Australian Premier, Adelaide Film Festival

When thousands of poisoned crabs wash ashore on England's north-east coast, veteran fisherman Stan Rennie sets out to uncover what happened. His search for answers draws fishermen, scientists, campaigners and politicians into a bitter struggle over accountability, revealing an environmental mystery entangled with decades of economic hardship, political neglect and competing visions for Britain's future. Yet far from a familiar tale of post-industrial decline, Jeanie Finlay uncovers something more compelling: a fishing community of quiet dignity, wry humour and fierce resolve, whose identity is inseparable from the sea that has sustained generations. Rich in empathy and political insight, All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea is a powerful portrait of ordinary people determined not simply to survive, but to be heard.