Starting October 9th, 2023, you can view all the films at your leisure until October 31st!

A celebration of San Diego marine life

35 Miles

An underwater short playing off of Netflix series Stranger Things. This short film shows some of the most interesting small critters found underwater with artificial sound effects

Strangest Things

My latest short film features a selection of marine life videos I have taken in recent years embedded in an authentic and entertaining story. Drive by passion, fascination and the urge to discover I traveled the Indonesian archipelago and documented some of the rarest and bizarrest ocean creatures. Among them are the legendary tasselled wobbegong shark, the mimic octopus but also the warty frogfish. Today, I'm happy to share these wildlife adventures with you and hope to increase the awareness of the evolutionary wonders of our blue planet.

Indonesia Blue

Squid Show

More than 20 years ago conservationist and diver, Jim Abernethy, discovered the "affectionate" side of large predatory sharks after removing a fishing hook from the jaws of a tiger shark. Since then he has removed thousands of hooks from sharks in the warm, clear waters off the Bahamas and has brought divers to safely encounter these apex predators with the goal of demstigmatizing sharks as mindless killers.

Tiger (Shark) King

Turtles Hatching
Only one in a thousand makes it to sexual maturity. When turtles are hatching predators are already waiting for them. They run and swim for their life and when they reach the open sea their "lost years" start. We don't really know where their going in their first years. 
Matthew Walker, Biologist takes us on a dangerous journey with the baby turtles.

A Dangerous Journey

A Good Planet... Is Hard to Find - Part 3 - 2023 edition. This film has been been a selection at SDUFEX in two other versions, 2013 & 2016. This 2023 version uses some of the original bookends as a theme but with new footage and reimagined story.

A Good Planet... Part 3 - 2023

Anilao region in the Philippines is world renown for underwater macro diving. There is more to see than macro subjects. There is a lot of action going on under the waves.

Active Anilao

Robert Yin began diving in 1962. And he's still diving. This is his story.

STILL DIVING: The Cinematography of Robert Yin

Short feature showcasing the wonders of the Anilao underwater world

Creatures of Anilao Short

An intimate portrayal of the dramatic journey that Pacific Salmon take from the time they are hatched to their return to the spawning grounds. Join these amazing fish in their underwater realm as they fight to survive, evading all kinds of predators, with a single purpose. They have just one chance to spawn and complete the cycle of life.
This movie will immerse the viewer into the salmon world and it does not portray human influence or use of salmon as a resource. The intent is simply to show the wonderful world of salmon for the sake of the salmon.

Heartbeat of the River (short)

The Rolling in the Deep series chronicles different dive locations all around the world. This edition focuses on the chilly waters off the coast of Southern Australia. Specific locations include, Edithburgh, Wyhalla, Victor Harbor, Flinders and Blairgowrie.

Rolling in the Deep - Southern Australia

Exploring the beauty of the underwater world around Baja California, Mexico.

BAJA

Cristina takes us on a unique journey from her passion for sharks to her love for caves to show us how water flows through every aspect of our lives, following that flow makes us realize how everything is vitally interconnected.

Interconnected

My name is Sam Pfoser and I'm 21 years old. A few years ago I became interested in filming sea life, and was lead on an incredible underwater journey.

My Name Is Sam Pfoser

'The White Whale' production started July 2022 and finished January 2023.
Our passion is ignited and shaped by a connection to the outside world when we were young. The White Whale tells such a story. It is about a lifetime pursuit of love for the underwater world.

The White Whale

Raja Ampat holds some of the best diving in the world and is also home to Yangefo or Tanjung Putus as the locals call it. 
A fantastic island filled with mangroves and an abundance of life amongst the roots. The trees, birds, and reefs. Simply a must-visit when in the area!

Mangroves of Raja Ampat

A key to experiencing the wonders of the sea is understanding marine life behavior. This video, filmed in High Dynamic Range, takes you to Bonaire’s to experience marine life behavior at night. The video starts at Bonaire’s famous Salt Pier. See how marine life changes color and uses structure to hide, including a cat and mouse game with a large Seahorse. Experience the amazing spawning ritual of Butter Hamlets, a reef squid that puts on a light show in defense, and more. We believe it will change how some attendees approach diving.

Bonaire Night Life

From the director Thummayut WattanawongwanI am Game, 32 years old diver from Thailand. My diving activity started about 12 years ago, I have just fell in love with it since. I have been traveling around the world trying to explore, experience, record and capture underwater its special moments. All this, just because, I want to share its beauty in each different places with everyone and hope they will fall in love and appreciate them, same way I’ve had 12 years back when I first started It is more passion than just a career, where it reminds me, I always want to be an Ocean Ambassador.

Diving in Triton Bay

In places where the nine heavens of the Gods kiss the sea turning it into fire - in places where the Gods inhabit the forests, mountains and dephts of the oceans - Ma´o has been living there - a divine nature. This empire of the ocean was known as Hawaiki - I have come to call it Sharydelity.
Even if this fire has almost gone out in this day and age, this myth will keep blazing at the bottom of the oceans - let us keep alive together the fascination of Ma´o myth.
Ma´o => Shark in Tahitian language
Hawaiki => Is the Māori name for the mythical land where some Polynesian cultures trace their origins and ancestry.

Sharkydelity

What is the true essence of Nature? In what way are we interconnected with it? Eddy, the protagonist of this story, explores an uncontaminated corner of the world and understands that everything on this planet is interconnected, and that humans are just a link in the chain that connects all things. Only when we free ourselves from our mentality of "dominant man" will we understand that Nature is the result of all relationships. Through free diving, Eddy approaches the deep and mysterious world of the ocean, perceiving the extraordinary complexity and power of the interconnections between living elements in symbiosis, both aquatic and terrestrial. Like the communities that populate these environments, often in perfect harmony with the ocean itself, which represent an example of life in relation to nature, and can provide valuable lessons on how to protect and conserve this invaluable asset. Eddy's sensitivity, in her search for understanding and connection with the natural world, could inspire many to take care of relationships as if they were precious corals, to capture the beauty of life and feel the energy of nature flowing in everything. It is time to consider Nature as an integral part of ourselves and to call ourselves by its same name.

Ocean's breath, last call

Short video on the underwater fauna of Bali, Indonesia

Bali Dreams

In southern Florida there is a small urban park under a bridge that holds a secret, it is a haven for fish and has become a must dive site for scuba divers.

Under the bridge

Dive into some of the most mysterious caverns and cave system in the world. Tasmania’s rocky limestone shores have created some of the most spectacular dive sites you can imagine. We explore Tasmania's largest cave system, but it’s not just inside the systems that are so magical, what awaits at the exit will blow your mind!

Twisting Tunnels - A Journey Into Tasmania's Caverns

The Cenotes of Revera Maya

Tadpoles - The Big Little Migration

A Little Girl's Dream

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