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SUNTEC SINGAPORE,

Level 3 Room 311

FILM FESTIVAL

11 April, Saturday, 12.30pm-6pm

Presented by Leslie Leaney

Presented by Valerie Taylor

11 April, Saturday
12.30pm–2pm
HANS HASS: THE MAN WHO
DISCOVERED THE SEA
Witness the very genesis of scuba
diving, as Austrian pioneer diver
Professor Hans Hass becomes “a
fish among the fishes”. Starting with
his first underwater experiences in
the 1930s, the film methodically
moves through Hass’ diving career
using period self-shot footage on
numerous expeditions in the 1940s
and 1950s.

11 April, Saturday
3pm–5pm
BLUE WATER, WHITE DEATH
In an attempt to capture the firstever 35mm footage of the elusive
great white shark, Carcharodon
carcharias, Peter Gimbel leads a
team of experts, filmmakers and
photographers on a nine-month
journey through the waters of
Sou th Africa, Sri Lanka and the
Indian Ocean.

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11 April, Saturday
2pm–3pm
BORNEO: THE GHOST OF THE
SEA TURTLE
As part of the series Cousteau’s Rediscovery of the World, Jacques-Yves
Cousteau journeys to the far reaches
of the South Pacific to uncover
Borneo’s crowning jewel.

11 April, Saturday
5pm–6pm
GOMBESSA: MEETING THE
COELACANTH
Considered the greatest zoological
discovery of the 20th century, the
coelacanth, known as “Gombessa”
in Mozambique, had supposedly
been extinct for 65 million years
until a specimen was found in a
fisherman’s net in 1938. In this
cutting-edge documentary, Laurent
Ballesta and his team undertake
an immense challenge – diving to
over 120 metres to find and film the
legendary living fossil.

12 April, Sunday, 9.30am-6pm

12 April, Sunday
9.30am–11.15am
THE COVE
This 2009 documentary film
graphically depicts dolphin hunting
in Japan, drawing the attention of the
international community to this
brutal practice.

12 April, Sunday
11.15am–12.15pm
ELYSIUM: SHACKLETON ANTARCTIC
VISUAL EPIC
Watch as the Elysium Team, a group
of 57 of some of the world’s most
recognised photographers, explorers
and scientists, travel in the footsteps
of Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, the
trailblazer of Antarctic exploration,
documenting one of the most
beautiful places on Earth.
12 April, Sunday
12.15pm–1.45pm
GOMBESSA: MEETING THE
COELACANTH

12 April, Sunday
1.45pm–4.30pm
Short Films by Various Contributors
This segment will feature short films
by Eunjae Im (ADEX Ambassador
of Videography), Marco Biemann,
Michael Maes, Ernest H. Brooks II,
Pepe Acros and many more!

12 April, Sunday
4.30pm–6pm
BLACKFISH
Released to a storm of controversy in
2013, Blackfish centres on Tilikum,
an orca kept captive at SeaWorld
Orlando, Florida. The award-winning
film follows the whale from his capture
off the coast of Iceland to his time at
various marine parks.

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and adventures in our beloved big blue!
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All screenings subject to change.

To find out more about the films and
their makers look out for Scuba Diver
Ocean Planet Issue 2/2016