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How Deep Is Your Love

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Filmmaker Eleanor Mortimer tags along with a team of oceanographers and marine biologists as they survey the Clarion-Clipperton fracture, one of the most remote spots on Earth, a 12-day maritime journey from the nearest land, and two miles below the surface. This is home to any number of previously unknown species, it turns out. The scientists are here to discover, study, and catalogue an entire “new” world — but an ecosystem under threat from deep sea mining.

One spectacular visual extravaganza… This accomplished film has a bit of everything. It’s part gorgeous journey along one of the world’s deepest sea beds, part political conundrum, part extended science lesson, and part portrait of a team of passionate oceanographers.

Susan G Cole, POV magazine

Dazzling… [The scientists’] wonder is palpable and easily shared as various exotic, amorphous, luridly painted organisms float into view, identified with decidedly non-academic names like ’Psychedelic Elvis Worm’ and ’Headless Chicken Monster.’

Guy Lodge, Variety

Urgent, meaningful, entirely captiviating.

Alex Billington, Firstshowing.net

Director

Eleanor Mortimer

Featuring

Lupita Bribiesca Contreras, Bethany Fleming, Eva Stewart, Belen Arias, Adrian Glover, Lucas King

Credits
Country of Origin

UK

Year

2025

Language

English

19+
100 min

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Thursday May 14

4:15 pm
Hearing Assistance
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Monday May 18

5:10 pm
Hearing Assistance
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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Credits

Executive Producer

Jessica Harrop, Luke W Moody

Producer

Jacob Thomas

Cinematography

Eleanor Mortimer

Editor

Nicole Halova

Original Music

Fraya Thomsen

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