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As long as people and vessels are on the water, search and rescue operations will be needed. Yet operating conditions are always challenging: search and rescue teams face constant risks, chronic funding shortages, and changing weather patterns due to climate change. Searchlight is an intimate look at what it's like to risk your life as a search and rescue volunteer. Leonie, Lawrie, and Jasmin provide an on-call search and rescue service for the UK and Ireland, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. They are the very embodiment of losing yourself in the service of others.

 

What our screening reviewers said: "Perhaps our enduring search for balance and happiness in life should focus less on the self and more on society?" "I never knew what this job entailed - these women are amazing!" "Every boater should see."

 

This film is a part of Water:

SALTLINES

TWO KINDS OF WATER

SEARCHLIGHT


NOTE: These films comprise our gorgeous WATER triptych by Dan McDougall.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    30 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Scotland
  • Director
    Dan McDougall
  • Producer
    Nina Ross & Navdip Dhariwal
  • Cinematographer
    Dewald Brand & Luke Pallett
  • Editor
    Carol Howell