This awe-inspiring nature film follows the personal story of a single loggerhead turtle, one of hundreds of adorable, vulnerable babies born in the sands of the Florida coast, as she grows into a strong-willed adult braving the 6,000-mile journey that has been the species’ perilous ritual for millions of years. Critically acclaimed for visually resplendent nature footage on par with Planet Earth or March of the Penguins, Turtle features sweeping aerial shots and vast, majestic underwater seascapes that help underscore the epic scope of the journey, with a survival adventure as tense as any Hollywood thriller. After narrowly escaping a legion of threatening crabs and scurrying into the waves, the young turtle is joined on her ocean adventure by a kaleidoscopic array of dolphins, stingrays, whales and other shimmering deep sea creatures as she rides the Atlantic Gulf Stream from Florida to the Arctic, with waters bathed in the green glow of the Aurora Borealis, and then south to Portugal and the coast of Africa. But on this wonder-filled journey, the turtle’s greatest foe is revealed to be not a razor-toothed shark or poisonous jellyfish, but floating bits of shiny trash, oil-slicked waters, long-line fishing and other manmade obstacles. Preceded by short Electric Car.

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Supported by The Goldman Environmental Prize. Recommended for all ages. (81 min, in English)