Canada’s Top Ten - Toronto International Film Festival
People’s Choice - Atlantic International Film Festival
People’s Choice - Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
Best Documentary - Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
Spirit of Independents Award - Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
Special Jury Award - Hawaii International Film Festival
Best Musical Composition - France World Festival of Underwater Pictures
Prix Planete Thalassa - France World Festival of Underwater Pictures
Best of the Festival - Palm Springs International Film Festival
Best International Doc - Beverly Hills Hi-Def Festival
Best HD Feature - AFI Dallas International Film Festival
Audience Choice Award for Best Feature - Gen Art Film Festival
Grand Jury Award for Best Feature - Gen Art Film Festival
Peter Benchley Shark Conservation Award - Shark Research Institute
Special Jury Award - 15 Short Film Festival – Charlotte, NC
Must-See Award (Category: Wake-Up Films) - Telluride Mountain Film Festival
Hero of Conservation – Water Category Conservation for the Oceans Foundation
Top Ten Films - Cambridge Film Festival
Top Five Films - Encounters Film Festival, South Africa
SHARKWATER's Interests
Music
Portishead, Nina Simone, Ali Farka Toure, Rye Cooder, Aphex Twin, and Jeff Rona are all in the Sharkwater Soundtrack - which you can hear on Sharkwater.com
In an effort to protect sharks, (Biologist/Filmmaker) Rob Stewart teams up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable adventure together starts with a battle between the Sea Shepherd and shark poachers in Guatemala, resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases, mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and attempted murder charges, forcing them to flee for their lives.
Through it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how despite surviving the earth's history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed.
Stewart's remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world's sharks, into a fight for his life, and that of humankind.
"When the guns came out I started filming our journey so we'd have a record of what happened to us.
I think people will love this film because it's different. It's a true life adventure about a guy that wanted to save sharks."
-Rob Stewart
One day you said me go on the blog, have discussion with other shark's defenders because sometimes i was feeling alone in this hard fight. You were right. lol. Because i didn't think there was so much people who love sharks here! I met wonderful shark's friends here and we are feeling stronger together. So just wanted to thank you for the advice!! Hope now Sharkwater in China won some support, and even A LOT OF SUPPORT!
Hi... I do not know if you are the true Rob Stewart but I wanted to say to you Thank you. Thank you to exist. Thank you for your fight to save the sharks. I saw your documentary SHARKWATER in the cinema and my vision of the sharks completely changed. Thank you for it too because our fear of the sharks comes from our ignorance of their importance on this earth. I have was shocked and sad of their fates. I hope that your fight is not vain and that the sharks will be protected. Continue like that. I support you and I admire you Kiss From France NELLY
bonjour , je suis française une passionnée de requins comme vous ! voir mon myspace! mais je n'ai jamais eu la chance de les rencontrer! bravo pour votre film j'espère qu'il porteras ses fruits!!il temps que le massacre arrête !!! cordialement
I was finally able to obtain a copy of Sharkwater, Ive been looking for it everywhere with no avail. But it was one of the greatest documentaries of the sharkfinning industry that I have ever seen. A few times it even brought me to tears and I can only hope one day I have the same amount of courage to go and do what you do. I only tell people about it and am unable to do too much since I am still in college. Keep fighting for the sharks...we need more people like you out there to try and save these magnificent animals. <3
THANK U 4UR BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP I LOVE YOUR WORK FOR SHARKS I LOVE SHARKS THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL IS AWFUL WHAT PEOPLE DO TO THIS MAJESTIC CREATURES OF THE SEA IS VERY SAD THE CRUELTY OF MAN TOWARDS THEM IS BARBARIC AND HORRIBLE SHARK FINING IS A DISGUSTING TASTELESS TRADITION ONLY IN CHINA CAN THEY SAVOR AND EAT BRUTALITY AND CRUELTY AND CALLED IT " DELICACY" SICK AND A HORRENDOUS CRIME AGAINST NATURE . THANK U 4 EXPOSING THE REALITY OF IT AND THE TRUTH ABOUT SHARKS TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF MYTH WERE SHARKS ARE VICIOUS KILLERS " THAT LABELED ALREADY BELONG TO MAN SINCE THE BEGINING OF TIME FOR NO CREATURE IN THE WORLD KILLS AND TORTURES THEIR FELLOW CREATURES IN THE NAME OF FUN,BEAUTY,FASHION AND SPECIAL DISHES ONLY MAN POSSES AN EVIL AND CRUEL HEART . PEACE XO ROSE CORLETTO.
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