The International Ocean Film Tour disembarks in the Canary Islands to share true stories, exciting tales of the world of the oceans on the big screen, adventures at sea, also about the environment. After two tough years of the pandemic with many restrictions and “half gas” capacity, the benchmark international festival for ocean lovers returns for the fourth time in a row, which can be enjoyed in premiere galas at the Guiniguada Theater in the capital of Gran Canaria on June 8, coinciding with International Oceans Day, and at the Guimerá Theater in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on July 14.
This volume 8 will feature five documentaries with a program of 120 minutes of projections with a selection of five pieces from three continents, with documentaries from Canada, Germany, Australia, France and Denmark. The International Ocean Film Tour, in its fourth year in Spain and after 16 in Europewill pass through 18 cities in the country, in a firm commitment to the Canary Islands, a community allied to the sea and a place of reference for lovers of the ocean.
The International Ocean Film Tour embarks in 2022 on a new journey in its goal of offering stories that are motivation for adventurers and enthusiasts, with exceptional protagonists, landscapes, and with the wildest and most unknown corners of the planet as a setting. The festival selects the best works that then arrive in the Canary Islands at the hands of Kinema Producciones in order to promote the protection, defense and conservation of the oceans in the Canary archipelago and advance in the challenge of caring for the environment and conserving it in the environment and long term. The Canary Islands not only have one of the best climates in the world, but also an exceptional biodiversity that is urgently needed to be protected.
Inspiring stories with the sea as the protagonist
From Canada, the documentary Shobe Surf tells a story about equality, rights, and surfing as a tool for a better world. Shobe is a 13-year-old girl from Bangladesh who loves surfing, but social and family pressure make it difficult for her in her homeland. In Bangladesh, women cannot practice this sport, but that will not be a limit for her, determined to change the trend to have and create a better future for the new generations of women.
From Germany, Stormride proposes a 32-minute journey of courage, audacity, self-improvement and desire to know. Boris Herrmann intends to sail around the world solo, non-stop and without assistance of any kind. This man from Hamburg is on his way to achieve one of the best times in the toughest regatta in the world, the legendary Vendée Globe, when an unforeseen event threatens to drown his dream.
cold water therapy narrates how Remy, Josh and Jake’s love for the waves is bigger than the sea itself, and it is because of this passion that they embark on an adventure that takes them to the other side of the planet. Tired of the crowded surf destinations of their native Australia, these three suntanned surfers set off in search of deserted waves on the other side of the world: icy Alaska.
French marine biologist and photographer Laurent Ballesta embarks on a journey to the depths of the Mediterranean in The deep med. This short tells the story of Ballesta’s 28-day diving mission to document the fascinating ecosystem of the Mediterranean seabed.
Dangerous, fascinating, unknown. Glaciologist Alun Hubbard crosses the world to discover the secrets of the Earth’s glaciers and much more, how their melting can be key for the planet and those of us who inhabit it. To unravel how climate change affects the models and lives of human beings and biodiversity, he embarks on a dangerous adventure where there will be much to learn.
