A collection of ocean-themed short films celebrating marine life and seafaring voyages, including restored 16mm footage of historic raft expeditions.
The Ocean Film Festival World Tour comes to The Kings Theatre on Saturday 3 October, part of its 13th year on the road. It's put on by the team behind the Banff Mountain Film Festival UK & Ireland tour, and the format is the same: a collection of ocean-themed short films rather than one long feature. Each edition brings an all-new line-up, so if you've seen it before, you're seeing a different set of films this time around.
One of the films on the bill is The Raftsmen, which follows twelve adventurers from seven countries who crossed the Pacific on three handmade wooden rafts. It was a six-month journey that remains the longest raft expedition ever completed, and the film uses original 16mm footage restored to 4K. The rest of the programme covers the ocean from a few different angles: above the surface, beneath the waves, and the stories that connect people to the sea, with marine life sitting alongside seafaring voyages.
UK tour director Nell Teasdale describes the films as ranging from extraordinary adventure to the divers, paddlers, surfers and scientists who have dedicated their lives to answering the call of the ocean. The Portsmouth screening is recommended for ages 12A and runs for around two hours and 45 minutes, so it's a proper evening's worth of watching.
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Tickets start from £19, with concessions for OAPs and under-16s at £2 off, and groups of ten or more getting £2 off per person. It starts at 7:30pm at The Kings Theatre.
