WHERE OCEAN MEETS IDENTITY, A STORY UNFOLDS BEYOND EXPECTATION
In the Wake of Giants is a journey from Western Australia’s Nyinggulu coastline to remote Indonesian shores, where ocean and identity are inseparable. Guided by their love for the sea, Jono Allen and Tom Cannon step into places where whales, manta rays and coastal communities share space and meaning. What begins in awe becomes an invitation to slow down, listen and understand the ocean not as a distant world, but as a living relationship.
A Story of Connection
In the Wake of Giants follows ocean storytellers Jono Allen and Tom Cannon across waters where daily life is shaped by tide and season. Rather than seeking answers, the film allows encounters with marine life and coastal communities to reveal meaning in ways that are quiet, grounded and human.
Before the Damage Is Done
Instead of centring loss, the film turns toward early care and awareness. By noticing how relationships with the sea are held long before crisis, In the Wake of Giants offers a perspective that is calm, steady and rooted in lived experience rather than urgency.
The Coral Triangle’s Living Laboratory
Situated within a region of layered culture and extraordinary biodiversity, the film observes how people and ocean interact with subtlety rather than spectacle. Here, life is understood not through intervention, but through long-held ways of being with the water.
Visually Striking, Deeply Human
With intimate ocean cinematography and character-led storytelling, the film invites viewers into a sensory space where detail matters. It is not the grandeur of the sea alone that moves us, but the gestures, histories and quiet exchanges that shape how humans relate to it.
Tourism as a Conservation Tool
Where marine encounters have grown, the film reflects on presence without extraction. Local knowledge, respectful framing and measured guidance show how being in nature can remain attentive rather than assumptive, creating space for balance instead of demand.
An Invitation to Act
This film is less about what we can take from the ocean and more about how we might pay attention to it. Small choices in how we watch, move, listen and travel can shift our relationship with the sea toward one shaped by consideration rather than expectation.
