Waves of Change 2023 Film Screenings

Deep Rising (2023)

93 minutes | TBA

Dir. Matthieu Rytz

English

Showtimes

6 Aug, Sun | 11am*

12 Aug, Sat | 5pm

20 Aug, Sun | 2pm

*Special Meet-the-Director virtual Q&A session and deep-sea mining panel discussion. Pre-book this special screening here.

Narrated by Jason Momoa, Deep Rising illuminates the vital relationship between the deep ocean and sustaining life on Earth. The documentary also follows mining startup The Metals Company, as it pursues funding, public favor, and permission from the International Seabed Authority to mine wide swaths of the Pacific Ocean floor.

Ubin, Sayang (2017)

35 minutes | PG

Dir. Rachel Quek

English

Showtimes

7 - 16 Aug, Daily | 12.30pm

Ubin, Sayang traces the journey of Xiao Ting as she learns from the stories of mangrove restoration and kampong living. In the context of modern Singaporean nostalgia for the kampong, the film brings together different perspectives on what the kampong spirit truly entails, and discusses its implications for us today.

Vamizi: Cradle of Coral (2016)

52 minutes| TBA

Dir. Mattias Klum

English

Showtimes

7 & 8 Aug, Mon & Tue | 2pm

In the shimmering waters of the Indian Ocean lies the island of Vamizi, home to one of the world's oldest, most pristine coral reefs. Natural reserves of oil and gas have been discovered below this wonderland of marine biodiversity, and now this vibrant, flourishing reef is a target for energy companies. With one-third of the world's coral reefs dying, this urgent doc follows a team of conservationists in a race against time to save Vamizi.

Chasing the Thunder (2018)

96 minutes | PG13 (Some Coarse Language)

Dir. Mark Benjamin, Marc Levin

English

Showtimes

7 - 9 Aug, Mon - Wed | 5pm

10 - 12 Aug, Thu - Sat | 2pm

6 Aug, Sun | 5pm

Young men and women of the Sea Shepherd vessel battle poachers and other threats to the ocean. These unlikely heroes with a passion for justice engage in high-adrenaline missions.

Finding Nemo (2003)

100 minutes | G

Dir. Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich

English

Showtimes

9 Aug, Wed | 2pm (National Day PH)

13 Aug, Sun | 2pm

19 Aug, Sat | 5pm

A clown fish named Marlin lives in the Great Barrier Reef and loses his son, Nemo, after he ventures into the open sea, despite his father's constant warnings about many of the ocean's dangers. Nemo is abducted by a boat and netted up and sent to a dentist's office in Sydney. While Marlin ventures off to try to retrieve Nemo, Marlin meets a fish named Dory, a blue tang suffering from short-term memory loss. The companions travel a great distance, encountering various dangerous sea creatures such as sharks, anglerfish and jellyfish, in order to rescue Nemo from the dentist's office, which is situated by Sydney Harbour. While the two are searching the ocean far and wide, Nemo and the other sea animals in the dentist's fish tank plot a way to return to the sea to live their lives free again.

Chasing Walrus (With a Stubborn Photographer) (2023)

49 minutes | TBA

Dir. Simon Stanford

English

Showtimes

14 & 15 Aug, Mon & Tue | 5pm

19 Aug, Sat | 2pm
 

When a film team travel to Greenland to film walrus underwater, it feels like an exciting but perfectly normal assignment. But a pack of hungry polar bears have different ideas. With the ice melted, and the walrus no-where to be seen, filmmakers Simon Stanford and Göran Ehlmé find themselves at the mercy of these arctic predators—fighting for survival in a habitat on the brink of collapse.

Racing Extinction (2015)

90 minutes | PG (Some Disturbing Scenes)

Dir. Louie Psihoyos

English

Showtimes

14 & 15 Aug, Mon & Tues | 2pm

16 - 18 Aug, Wed - Fri | 5pm

Infiltrating the world’s most dangerous black markets, a covert team unmasks the dark world of wildlife trafficking, a lucrative and organized enterprise with links to criminal syndicates. Using high-tech tactics, OPS reveals never-before-seen images that will forever change the way we see the world, bringing a voice to the thousands of species teetering on the brink of survival.

