Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson
Format: HDCAM, Color, English,
Running Time: 110 minutes
Writer/Director: Trish Dolman
Producer(s): Trish Dolman, Kevin Eastwood
Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson is a feature-length documentary about a man on a mission to save the planet and its oceans. Part Captain Nemo, part Grizzly Man, the film will follow Watson in the act as he repeatedly flouts the law, so that he may apprehend what he sees as the more serious law-breakers – the illegal poachers of the world. From the genesis of Greenpeace to the sinking of a pirate whaling ship off Portugal, from clashes with fisherman in the Galapagos to Watson’s recent headline-grabbing battles with the Japanese whaling fleet in Antarctica, this documentary chronicles the extraordinary life one of the most controversial figures in the environmental movement – the heroics, the ego, the urgency – of the world’s original eco-pirate.
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Festivals & Awards
Awards
Winner | Jury Special Mention for Environmental Films at Reykjavik International Film Festival
Winner | Top 10 Audience Choice Award at Hot Docs 2011
Winner | Best Documentary at Projecting Change Film Festival
Festivals
Hot Docs Film Festival, Toronto; May 1 & 3, 2011
Projecting Change Film Festival, Vancouver; May 27, 2011
Galway Film Festival, Ireland; July 6, 2011
Durban International Film Festival, South Africa; July 22 – 25, 2011
Reykjavik Film Festival, Iceland; September 23, 25, & 30, 2011
Norrkoping Film Festival, Sweden; October 7 & 9, 2011
Mill Valley Film Festival, USA; October 7 & 9, 2011
Rio International Film Festival, Brazil; October 8 & 11, 2011
Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland; October 7, 8, 9, & 10, 2011
TIFF Film Circuit, Campbell River, BC; October 11, 2011
Ghent International Film Festival, Belgium; October 21, 2011
Abu Dhabi International Film Festival, United Arab Emirates; Oct 20 & 21, 2011
TIFF Film Circuit, Quadra Island; October 28, 2011
TIFF Film Circuit - Wolfville, Nova Scotia; November 2, 2011
ReFrame Film Festival – Peterborough, Ontario; Pre-Festival Event November 4, 2011
TIFF Film Circuit - Salmon Arm, British Columbia; November 4, 2011
STARZ Denver Film Festival – Denver, Colorado; November 5 & 6, 2011
Leeds International Film Festival – United Kingdom; November 13 & 15, 2011
St. Louis International Film Festival - USA; November 15, 2011
Three Rivers Film Festival – USA; November 15 & 17, 2011
Doc Lounge Odense – Denmark; February 8, 2012
Doc Lounge Lund - Sweden; March 6, 2012
Salem Film Fest - Salem, Massachusetts; March 6, 8:45pm
Environmental Film Festival - Washington, DC; March 20, 6:00pm
Internationales Film Wochenende - Würzburg, Germany; March 22 – 25
Doc Lounge Malmö – Sweden; March 27, 2012
Doc Lounge Gotheborg – Sweden; April 3rd, 2012
Doc Lounge Aarhus - Denmark; April 19, 2012
Theatrical Release
Eco-Pirate was released in 15 theatres across New Zealand in November 2011.