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MORE INFORMATION 1) Karearea: The Pine Falcon - This award-winning tale tells the extraordinary story of how a population of wild New Zealand falcons managed to survive in the face of fierce commercial forestry logging practices that stripped the birds of their natural habitat. It also tells the story of two friends - conservationist and director Sandy Crichton, and 88-year-old wildlife photographer George Chance. Bound by their mutual love and admiration for the falcons, Chance\'s failing health and eyesight inspires the young Crichton to capture footage of the falcons as a tribute to the latter\'s body of work from the 70\'s that featured photographs of the wild birds. What begins as an empathetic response to fulfil a friend\'s final wish to see the magnificent birds on film ends up becoming a chance of a lifetime. When Crichton begins filming the falcons, he inadvertently becomes witness to new falcon behaviour, capturing a turning point in the ecological evolution of the wild birds. In the heartfelt tradition of post-war Disney nature films, Karearea: the pine falcon is a quietly moving story and a testament to the resilience of the animal kingdom in surviving against the odds that will keep all generations of viewers spell-bound. 2) Time Apart - Seventy-seven-year-old Holocaust survivor Alice Zuckerman never gave up hope she would find her family, lost after the Second World War. When scribbled notes on torn paper reveal clues to her past, Alice and her family reunite. Alice takes us on a moving journey through old Eastern Europe, a world that seemingly disappeared through Nazism and communism. Yet the world of Alice\'s childhood remains vital in the hearts of the people she meets along the way. Time Apart: A History of Hope is a story that proves, as Alice Zuckerman says, \Hope is the last thing to die.\