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ADVENTURE FREEDIVER JULIE GAUTIER AND SURF LEGEND ANDY IRONS ACTION SEA SHEPHERD CHASES DOWN POACHERS OCEAN LIFE PHOTOGRAPHER L AURENT BALLESTA MEETS 700 SHARKS & T WO MUSIC LOVERS SET SAILS AND MICROPHONES INTERNATIONAL OCEAN FILM TOUR VOLUME 6

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EDITORIAL

Cover Photo: Julie Gautier by Guillaume NĂŠry for International OCEAN FILM TOUR, Photo: Merrell

ADVENTURE. ACTION. OCEAN LIFE.

The ocean is a world of striking contrasts: icy and tropical, deserted and full of life, endlessly peaceful and fiercely contested. In its sixth year, the International OCEAN FILM TOUR brings six films to big screens all over the globe and to an ever-growing following of ocean lovers. For Volume 6, we board the longest sea chase in history as ocean activists bring illegal fishing trawlers to justice, the powerful portrait of surf legend Andy Irons takes a look beneath the surface of a singular career, and freediver Julie Gautier shows us that it only takes one breath to feel the ocean’s wonder in every single cell. Come along, ocean lovers!

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PROGRAM

HUNTERS AND THE HUNTED

Lake Superior USA

Hawaii

ANDY IRONS – KISSED BY GOD

CHASING THE THUNDER

The life of Andy Irons reads like the surfer’s version of the American dream.

Growing up in a struggling working class family in Hawaii, his talent for riding waves was discovered early on, and it catapulted him into an unprecedented career in surfing. In KISSED BY GOD, we meet one of surfing’s all-time greats, a man who would change the sport forever but never managed to escape his own worst enemy in life and on the board—himself.

SURFER DAN Real surfers don’t need palm trees

Watch out for brain freeze. Amidst a blustery winter storm, the waves on Lake Superior are just right for Dan Schetter.

Dodging sheets of ice, he launches in the water with abandon to do what saved his life: surf. Nothing clears the head like a plunge into cold water. SURFER DAN introduces us to his remedy, proving that a real surfer needs no palm trees, no tan lines, and—most importantly— no excuses.

Fighting against illegal fishing - a thriller at high seas

The illegal fishing trawler "Thunder" was making dirty millions for ten years – right until the ocean activists of Sea Shepherd caught sight of it. CHASING THE THUNDER is a real-life thriller in rough seas - an epic 110-day sea chase across two oceans and three seas, where an international crew and two fearless captains proof that conviction and resilience will make a difference where governments fail.

Antarctica

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Photos: Andy Irons - Kissed by God, Merrell, Simon Ager

The gripping life story of a surf legend

PROGRAM

In the sixth program of the International OCEAN FILM TOUR, we go hunting — for unforgettable moments, new discoveries, lawless poachers at sea, and the ultimate surf kick. The stories of Volume 6 go beneath the surface and get under your skin. This is for you, ocean lovers!

Fakarava Atoll Oceania

La Réunion Sydney Australia

700 SHARKS

Laurent Ballesta reveals the secret of an apex predator

JULIE

Photos: Julie Gautier, Sailing Conductors, Laurent Ballesta

The portrait of free diving filmmaker Born on the island of La Réunion, Julie Gautier grew up as a child of the ocean.

Freediving and spearfishing became second nature to her but her passion lies in the creative process - as an award-winning filmmaker and a dancer. Fusing freediving and dance, Gautier leads us into a new territory of ocean life. JULIE is Gautier’s powerful story of finding her creative voice beneath the surface.

B L O W N AWAY

Two music aficionados sail the world and start to listen After graduating, the sound engineers Hannes and Ben want to see the world – and they find their perfect travel companion in Marianne: With this 9 meter sailing boat and no experience to speak of, the "Sailing Conductors" embark on a lifechanging journey from Sydney to Berlin. Their goal is to record as many local musicians as they can and connect all of them through music. This sailing adventure has not only a unique soundtrack, it will also kindle everyone’s wanderlust.

