Wild Flicks
by Science Communication
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Description
Films from Science and Natural History Filmmaking students at the Centre for Science Communication.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoSinging Wood (2003) | On the shores of an isolated Otago harbour, Ian Davie makes guitars from native New Zealand woods. | 2/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoInto the Deep (2001) | A unique story about a company that runs submersible trips into Milford Sounds exceptional underwater world. | 2/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoUnder Their Skin (2004) | Possums are pest in New Zealand, hated for destroying the environment. But there is more to the story of the possum, as this irreverent film finds out. | 2/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoTangled Roots (2002) | A look at the complicated history of Fiordlands Waitutu Forest, its owners, the government and New Zealands timber industry. | 2/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoPilot (2001) | In Otago Harbour, ships rely on the Pilot and his knowledge of the local waterways to bring them safely into the docks. | 1/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoQuest for the Grey Ghost (2004) | Just days before it is declared officially extinct, Rhys Buckingham has just 6 days to find a south island Kokako and prove its existence to the world. | 1/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoStuffing Missy (2002) | A woman who loved her cat so much that when it dies, she got it stuffed. | 1/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoTo Save the Seahorse (2001) | Seriously endangered due to the traditional medicine trade, the survival of the seahorse is given a glimmer of hope due to the work of one researcher. | 12/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoExhuming Adams (2004) | Is the mystery of the extinction of the Adams mistletoe related to the extinction of native New Zealand birds that may have been its pollinators? | 12/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoOut of the blue (2003) | Surrounded by wind and ocean, the Otago Peninsula is home to many intriguing creatures. | 12/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoReturn of the Sea Lions (2002) | Returning to breed on mainland shores after centuries of absence, the New Zealand sea lions are being studied by a group of passionate scientists. | 11/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoLord of the Ringlets (2003) | The South Islands mountainous valleys prove to the perfect place for a local 15 year old to hunt for a forest ringlet butterfly. | 10/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoOut Of Place (2002) | The Wedderburn goodshed, made famous in Grahame Sydney's painting, is given a new life as a feature on the Central Otago Rail Trail. | 10/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoCry fowl (2001) | Battery farming, show hens and feral chickens all feature in this documentary that sheds light on the world of the common fowl. | 9/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoBuilding Without Blueprints (2004) | Near Lake Wanaka, a local man is building his dream house by hand, and without blueprints. | 9/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoBeyond The Kelp (2003) | The Hectors dolphins hold an important place in the spiritual like of local Maori and the wider population of New Zealand. | 8/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoChasing Perfection (2002) | Central Otago is the southern most grape growing region in the world, where its pinot noir wine is making an international name for itself. | 8/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoAlien Invaders (2001) | An irreverent mockumentary-style look at an invasive wasp species that could be set to take over New Zealand if it isn't stopped. | 8/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoBack To The Ice (2004) | Although the Antarctic continent is known for its remoteness, there are people who live and work there. This is their story. | 8/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoBecoming April (2003) | The intertwining stories of the life of an eel and a woman are brought together in this magical fantasy. | 7/31/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoCatlins (2002) | With the road through it about to be tar sealed, is the outstanding beauty of the Caitlins region of Southland under threat? | 7/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoA Mythology of Place (2001) | In the South Islands remote landscape, a mountain begins to understand its own mortality. | 7/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoFledgling Expectations (2005) | In a desperate bid to keep birds from the fruits of Marlborough vineyards, the locals have trained falcons to be a unique form of crop protection. | 5/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoLong Fin (2005) | Traditionally Māori fished for eels, but not only a traditional food, eels are long lived and have a fascinating life cycle that is shown in this film. | 5/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoMad Mac and the Flat Ugly Snail (2005) | Don McIntosh, aka Mad Mac has always been an adventurer. As a paua diver he is determined that these flat ugly snails will still be around for his children to harvest too. | 5/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoPlunge of the penguins (2005) | The Antarctic is home to gentoo penguins that prosper despite the tough weather conditions and predatory neighbours. By Andrew Marshall | 5/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoSecrets of the Sevengill (2005) | Inlets in Otago Harbour are sometimes home to the misunderstood and feared Sevengill shark. | 5/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoTitans of the Coral Sea (2005) | Set in Papua New Ginea, a small group of people tell their story of changing from a fishing economy into the modern world. | 4/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoTui Tuia (2005) | An intimate look into the life and ecology of one of New Zealand's best loved birds, the tui. | 4/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoBurping Bovidae (2006) | Global Warming and Climate Change have become, literally, the hot topics of the 21st Century. New Zealand sells itself with its "100% Pure" image: we are supposedly clean and green. However, one of the most significant contributors to global warming is methane gas - and with millions of sheep and cows, New Zealand is a veritable methane gas factory. As this film shows in its Monty Pythonesque way: we may not have obvious great smoke stacks spewing out pollutants, but we have bovine digestive tracts that are equally insidious. "Silent but violent" takes on a whole new meaning in this film that is as much fun as it is serious. | 4/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoPorker Stalker (2003) | A story about pig hunting in the Marlborough region as seen through the eyes of a teenage boy and his non-hunting mother. | 4/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 31 Episodes |
