Book tickets: Ocean Film Festival at Stockport Plaza

The Ocean Film Festival is coming to the Plaza Theatre in Stockport as part of its world tour. The evening event, taking place next month, features a selection of short documentaries covering topics such as marine creatures, coastal culture, and ocean-related sports. Standouts films include Ocean Minded, which follows champion free diver Hanli Prinsloo on her adventures off the coast of Mozambique. Here, she braves shark-infested waters to view these feared creatures in a new and respectful light. The Fisherman’s Son, is the story of Ramon Navarro, who a as boy in Chile was a given a broken surfboard by a tourist, and grew up to be one of the most successful big wave surfers in the world. ‘Lighting Strikes Twice’ follows a team of marine archaeologists as they investigate a 19th century whaling ship which sank near one of the most remote archipelagos in Earth.

Fri 18 Sep, The Plaza Theatre, Mersey Square, Stockport SK1 1SP, 7.30pm, £12 (£10.50 Conc.), www.oceanfilmfestival.co.uk