Omaha, Nebraska, USA)
Finalist in the categories ‘Best New Zealand Short Documentary’ and ‘Best Emerging New Zealand Filmmaker’ at DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival, February 2009 (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch & Dunedin, New Zealand)
Official Selection Tallahassee Film Festival, April 2009 (Tallahassee, Florida, USA)
Official Selection White Sands International Film Festival, April 2009 (Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA)
Finalist in the category ‘Best Documentary Feature’ at Fallbrook Film Festival, April 2009 (Fallbrook, California, USA)
Official Selection WildSouth International Film Festival, April 2009 (Wanaka, New Zealand)
Finalist in the category ‘Best Feature Documentary Film’ at Festival Internacional de Cine Ecológico y de la Naturaleza de Canarias, May 2009 (Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain)
Finalist in the categories ‘Best Feature Film’ and ‘Best New Zealand Film’ at Reel Earth - Aotearoa Environmental Film Festival, May 2009 (Palmerston North, New Zealand)
Official Selection Hoboken International Film Festival, June 2009 (Hoboken, New Jersey, USA)
Official Selection Lighthouse International Film Festival, June 2009 (Long Beach Island, New Jersey, USA)
Official Selection Long Island International Film Expo, July 2009 (Bellmore, New York, USA)
Official Selection China International Animal and Nature Film Festival, August 2009 (Ya’an, Sichuan Province, China)
Finalist in the category ‘Best Nature Film or Documentary’ at Lessinia Film Festival, August 2009 (Bosco Chiesanuova, Italy)
Official Selection Landlocked Film Festival, August 2009 (Iowa City, Iowa, USA)
Official Selection Southern Winds Film Festival, September 2009 (Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA)
Official Selection TriMedia Film Festival, September 2009 (Fort Collins, Colorado, USA)
Official Selection Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival, September 2009 (Sonoma, California, USA)
Official Selection Norwich Film Festival, September 2009 (Norwich, UK)
Official Selection Port Townsend Film Festival, September 2009 (Port Townsend, Washington, USA)
Official Selection Tacoma Film Festival, October 2009 (Tacoma, Washington, USA)
Finalist at Cine Eco - International Environmental Film and Video Festival, October 2009 (Seia, Portugal)
Official Selection Yosemite International Film Festival, October 2009 (Yosemite National Park, California, USA)
Official Selection American Conservation Film Festival (ACFF), November 2009 (Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA)
Official Selection Rivers’ Edge International Film Festival, November 2009 (Paducah, Kentucky, USA)
Official Selection The Wild Rose Independent Film Festival, November 2009 (Des Moines, Iowa, USA)
Nominated in the category ‘Special Jury Award’ at the International “Gold Panda” Awards for Documentary - Sichuan TV Festival (SCTVF), November 2009 (Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
Official Selection Levante International Film Festival, November 2009 (Bari Puglia, Italy)
Finalist at Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, November 2009 (Guangzhou, China)
Finalist at Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, December 2009 (Kathmandu, Nepal)
Official Selection ReFrame Peterborough International Film Festival, January 2010 (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada)
Finalist at Beloit International Film Festival, February 2010 (Beloit, Wisconsin, USA)
Official Selection Fri Cine Socioambiental - Nova Friburgo International Environmental Film Festival, Date TBA (Nova Friburgo - Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil)
Official Selection at the 35th Athens International Film + Video Festival, April 2008 (Athens, Ohio, USA)
Official Selection Mid Ulster Film Festival, May 2008 (An Creagán, Northern Ireland, UK)
Official Selection Twin Rivers Media Festival, May 2008 (Asheville, North Carolina, USA)
Finalist in the categories Independent and Newcomer at the 31st International Wildlife Film Festival, May 2008 (Missoula, Montana, USA)
Official Selection Swansea Bay Film Festival, June 2008 (Swansea, Wales, UK)
Official Selection The Heart of England International Film Festival, June 2008 (Tamworth, England, UK)
Official Selection ECOFILMS - Rhodes International Films + Visual Arts Festival, June 2008 (Rhodes, Greece)
Official Selection Parnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival, July 2008 (Parnu, Estonia)
Official Selection Forecastle Festival, July 2008 (Louisville, Kentucky, USA)
Official Selection Deep Fried Film Festival, August 2008 (Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland)
Official Selection Washougal International Film Festival, August 2008 (Washougal, Washington, USA)
Official Selection Green Screen International Nature Film Festival, September 2008 (Eckernforde, Germany)
Finalist in the category Man and Nature at Matsalu International Nature Film Festival, September 2008 (Laanemaa, Estonia)
Official Selection Wildwood By The Sea Film Festival, September 2008 (Wildwood, New Jersey, USA)
Official Selection Montana Cine International Film Festival, October 2008 (Missoula, Montana, USA)
