Ocean Film Festival World Tour - 2026

TAINÁ Brazil: 15 minutes The life story of Tainá Hinckel, a prominent Brazilian professional surfer, unfolds through dives into her memories, woven together with intimate talks, old photographs, and letters written to herself.

A DRAGON’S DANCE Australia: 5 minutes Beneath the waves of Australia’s Great Southern Reef, a creature of myth and wonder performs an ancient ritual.

THE RAFTSMEN (tour edit) Australia : 48 minutes Twelve misfits from seven countries unite on an explorer’s crazy dream. Their aim is to cross the world’s largest ocean on three handmade wooden rafts with only the stars and sun to guide them. Battling storms, sharks and psychological demons, their epic six months at sea remains the world’s longest ever raft journey.

THE KELP COLLECTOR Australia : 5 minutes After decades dedicated to a career in science, Sandy Webb has found a new passion in retirement: meticulously collecting and cataloguing the diverse algae species that inhabit the waters of Port Phillip Bay near her Williamstown home.

ANTARCTICA: DOMAIN ONE Argentina: 27 minutes Narrated by surfing legend Kelly Slater, this stunning documentary follows two Argentinian brothers on an extraordinary expedition to the end of the Earth. United by their passion for riding waves and protecting our oceans, the Gauchos del Mar embark on a sailing, trekking, and surfing adventure through Antarctica’s breathtaking landscapes.

STONE BITER: SAVING THE ARCTIC SEA FORESTS Norway: 20 minutes When an Italian photographer moves to Northern Norway, he carries a dream: to explore the icy Arctic waters and film the iconic wolffish amongst lush kelp forests. But beneath the surface, he finds a stark reality - an ocean floor stripped bare, where the once-thriving sea forests have nearly vanished.