Best Canadian Feature  - Planet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival
Official Selection - Atlantic Film Festival
Official Selection - Festival Médias Nord-Sud
Official Selection - Korean Green Film Festival
Official Selection - Global Visions Documentary Festival

"poses the crucial question of the responsibility of western governments, but also of our responsibility as citizens and consumers"
- National Film Board

The Refugees of the Blue Planet unveils the way widespread destruction from more frequently-occurring natural disasters has caused the number of environmental refugees (25 million) to outnumber - for the first time in history - those fleeing from war or political persecution (23 million).  Environmental refugees are constantly growing in number and often have no legal status, even though their right to a clean and sustainable environment has been violated.