Duration: 126
Country: New Zealand
Director: Brad M.Gann
Cast:Matthen Macfadyen, Miranda Otto, Emily Barday, Colin Moy

Synopsis:
When his father dies, Paul Prior, a disillusioned and battle weary war photographer, decides to return home. Reluctantly re-visiting the dilapidated family property, Paul discovers the old den, which belonged to his father. Paul sets about clearing up and stumbles upon sixteen-year-old Celia in the den. She has been using the derelict hide-away as a private haven to write her stories and to fuel her dream of living in Europe. Paul curtly sends her away, unaware that she is the daughter of his first girlfriend. His former principal persuades him to take up a temporary relief position at the local high school teaching journalism. And Celia is one of his students. Intrigued, Paul allows her to visit him at home and encourages her in her ambitions as a writer. And then, in the middle of winter, Celia goes missing. Paul denies knowing her whereabouts. When people find a packed suitcase beneath Celia's bed, along with a passport, the urgency of the police enquiry is raised. As the painful truth gradually emerges, Paul is forced to confront the family tragedy and betrayal that he ran from as a youth, and to face the grievous consequences of silence and secrecy that has surrounded his entire adult life.