Sea of Shadows

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Sea of Shadows
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Directed byRichard Ladkani [1]
Produced byWolfgang Knöpfler
Walter Köhler [2]
StarringRomel Eduardo Ledezma Abaroa
Rafael Pacchiano Alamán
Hector Capetillo
Andrea Crosta
and others
CinematographyRichard Ladkani
Edited byGeorg Michael Fischer
Verena Schönauer [2]
Music by H. Scott Salinas [2]
Production
companies
Terra Mater Factual Studios [3]
Appian Way Productions
Malaika Pictures
The Wild Lens Collective
Distributed by National Geographic Documentary Films
Fox Searchlight Pictures [4] (uncredited)
Release dates
  • January 27, 2019 (2019-01-27)(Sundance)
  • September 20, 2019 (2019-09-20)(Austria)
Running time
104 minutes [2]
CountryAustria [5]
LanguagesEnglish [5]
Spanish [5]
Box office$1,996

Sea of Shadows is a 2019 Austrian documentary about environmental activists (Sea Shepherd), the Mexican Navy, marine scientists and undercover investigators trying to prevent the extinction of the vaquita, a species of porpoise and the smallest whale in the world, by pulling gillnets, doing research, and fighting back Mexican cartels and Chinese mafia who are destroying ocean habitats in their brutal pursuit to harvest the swim bladder of the totoaba fish, known as the "cocaine of the sea". [6] [7] [2] [8] [9] The 1 hour and 44 minutes long film is directed by Richard Ladkani.

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Production

Sea of Shadows was produced by Austrian company Terra Mater Factual Studios, in association with Leonardo DiCaprio, Appian Way, Malaika Pictures and Wild Lens Collective. [10]

Reception

Sea of Shadows premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2019. [11] It was released in Austria on September 20, 2019. [12] It won the Sundance award for World Cinema Documentary and was acquired by the National Geographic Channel for broadcast The film received the Cinema for Peace International Green Film Award in 2020. [13] [14] The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Conveying just how fraught and delicate conservation efforts can be, logistically and emotionally, an extraordinary sequence unfolds as a pursuit on the water, placing the viewer smack in the midst of it." [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sea of Shadows". Austrian Films.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Film Review: 'Sea of Shadows'". Variety. 2019-02-21.
  3. ↑ How 'rapid impact' films are igniting change for the planet
  4. ↑ "Sea of Shadows (2019)". Filmratings.com. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 "Sea of Shadows". www.sundance.org. 13 July 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  6. ↑ Bentley, Jean (2019-11-08). "The Director of 'Sea of Shadows' Faced Down Cartels to Show the Fight to Save the World's Smallest Porpoise – IndieWire".
  7. ↑ Bradshaw, Peter (September 26, 2019). "Sea of Shadows review – porpoise documentary slips through the net". The Guardian.
  8. ↑ "Sea of Shadows Official Trailer". National Geographic. 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2020-02-29– via YouTube. (1:58) "In award-winning SEA OF SHADOWS, a multinational team of scientists, activists, journalists and undercover agents go up against drug cartels and illegal traffickers to save the most endangered whale on Earth. In select theaters July 12."
  9. 1 2 Linden, Sheri (2019-01-30). "'Sea of Shadows': Film Review - Sundance 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  10. ↑ "Review: Sea of Shadows". Cineuropa . 2019-02-08. Retrieved 2026-01-11.
  11. ↑ Jr, Mike Fleming (2019-02-04). "National Geographic Acquires Leonardo DiCaprio-Produced Sundance Audience Winner 'Sea Of Shadows' For $3 Million". Deadline. Retrieved 2026-01-11.
  12. ↑ "Sea of Shadows". Österreichisches Filminstitut (in German). Retrieved 2026-01-11.
  13. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (October 22, 2019). "Sundance Winner 'Sea Of Shadows' Gets Nat Geo Airdate". Deadline Hollywood.
  14. ↑ Sundance Institute (2019-01-08). "World Documentary Competition: Sea of Shadows". Sundance Institute. Retrieved 2020-02-29– via YouTube. (2:54) "Meet Richard Ladkani, director of Sea of Shadows, playing in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival."
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