Company Credits
Production Companies
- South Pacific Pictures (presents)
- ApolloMedia Distribution (presents) (as Apollo Media Filmproduktion)
- Pandora Filmproduktion (presents) (as Pandora Film)
- New Zealand Film Production Fund (in association with) (as The New Zealand Film Production Fund)
- New Zealand Film Commission (in association with) (as The New Zealand Film Commission)
- New Zealand On Air (in association with) (as NZ On Air)
- Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen (sponsored by) (as Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH)
Distributors
- Solopan (2002) (Poland) (theatrical)
- Alliance Atlantis Communications (Canada) (theatrical)
- BIM Distribuzione (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista International (Australia) (2003) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Cinema Mondo (2003) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Filmladen (2003) (Austria) (theatrical)
- First Distributors (2003) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
- Herald Film Company (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Icon Film Distribution (2003) (UK) (theatrical)
- Manga Films (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Newmarket Films (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
- NonStop Entertainment (2003) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Pandora Filmproduktion (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
- RCV Film Distribution (2003) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- RCV Film Distribution (2003) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
- RCV Film Distribution (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Telexcel (2003) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Telexcel/ImpactoCine (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- With Cinema (2003) (South Korea) (theatrical)
- Alliance Atlantis Home Video (2003) (Canada) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
- Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (VHS)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (2005) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
- RCV Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (VHS) (rental)
- RCV Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS) (retail)
- Sony Pictures Television (USA) (TV)
Special Effects
- Film Effects Co. Ltd. (marine engineers and physical effects) (as Film Effects)
- Glasshammer Visual Effects (whale construction)
- tvt. postproduction (digital visual effects provided by) (as TVT, The Vision Team Digital Postproduction Gmbh)
Other Companies
- ARRI Digital (digital scanning and recording) (as Arri Digital)
- ARRI Rental (cameras supplied by)
- ARRI (cameras supplied by) (as Arriflex, Cologne)
- Bayerische HypoVereinsbank AG München (film banking [de])
- Bonifant and Saxby (caterers)
- Cut Company (editing) (as Cut Company, Cologne)
- Digital Post Ltd. (telecine facility: New Zealand)
- Film Finances (completion bond company)
- Filmvision P.L.I. Ltd. (shortfall insurance) (as Filmvision P.L.I.)
- Granada Wild (whale footage)
- Kodak Eastmancolour (filmstock supplied by)
- Mahony, Trendall, Jack (insurance company)
- Mana Music (music supervision)
- Ngati Konohi (special thanks)
- Oktobor (telecine facility: New Zealand)
- Ruhr Sound Studios (sound mixing facility) (as Rohrsound, Dortmund)
- Te Wananga O Aotearoa (special thanks to)
- Torus (foley recording) (as Torus Gmbh, Köln)
