The Captain Is In!

Thank you for supporting the Water Docs Film Festival. The shared experience of cinema is our passion, and your patronage allows us to connect and move audiences closer to our goal of inspiring individual and collective community toward #ActionForWater.  

Your ticket will give you access to the recording of the live-streamed event until Sunday, November 15, 2020.

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AN OCEAN CONSERVATION MOVEMENT

“This is not just a movement to protect whales and sharks, seals and fish, it is a movement to protect humanity and all other species on this planet.” Paul Watson

Come and celebrate the inspiring life of Captain Paul Watson, this year's Water Docs Water Warrior Award recipient.

Once you have purchased your ticket(s) you will receive confirmation and a link(s) from Cinesend (our film festival platform) via email which will provide access to our live-streamed screening session(s). Even if you are unable to attend the live session, you can still access the recording of the live session and/or the film(s) screened in that session.    (Note: Your ticket is valid to access the associated screening session one time only.)

WATSON
Filmmaker: Lesley Chilcott
AUSTRIA | 2019 | 100 min | Canadian Premiere

Like a crime-fighting superhero of the high seas, Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson has spent his life sailing the globe to keep our oceans and their inhabitants safe.  A daring ship’s captain with no fear of danger, Watson and his crews have confronted illegal whaling vessels from Europe to the Southern Ocean, seal hunters in Canada, and shark finners in Central America. Impervious to threats, with more than one nation issuing warrants for his arrest, WATSON continues to intervene on behalf of his “clients”: the ocean creatures endangered by overfishing and illegal activities on the high seas.

Water Warrior Award

We will be conversing live with Captain Paul Watson to present the 2020 Water Warrior Award and also after the screening for a panel discussion. Come and celebrate the inspiring life of Captain Paul Watson with us, this year's Water Docs Water Warrior Award recipient.

EMCEE: Rick Miller

Rick Miller is a writer/director/actor/musician/educator who has performed in five languages on five continents, and who Entertainment Weekly called “one of the 100 most creative people alive today”. He has personally created shows such as the BOOM Trilogy and MacHomer, as well as many family oriented pieces and an educational animated series called Kidoons with Craig Francis. Rick is from Montreal, and lives in Toronto with his partner Stephanie Baptist and their two daughters.

This event is co-hosted with the U of T Student Chapter of the Ontario Water Works Association.

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