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ON DEMAND November 12 - 30
In search of a balance between modern technology and environmental stewardship
PRESENTING PARTNERS
WATT THE FISH
Emerick Missud & Dorian Hays
FRANCE | 2019 | 52 min | Canadian Premiere
Confronted with dwindling marine resources, small-scale fishermen join forces with environmental activists. Together, they fight against powerful industrial lobbies to ban electric pulse fishing, a highly efficient yet destructive fishing method. WATT THE FISH tells the story of ordinary people fighting tirelessly to maintain their traditional livelihoods and preserve sea life.
FINDING THE BALANCE
Steve Sxwithul'txw
CANADA | 2020 | 15 min | Ontario Premiere
First Nations on southern Vancouver Island are working to protect their territorial waters, these young divers are leading the way... FINDING THE BALANCE
HOMEPORT (PORT D'ATTACHE)
Laurence Lévesque
CANADA | 2019 | 28.5 min | Ontario Premiere
Samuel has been fishing on Clement’s boat for about ten years now. Samuel’s dream is to become a captain; Clement is more than ready to retire. The two fishermen agree on the terms of the boat’s sale. And yet, the road to the handover is a tortuous one.
THE WOMEN AND THE SEA
Camila Guarda
USA | 2019 | 14 min
Filmed in the majestic but also dangerous vastness of the Chilean ocean, THE WOMEN AND THE SEA is a sensorial journey featuring two powerful women in a small fishing village. Gloria preserves the legacy of symbolic cemeteries for those lost at sea, while Julieta defies the looming presence of death as she works in the male dominated world of fishing.
FEEDING SEALS
Peiman Zekavat
UK | 2020 | 14.5 min | North American Premiere
At Brixham quayside, workers hose down boats, gut fish and pack boxes as the sun rises over England’s south-west coast. But most of the fish landed here will be loaded onto trucks and sent straight to markets in France, Italy, Spain and Germany, as most British diners are put off by the fish with bones.
EMCEE: Rick Miller
is a writer/director/actor/musician/educator who has performed in five languages on five continents, and who Entertainment Weekly called “one of the 100 most creative people alive today”. He has personally created shows such as the BOOM Trilogy and MacHomer, as well as many family oriented pieces and an educational animated series called Kidoons with Craig Francis. Rick is from Montreal, and lives in Toronto with his partner Stephanie Baptist and their two daughters.
MEDIA PARTNERS
Our mission is to evoke a spirit of reverence for water; to inform about threats that imperil water; and to inspire citizen action to protect water and its many effects on climate change.
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