Plastic Oceans Film Library

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  • Against the Current

    A global team unites around world-class South African endurance swimmer, Sarah Ferguson, as she attempts to become the first human ever to swim nonstop around Easter Island. It's a daunting challenge taken on as a means to raise awareness about plastic pollution.

  • Against the Current (Español)

    AGAINST THE CURRENT narra el viaje de la nadadora de resistencia sudafricana Sarah Ferguson, mientras intenta convertirse en la primera persona en nadar alrededor de la Isla de Pascua (Rapa Nui) sin escalas. Sin poder tocar un bote ni a otra persona, se estimó que el desalentador nado de Sarah de...

  • A Plastic Ocean (Short)

    An adventure documentary shot on more than 20 locations from 2012 to 2016. Explorers Craig Leeson and Tanya Streeter and a team of international scientists reveal the causes and consequences of plastic pollution and share solutions.

  • A Plastic Ocean (Short, Español)

    Los plásticos han sido uno de los grandes inventos del siglo XX, pero su utilización ha causado grandes problemas al medio ambiente y la salud.

  • Big Litter Ocean

    Plastic Oceans International proudly and inappropriately presents a new short film from Director Sara Newton, offering a satirical, sordid and bold story that explores the under-current topic we love to hate: Plastics! In a world that seems to be falling apart, one woman unknowingly adopts an oce...

  • Big Litter Ocean (Español)

    Plastic Oceans International proudly and inappropriately presents a new short film from Director Sara Newton, offering a satirical, sordid and bold story that explores the under-current topic we love to hate: Plastics! In a world that seems to be falling apart, one woman unknowingly adopts an oce...

  • Cutting The Line

    Cutting the Line follows husband and wife team, Naude and Katja Dreyer, and their three children as they embark on a mission to rescue seals entangled in plastic pollution along the Namibian coastline. As the seals grow bigger, the debris cuts deeper into their bodies, causing painful wounds tha...

  • Earth's Ekko (English)

    Having lived there for millions of years, Ekko’s ocean home has become more-and-more disturbed by the harmful environmental effects of plastic created by humans. To learn about plastic, how to solve the plastic-pollution problem and protect Earth, Ekko embarks on a hopeful, educational adventure ...

  • Earth's Ekko (Español)

    This film features Ekko, an ocean-dwelling animated creature. Having lived there for millions of years, Ekko’s ocean home has become more-and-more disturbed by the harmful environmental effects of plastic created by humans. To learn about plastic, how to solve the plastic-pollution problem and pr...

  • Eating Up Easter

    Native Rapanui (Easter Island) filmmaker Sergio Mata’u Rapu narrates to his son the modern dilemma of their people who risk losing everything to the globalizing effects of tourism. The film follows four islanders, descendants of the ancient statue builders, who are working to tackle the consequen...

  • Eating-Up Easter (Español)

    Native Rapanui (Easter Island) filmmaker Sergio Mata’u Rapu narrates to his son the modern dilemma of their people who risk losing everything to the globalizing effects of tourism. The film follows four islanders, descendants of the ancient statue builders, who are working to tackle the consequen...

  • Message On A Bottle

    Message On A Bottle is a film by director Eelke Dekker that features Merijn Tinga, who is better known as The Plastic Soup Surfer. Tinga wants to be the first surfer to cross the North Seat on a ‘witefoil-board’ - covering a distance of 180 kilometres, from the Netherlands to England, all to rais...

  • Our Plastic Beach

    Our Plastic Beach is a narrative short film that follows a young girl and her Gran tackling plastic waste on their local beach together. After an unfortunate turn, a new level of relationship is found between mother and daughter. Director Chris Thomas is an award-winning filmmaker from London, kn...

  • Our Plastic Beach (Español)

  • Out of Plastic

    Out of Plastic is a documentary that explores the obscure depths of plastics in the Mediterranean Sea. The film is set in the Balearic Islands, and offers a moment to reflect on the profound presence of plastic in our lives and in our environment. The film also offers sweeping landscapes and myst...

  • Out of Plastic (Español)

  • Sea Change

    Sea Change is a short documentary about one man’s mindfulness in the pursuit of truth and the perfect wave, detailing his approach to the environment and surfing, and his passion for both. Filmed on location South Africa’s Kwa-Zulu Natal region, and in the bustling city of Durban, Sea Change is a...

  • Sea Change (Español)

    Please enjoy Sea Change, a short documentary about one man’s mindfulness in the pursuit of truth and the perfect wave, detailing his approach to the environment and surfing, and his passion for both. Filmed on location South Africa’s Kwa-Zulu Natal region, and in the bustling city of Durban, Sea ...

  • S.T.O.P.

    S.T.O.P. (Stop the Ocean Pollution) is a stop-motion film from Oscar-nominated and award winning Russian animator, Daria Kashcheeva. What role can you play in helping to solve the plastic pollution crisis? This short film very creatively shows us what our daily lives would look like if we lived i...

  • S.T.O.P. (Español)

    S.T.O.P. (Stop the Ocean Pollution) is a stop-motion film from Oscar-nominated and award winning Russian animator, Daria Kashcheeva. What role can you play in helping to solve the plastic pollution crisis? This short film very creatively shows us what our daily lives would look like if we lived i...

  • Sydney Harbour: Above and Below (Español)

    In partnership with Plastic Oceans International, TOMRA presents a short film about Australia’s iconic Sydney Harbour. It’s a beautiful location, but beneath the surface it’s a different story! 70% of all debris sinks to the ocean floor and 2/3 of pollution into the Sydney Harbour comes from stor...

  • Syndey Harbour: Above and Below

    In partnership with Plastic Oceans International, TOMRA presents a short film about Australia’s iconic Sydney Harbour. It’s a beautiful location, but beneath the surface it’s a different story! 70% of all debris sinks to the ocean floor and 2/3 of pollution into the Sydney Harbour comes from stor...

  • The Change of Tide

    In April 2019, together with Chilean outdoor clothing brand Haka Honu, we toured the waters and lands of western Patagonia. We were in the latitudes that previously belonged to the indigenous Chonos people, a magical land full of surprises. Haka Honu and their pro surfers went in search of waves ...

  • The Change of Tide (Español)