The Cove

Feature Documentary 2010 - 90 min

Oscar - Best Documentary
Audience Award - Sundance Film Festival Newport Beach Film Festival
(Won: Documentary Audience Award) Hot Docs, Toronto (WON: Audience Award) Seattle International Film Festival (WON: Audience Award for Best Documentary)
Sydney Film Festival (Won: Audience Award for Best Documentary)
Melbourne International Film Festival
Deauville Film Festival
Tokyo Film Festival
Rome Film Festival (‘Focus’ section - WON: Focus Ikea Award)
London Film Festival

Director: Louis Psihoyos
Producers: Fisher Stevens & Paula DuPré Pesmen

Synopsis: ‘The Cove’, tells the amazing true story of how director Louie Psihoyos, marine expert Richard O’Barry and an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The shocking discoveries they made were only the tip of the iceberg.