Official Selection BendFilm Festival, October 2008 (Bend, Oregon, USA)
Finalist in the category Environment and Ecology at the International Film Festival South Africa, October 2008 (Dargle, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa)
Official Selection at the 35th International Festival of Sustainable Development Films - Ekotopfilm, October 2008 (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Official Selection International Ornithological Film Festival, October 2008 (Menigoute, France)
Finalist in the category Best Documentary Short at Radar Hamburg International Independent Film Festival, November 2008 (Hamburg, Germany)
Official Selection International Mountain & Adventure Film Festival Graz, November 2008 (Graz, Austria)
Official Selection Red Rock Film Festival, November 2008 (St. George, Utah, USA)
Official Selection Wildlife Vaasa International Nature Film Festival, November 2008 (Vaasa, Finland)
Official Selection Myrtle Beach International Film Festival, December 2008 (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA)
Official Selection Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival, January 2009 (Nevada City, California, USA)
Official Selection Frozen River Film Festival, January 2009 (Winona, Minnesota, USA)
Official Selection Canada International Film Festival, February 2009 (Vancouver, Canada)
Official Selection Macon Film and Video Festival, February 2009 (Macon, Georgia, USA)
Official Selection Omaha Film Festival, February 2009 (Omaha, Nebraska, USA)
Finalist in the categories ‘Best New Zealand Short Documentary’ and ‘Best Emerging New Zealand Filmmaker’ at DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival, February 2009 (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch & Dunedin, New Zealand)
Official Selection Tallahassee Film Festival, April 2009 (Tallahassee, Florida, USA)
Official Selection White Sands International Film Festival, April 2009 (Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA)
Finalist in the category ‘Best Documentary Feature’ at Fallbrook Film Festival, April 2009 (Fallbrook, California, USA)
Official Selection WildSouth International Film Festival, April 2009 (Wanaka, New Zealand)
Finalist in the category ‘Best Feature Documentary Film’ at Festival Internacional de Cine Ecológico y de la Naturaleza de Canarias, May 2009 (Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain)
Finalist in the categories ‘Best Feature Film’ and ‘Best New Zealand Film’ at Reel Earth - Aotearoa Environmental Film Festival, May 2009 (Palmerston North, New Zealand)
Official Selection Hoboken International Film Festival, June 2009 (Hoboken, New Jersey, USA)
Official Selection Lighthouse International Film Festival, June 2009 (Long Beach Island, New Jersey, USA)
Official Selection Long Island International Film Expo, July 2009 (Bellmore, New York, USA)
Official Selection China International Animal and Nature Film Festival, August 2009 (Ya’an, Sichuan Province, China)
Finalist in the category ‘Best Nature Film or Documentary’ at Lessinia Film Festival, August 2009 (Bosco Chiesanuova, Italy)
Official Selection Landlocked Film Festival, August 2009 (Iowa City, Iowa, USA)
Official Selection Southern Winds Film Festival, September 2009 (Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA)
Official Selection TriMedia Film Festival, September 2009 (Fort Collins, Colorado, USA)
Official Selection Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival, September 2009 (Sonoma, California, USA)
Official Selection Norwich Film Festival, September 2009 (Norwich, UK)
Official Selection Port Townsend Film Festival, September 2009 (Port Townsend, Washington, USA)
Official Selection Tacoma Film Festival, October 2009 (Tacoma, Washington, USA)
Finalist at Cine Eco - International Environmental Film and Video Festival, October 2009 (Seia, Portugal)
Official Selection Yosemite International Film Festival, October 2009 (Yosemite National Park, California, USA)
Official Selection American Conservation Film Festival (ACFF), November 2009 (Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA)
Official Selection Rivers’ Edge International Film Festival, November 2009 (Paducah, Kentucky, USA)
Official Selection The Wild Rose Independent Film Festival, November 2009 (Des Moines, Iowa, USA)
Nominated in the category ‘Special Jury Award’ at the International “Gold Panda” Awards for Documentary - Sichuan TV Festival (SCTVF), November 2009 (Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
Official Selection Levante International Film Festival, November 2009 (Bari Puglia, Italy)
Finalist at Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, November 2009 (Guangzhou, China)
Finalist at Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, December 2009 (Kathmandu, Nepal)
Official Selection ReFrame Peterborough International Film Festival, January 2010 (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada)
Finalist at Beloit International Film Festival, February 2010 (Beloit, Wisconsin, USA)
Official Selection Fri Cine Socioambiental - Nova Friburgo International Environmental Film Festival, Date TBA (Nova Friburgo - Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil)