Trawler Fishermen
This short film was shot on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and shows off the new technology employed on modern fishing boats in the mid-1960s. The featured trawler is open-stern style, allowing full nets to be dragged e
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This short film was shot on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and shows off the new technology employed on modern fishing boats in the mid-1960s. The featured trawler is open-stern style, allowing full nets to be dragged e
A day in the mundane for two lonesome moviegoers. One an old veteran, the other a young devotee, both live in the ghosts of days gone by, observing small rituals of comfort against Adelaide's uncaring sprawl. They eventu
A thick fog throws a trio of fishermen off course deep within the northern Atlantic Ocean. Lost and adrift, their vessel awakens unspeakable horrors.
Film director Branko Belan follows the journey of fishermen as they set out to catch tuna around the Velebit Channel.
A story about fisherman, who pulled a skeleton out of the frozen lake. He tries to escape from the skeleton, so he hides in the dark, where he looks for comfort in cheap entertaintment. Yet the reality scratches on the w
A feature-length documentary about the new challenges that workers in one of the world’s oldest professions have to face in order to continue existing.
This film documents work songs of a fishing community in Ghana
In a southern port, two tribes are engaged in fishing. These two tribes have long had differences. Their dispute is about access to salt, which is absolutely impossible for one of them to obtain. As a result, despite muc
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the lives of the Negombo fishermen of southern Ceylon.
By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. In this film, some of the problems discussed are the lack of fish and the inability to market any sp
Working fishermen from a small village rise up against the entrepreneurs and the buyers, fighting for higher wages for their hard and difficult work.
The story is about a fisherman's family living near to Shanghai. In the beginning, twin babies are born, a boy and a girl. Their growing-up is briefly sketched, and their friendship with "young master", a boy from rich f
Leni and Mandemba are two fishermen from the island of Bubaque, in Guinea-Bissau. The filmmaker follows them for a whole day as they prepare their tools, gather bait and go fishing. A filmmaker and two fishermen who shap
Adventures on a fishing boat as told by two young boys who experience what it takes to be a fisherman at sea.
Scientific research of ancient Chinese craft: fishing with the help of birds. Cormorants are found in Russia and other countries, but only in China have people turned them into winged fishermen capable of catching fiftee
Documentary about eel fishing and the landscape of North Holland.
Fishermen, sitting by a boat, mending their nets.
The construction of the concrete seawall in Cilincing has made things difficult for local fishermen, including making it harder to catch fish along the coast, limiting their movement at sea, and increasing the fuel consu
A horror story that intertwines four tales on a fishing island in Lake Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, where an evil lake spirit haunts the inhabitants, casting a dark shadow over their lives.