M.A.N.A
Across the Pacific, a coalition of large ocean states have combined their exclusive ocean territories into a new marine protectorate. This new alliance is known as M.A.N.A (Marine Archipelago Nations Alliance).
In this docu-fictional interview with M.A.N.A sound analyst Joven Sakuma, we explore the vital role of “large ocean states” in marine governance across the Pacific. This film imagines how future attitudes toward marine protection, harvest and logistics might be radically adjusted by higher fidelity sensing and tracking of our oceans in combination with a return to far older cultural traditions of ocean stewardship.
PREMIERED
UN OCEAN CONFERENCE 2025
Nice, France
SUBCONTRACTED BY
Inferstudio
IN COLLABORATION WITH
OcéanoFuturismos
TBA 21
CREDITS
TBA 21 ACADEMY
lawrence ola
BETHANY EDGOOSE
NATHAN SU
SARAH SU
BETHANY EDGOOSE
NATHAN SU
SARAH SU
ANDREW MERRIE
JOHN LYNCH
EDUARDO
CASTILLO-
VINUESA
TILDE KRUSBERG
ANDREW MERRIE
PHD
JOHN LYNCH PHD
BETHANY EDGOOSE
NATHAN SU
SARAH SU
NOUR HASSOUN
NATHAN SU
NOUR HASSOUN
EDUARDO
CASTILLO-
VINUESA
NINA ŠPERANDA
lawrence ola
BETHANY EDGOOSE
NATHAN SU
SARAH SU
BETHANY EDGOOSE
NATHAN SU
SARAH SU
ANDREW MERRIE
JOHN LYNCH
EDUARDO
CASTILLO-
VINUESA
TILDE KRUSBERG
ANDREW MERRIE
PHD
JOHN LYNCH PHD
BETHANY EDGOOSE
NATHAN SU
SARAH SU
NOUR HASSOUN
NATHAN SU
NOUR HASSOUN
EDUARDO
CASTILLO-
VINUESA
NINA ŠPERANDA
VOICE ACTING
[JOVEN SAKUMA]
DIRECTION
RESEARCH +
CONCEPTUALIZATION
SCIENTIFIC
DIRECTION
STORYTELLING +
SCRIPT EDITING
WRITING
PRODUCTION
DESIGN +
CINEMATOGRAPHY
MUSIC + SOUND
DESIGN
CHARACTER DESIGN
+ ANIMATION
3D ART
CURATION
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT