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4 new prizes for Sharkwater Extinction

Best Documentary Feature London eco film festival   Outstanding Achievement: Documentary Feature  at indiefest awards Best Director - Feature Length Hero Film FESTIVAL Flamingo Award in the category Awareness Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam   ...

Busy and sucessful festival run this fall for Sharkwater Extinction

    Seoul fest SIFFA UK film week in in London Planet On 2019 Matsalu Nature Film Festival seaquarium Festiver Hero Film FESTIVAL Patagonia Eco Film Fest Alexandre Trauner ART / FILM Festival Jord Chesapeake Film Festival AST Pariscience ...

Sharkwater Extinction wins Grand Prize and Audience Award at Matsalu Nature Film Festival

We are very happy to announce that our film “Sharkwater Extinction” won the Grand Prix and the Audience Award at the 17th Matsalu Nature Film Festival in Estonia!    The jury commented : "This film has a clear and strong conservational message, showing emotional dedication and fearless approach of one particular outstanding person. It has been done in a very good investigational journalistic way, showing an example of a rare guerilla na...

Sharkwater Extinction nominated to Awareness Award at Rotterdam Wildlife film festival

We are honoured to let you know that our film “Sharkwater Extinction” has been nominated for the following awards: Awareness Award. In the attachments to this e-mail you’ll find our festival laurels.  ...

Simon Foster reviews Sharkwater Extinction

SHARKWATER EXTINCTION  Screening at 2019 MELBOURNE DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL on Saturday July 20 at 8.45pm. Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★   In the wake of activist filmmaker Rob Stewart’s 2006 film Sharkwater, affective and discernible change to the global trade in shark fin meat and industrial fishing practices was implemented; it became one of the most high-profile and impactful advocacy documenta...

Sharkwater Extinction celebrated at Melbourne documentary festival

Sharkwater screened July 20th as Melbourne premiere ...

A long-awaited victory for sharks : Canada bans import and export of shark fins

We did it! Canada just became the first country in the world to ban the import and export of shark fins.       Following more than a decade after Rob Stewart’s launch of #finfree, Canada has now passed historic legislation banning the import and export of shark fin - becoming the first country in the world to do so. Rob dreamed of a #finfree world and began a movement across Canada, starting with ...

Sharkwater Extinction screens May 16 at 12:00 at Theatre Alexandre 3 in Cannes

The size of a smaller theater at the Cannes film festival doesn’t affect the impact that a film can have on its audience. Sharkwater Extinction is a documentary detailing the shark fishing industry and the effects it has had on shark populations. The film was started by documentarian and conservationist Rob Stewart, who tragically died during filming essentially giving his life to spread awareness of this issue, and was finished by the Rob Stewart Foundation in collaboration with his f...

Sharkwater Extinction will be honored in Cannes

Sharkwater Extinction returns to make a strong impact on Cannes. The film will screen May 16 in official selection of the Positive Cinema Week at Alexandre 3 Cinema at 11 am (19 Boulevard Alexandre III, 06400 Cannes) Book Your Seat and be part of the Q&A with Rob's parents.   Rob's Sharkwater Extinction to screen may 16 at 11.30 as an official selection of the positive cinema week with an introduction by Brian and Sandy Stewart and Patrice Theroux. Rob's Parents wh...

Sharkwater Extinction wins three prizes at New York Festivals TV & Film Awards

Sharkwater Extinction has proceeded to the Finalist level in the 2019 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards.  With entries from over 40 countries, this year’s TV & Film Awards presented a strong competition, so once again, congratulations. In the current phase of the judging process, your work may be promoted to a Gold, Silver or Bronze World Medal level. If your work does not achieve Medal status, it will remain a Finalist and will receive a Finalist Certificate Award.&n...

Sharkwater Extinction screening at IFF Panama

Balboa Theatre is a beautiful ard deco theater in the historic Canal Zone area, and the experience for me and I think that for Sebastian was excellent. ...

Sharkwater Extinction Closing film of DCEFF in Washington: ambiance

The Environment Film Festival @ National Georgraphic Society in Washington, closing ceremony with "Shared Earth Foundation Award for Advocacy Winner "award to late Rob Stewart director of "Sharkwater Extinction"  The award was handed to Rob's parents who have managed to complete the film after Rob's diving accident in the keys. Sandy and Brian Stewart, Brock Cahill, and Kathryn Kullberg were attending the homage and screenings of Rob's three films Sharkwate...

Rob Stewart wins the DCEFF Shared Earth Foundation Award for Advocacy with a 10.000$ cash prize

Established for the 2014 Festival, this award recognizes a film that inspires advocacy in response to a compelling environmental challenge. The award includes a $10,000 cash prize. "I am so proud that Rob Stewart's film has earned this award from one of the largest green festivals in the world. So much hard work and passion to deliver the strong message on screen. My sincere warmest thanks to the festival for recognizing the value of his vision and for the amazing tribute to ...

