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 overnight, and he finds himself thrown into a battle for the future. Have the sins of the industrial past come back to haunt the present?
A wry, David and Goliath story about navigating through grief and finding power in community.
A film by Teessider Jeanie Finlay
Photo: Andy MartinBFI Doc Society Fund and Screen Scotland Present A Glimmer Films and I Am Charlie Production. A Co-production with SWR, In Association with ARTE and Chicken & Egg Films, Jyoti Film and Varda Pictures
ALL RIVERS SPILL THEIR STORIES TO THE SEA
A FILM BY JEANIE FINLAY
Documentary, 99 MINS, 2026
Credits
DIRECTORJeanie Finlay
CONTRIBUTING PRODUCER
Heather Baldry
Julie Parker Benello, Shanida Scotland,
Elaisha Stokes & Mark Thomas
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Nadja Lapcevic & Anke Peterson
CO-PRODUCERS
FILM EDITORNicole Halova
Jeanie Finlay & Charlie Phillips
PRODUCERSORIGINAL SCORELomond Campbell
POST PRODUCTION
Serious
Kate Lingley & Elizabeth Klinck
ARCHIVE SUPERVISORSMUSIC SUPERVISORGraham Langley
MENTAL HEALTH SUPERVISORRebecca Day, Film in Mind
A GLIMMERAMA RELEASE
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