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When Laurent Ballesta was a little kid, he didn’t play cowboys and Indians – he dreamed of an adventurous life like his big role model: Jacques Cousteau, pioneer of oceanic exploration and marine filmmaker of the first hour. A dream come true: Today Ballesta is not only a marine biologist but one of the most renowned wild life photographers worldwide. In 700 SHARKS the Frenchman takes us along to the Pacific atoll Fakarava, where he has been studying the hunting behavior of gray reef sharks for many years.

700 SHARKS

LAURENT BALLES TA The French biologist and photographer is known for his pioneering spirit and spectacular imagery. Ballesta has received numerous accolades for his photography and documentaries about life under water. With a knack for hi-tech gear, he dives deep into the realm of the oceans. To capture the whole story of 700 SHARKS, Ballesta and his team spent more than 3,000 hours under water.

MOONSTRUCK Under a full moon, 700 gray reef sharks gather for an epic feast. Photographer and biologist Laurent Ballesta waited four years to capture this awe-inspiring spectacle.

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FAK ARAVA ATOLL , OCE ANIA In an underwater ravine in the Pacific, a school of gray reef sharks gathers each year to feed on mating groupers. With unprecedented footage, photographer and biologist Laurent Ballesta brings this natural spectacle to the big screen and sheds new light on the "lone wolf of the sea."

Photos: Caroline MS, Laurent Ballesta

"THE SHARKS CONSIDERED US AS OBSTACLES, N O T P R E Y." A night with a full moon in June is the only chance for Laurent Ballesta and his team.

They’ve been waiting for this moment for four years. When the full moon rises above the Pacific in all its splendor, 17,000 groupers gather to mate in a submarine passage off the Fakarava atoll. This nocturnal mass coupling isn’t the only attraction for human onlookers; the predator of these groupers is just as exciting to behold. Hundreds of gray reef sharks seize the opportunity. For these apex predators, the full moon proffers a feast beyond compare.

To study the hunting strategies of these sharks, Ballesta assembled an international team of experts. Biologists, diving experts, camera experts—or ideally, individuals like Ballesta himself who have mastered all three disciplines. The team equips several sharks

with a transmitter to analyze their movement patterns and launch a camera-studded arch to capture the action.

The underwater current in the passage makes navigating a real challenge for the divers. While filming, the team is virtually overrun by sharks. Ballesta and his team regularly end their diving shifts covered in bruises, which is not the result of intentional assaults; the divers were simply in the way of the hunters and the hunted. But the wait for the full moon and 3,000 hours of diving has paid off. The project brings new discoveries to light—the collected imagery and data shows that the alleged ‘lone wolf of the sea’ is in fact hunting in pairs.

To Laurent Ballesta, his findings are both a motivation and an admonition. Full discovery of the ocean and its inhabitants has barely begun.

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THE SHEPHERD AND HIS SHIP At the age of 18 Peter Hammarstedt (34) joined Sea Shepherd – as soon as he legally could. He has been chasing poachers all over the world’s oceans ever since. In our interview he shares which sacrifices he makes for a life at sea and how he made it through the longest maritime pursuit in history.

CHASING THE THUNDER – what does this film mean to you?

This film is incredibly important for us. Had we not had a single camera on board, we still would have chased the "Thunder" for 110 days. But it would only have been witnessed by 60 peo-

ple. Having the cameras aboard the ship and having this movie made, we’re able to bring millions of people to one of the remotest areas of the world to see what is happening to our oceans The oceans are out of sight, out of mind. Someone once said "if slaughterhouses had glass

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walls, everybody would be a vegetarian" (Paul McCartney, editor's note). A ship like the Thunder is a slaughterhouse thousands of miles off shore. Most people never get so see this first hand.

That’s why our media work is so important. We hope CHASING THE THUNDER can be a catalyst for

change, a symbol for the lawlessness on the world’s oceans. We are the shepherds of the sea, so the only difference is that our flock is not sheep but a fish dwelling on the bottom of the sea. Sea Shepherd exists where governments either lack the political will or the economic means to go after poachers.

