The slowest fishing documentary you'll ever binge twice.
In the coldest waters surrounding Newfoundland's rugged Fogo Island, "people of the fish"—traditional fishers—catch cod live by hand, one at a time, by hook and line. After a 20-year moratorium on North Atlantic cod, the stocks are returning. These fishers are leading a revolution in sustainability, taking their premium product directly to the commercial market for the first time. Travel with them from the early morning hours, spend time on the ocean, and witness the intricacies of a 500-year-old tradition that's making a comeback.
Cinematography
Fogo Island's brutal beauty shot like a love letter to fog.
Direction
Simms lets silence do the heavy lifting. Respect.
Director
Justin Simms
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1992 cod moratorium killed 40,000 jobs overnight; this film captures a generation finally allowed to hope.
Hand. Line. Cod. premiered at TIFF's Canada's Top Ten, proving 13 minutes of quiet can outshout feature-length noise.
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