Wild Oceans FilmFest is an international documentary festival that tries to show the beauty of the ocean to awaken the love for nature in society. To achieve it we involve it in the conservation of the seas. The festival will be held in Gijón (Spain), between November 4th and 7th 2020.

Wild Oceans FilmFest is an initiative of the Bioparc Foundation. The purpose of this institution is to promote the conservation of ecosystems by supporting sustainable conservation projects in situ, promote education, divulgate and add art as an essential tool of awareness and consciousness-raising.

VALUES

BEAUTY: as a source of inspiration, a cathartic element initiates the process of change.

ART: to arouse an emotional reaction that invites to take action.

KNOWLEDGE: to realize the need of taking care of the natural environment and keep it.

TRUTHFUL INFORMATION: to become aware of a situation and to promote taking action.

COMMITMENTt: to get involved in solving the problem and include in our lives principles that modify our actions that help to solve it.

ACTION: because without action there is no change.

Documentary

• Sockeye Salmon. Red Fish. Russian Federation, 51 min, 2020. Shpilenok Film.

• My Octopus Teacher. South Africa, 85 min, 2020. Off the Fence and The Sea Change Project.

• Sea of Shadows. Austria, 105 min, 2019. Terra Mater Factual Studio.              

• Our Oceans: A Journey of Discovery. South Africa, 90 min, 2019. Wildoceans and Off the Fence.

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Documentary Short Film

• Life On the Rocks. United Kingdom, 19 min, 2019. George Pretty.

• Il luciaiuolo. Italy, 9 min, 2018. Joe Nappa.

• Kokoly. United Kingdom, 15 min, 2019. Blue Ventures.

• Surface. United States, 7 min, 2018. Roam Media.

• Sandy Illusions. Netherlands, 10 min, 2019. Robert Hughan and Arthur Scheijde.

• On the Edge: Lewis Pugh. Canada, 9 min, 2020. Michael Booth.

• I Am Vital. France, 6 min, 2020. Florian Ledoux.

• The Manta Listener. Mexico, 7 min, 2020. Waterproff Video.

• Who is Vilayta. Spain, 25 min, 2019. Germán Pinelo.

Production about preservation

• Our Oceans: A Journey of Discovery. South Africa, 90 min, 2019. Wildoceans and Off the Fence.         

• Saving Sea Turtles: Preventing Extinction. United States, 70 min, 2017. Interchange Media Art Productions.

• Sharkwater Extinction. Canada, 84 min, 2018. Sharkwater Extinction Productions Inc.

• Changing Seas: “Corals in Crisis”. United States, 26 min, 2019. South Florida PBS.

• Sea of Shadows. Austria, 105 min, 2019. Terra Mater Factual Studio.

About animal behavior or ecosystem description

• Norway’s Magical Fjords. Germany, 52 min, 2017. Nautilusfilm.

• My Octopus Teacher. South Africa, 85 min, 2020. Off the Fence and The Sea Change Project.

• Whale Wisdom. Austria, 50 min, 2018. Terra Mater Factual Studios.

• Ocean Predators Revealed - Hunters in Hostile Waters. France, 50 min, 2018. ZED.

Production shot in an Aquarium

• Saving Sea Turtles: Preventing Extinction. United States, 70 min, 2017. Interchange Media Art Productions.

• Out of Plastic. Spain, 19 min, 2018. Line Hadsbjerg.

• Sea of Fertility. Republic of Singapore, 8 min, 2019. Bambby Cheuk.

Young directors

• Deep Blue Connection. Austria, 5 min, 2020. Sabine M. Probst.

• The Blob. United States, 9 min, 2020. Benjamin Collins.

• Diving For Balance. Netherlands, 26 min, 2020. Sara Cornelissen and Steff Donkers.

• Sea of Fertility. Republic of Singapore, 8 min, 2019. Bambby Cheuk.

• The Evolution of the Ocean. Spain, 4 min, 2019. Rafael Fernández Caballero.