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What was your plan? protected areas. We’re "I FEEL VERY Our plan was very simple. entering our fourth year PRIVILEGED TO The idea was just to follow of partnership with Gabon LIVE MY the "Thunder" for however to patrol there. So I’ll head PA S S I O N ." long it took, until someone there, taking command of the somewhere would do some"Bob Barker" again. thing about it. As long as Did you miss the ship? we had a vessel following Yes (laughs). I think we have the "Thunder", they couldn’t the tendency to anthropochange their name, they morphize our ships. So the couldn’t change their flag "Bob Barker" has a special and they couldn’t repaint. It place in my heart. It’s a veswas so simple, no one had sel I joined, when we first ever done it before - just folpurchased it ten years ago. low this ship and see what I’ve sailed on it since and happens. We had no idea the we have been through some story would end like it did. incredibly rough weather On day 50 the "Thunder" had and tough ice conditions.

PETER started drifting. They had And now we’ve been on the HAMMARSTEDT turned off the engine to save longest maritime pursuit in Born in Sweden in fuel, so we did the same. My history together. So I feel a 1984, Hammarstedt has been chief engineer brought me tremendous sense of loyalty at the helm of the our fuel figures and we had to this vessel, because it has "Bob Barker" for 10 years.

Along with the "Sam Simon", enough fuel to be at sea for never let me down. the "Bob Barker" chased another two years. The crew What is the best the illegal fishing vessel was prepared to do that. way to support Sea "Thunder" for 110 days and across three oceans.

What is the sacrifice Shepherd at the Hammarstedt joined Sea you have to make moment?

Shepherd at the age of 18 and on a personal level We have a lot of ships and has received numerous to live this life? we’re always out at sea, so awards for his commitment to environmental causes.

I spent 12 summers in the we do need volunteers.

Antarctic, so that’s Christmas People who are interested time in the Northern hemisphere. I haven’t had in crewing should definitely apply online. Some as much time with my family and friends. You volunteers come aboard for one patrol at sea, struggle to maintain relationships when you’re which lasts 20 days, others have been on board gone for 8 months each year. But I couldn’t for years and years. But our ships would never imagine myself doing anything else. I feel very leave port, if it wasn’t for the donations of our privileged that I get to follow my passion every supporters. We don’t get government fundsingle day, that I get to contribute my small part ing, so we need donations to stay at sea. We’re to turn this tide of destruction facing the ocean. entirely publicly funded. I find that inspiring, Where are you going next? because in Antarctica the illegal fishing has In June 2019 I’ll go back to Gabon. In the been eliminated. So a small group of passionate beginning of 2018 the country of Gabon estab- people were able to do what no government could lished Africa’s single largest network of marine do in ten years, which was to stop the "Thunder"..

Find all information at www.seashepherd.org.

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“A MOVEMENT IS UNSTOPPABLE”

Photo: Simon Ager, Parley for the Oceans

Inspired by Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, award-winning designer Cyrill Gutsch started his network Parley for the Oceans. With Gutsch, Watson talks about the precarious state of the ocean and why anger won’t solve anything.

Cyrill Gutsch: I think the first and total moratorium on all heavy gear question, Paul, is: What is going on industrialized fishing. Right now, there are in the ocean?

4.6 million commercial fishing boats that Paul Watson: The reality is that if the ocean are out on the ocean every day, taking dies, we die – because the ocean provides everything they can and causing incredible all of those things which make it possible destruction to ecosystems. The oceans for us to live on the planet. The ecological law simply cannot keep up with that kind of interdependence states that our survival of exploitation. is dependent upon other species, we're not How are our eating habits contributing standing alone here. So it's very important to the destruction of the oceans and to that we stop this diminishment of biological climate change? diversity within the oceanic ecosystem.

One of the major contributors to greenhouse How long do we have left to turn gases is the livestock industry. It's also things around? the greatest contributor to groundwater That's really a difficult thing to assess, but pollution and dead zones in the ocean. considering that 90% of the large fishes We're killing 65 billion animals every year have already been destroyed, and this is having incredI would say that it's only ible consequences as far Since their first meeting, a few decades, at the most as creating greenhouse Paul Watson (left) and the end of this century. gases and pollution are Cyrill Gutsch have become allies The ocean has a way of concerned. Also we're overin their commitment being more resistant than fishing the ocean. Even to ocean protection and sustainability. we sometimes think, but when we eat meat we're we're seeing the collapse of eating the ocean, because fisheries worldwide. some 40% of the fish taken How are climate change from the ocean is fed and the oceans related? to livestock.

