BLUE
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY | 2017
Half of all marine life has been lost in the last 40 years. By 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea than fish.
BLUE is the story our generation need to hear. The industrialization that has occurred in the oceans over the last century, mirrors the events that triggered mass extinctions on land. Industrial scale fishing, habitat destruction, species loss and pollution have placed the ocean in peril. The very nature of the sea is being irretrievably altered. BLUE is a provocative journey into the ocean realm, witnessing this critical moment in time when the marine world is on a precipice.
Our ocean has been the guardian of life on earth. Now it is our turn to be guardians for the ocean.
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BLUE is a cinematic song for our oceans; beautiful, intimate and grand. Fearlessly truth-telling, yet passionately hopeful. See this film and you will want to rise up with the waves.
— GREENPEACE AUSTRALIA
Awards
Festival International Du Film Documentaire Océanien 2018| Winner - Le Prix Okeanos
New York Wild Film Festival 2018 | Winner - Best Impact Film
Vancouver International Film Festival 2017 | Winner - Best Impact Film
Byron Bay Film Festival 2017 | Winner - Best Environmental Film
Australian Screen Sound Guild 2017 | Winner - Best Sound in a Documentary 2017
AACTA Awards 2017 | Winner - Best Cinematography in a Documentary
"The Ozzies" Ozflix Independent Film Awards 2018 | Winner - Best Cinematography
Sedona International Film Festival 2018 | Winner - Best Foreign Film
New Zealand Mountain Film Festival 2018 | Winner - Best Environmental Film
Riviera International Film Festival 2018 | Winner - Best Documentary
Portuguese Surf Film Festival 2018 | Winner - Best in Sustainability
Impact Docs 2018 | Award of Excellence, Special Mentions
One World Film Festival 2018 Slovakia | Winner - Audience Awards
Banksia Sustainability Awards 2018 | Winner – Media
Save The Waves Film Festival 2018 | Winner – Environmental Impact
Ecofalante Environmental Film Festival 2020 | Winner – Public Award: Best International Film
AACTA Awards 2017 | Nominated - Best Editing in a Documentary
AACTA Awards 2017 | Nominated - Best Sound in a Documentary
AACTA Awards 2017 | Nominated - Best Original Music Score in a Documentary
Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APS) 2017 | Nominated - Best Documentary
UNAA Media Awards 2017 | Nominated - Best Documentary
Film Critics Circle of Australia 2018 | Nominated - Best Documentary
"The Ozzies" Ozflix Independent Film Awards 2018 | Nominated - Best Documentary
"The Ozzies" Ozflix Independent Film Awards 2018 | Nominated - Best Sound
"The Ozzies" Ozflix Independent Film Awards 2018 | Nominated - Best Editing
"The Ozzies" Ozflix Independent Film Awards 2018 | Nominated - Best Director in a Documentary
The Ocean Awards 2019 | Finalist – Public Awareness Award
Film Festivals
World Premiere Sydney International 2017 | Australia
Melbourne International 2017 | Australia
Brisbane International 2017 | Australia
New Zealand International 2017 | New Zealand
Vancouver International 2017 | Vancouver, Canada
Barcelona International Environmental (FICMA) 2017 | Spain
Planet in Focus 2017 | Toronto, Canada
Byron Bay International 2017 | Australia
Hawaii International 2017| Hawaii, USA
Vancouver International Year Round 2018 | Vancouver, Canada
Available Light 2018 | Yukon, Canada
Reframe 2018 | St Petersberg, Canada
Warsaw International 2017| Poland
Tallinn Black Nights 2017| Estonia
Waves Ocean 2017 | Cape Town, South Africa
Festival International Du Film Documentaire Océanien (FIFO) 2018 | Tahiti
New York Wild 2018 | New York, USA
Santa Barbara International 2018 | California, USA
World Whale Maui 2018 | Maui, USA
Sedona International 2018 | Arizona, USA
ZagrebDox 2018 | Croatia
Salt Springs 2018 | BC, Canada
One World Czech Republic 2018 | Prague, Czech Republic
International Ocean Film Festival 2018 | San Francisco, USA
Martha's Vineyard 2018 | Martha's Vineyard, USA
Environmental Film Festival DC 2018 | Washington DC, USA
CopenhagenDox 2018 | Amsterdam
Victoria TX Independent 2018 | Texas, USA
Philadelphia Environmental 2018 | Philadelphia, USA
Fajr International Film Festival 2018 | Tehran, Iran
Riviera International Film Festival 2018 | Genoa, Italy
CinemAmbiente Environmental Film Festival 2018 | Torino, Italy
Festival DerHumALC (FINCA) 2018 | Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ecofalante Environmental Film Festival 2018 | São Paulo, Brazil
New Zealand Mountain Film Festival 2018 | Wanaka, New Zealand
Oz Film Festival 2018 | London, UK
Savonlinna International Nature Film Festival 2018 | Savonlinna, Finland
Portuguese Surf Film Festival 2018 | Ericeira, Portugal
6th Animal Film Festival 2018 | Suncheonmanbay, South Korea
Korean International Ocean Film Festival 2018 | Busan, South Korea
Matsalu Nature Film Festival 2018 | Estonia
International Ocean Film Festival (UK) 2018 | Uk (touring, 45 locations)
Hebrides International Film Festival 2018 | Scotland, UK
Borneo Eco Film Festival 2018 | Borneo
Another Way Film Festival 2018 | Madrid, Spain
One World Slovakia 2018 | Bratislava and Košice, Slovakia
Yilan International Green Film Festival 2018 | Yilan, Taiwan
KARA Animal Rights Film Festival 2018 | Seoul, South Korea
Marina Del Ray Film Festival 2018 | Los Angeles, USA
San Diego Film Festival 2018 | San Diego, USA
Singapore Eco Film Festival 2018 | Singapore
Hanko Film Festival 2018 | Hanko, Finland
Aussie and Kiwi Film Festival 2018 | Prague, Czech Republic
Posidonia Green Festival 2018 | Barcelona, Spain
Crossroads 2018 | Graz, Austria
Glocal Festival 2018 | Gothenburg, Sweden
Waste Less Films Festival 2019 | Jakarta, Indonesia
Seoul Eco Film Festival 2019 | Seoul, South Korea
aMORE Festival of the Sea 2019 | Poreč, Croatia
Makai Festival 2019 | Hawaii, USA
Wylie’s Baths Floating Film Festival 2019 | Sydney, Australia
Millenium Documentary Film Festival 2019 | Brussels, Belgium
Bondi Ocean Lovers Festival 2019 | Sydney, Australia
Hamptons International Film Festival 2019 | Hamptons, USA
Festival de l'Image Sous-Marine de Nouvelle Caledonie 2019 | Noumea
Basta Con La Plastica 2019 | Sardinia, Italy
Planet On Film Festival 2019 | Colombia
Purbeck Film Festival 2019 |Swanage, UK
Ecofalante Environmental Film Festival 2020 | Brazil
World Ocean Forum 2020 | South Korea