Sochi Film Festival awards Sharkwater Extinction at gala in London, on the eve of its release in the UK

THE GLAMOROUS Sochi International Film Festival and Awards’ (SIFFA) UK Gala Night in the decorous interior of top global law firm Pinsent Masons proved a Box Office hit with the City lawyers and Anglo-Russian movie makers and shakers last night (21/3/2019). A full house of 150 specially selected guests from the legal and film worlds donned gowns and black tie for the SIFFA’19 UK Gala celebrations, which are held shortly after the main event in the Russian Black Sea coastal resort ...

Swimming with 11 awards so far and a few in the pipe, including 2 UN Awards

China International Green Film Week  Beijing, China best educational value award. Byron Bay Byron Bay, Australia rob stewart award Planet in Focus Toronto, Canada rob stewart award FICMA Barcelona, Spain Award to Rob Napa Valley Film Festival Napa, California Special Recognition for C...

Sharkwater Extinction to be honored with Sochi Special Jury Mention at a glamorous Gala Ceremony in London

Sharkwater Extinction will receive a special Jury Mention for his participation at 2018 Sochi International Film Festival & Awards.   The Sochi International Film Festival and Awards (SIFFA) is staging its glittering annual UK Gala Awards ceremony to mark its 4th year, in full red carpet style with a première screening at City of London-based global law firm Pinsent Masons’ HQ on Thursday 21st March, 2019. The City of London cinematic celebration will show SIFFA&rsqu...

March 18 Sharkwater Extinction will open Anotherway : monthly documentary screenings on sustainability across Spain

  Another Way Film Festival and the movie theatre chain Mk2/Cine Sur joined forces to create: Another Day. A monthly documentary screening on sustainability, designed to encompass a World Day to raise awareness and help move the international agenda forward. These events will take place simultaneously in 8 Spanish cities: Madrid (MK2 Palacio de Hielo Movie Theatre), Badajoz, Toledo, Seville, Cadiz, Cordoba and Fuengirola (Cine Sur Chain movie theatres) and Alicante (Cine Pan...

Exciting Festival Selections this march for Sharkwater Extinction

Sharkwater Extinction has been selected to play in these prestigious film festivals this march       International Ocean Film Festival San Francisco, CA March 7 - 10, 2019 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival SL Obispo, Ca march 12 - 17 Bermuda International Film Festival Hamilton bermudas March 13 &nda...

Michel Noll sending a thank you message to Rob Stewart's parents

Michel Noll opened his festival in Mulhouse last November with Rob Stewart's final film "Sharkwater Extinction", playing to a full house, it received a   2 minutes and half long standing ovation. Rob Stewart's work and legacy are now very well known in this part of the world. Listen to what Michel had to say about the screening, he and Bruno Chatelin met in Berlinale at the busy (loud) EFM  market. ...

VIDEO: Panel Discussion with the Sharkwater Extinction Filmmakers at Vancouver FilmFestival....let s be Ocean wise!

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Join Team Sharkwater for an inspiring evening talking about the upcoming movie Sharkwater Extinction, ocean conservation and carrying on the legacy of Rob Stewart. Panelists include: Brian & Sandy Stewart, Producers & Parents of Filmmaker Rob Stewart Brock Cahill Julie Andersen Moderator: TBC Speaker Bios Brock Cahill A diver, activist and friend of Rob's for over 10 years, Brock traveled with Rob and the production team to Costa Rica, California and the Bahamas. An ardent conser...

VIDEO ; Interview with Regi Domingo on Sharkwater Extinction

Interview on Sharkwater Extinction with Regi Domingo: Shark conservation activist / Founder NAKAWE PROJECT. NAKAWE IS A NON-PROFIT AND PROACTIVE ENTITY, FOUNDED IN 2014 IN BARCELONA, formed by a small group of professionals from different sectors committed to the environment and humanity, with a shared passion; the ocean, our first mission is to help save the world’s dwindling shark populations. As a non-profit organization, our objective is to collaborate with governmental and non-gover...

Introduction of Rob's Stewart world premiere opening at TIFF

  Piers Handling introduced the World Premier of Sharkwater Extinction at TIFF; his final film and his third movie to have been selected at TIFF.  Late Canadian Filmmaker Rob Stewart was first honoured With 'Child Of The Water' Music created by Chantal Kreviazuk for Rob which played live to the audience before the presentations. Piers Handling and Rob's family followed, Brian Sandy and Alexandra,and the whole team on stage. ...

Sharkwater selected to screen at San Luis Obispo

Celebrating Film on the Cinematic Central Coast for 25 years! March 12-17, 2019 ...

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