At the Edge of the World
At the Edge of the World is a feature documentary chronicling the efforts of animal rights activist Paul Watson and 45 other volunteers, who set out in two Sea Shepherd ships to hinder the Japanese whaling fleet in the waters around Antarctica. The film premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. It won the Haskell Wexler Award for Cinematography at the Woodstock Film Festival as well as the Best Environmental Film Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival, and went on to be the inspiration for Whale Wars, which ran for 6 seasons on the Animal Planet network.
You can watch At the Edge of the World in its entirety here.
“an epic tale of hunter and hunted: a Moby-Dick for the environmental age.”
Select Screenings
Toronto International Film Festival, 2008
Woodstock Film Festival, 2009 (Winner, Haskell Wexler Award)
Atlanta Film Festival. 2009 (Winner, Jury Prize for Cinematography)
Vancouver International Film Festival, 2009 (Winner, Best Environmental Film)
Featured Press
This timelapse documents the construction of a helicopter landing pad onboard the Robert Hunter while the ship was at sea. This was done to hide the fact that the Sea Shepherd had long range search capability from the Japanese whaling fleet. The entire helideck was constructed in less than 72 hours while the ship was hidden, floating in a sea of ice.