Aphotic Zone (2022)

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Luminous sea jellies beam over choirs of fish as they travel 4 km deep into the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica to reach the pitch-black ‘aphotic’ zone. The oddities of the underwater world confront the soundscape of a distant civilization.


Aphotic Zone is one of those films you can’t recommend to people not in the mindset to absorb its atmosphere. Here is a film that takes a deep dive into the sea (literally) and calls attention to climate change (less literal). It’s a presentation with ambient quality of becoming engrossed...Read more