User:SunnMint/Leviathan (2012 film)

Accolades
Michael Powell Award for Best British Film, Edinburgh International Film Festival

Locarno International Film Festival - Fipresci Jury Award

Locarno International Film Festival - Ficc/Iffs Don Quixote Prize Special Mention

Vienna International Film Festival - Standard Audience Award

Cph:dox - New:Vision Award

Sevilla International Film Festival - Non-Fiction Eurodoc Award

Ridm - Best Cinematography and Best Sound in an International Feature

Belfort International Film Festival - Grand Jury Award

Belfort International Film Festival - One + One Award

Belfort International Film Festival - Documentaire Sur Grand Écran Award

Torino Film Festival - Internazionale.doc Best Film Special PrizeI

Los Angeles Film Critics Circle - Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Award

Independent Spirit Awards - Stella Artois Truer than Fiction Award Nomination

Milan International Film Festival - La Giuria Giovani

Milan International Film Festival - Giuria Audiodoc

Silver Puma for Best Film in Ficuman

True Vision Award True/False Film Festival

Pre-Production
Castaing-Taylor has had a connection with the fishing industry due to his father working in the shipping industry. Leviathan was initially planned to be mainly about the fishing industry on the land portion of the process, however it was changed to the sea only due to the change in interest by the filmmakers. The direction of the film was to highlight the contrast between the past and present of New Bedford. The production on land took place at local factories and net/ice production dredges. Shooting took place 200 miles off the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The area of New Bedford has a history of being the whaling capital of the past and present day largest fishing port in the U.S. Moby Dick also took place here. Over the course of filming Leviathan, Castaing-Taylor got seasick and Paravel went to the emergency room numerous times. Trips on the boat took place of six intervals of two week time periods. Leviathan was shot in two months aboard the boat consisting of six trips in total.

Go-Pros
While filming, the director's first camera was lost at sea and they had to resort to their backup cameras, Go-Pros. The images produced by the Go-Pros created afterimages of haunting qualities due to the lack of clarity within the lens. According to Castaing-Taylor, “It activated the viewer’s imagination much more.”