Philippines - Olivier Bourgeois

Author’s country of origin: Andorra.
Filming location: the Philippines.
Duration: 5 minutes.
Language: Musical.
Official Selection.

At the heart of the Coral Triangle lie the 7,641 tropical islands of the Philippines, home to exceptional marine life, resulting in an enormous diversity of species that the production team behind ‘Blue Paradises’ could no longer ignore. From the protected marine sanctuary of the Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea (established in 1988) to the Visayas and Anilao (known as the world capital of nudibranchs), this first episode of the fourth series takes you on a journey through a realm ranging from multicoloured corals and vast schools of fish to the infinitely small. ‘Philippines’ is one of the three parts of the poetic underwater triptych ‘Blue Paradises, Season 4’