CAN 2024 | 90 Min. | OmU International
Frances Ward, a self-professed „Seaweed Nerd”, is about to give up everything she’s built in her life to start a kelp farm off the west coast of Canada. But to coax a crop from the wild Pacific, she’ll need help from scientists, wild harvesters, and entrepreneurs who know the challenges and astonishing potential of this miraculous organism. And along the way, she’ll find a glimmer of the hope that seaweed might provide not only for our planet, but for her, too. Combining breathtaking underwater cinematography with a fun, quirky cast of characters, „Send Kelp!“ explores many remarkable surprises about this game-changing organism and how it, along with the efforts of entrepreneurs like Frances, just might help change the world.
Director: Blake McWilliam
Script: Blake McWilliam
Photographer: aAron Munson
Editor: Krystal Moss
Music: Jonathan Kawchuk
Cast: Protagonistin/Protagonist: Frances Ward
Production company: Back Road Productions / Blake McWilliam
Distributor: offen
World Sales: Rise and Shine World Sales UG
Blake McWilliam
BLAKE MCWILLIAM ist ein kanadischer Regisseur und Produzent, der für seine preisgekrönten Arbeiten auf Festivals wie Sundance und Tribeca bekannt ist. Mit „Send Kelp!“ gibt er sein Dokumentarfilmdebüt.
Filmography: Send Kelp! (2024), The Time We Have Left (2021, Kurzfilm), Glory River (2015, Kurzfilm)
Screenings
14.06.25 | 16:30 h| vhs Forum, Emden
15.06.25 | 11:00 h| CineStar 6, Emden
17.06.25 | 16:30 h| Hist. Kurtheater, Norderney
