On November 18, the Parque Urbano del Sur Auditorium will host the largest film screen in the Canary Islands to project, in an immersive environment, the six short films with human stories linked to the sea that have been selected this year for worldwide dissemination.
The World Tourism Day Auditorium of the Parque Urbano del Sur will host the celebration of the International Festival Ocean Film Tour 18 on Saturday, November 2023, aimed at raising environmental awareness about the protection, defense and conservation of the oceans.
The Festival has already visited 14 Spanish cities and almost 270 cities around the world. The screenings in Maspalomas represent the closing of this worldwide event.
In this edition, the festival promoted for 17 years by the German production company Moving Adventures offers six documentary films with a total of 120 minutes of screening. They are extraordinary human stories developed around the life of the oceans, told in first person by their protagonists, with spectacular images.
'The power of activism' (Australia 2022) is about the economic-environmental projects developed by Australians Madison Stewart, Alice Forrest and Jordyn de Boer, such as the protection of sharks in Indonesia. 'Without limits' (Germany 2023) addresses the life philosophy of Ben Neumann, a blind 17-year-old boy who surfs on the small but dangerous artificial wave of Eisbach, which is formed narrowly but very sharply in the channel of the Isar river, at the gate of the Englischer Garten (English Garden), in the capital of Bavaria. 'Monster Wave' (Australia 2021) offers an insight into the passionate magical attraction that surfer Kerby Brown feels for giant waves. They give meaning to his life and to surf them he is willing to risk everything. 'George and the whales' (Tonga/Lebanon 2019) is a song in defense of humpback whales from the experience of George, a sighting guide in the Polynesian kingdom of Tonga, who tells how diving with the large cetaceans of the ocean changed him life. 'Stolen fish' (Poland/United Kingdom/Spain 2020) reveals the great problem that coastal fishermen in the Gambia are suffering to make a living due to the disappearance and decrease in the number of species due to the actions of illegal trawlers that They supply foreign factories with fishmeal that they process to send mainly to China and Europe as animal feed. 'Sweet Adventure' (Great Britain, 2022) narrates the surfing adventure of athletes Albee Layer, Nora Vasconcellos and Matt Meola in El Salvador.
In the presentation of the Festival, this Thursday in the same location as its celebration, the Councilor for Culture and Education, Elena Álamo Vega, highlighted the choice of the Parque Urbano del Sur for its celebration as a living space for the municipality, to which the City Council enhances it by providing it with cultural and sports activities for social revitalization. “The Festival has chosen a good place, because this is an environmental space and that is the message that is sent with the wonderful documentaries that will be shown dedicated to the care and protection of the oceans and seas.”
“This is a unique and exclusive Festival. It is part of the objectives that the municipal government has set to promote cultural activity in this municipality and that this activity crosses our borders and at the same time serves as a welcome and first-class cultural offer for all tourists who find their place in Maspalomas. vacation home. "It is an important commitment to georeference Maspalomas on the international route of the Festival."
The Councilor for Tourism, Yilenia Vega Macías, also participated in the presentation, encouraging the participation of the population.
