17th Annual International Ocean Film Festival

Shorts Program - 14 films

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Shorts Program (TRT: 59 min)


  1. In Your Hands - Brandon Moore, USA, 1 min
  2. Under the Sea - Paula Schwabe, Germany, 1 min
  3. Spot Stands Up - Zack McCune & Larisa Berger, USA, 2 min
  4. Only One World Left - Alican Abacı, Turkey, 3 min
  5. Be A Better Roommate - Patrick Gilmore, USA, 3 min
  6. FreeFLY - Avery Bazan, USA, 4 min
  7. The Mother - Lutfu Tanriover, Turkey, 4 min
  8. Transformation - Capt. Gui Garcia & Cathryn Castle Garcia, USA, 4 min
  9. Black Moon' Trent Mitchell - Robert Sherwood, Australia, 5 min
  10. SPACE SHARKS - Stefan Schumacher, USA, 5 min
  11. Warty Sea Cucumbers - Christi Cooper & Liz Smith, USA, 6 min
  12. Stories From the Blue: Million Waves Project - NOAA, USA, 6 min
  13. Tahiry Honko - Blue Ventures, UK, 6 min
  14. Dick Ogg: Fisherman - Cynthia Abbott, USA, 9 min - *IOFF Shorts Award Winner*

Warty Sea Cucumbers: A Story of Collaboration in California - 6 min

World Premiere

Its repugnant moniker belies its bumpy beauty: a diminutive amber-to-ruby-to-sable colored tubular marine invertebrate, highly prized as an Asian culinary delight. Sea cukes cultivate the ocean floor, devouring debris like earthworms, recycling nutrients into the water column. Though overfishing has devastated some populations, California fishing communities and agency biologists work to recover and manage these treasures.

  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    6 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    World
  • Producer
    Christi Cooper, Liz Smith
  • Executive Producer
    Dirk Rosen, Natasha Benjamin