The Shark with a Thousand Names
Rumor has it that some fishermen in Indonesia have a very special relationship with giants of the sea. To find out more, a team of underwater filmmakers and photographers steps off the beaten path. They take their cameras on a journey deep into an almost unknown region in Indonesia to discover a newly discovered whale shark population.
They get up close and personal with the whale sharks underwater, and tell a rare story of peaceful coexistence between humans and sharks – a story that we can take something away from.
T E A M :
Director: Hendrik S. Schmitt
Producer: Ben Trayner
Writer: Claudia Schmitt
Underwater Camera: Claudia Schmitt, Andy Wheatcroft, Audita Harsono, Alex Kydd, Emma Hanney
Camera: Hendrik S. Schmitt
F E S T I V A L S C R E E N I N G S & A W A R D S :
April 2023 – International Ocean Film Festival San Francisco, USA
April 2023 – Paf Tachov, International Festival of Underwater Photography, Films and Children’s Artwork, April 2023, Czech Republic, Award: 2nd Prize
April 2023 – Cinemare Ocean Film Festival, Kiel, April 2023, Germany
May 2023 – Dana Point Film Festival, USA
May 2023 – International Nature and Environmental Protection Filmfestival, Gödöllö, Hungary
June 2023 – Kaş International Short Film Festival, Turkey
June 2023 – Blue Water Film Festival, San Diego, USA
June 2023 – PIWEFF Pakistan International Wildlife and Eco Film Festival
July 2023 – Travel Fest Albania
July 2023 – KIOFF Korea International Ocean Film Festival, Korea
August 2023 – Ocean Films Húsavík, Iceland
September 2023 – Green Screen International Nature Film Festival, Germany -> Click here for tickets
September 2023 – Paris Shark Fest, France
September 2023 – Finisterra Brazil Film Art & Tourism Festival, Brazil
September 2023 – IFF Ekotopfilm – Envirofilm Slovakia
September 2023 – SEFF – Smaragdni eco film festival
September 2023 – ON THE BEACH International Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
October 2023 – SunChild International Environmental Festival, Armenia
One Ocean Film Tour