Ocean Film Festival

Brought to you by the producers of the Banff Film Festival UK Tour, this extraordinary collection of short films documents the beauty and power of the ocean and the mysteries of the big blue.

 

FILM PROGRAMME

The Fisherman’s Son: One fateful day, a surfer visiting the small Chilean town of Punta de Lobos gave a broken surfboard to one of the local kids playing in the shore break.  This child was Ramon Navarro, the son of a subsistence fisherman born and raised on the ocean, and he would go on to become one of the top big surfers in the world.

A Small Surfer: Known as the Flying Squirrel, Australian Quincy Symonds may well be the best six-year-old surfer and skater on the planet.  She only started surfing about 18 months ago and, in a very short time, has captured the attention of the surfing world, gained multiple sponsors and garnered a fanatical following on social media.

Ocean Minded: Champion freediver Hanli Prinsloo's underwater journey takes her along the coast of South Africa and Mozambique and into the realm of sharks.  The often feared creatures are portrayed in a very different light, one of beauty and respect.  It's an adventure full of risks and passions - on one breath!

Devocean: South African born Bruno spent the majority of his life in or on the water, then in 1998 a tragic event led to a physical change with his body.  In an instant he plunged from carefree surf guide, sailor, scuba diver and traveller to the depths of despair.  Follow one man's journey of his return to the Ocean and a new life found.

Lightning Strikes Twice: In 2008, a team of maritime archaeologists discovered the first clues of the whaleship Two Brothers and began to unlock the mystery of the only Nantucket whaleship ever found on the sea floor.

The Fox of Bloody Woman Island: How does one find happiness throughout a winter when the sun barely makes an appearance?  Could one man's belief in his work and connection to his environment be the root of his happiness?

Arctic Swell: Photographer Chris Burkard and Professional Surfers Patrick Millin, Brett Barley, and Chadd Konig brave sub-zero temperatures in the Arctic Circle to capture moments of raw beauty in conditions that rank among the harshest in the natural world.

 

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