TORONTO, May 22, 2010 – With breathtaking underwater photography of incredible wildlife and an important and timely message about the world’s seas, Wild Ocean is an action-packed and inspirational documentary. Ontario Place is excited  to announce the IMAX® film as a new addition to its Cinesphere® line-up for the 2010 season.

 

Wild Ocean highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy and an epic struggle for survival where whales, sharks, dolphins, seals, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator, mankind. Filmed off the Wild Coast of South Africa and set to the rhythm of the local people, Wild Ocean reveals the economic and cultural impact of the ocean, while celebrating the communal efforts to protect our invaluable marine resources.

 

The film chronicles a massive annual feeding frenzy as billions of sardines travel up the KwaZulu-Natal shoreline, known to locals as the Wild Coast. For the people living along the African shore, the migration has provided a food source for countless generations, while farther out at sea ocean predators come from great distances to feast. 

 

While Wild Ocean explores the causes and effects of humanity’s impact, it is also an inspirational film looking toward a bright future, taking audiences to a rare unspoiled marine wilderness to glimpse what the oceans of the  world once looked like. The film champions the creation of marine reserves necessary to bring our oceans back to life. In this South Africa is leading the way.

 

Wild Ocean will begin showing at the Ontario Place Cinesphere® on Opening Day, May 22, 2010. All Cinesphere® films are included as part of the Toronto Star Play All Day Pass®. Ontario Place Cinesphere® was the world’s first permanent IMAX® theatre.