Oceans

The team behind Winged Migration returns with their most breathtaking film to date, a trip across and through the oceans themselves. Jacques Perrin (who also created Microcosmos) and Jacques Cluzaud have worked with three different teams for several years on the world’s oceans, shooting thousands of hours of footage of a myriad assortment of creature: dolphins, sperm whales, giant squids, and more. For Perrin, “this proliferation of life is extraordinary. But the danger in showing these beautiful images is that they give the impression that everything is wonderful. So we have to show both the exuberance and frailty of the ocean.” Wondrous, imaginative, and ultimately life-affirming, Oceans lights up the screen with its images and obvious love for the beauty this world offers. “The first lesson children should be taught is to really look at nature,” Perrin says. “If they are to protect it later, they have to appreciate it and love it.” —meiff.com