Documentary

Film
Release Year
Runtime(s)
Synopsis
Tsukiji — Inside the World’s Largest Fish Market
2015
49

Tsukiji Market is the world’s largest fish market.  Every day, 1,700 tons of fish are sold to over 30,000 professional buyers in search of the finest fish from across the globe.  Even computers cannot keep up with the amazingly fast pace of the auction — the most heated of which takes place over tuna.  Complex human relationships and negotiations are on full display, but the deep trust between players creates a surprising spirit of harmony.  The market is run by a network of experienced professionals as complex as the neural pathways of the brain.  Go behind the scenes at the fascinating Tsukiji Market.

unReal
2015
47

unReal is for those of us who escape.  A film that celebrates breaking free from the confines of reality and venturing into a boundless world.  This place isn’t remote or hard to find, and yet many never see it.  Here, glacial walls transform into mountain bike trails, rain and snow aren’t the only elements to fall from the sky and thousand pound mammals become riding partners.  Breathtaking visuals conjure feelings of awe and pure joy; feelings that only those of us who venture outside can truly understand.  This film is dedicated to you—the dreamers, the rule-breakers, the ones who never grow up, the ones who know the secret—the ones who know the way into the unReal world.

Untethered
2016
30

Untethered takes an immensely personal look straight into the heart of the slacklining movement in Vancouver, Canada.  Introducing Specer Seabrooke and friends, as he prepares and accomplishes a world record free solo slackline.

USA – A West Coast Journey in 4K
2014
70

USA – A West Coast Journey presents the most exciting and picturesque places of place of the Western United States in stunning 4K resolution.

Explore over 40 amazing destinations in California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Colorado: From San Francisco’s famous Golden Gate Bridge to the pulsating night life of Las Vegas to the breath-taking natural wonders of the Grand Canyon and Yosemite.  Filmed in Ultra HD resolution USA 4K – A West Coast Journey features spectacular aerial images, time-lapse cinematography and elaborate camerawork.

Vague à Lâme
52

Billabong Europe are stoked to announce the release of a new Billabong Adventure Division documentary film titled Vagues à l’âme (Waves of the Soul), produced by Vincent Kardasik and filmed entirely in 4K.  This documentary film traces the history of the A/Div and its highlights since its creation, telling the whole story and unseen background of their extreme expeditions.  United by the passion for big wave surfing, Benjamin Sanchis, Shane Dorian, and a bunch of friends have had the single objective of hunting and surfing the winter heaviest swells on the European coasts.  Over the last eight years and multiple expeditions to the world’s heaviest waves, the Billabong Adventure Division crew has been searching for the perfect wave.  Their efforts have yielded incredible imagery and historic rides such as Sancho surfing the biggest wave ever surfed in Nazaré in November 2014.  The documentary features never been seen before footage and behind the scenes action from some of surfing’s most memorable sessions.  The film is supported by XTreme Video, Monster, Nixon, and EQ.

Voyage Over Earth — Astonishing Image from Space
2015
52

Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata has filmed our planet and its surroundings for the very first time with a supersensitive 4K camera specially developed for space.  Voyage Over Earth presents astonishing views from space selected by Wakata himself — a fascinating, shimmering aurora in the sky above Alaska, magnificent flashes of lightning over the Australian continent, and the lights of Asia as they sparkle like jewels in the night.  Vivid images previously impossible to capture with conventional HD cameras appear before your very eyes.

Enjoy the unprecedented views from space as they expand outside the windows of the International Space Station, and feel your existence as a part of the universe.

Waking the T. Rex: The Story of Sue
2010
23

In 1990, deep in the badlands of South Dakota, paleontologists unearthed the bones of a monster.  Forty feet long and weighing several tons, the fossil skeleton was assembled and rebuilt into the largest, most complete T. rex ever discovered.  Named Sue, this majestic icon of the dinosaurs has captured the imaginations of millions of museum visitors over the years.  But her full story has yet to be told … until now.

Waking the T. rex: The Story of SUE traces the life of one of the most feared predators of the Cretaceous.  Join scientists as they decipher fossil clues to piece together the lifelong struggles, from nest to death, of this famous tyrannosaurus.  Witness her life events unfold, including an epic battle with a Triceratops, in a world where the only rule is eat or be eaten.

Waking the T. rex: The Story of SUE is a high-drama science adventure you won’t soon forget.  After 67 million years, Sue is about to awaken — in roaring, bone-crunching, in your face, 3-D!

Wild Bahamas
48
Wild California TV
2000
3 x 60 min

Three one-hour specials created from extra footage from the Giant Screen film Adventures in Wild California.  Aired in primetime on the Travel Channel network (U.S.), and on National Geographic, and Discovery TV networks in 40 countries worldwide.

Yosemite Wild
2015
40, 12

Autumn has arrived in Yosemite Valley.  The iconic National Park, with its soaring granite walls and untamed wilderness is on fire.  The low humidity of autumn draws rock climbers from all over the world; and simultaneously exposes the fragility of the wild ecosystem.  Climbers band together to play in the park, and to act as responsible stewards to preserve its future.

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