Still of All Rivers Spill Their Stories To The Sea. A fisherman on a boat in the ocean.
All Rivers Spill Their Stories To The Sea
Photo credit: Jeanie Finlay
Film Complete
Premiere: 2026

Directed by

Jeanie Finlay

Produced by

Jeanie Finlay and Charlie Phillips

Co-produced by

Nadja Lapcevic and Anke Peterson

The North East of England, where the river meets the sea. Stan Rennie is the last of a long line of fishermen who have worked the same stretch of coastline for centuries. When a vast tide of poisoned crabs and lobsters washes ashore like a biblical plague, Stan’s world is turned upside-down, and he finds himself thrown into a battle for the future. Have the sins of the industrial past come back to haunt the present? This wry, David and Goliath story captures what it looks like to navigate through grief and find power in community.

Nominated for the F:Act ward at CPH Dox and the Youth Jury Award at Sheffield DocFest BFI Doc Society Bertha Foundation IDA Access Award Chicken & Egg Award

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