Artist and amateur sailor, Nick Jaffe, has been living in Berlin and has decided to take the long way home to Australia. Some call it brave, others think it’s crazy, but Nick decides to sail solo from the UK to Australia, negotiating the treacherous waters of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
The camera onboard his boat is often Nick’s only companion on a trip that ends up taking over two years. It captures his reflective musings, his joyful excitement and his isolated struggles in this unique, poetic adventure documentary. Both the freedom and the fragility of cutting oneself from “life issues” has never seemed more powerfully in play as Nick turns his camera out to the ocean with an endless empty horizon in each and every direction.
Note: Film includes Spanish, French, English, German and Italian subtitles - these captions are only available when renting the film
Genres: Documentary, Travel
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes
Subtitles: 5 languages + Show
Availability: Worldwide
Writer & Director: Jack Rath
Cinematography: Nick Jaffe and Jack Rath, Editor: Hagen Hinkelmann,
Sound Design & Sound Post Production: Marcus Stemler
Dialogue Editor: Jacob Ilgner, Foley Artist: Carsten Richter, Foley Mixer: Marcus Sujata,
Recorded and Mixed at Tonstudio Hanse Warns
Colourist: Ralf Ilgenfritz, Colourist Assistant: Moritz Bauer
Original Music: Jorg Diernberger, Hagan Hinkelmann with Sebastian Hirseland on Moog synthesizer & Theremin
Associate Producers: Selin Yaman, Hagen Hinkelmann
Producers: Gunter Hanfgarn, Jack Rath
Cartographic Animation and Design Georg Rück
Animation Pre-production Yoann Talle
Additional Somoan and Tonga footage Courtesy of Steve Allen and Coriolis films
Graphic design Willow Berzin