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
General
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
Thank you so for the add. Your film is so incredibly beautiful it brought me to tears. I have loved and appreciated the beauty of sharks my whole life and cannot understand the total ignorance of the people on a mission to wipe them off the face of the earth. Hopefully, amazing people like you can change many in their ways of thinking towards one of the most spectacular animals on earth.!xo
After watching 'Shark Week' on Discovery I had to pop in Sharkwater to keep it real. Amazes me how Discovery will treat 'Shark Week' and a Jaws recap. Crazy.
Today you took a chance, Today is the day I see you as a hero, Today you took just a moment to make a change, Today you have made a difference in your life and mine! Today, I Thank You for not turning a blind eye, Instead today, you opened yourself wide, Seeing the senseless suffering & cruelty which is taking place. Today NATURES top predators Thank You for stepping beyond. Thanks for the add-
hey im matt I admire your movie and your cause, Iam currently studying marine biology and oceanography at the Florida keys community college Im also studying seamanship because the ocean is definatly where its at. I want to join the sea shepherds or participate in campaigns for everything endangered that deserves to live.
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
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