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The Christ of the Ocean

May 1971 •Spanish

The people of a fishing village is about to witness a miracle thanks to the new mysterious friend of a young, lonely boy.

God's Creatures

September 2022 •English

In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community.

The Damned

January 2025 •English

A 19th-century widow is tasked with making an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a ship sinks off the coast of her impoverished Icelandic fishing village. Any attempt to rescue survivors risks further depleting the starving villagers’ supplies.

A River Called Titas

July 1973 •Bengali

An in-depth look at the lives and struggles of a fishing community living by the River Titas in Bangladesh after the Partition of India in 1947.

Matria

March 2023 •Galician

Ramona’s life in a Galician fishing village is a constant hustle. Always sacrificing everything for her daughter’s future, she will be pushed to look inwards and to think that, maybe, there is something new to live for.

Laia

September 2016 •Catalan

"Laia" is located in the imaginary village of Sinera, a fishing village inhabited by a series of extreme characters, indiscriminately diverted to the adversities of destiny. There, Laia lives, a woman marked by a miserable and unhappy childhood, that is debated between her cruel husband and lover who is his best friend and faces the hatred of a whole town while dreaming of a freedom that only the sea can grant.

Mermaid Legend

April 1984 •Japanese

After a woman is framed for the murder of her fisherman husband, she seeks out a bloody revenge on the corrupt businessmen responsible.

The Seaside Village

November 1965 •Korean

A remote fishing island is home to a largely female-population. Men are frequently lost to the ocean as stubbornly going out to sea in the face of great danger. Young widows are made and quickly learn the hardships of life.

Sugar Fields

July 2016 •Spanish

A young peasant is forced to flee for killing involuntarily an abusive guard. After an entire year hiding in a remote fishing island, he decides to return to his countryside and reunite with his wife and daughters.

At Sea

January 2023 •Cornish

Em works with her Dad on his lobster boat, but her mother, acrimoniously separated from her father, wants to give her a chance for a different life.

Seafighters

October 2017 •Galician

Living among the percebeiros of the Coast of Death (Galicia), this documentary shows a unique relationship between man and his surroundings, man and the sea. At the end of Europe, years after the Prestige oil spill disaster, these fishermen face an uncertain future.

Even Unto Death

November 1914 •English

Dorthea Gordon comes to a fishing village with her ill-tempered brother, Walter. She rows out to a rock to sketch the seals, but her boat drifts away and the rising tide sweeps her into the water. Her predicament is seen by Jack Livingston, the fisherman son of the village minister, and he rescues her. The pair begin seeing one another, but Walter thoroughly disapproves. When a gossip implies that Livingston's attentions are less than honorable, Walter confronts him and is killed in the ensuing struggle.

Tidal Time

April 2018 •Italian

After a boat accident where he puts his son Flavio’s life at risk, fisherman Capudemazza decides to never go fishing again. Ten years later a discovery about his son awakens a feeling in him that had been buried.

Razzia sur l'Atlantique

March 2023 •French

Paraguaçu

August 2022 •Portuguese

Cool & Crazy

January 2001 •Norwegian

Much as Buena Vista Social Club revealed a rich and unexplored world of music and culture, Cool & Crazy introduces us to a group of men who find purpose, companionship and even fame, as members of a male choir in Berlevåg.

Kappa Kawatarou

April 1954 •Japanese

A kappa village is devastated by a large storm during festival preparations. With no fish in the river, the village is weakened. Kawatarou and his girlfriend head the mountains to find anything to bring back.

7180 Hysvik

November 2024 •Norwegian

The small village of Hysvik has been world champion in fishing for generations, making it the only thing that children, adults, and the elderly care about. In the film, we meet Bjørnar (60), who carries a secret. He dreams of becoming a postman. But how will he manage that in a village where nothing but fishing is allowed? 7180 Hysvik is a funny, sincere, and heartwarming short musical film, submitted as Lene Nilssen Viken's bachelor's project at NSKI."

Escape the Usual

September 2023 •English

Escape the Usual follows a day in the life of three teenage boys during the spring of 2002 in a small fishing village along the south shore of Nova Scotia.