Ocean in Motion Film Festival 2026
We're back, with the Ocean In Motion Asia Film Festival for 2026, and a new global Short Film Competition, launching in honor of World Ocean Day, June 8th. More information will follow, but the categories are wide - anything ocean, and for films of 7min or less, or 15min or less, with preference on Asian content and Asian producers, as we want to highlight the amazing aspects of the ocean in Asia, that often don't get put into film.
Categories: (each will have prizes for the top three films in both the "Under 15 Minute Category," and the "Under 7 Minute Category"
Best Film Produced by Youth (Under 18 Yrs)
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Women's Made
Best Adventure/Action Film
Best Ocean Film
Best Ecosystem Film
Best Oceanic Humor Film
Best AI Only Film (7 Minute or Less Category Only)
Prizes per Category
1st Place: US$800.00
2nd Place: US$500.00
3rd Place: US$350.00
Sponsorship packages are available for supporting each category(s), and also one or more of the film festival hosting locations. Please contact us for more information.
PREVIOUS EVENTS
Join us for a special screening of the 2019 Hong Kong Ocean In Motion Film Festival on April 13th at the Kerry Hotel in Hong Kong as part of the Conscious Festival to celebrate Earth Day. Come get Oceanized, without getting wet!
For Cambodia, special thanks to our sponsors, the Rosewood Hotel in Phnom Penh, and Treeline Urban Resort in Siem Reap. Venue Partners: Meta House, Bambu Stage and Village Cafe.
In Bangkok, special thanks to our main sponsors: Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), United Nations Environment, and supporting sponsors (Hilton Hotel Phuket and Hilton Sukhumvit, Cafe Del Mar, Chang Chui and Le Meridien), with supporting organizations (Phuket Hotel Association and Sustainable Brands Bangkok), along with the Bangkok School for the Blind where we had a special screening for the visually impaired community.
Istanbul, Turkey - July 2018. Special thanks to Bahar Ozay, Bogazici University, WWF Turkey and The Stay hotel group in Turkey, for also helping to support this event.
Bangkok and Siem Reap were hosts to their first Ocean In Motion Film Festivals in December 2017.
FILM PREVIEW LIST FOR SCREENINGS CAN BE SEEN HERE.
Join us for three days of the Bangkok and Siem Reap Ocean In Motion Film Festivals to enjoy some amazing ocean films that will inspire, excite, and enterain. One of the main features, among many other short films will be a screening of the new documentary “One Shot,” the life of Russell Ord, a West Australian world renowned surf photographer as he embarks on a mission to capture 'one shot' that defines who he is. An inspiring journey about taking a chance, following your dreams and living a life without restrictions. You only get one shot at life…you have to live it as best you can. Thanks to Russell Ord for the amazing images!
The event in Bangkok will culminate with a specially curated Ocean Experience performance, created for the Free Form Festival, which will include a live performance by Jonas Dept, who will play piano to a story about the ocean, along with clarinetist Hannelore Vermeir, currently playing with the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra. Jonas has performed as a soloist in multiple venues and festivals including Burapha Music and Performing Arts Festival, Goethe Institut, Payap University, Low Fat Art Fest, Mahidol University, Alliance Francaise while he was also listed as official pianist for UK Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) and Imperial Ballet (ISTD), taking him to numerous countries over four continents. Thanks to Thonglor Art Space, Jonas composed his first musical “Cocktails - The Musical” with lyricist Pitch Witwisit (Band August), which was awarded BEST MUSICAL 2016 by the International Association of Theater Critics.
More information can be found on the Free Form Facebook page or on BBKSR's site. The event is brought to you by Ocean Recovery Alliance, and NGO based in Hong Kong, with Red Carpet Sponsorship from Braiform, and hotel sponsorhip from the Hilton Sukhumvit.
Information on the Screenings for 2015 is listed below, with some great trailers for reference.
2014 Film Festival information below
Wall Street Journal Live from the HK-SF Int'l Ocean Film Festival 2014, ocean protection, and a film by Lego Ho on Hoi Ha Wan.
We hope you were able to see the Ocean Art Walk in Stanley last year, put together by our great partner, the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation who created a series of outdoor sculptures, exhibits and dances at the Stanley Waterfront, with the them of "The Ocean and You". The exhibit was displayed for four weeks, from April 12th - May 4th.
See our 2013 Trailer below, and follow us on Twitter and Facebook!