CINEFISH FILM FESTIVALWEDNESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER | 5-7PM (EST)

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Description: Seabirds are the only creatures worldwide tohave conquered air, land and sea, yet they aredisappearing rapidly worldwide. Until recently, very littlewas known about the seabird colonies on remoteGrenadines islands, which we now know to hostimportant populations that contribute to the health ofcoral reefs and fisheries. At these islands, fisherfolkobserve seabirds and rely on them daily to find fish,understand weather patterns and to navigate. This filmdocuments the secret lives of seabirds and touches onthe unique relationship between fisherfolk and seabirds.

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UNITING LAND, AIR AND SEA

Running Time: 9:18

Filmmaker: Juliana Coffey | EPIC

CINEFISH FILM FESTIVAL (2020)

Language: English

Description: Florentino Cuero, a 73-year-old artisanalfisherman, and some of his colleagues who live alongde Pacific coast of Colombia, tell us all about theirfishing activity, on which they rely for food, income andemployment. For them, artisanal fishing is not only theirmain economic activity but also a part of their culturalidentity and of their way to interact with nature. This isa “journey” through the lives of these fishers, theirchoices, their dreams and the numerous dailychallenges that they face to continue carrying on theirfishing activity, risking even their own lives.

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BETWEEN THE WIND AND THE TIDE

Filmmaker: Hernán Herrón

CINEFISH FILM FESTIVAL (2020)

Running Time: 19:00Language: Spanish (English subtitles)

Description: For generations, the people of Bequia havedepended on the waters that surround their tiny islandfor food. They are one of last groups in the worldallowed to hunt humpback whales for subsistencepurposes. In the last 5 years the practice has become ahighly controversial topic, as anti-whaling organizationsand nations continue to call for the end of the age-oldtradition of whaling. Big Fish is a mini-documentarythat explores the topic of whaling for subsistence andculture preservation.

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BIG FISH

Filmmaker: Y. Jay Belmar-Van Meerbeeck

CINEFISH FILM FESTIVAL (2020)

Running Time: 14:38Language: English

Description: The fates and futures of South Florida’socean and Everglades environments are deeplyintertwined. Watch as Ocean Conservancy’s J.P.Brooker explores South Florida while discussing theregion’s unique environmental challenges with localadvocates and leaders like former CongresswomanIleana Ros-Lehtinen, Frost Science Museum Curator ofAquarium Content & Marine Science Rivah Winters,Florida Bay fishing guide and host of Guiding Flow TVBenny Blanco, and others.

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CINEFISH FILM FESTIVAL (2020)

OCEAN TO EVERGLADES (PART 1)

Filmmakers: Isaac Mead-Long & Ocean Conservancy

Running Time: 10:30Language: English

HINDSIGHT 2020: LESSONS WE CANNOTIGNORE FROM THE BP DISASTER

Description: Ten years after one of the worstenvironmental disasters in U.S. history, this shortdocumentary examines the cause and impacts of the BPDeepwater Horizon disaster; how those impacts are stillbeing felt today; and whether the disaster changed thegovernment and industry’s approach to offshore drilling.To answer these questions, Oceana revieweddocuments, media coverage, and interviewed Gulf Coastresidents, scientists, business owners and policy experts. Filmmaker: Patrick Mustain & Sarah Giltz

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CINEFISH FILM FESTIVAL (2020)

Running Time: 10:22Language: English

Description: This film is about Goliath Groupers, theirbiology, ecology and threats. Throughout a documentalperspective, our “spokesfish”, a BOFFF (big old fat fertilefemale) Goliath Grouper, presents the sea bottom to adocumentarian diver. She swims over the Braziliancoast where Goliath Groupers live, presenting otherthreatened species, ecosystems and revealingpeculiarities of their lives. It advocates that protecting athreatened species is a form to protect huge coastalmarine environments.

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ITAJARA

Filmmakers: Maíra Borgonha & Flávia Moreira

CINEFISH FILM FESTIVAL (2020)

Running Time: 16:26Language: English

Description: This short film documents Kristal "Ocean"Ambrose's journey to fight against plastic pollution in TheBahamas by building a community of young peopleconcerned with the protection of the environment. Thefilm aims to raise awareness of the need to protect theBahamas from the effects of pollution through thisportrait of the woman who sparked a plastic pollutionrevolution in her native country.

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PLASTIC WARRIORS

Filmmaker: Lavado Stubbs

CINEFISH FILM FESTIVAL (2020)

Running Time: 10:30

Language: English