Fresh Water (2021)
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The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows a gay surfer from Brazil who moves to Toronto and opens a surf shop. It shows him joining a local group who surf on Lake Ontario when storms create waves.
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What happens
Fresh Water is a Canadian documentary film, directed by David Kalinauskas and released in 2021. The film is a portrait of Antonio Lennert, a gay surfer from Brazil who moved to Toronto after marrying a Canadian partner, and became the owner of the Surf the Greats surf shop and a participant in the city's thriving subculture of freshwater surfers who ride the waves of Lake Ontario when they rise in bad weather. The film premiered July 5, 2021 on Crave. The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Documentary Program at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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