Beachcombers are people who search for treasures on shorelines. Ocean currents carry all sorts of stuff to the beaches. Some shores fill with lightbulbs, while others are taken over by lego blocks or ancient bones.

The film follows three beachcombers. Rob, who lives in Cornwall, cannot leave anything on the beach if he has touched it. He has become passionate about cleaning beaches. Rob sees himself as a citizen scientist and he collects objects in a sea container, full of finds from the shores. Yolanda, a Dutch archeologist, studies erosion of objects in order to understand what effect time has on them. Our life, filled with stuff, forms a visible archeological layer on Earth. Shige, a Japanese art teacher, is afraid of the ocean. He believes that the tideline is the border between life and death.

Through the objects found on the tideline, the film forms a picture of human kind. Stuff that we leave behind is retained by the sea, that spits them out, bringing messages from bygone times.

A documentary film. Duration 56 minutes.

FESTIVALS

DCEFF, USA, 2022
Scandinavian Wildlife Film Festival, Sweden, 2022
Noordeliijk, Netherlands, 2021
Vera Film Festival, Mariehamn 2021
Bogocine, Colombia, 2021
OutDocs, China, 2021
Newport Beach, USA, 2021
Finnish Norwegian Cultural Institute Oslo, Norway, 2021
Kerry Film Festival, Ireland, 2021
Prague Science Film Fest, Czech Republic, 2021
Baltic Sea Day, Estonia, 2021
Bellaria Film Festival, Italy, 2021
CPH:DOX, Denmark, 2021
DocPoint, Official selection, Helsinki, 2021
Inconvenient Films Lithuania, 2021
DocAviv, Israel, 2021
Ilokuvafestivaali, Mäntyharju, 2021
Savonlinna International Nature Film Festival, 2021
Rauma Blue Sea Film Festival, 2021
Orion Cinema Dokkariklubi, Helsinki 2021
Red Carpet, Hyvinkää, 2021

PITCHED AT

DocPoint Impact work shop 2020
Finnish Film Affair 2019
Dok Leipzig Co-production forum 2018