Stolen Fish (2021)

30 minutes | PG13 (Some Mature Content）

Dir. Malgorzata Juszczak

English

Showtimes

17 - 25 Aug, Daily | 12.30pm

The smallest country in Africa, Gambia, is running out of fish. Ever since Chinese fishmeal factories appeared there - most of them are processed into animal feed, sent to China and Europe. Despite the protests, big neo-colonial business flourishes, and the promises of new roads and hundreds of jobs turn out to be an illusory mirage. The stories of the fishermen Paul and Abou and the selling fish Mariam create an intimate frame for the story of the stolen development of West Africa and the compulsion to look for a better life in Europe.

Patrick and the Whale (2022)

72 minutes | TBA

Dir. Mark Fletcher

English

Showtimes

16 - 18 Aug, Wed - Fri | 2pm

20 Aug, Sun | 5pm

For twenty years, Patrick Dykstra has dedicated his life to traveling the globe, following and diving with whales. Over the years, Pat has learnt how whales see and hear, how they perceive other creatures in the water and how they behave at close quarters.

Chasing Ice

76 minutes | PG13 (Brief Coarse Language)

Dir. Jeff Orlowski-Yang

English

Showtimes

21 - 25 Aug, Mon - Fri | 2pm

James Balog and his team on the Extreme Ice Survey assemble a multi-year chronicle of the planet's rapidly melting glaciers.

The Cove (2009)

92 minutes | PG（Some disturbing Scenes)

Dir. Louie Psihoyos

English

Showtimes

21 - 25 Aug, Mon - Fri | 5pm

In Taiji, Japan, local fishermen hide a gruesome secret: the capture and slaughter of dolphins. Activist Ric O'Barry, who trained dolphins for the "Flipper" TV series, joins forces with filmmaker Louis Psihoyos and the Ocean Preservation Society to expose the brutal practice, risking life and limb in the process.

Mother of the Sea (2021)

8 minutes 

Dir. Nicolas Brown

English

This short film tells the legend of The Mother of the Sea - a tale that virtually every Inuit from Greenland to the Canadian Arctic knows in some form or another.

The Black Mermaid (2022)

9 minutes

Dir. Zandile Ndhlovu

English

Throughout history, Black communities have had a treacherous relationship with water, depicted as a powerful yet destructive entity by African folklore. This is a story never told before, but necessary now more than ever: a modern day tale of the Black Mermaid, Zandile Ndhlovu, who is changing the perception of the ocean in her community since 2016, when she overcame her fears and fell in love with freediving. Following Zandile’s expedition to see the Sardine Run, this intimate story shows us the danger of incomplete narratives, particularly around Black people and water; unpacking the challenges faced by minorities, who are living one step away from the ocean but often excluded from enjoying its natural wonders. Meanwhile Zandile’s grandmother and a skipper named Rob, who has traversed the ocean for the past 20 years, offer their view on who the ocean is for and what happens when one person decides to take the matter into their own hands.

Martha’s Delta (2023)

13 minutes

Dir. Simpa Samson

English

The Niger Delta is home to the third largest mangrove ecosystem in the world, but following the discovery of oil in 1956, the area has been plagued by oil extraction. Activist Martha Agbani has dedicated her life to restoring the local environment.

Rivers of Hope (2022)

15 minutes

Dir. Doel Trivedy

English

Stories from remote areas in Bangladesh bring us close to the lives of families who are most vulnerable to climate shifts. Bangladesh is a water country and life here is lived among the spaces between. Land is constantly being shifted and swallowed by water. Yet water means access to livelihood and it means survival.

Extract. Destroy. Repeat. (2022)

10 minutes 

English

Set in the far-off dystopian future of... 2023. Extract. Destroy. Repeat is a short animation following our unlikely hero Stan, during his induction day at the deep-sea mining company, Happy Metals Corp. During his first expedition at the company, Stan discovers the wondrous beauty of incredible ecosystems teeming with life far below the ocean’s surface. In the face of adversity, Stan must choose whether to bow down to his corporate overlords and cause irreparable damage to these ecosystems, or rebel against his employers by prioritising the health of the planet over the company’s profits.

Arctic Awakening (2019)

21 minutes

Dir. Eco Business

English

The original documentary, Arctic Awakening, shines a spotlight on the relationship between the melting North and Asia to provoke answers to this central question: Can humanity change course? Changing Course 2019 is the second edition of Eco-Business’ flagship climate initiative that raises awareness on climate change and inspires action to address it.