I think the ocean is the You sometimes describe key to addressing climate Sea Shepherd as the change. At the Paris conbiggest privately-owned ference a couple years navy on this planet. ago, I said, "Look, all we We're the biggest nonhave to do is allow the government navy on the ocean time to repair itself." planet, that's true. We call it That means a complete Neptune's Navy.

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HCI EHRA SBILNI G N DT EHRETTEH XU T NBDL E I NRD

In another conversation we had, you said that in your eyes untrained volunteers often do a better job than professionals when it comes to enforcement and activism on high sea.

Yeah, I think you can't really buy that kind of passion. I couldn't pay professionals to do what our volunteers do for nothing. It's dangerous, dirty, hard work, and they don't complain.

They're there because they believe in what we're doing.

Are you ever afraid when you're out there?

No, the only thing I'm afraid of is that we're going to lose so many species, and what I'm really afraid of is ecological collapse. Any personal fears are pretty irrelevant compared to that.

Is there anger in you when you see how fast the destruction is spiralling, and many don't really care about it?

No, I think to do what we do properly, we have to have a sense of detachment from that. You can't get angry. You have to do what you can to try and clean up the world's oceans.

Getting angry is not going to solve anything.

Being scared isn't productive.

What is your vision for Sea Shepherd's future?

I've already seen a wish come true: I always wanted Sea Shepherd to become a movement, and that's what it is. We're not an organization, it's an international, global movement.

We have people all over the world who are acting under the Sea Shepherd banner and are proud to be doing so. An individual like myself, we can be stopped, as the Japanese have prevented me from travelling, an organization can be shut down by the courts or whatever, but a movement can't be shut down.

A movement is unstoppable.

Sea Shepherd: A little history 1977 Paul Watson leaves Greenpeace, which he cofounded, and establishes the Earthforce Environmental Society, precursor to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in Vancouver, Canada.

1979 Watson and his combatants paddle into the golf of St. Laurence and spray seal pups with blue paint to make them worthless to poachers. The "Sea Shepherd", the organization’s first ship, chases the illegal waling ship "Sierra" through Portuguese waters and scuttles the vessel.

1991 Following numerous Sea Shepherd campaigns against gill nets, the United Nations prohibit the nets.

In the 1990s Sea Shepherd focusses more and more on the cooperation with governments to fight and persecute poachers.

2019 2000 Since February In the 2017 Sea aftermath of Shepherd has a big oil spill close been patrolling the to Rio de Janeiro, ocean with the Brasil, Sea Shepherd Liberian authorities. helps to save On Feb 11th wild life and is 2019 Sea Shepherd contracted by the was awarded government to with the highest help fight the devastation to the military honor issued by the Liberian ocean.

Ministry of Defence.

Read the entire interview and find more information about Sea Shepherd and Parley at www.oceanfilmtour.com.

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ENGAGEMENT

HOW TO SAVE THE OCEAN What is the ocean but the sum of water drops – what is ocean protection but the sum of good deeds?

We want to get you moving for the ocean. The International OCEAN FILM TOUR proudly supports projects and initiatives with ocean love at their heart.

SHARK PROJECT

S U R F R I D E R F O U N DAT I O N

PICK IT UP!

For the last 30 years, the Surfrider Foundation has been pushing for clean beaches, clean waves and ocean protection. Cigarette butts are the most littered item in the world, and they never fully degrade. Surfrider’s Hold on to Your Butt campaign gets butts off our streets and beaches to protect our oceans, waterways, and drinking water. The filter on cigarettes is mostly made of cellulose acetate, a form of plastic.

TO DO Regardless of the fact that smoking isn’t good for your own health - stop smoking for the ocean’s sake. Make sure to produce as little plastic waste as possible, when you’re shopping. www.surfriderfoundation.org

WELCOME TO SHARK SCHOOL

We. Protect. Sharks.

Sharks are an indispensable nexus in the ocean’s ecosystem but are continually fished for their fins in too many regions in the world. Or they simply end up dead as bycatch in the nets of the fishing industry.

Without them the oceanic ecosystem faces collapse. SHARK PROJECT has been focusing on important educational work since 2002 and offers shark sponsorships as well as a free-of-charge school project for younger generations.

