Turning Film into Action to End Plastic Pollution
One Festival, Multiple Locations
Beyond Awareness, Mobilizing Action through Film
Welcome to Plastic Oceans International, where we use film to build collective local action against global plastic pollution.
Beyond Awareness, Mobilizing Action through Film
Welcome to Plastic Oceans International, where we use film to build collective local action against global plastic pollution.
Beyond Awareness, Mobilizing Action through Film
Welcome to Plastic Oceans International, where we use film to build collective local action against global plastic pollution.
Films that Inform, Inspire and Ignite Global Change
Providing access to powerful documentaries to communities worldwide and collectively engaging discussions to drive action.
Films that Inform, Inspire and Ignite Global Change
Providing access to powerful documentaries to communities worldwide and collectively engaging discussions to drive action.
Support our film library that allows equitable and free access to the film library.
Support our film library that allows equitable and free access to the film library.
How We Work – Our Programs
Our global initiatives aim to engage and activate communities worldwide through the lens of film, transforming awareness into action.
How We Work – Our Programs
Our global initiatives aim to engage and activate communities worldwide through the lens of film, transforming awareness into action across nations.
Rethink How We Can Build Communities to End Plastic Pollution
CURRENTS: BECAUSE THE SURFACE IS ONLY THE BEGINNING
The world is full of amazing communities doing incredible things, who will not take a backward step, whatever the odds. They need support, information, and to know that there are others like them out there.
Articles to Rethink How We End Plastic Pollution
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By supporting Plastic Oceans International, we all support an effort that is imperative to creating a healthy and sustainable planet Earth.
Matthew Modine
Actor, Activist, Filmmaker
In order to dream of a sustainable city we must join forces. The collaborative work with Plastic Ocean and the screening of documentaries in the community has given us the possibility of sharing and dialoguing with different territories, and thus getting a little closer to this dream.
Veronica Tapia Courbis
Sub-director of cultural affairs of the Santiago Municipality
Cinema has the power to make you feel uncomfortable in front of a situation. It has the power to squeeze you and question you into doing something about it. After watching “Cutting the Line”, your conscience is not clear until you take action and feel part of the solution, not part of the problem
Erendira Valle
BlueCommunities Partner &Director Rescate de Lobos Marinos
Plastic Oceans deserves the support and participation of all of us who hope to bequeath a livable world to future generations.
Noam Chomsky
Scholar, Linguist, Author
Something that interests me about Plastic Oceans’ films is the closeness that is generated with the public, as a film programmer and promoter it has been a great way to enhance the perspective of environmental care in a realistic and sustainable way over time, linking the audiovisual and the conversations after the screening with the practical workshops about the management of plastic in everyday life.
Grisel Alcántara
BlueCommunities Partner & Co-founder of ElCineClub
There is no away – because plastic is so permanent and so indestructible. When you cast it into the ocean, it doesn’t go away.
David Attenborough
Naturalist, Broadcaster