Sky Ocean Rescue - The Arctic Mission

  • William Samaha

VR Documentary about the amount of plastic found in the Arctic every year.

Role: Creative, Director, Editor.
The Brief
Help Sky Ocean Rescue promoting their campaign against single use plastic with a VR documentary​​​​​​ encouraging people to change their habits regarding their plastic waste.
The Film
Every year, more than 20 tons of plastic waste thrown into rivers and oceans is transported by the sea currents and ends up on the coasts of the northern-most inhabited place on Earth: the island of Svalbard. This documentary shows the struggle by the inhabitants against the masses of plastic waste from across the planet.
Types of plastic found on the beaches of Svalbard:
UK Tour The film toured in 8 cities all around the UK during special Sky Ocean Rescue events as well as at the Natural History Museum in London and at Sky HQ in a 360 cinema dome. In total, more than 1,500 people saw it in VR headsets and 360 projection.
Festival The film played 4 sold-out shows in a 360-projection planetarium at the 60th Nordic Film Festival in Lubeck, Germany.
Check it out on the Sky VR app. Download on iOS, Android and Oculus.