TO DO Support SHARK PROJECT in their educational efforts and help make the importance of sharks for the entire ocean known to a wider public.

Find more information at www.sharkproject.org

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OCEANCARE

DO YOU SPEAK OCEAN?

From knowing comes caring, from caring comes change. It doesn’t work the other way round! That’s why awareness about ocean protection is so vital to making change happen. OceanCare has been on a mission for ocean protections for the last 25 years. Worldwide the initiative connects scientists and ensures that research results are reviewed by essentials boards. Since 2011 OceanCare has been a special advisor at the UN.

TO DO Learn all you can and share your knowledge with your family and friends! Find fascinating facts and aspects about the world’s oceans at www.oceancare.org and make ocean protection a talking point.

SURFER DAN

SURFING SUB-ZERO

If you watch Dan Schetter surf, chances are your smile will freeze. Literally. When temperatures drop at Lake Superior, the 39-year-old drops in and is on fire.

Photo: Merrell

SURFER DAN

Dan Schetter just wants to ride waves. But what do you do if there’s no ocean nearby? And when temperatures drop below -35 degrees Celsius at the nearest lake? You surf anyway. If you don’t mind a bit of ice in your beard and you’re able to zigzag between ice sheets on your board, you will live a happy surfer’s life by the shore of Lake Superior on Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Although Schetter has travelled to Japan and Hawaii to surf, this is home. For the past 20 years, Schetter

has been enjoying the surf on his doorstep, no matter the weather. His wetsuit is nine millimeters thick, and the icicles in his beard grow by the minute in the wintery swell. This is not for the faint of heart. When the cold becomes unbearable on the board, Dan dives into the water and stays there for a while in order to—no joke—warm up, because the water is at least +1 degree Celsius. But Schetter doesn’t last long; he has to get back on his board—the sub-zero surf awaits!

ANDY IRONS – KISSED BY GOD

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ANDY IRONS – KISSED BY GOD

At first glance, the life of Andy Irons seems like the surfer’s version of the American dream.

Born a working class family of Hawaiians, his talent for the waves was discovered early on. In KISSED BY GOD, we encounter a singular athlete who would change the world of surfing forever and was his own worst adversary on the board and in life. In the nineties, Andy Irons and his brother Bruce, became engulfed in the rowdy Hawaiian surf scene, leaving no party and no trophy untouched. While his rival and friend Kelly Slater focused solely and soberly on com-

peting, Irons made a name for himself as the enfant terrible of surfing, even shoreside. Just like his raw talent, his temper was out of control. But what might look like the conceits and graces of a surfing super star is far darker; Irons suffered from bipolar disorder, sending him on spectacular athletic highs and into crippling lows of depression. KISSED BY GOD is more than a surfer’s portrait; it’s the gripping story of a people’s champion who pushed the limits of his sport and his own mind and body, ultimately to his untimely death.

ANDY IRONS Born in 1978 on Kauai, Andy Irons became one of surfing’s most iconic figures, winning numerous titles. Most prominently, Irons won the World Surf League title for three consecutive years (2002–2004). In 2010, on his way home from a competition, Irons suffered a fatal heart attack. He left behind his wife Lyndie and son Andrew Axel, who was born one month after his father’s death.

Photo: Andy Irons - Kissed by God

SON OF THE WAVES The talent of Andy Irons was out of this world and yet the Hawaiian surf legend was a people's champion.

The gripping portrait KISSED BY GOD pays homage to a singular athlete.

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JULIE

BEYOND THE SURFACE As a filmmaker and dancer, Julie Gautier peers into the profundities of the human condition.

As a freediver, she has made the ocean her home. In the interview, she talks about her childhood on La RĂŠunion, the life lessons of freediving, and a long-held dream.

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JULIE

Julie, you are a filmmaker. What was it like to step in front of the camera while filming for JULIE? It’s very difficult to be true in front of a camera, not to fake what you really are. Expressing my feelings, my thoughts, my personality was the most challenging for me because I am quite shy and a little bit wild. But being in front of the camera is way more relaxing than being the director. You have a lot less responsibilities, you don’t have to make any decisions.

