A film by French filmmaker Mathilde Jounot has been premiered at the annual Pêcheurs du Monde film festival currently taking place in Lorient. The crowd-funded documentary attracted enough backing to be able to delve into issues surrounding increasing regulation of the oceans, as well as the question of privatisation and the shadowy role in this played by NGOs.
Océans, La Voix Des Invisibles is a documentary made in Brittany that asks plenty of questions about the direction in which fisheries management is headed, pointing out that fishermen are the genuinely endangered species as it concludes that multi-national companies are working to bring about privatisation of the world’s oceans, disguised as conservation and under a concerted campaign of misinformation.
Mathilde Jounot’s film looks into the financial mechanisms at work behind the scenes, and offers a new perspective on the state of the oceans and the politics surrounding ever-increasing regulation of fishing.
The film is expected to be screened by French TV stations and a version with English subtitles is in preparation.
