Latest News for Sharkwater

The Gold Coast has posted an article about 'Sharkwater' director Rob Stewart. He recently visited Australia's Gold Coast and stopped by Sea World to dive into the shark tank unprotected. He went on to discuss the shark nets being used along the coast.

"What people don't realize is that more sharks get caught leaving than coming through the nets. A problem then occurs when the shark dies in the nets because it attracts more sharks to that area."

The Brisbane Times has posted an interview with 'Sharkwater' director Rob Stewart. He talks about how he set out to make a beautiful film about sharks and ended up with a documentary urging people to save sharks.

"Instead of coming back with a movie about pretty sharks, I came back with a movie about corruption and espionage and attempted murder and had to figure how on earth I was going to put all this together," he says.

The film opens next week in Australia.

The West Australian has posted an article about 'Sharkwater' director Rob Stewart. Stewart talks about some of the adventures encountered making the film, including being chased  by coast guards with machine guns, hospitalized after almost loosing a leg, as well as his first experience with sharks as a child.

"I met my first shark when I was nine in the Cayman Islands and it was afraid of me," he says. "Every shark I met after that was afraid of me."

MOST people would find the idea of jumping in a tank full of sharks without the protection of a cage a little crazy.

Australia's Courier Mail has posted an article about Rob Stewart's 'Sharkwater'. The director has no fear when it comes to sharks.

"I almost died six times," said Stewart. But never at the hands of sharks."

The film opens in theaters there May 15th.

Read the full article here.

The popular image of the shark is of a veracious man-eating predator, which has meant that many shark species are being hunted without consideration.

Metro UK has just posted a piece about 'Sharkwater', directed by Canadian Rob Stewart. For Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous journey into the balance of life on earth.

"Sharks can see us with more than their eyes. They can sense our energy and they viewed me as a threat."

Read the full article here.

'As a conservationist... The greatest difference that I can make is through making movies'

The Winnipeg Sun has posted an article about 'Sharwater'. Director Rob Stewart talks about his fight to save sharks, as well as the life threatening illness during the shooting of the film.

The Montreal Gazette has posted an interview with 'Sharkwater' director Rob Stewart. Sharwater has become the largest documentart in France, opening at over 100 screens. Rob has been traveling the world ith his film, and insists the fame hasn't changed him.

"To be honest, I'm the exact same guy I was a year ago, but I have learned some lessons. After the U.S. release, I was toast. I had done the entire country in eight days, and when I got back in December, I learned what 'burnt' meant."

Filmmaker dives into mystery.

The University of Western Ontario' Gazette has posted an interview with 'Sharkwater' director Rob Stewart. The film will be released on DVD April 8th.

“Sharks are essential for global survival,” Stewart notes. “Most people don’t see that connection. Life depends on life, and there is a four billion year-old ecosystem in the ocean that is being severely damaged because of what people are doing to the shark population.”

Rob Stewart's film 'Sharwater' won best documentary at the 22nd annunal Genesis Awards over the weekend. The Genesis awards celebrate films that highlight the plight of animals. Stewart's Sharkwater received the honour

"For reinventing the image of the ecologically important but
much-maligned shark by highlighting its majesty through the cruel prism
of shark-finning."

Read the full list of winners here.