You encountered giant humpback whales while freediving. What goes through your mind in these moments?

When you dive with a whale, you understand how small we are. They are so graceful, so pure. Most people cry when they encounter a whale for the first time, because they’re like a mirror, showing what a being of this planet should be like.

You grew up on La Réunion. How did the ocean influence your childhood and adolescence?

Of course, I grew up going to the beach, but on top of that my father taught me to spearfish when I was just 11 years old.

It’s more than a hobby to me, it’s a heritage and a way of life.

It has built my relationship to water. I am a hunter, if I don’t hunt fishes, I hunt images.

Fusing dance and freediving – what made you think of this?

My father was a spearfisher but my mother is a dance teacher, so these two arts had been part of my life since a young age.

When I started making films I very rapidly understood that combining both worlds would make a fantastic result.

What is the most important lesson the ocean has taught you?

When you dive deep and you fight against the pressure you will never win. The key to succeed and/or enjoy a dive is to dissolve into the ocean, to be part of it. Flexibility, acceptance and focus are your only weapons. I realized that it’s the same in life: When you are facing fear or pain struggling is useless, the only way to overcome it, is to embrace it.

Is there a diving spot you haven’t been to and you’d like to discover?

Since I was very little, I’ve had this dream of diving in the Amazon with pink dolphins.

"WHEN YOU DIVE WITH A WHALE, YO U U N D E R S TA N D H O W S M A L L W E A R E ."

Photos: JULIE, Guillaume Néry

JULIE GAUTIER Born on La Réunion, the filmmaker first gained recognition for the spectacular images of her husband, the two-time freediving world champion Guillaume Néry. Amongst other cinematographic work, Gautier has worked on projects with the artist Beyoncé. For her award-winning film AMA, the filmmaker and trained dancer stepped in front of the camera for the first time. Gautier lives and works in Nice, France.

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TO U R DAT E S

TOUR DATES: T HE O CE A N IS ON I T S WAY T O YOU A night at sea: Our film programme teleports you directly to the ocean.

Join us and fellow ocean lovers for an evening full of water sport action, eye-opening environmental docs and fascinating footage from the big blue.

For Volume 6 we will be touring in 15 countries and more than 150 events worldwide!

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B L O W N A W AY

Two sound engineers set sails and microphones to listen to the world

SOUND WAVES

Photo: Sailing Conductors

In life, you shouldn’t get caught up in the details. When Ben asked his classmate Hannes if he would like to join him on a sailing trip from Sydney back to their native Berlin, Hannes uttered his concern about a minor detail: the fact that neither of them know how to sail. But no need to abort the mission; learning by doing is the name of the game, and Marianne, their sailing vessel, would happily teach the two lads a lesson or two about sailing. Because Ben and Hannes, the self-appointed Sailing Conductors, want to collect a special kind of souvenir on their journey back to Berlin, the nine-meter

Marianne is quickly turned into a makeshift recording studio, allowing the two sound engineers to record musicians along the way: Lincoln Davis sings in Sydney, Vicky Lucato contributes lyrics at Marianne’s stopover in Brazil, and the classically trained singer Ujjaini Roy from India brings her own color to the palette. Over the course of four-and-a-half years, 95 musicians contribute to the Sailing Conductors' soundtrack without ever having met one another. The result not only sounds as colorful and diverse as the world itself, it also induces a keen sense of wanderlust in the listener.

The International OCEAN FILM TOUR shows a short version of the film.

Theatrical release of the full film is in May 2019: www.blownaway-movie.com.

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LAST PICTURE

Like the god of the sea Dan Schetter looks out over the wintry Lake Superior with his trident in hand.

With seemingly supernatural powers he defies the cold and the icy swell. The photo was taken by his good friend photographer Devon Hains. "I got a phone call from Dan after he just scoped out the shoreline at his surf spots. Once I got down there, I could see why he was so excited. The conditions

were just perfect. Nice sized waves flowing in, but it was so cold, the water appeared to be steaming and everything gleamed in bright sunlight. It can be a rare thing here on the Upper Peninsula in Northern Michigan in the winter. The trident was made and given to Dan by some of his friends. It has sentimental value to him. So ever since we have been calling him Posei(dan)."

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