The shocking story of the hunt for Dolphins

  Oskar documentary-style spy thriller reveals the business of hunting dolphins in Japan. The film's title refers to the Gulf in Japanese Taijiiu, where the support of the authorities regularly hunt and kill dolphins and whales. Sea water in this region are hiding dark secrets - the sea is polluted many wastes and dead dolphins and whales are harvested for food, although they themselves are polluted. City and state governments do not sit idle, but are engaged in organizing guards to keep local businesses and prevent the activists and the media in monitoring the environmental disaster. However, they set out to powerful opponents. Activists who decided to expose the slaughter of dolphins led by Richard O'Barry, the world's leading dolphin trainer. He worked on the popular movie 'Flipper', and when he was one of the dolphins died in his hands, he realized that training was a mistake and that these animals have the right to freedom. He decided not to give up until the last dolphin does not return to their natural habitat.

The team of activists, filmmakers and divers O'Barry decided to penetrate into the 'forbidden' Japanese bay and uncover the dark secrets. Covert action filming director Louie Psihoyos, or National Geographic photographer, while he used special cameras and underwater microphones, which is obtained from Industrial Light and Magic. The highest recognition the film received when it was this year won an Oscar for best documentary. Besides the Oscar, he won over 50 awards at major international festivals, among others, the prestigious independent film festival in Sundance, Hot Docs in Canada and the IDFA. Critics say that 'this is probably one of the strongest, the most emotional and most important documentaries about nature that are watched, just brutally honest and fascinating ", and pointed out that this and' awesome directed a documentary that uncovers a spy thriller. Cast:

Joe Chisholm, Mandy-Rae Cruikshank, Charles Hambleton.

Directed by Louie Psihoyos, screenplay by Mark Monroe, Producer: Paul Dupré Pesman, Fisher Stevens