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.

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