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Synopsis

Fiordland is the jewel in the Te Wahipounamu South West New Zealand UNESCO World Heritage Site, a status underpinned by primeval scenery and a reputation as one of the world’s great wilderness areas. This film explores the symmetries of life above and below the fiords, where water cascades from mountain peaks and rain-forest, into the black depths of ice-age carved valleys. Award-winning photography reveals the mirror world: kea, mohua, fur seals, bottlenose dolphins, and an underwater phantasmagoria of starfish, ancient black coral forests and sea pens.

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 Andrew Penniket
 Wade Doak
 Martin Banks

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 The Nature Collection

Awards

1990 Pacific Festival of International Nature Films
Award for Technical Innovation and Achievement in Underwater Photography