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Ocean Film Festival World Tour 2026
March 14 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Immerse yourself in a breathtaking 3-hour journey through the world’s most spectacular marine environments. The Ocean Film Festival World Tour presents an extraordinary collection of short films that capture the raw beauty, untamed power, and majesty of our oceans.
These carefully curated films showcase stunning cinematography from surface to depths, transporting audiences into underwater realms and atop towering waves. Experience the ocean through the eyes of passionate divers, fearless surfers, dedicated swimmers, and pioneering oceanographers who live for the sea’s call.
Featuring spectacular underwater scenes, heart-stopping wave sequences captured from impossible angles, and intimate portraits of ocean adventurers, each film is a visual masterpiece. Through compelling narratives and breathtaking footage, the festival celebrates both the ocean’s majesty and the remarkable creatures that call it home.
The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is an unforgettable celebration that inspires audiences to marvel at the sea’s beauty while fostering a deeper understanding of our connection to these precious marine ecosystems.
MEET THE FILMMAKER: DEAN SPRAAKMAN
Adelaide-born filmmaker Dean Spraakman spent five years documenting the elusive leafy seadragon — an animal whose behaviour is still largely unknown to science.
Living locally allowed Spraakman to return again and again to the same dive site, patiently observing individual dragons and gradually earning rare moments on camera, including behaviour that had never been filmed before.
Balancing the project with a young family and two businesses, Spraakman ultimately crafted A Dragon’s Dance as both a visual tribute and a conservation story, highlighting the growing threats facing leafy sea dragons in South Australian waters.
Now selected for the Ocean Film Festival World Tour 2026, his film will screen across Australia this March before travelling internationally later in the year — taking an Adelaide-made ocean story to the world.
Find out more at www.oceanfilmfestival.com.au
SORRY NO REFUNDS : SEATING IS NOT ALLOCATED.
ONE SCREENING ONLY IN ADELAIDE
