Raffle | International Ocean Film Tour 2026

Cinematic adventures by the sea - waiting for you

Everyone who loves not only mountains, but also the big blue expanse, can rejoice: the Ocean Film Tour is going on tour in 2026 with the new program "Volume 12". An experience that you should definitely treat yourself to on the big screen! In around 130 minutes, the tour shows several gripping films about adventures on, in and under water. Told from a pure perspective, in the original with subtitles and with a lot of heart for the sea, the tour is a refreshing change from the classic mountain sports themes.

Without giving too much away, the films of the International Ocean Film Tour 2026 provide a multifaceted insight into life on and with the ocean. If you need a first visual impression, you can watch the trailer here in advance and get a taste of the ocean air.

The new Ocean program covers a wide range of topics: from extreme expeditions and encounters with unusual marine life, which some people are afraid of, to road trips along windswept coastal roads. Instead of ridges and peaks, the focus here is on tides, currents and endless horizons. The evening is about people who align their lives with waves and wind - with curiosity, but also with great respect and perhaps a little salt water in their blood.

And even if you spend more time in the snow than in the sand: After this evening at the movies, the sea will continue to roar, at least in your head, for quite a while.

Christa Funk: First In, Last Out:

Christa Funk is not one to go at it half-heartedly: when the surf calls, she's the first one in the water and the last one out. The surf photographer has made the Pipeline in Hawaii her workplace, one of the most powerful and dangerous waves in the world. The fact that she is one of the few professional women behind the camera there today is no coincidence, but the result of consistency, courage and the will not to be bent in a male domain.

The Last Dive:

Some encounters change everything. For Terry Kennedy, it wasn't a person - it was a manta ray. Over 40 years ago, Terry sailed with friends to the uninhabited volcanic island of San Benedicto, around 600 kilometers off the Mexican Pacific coast. A place with no rules, no expectations - perfect for someone who had always been a bit of a heel in the USA. Underwater, he met Willy: a manta ray with a wingspan of over six meters, as big as he was gentle. What followed was a friendship that would last over two decades and turn an outlaw into a conservationist.

Now Terry is over eighty. And he is setting out once again.

The Last Dive is more than a diving adventure, it is the story of a man who learned what really matters through an animal. And the hope that some connections go deeper than the sea.

A Different Beast:

Pacific Adventure: three brothers row 14,480 kilometers non-stop. The Atlantic was the dress rehearsal. Now comes the real test.

Lachlan, Ewan and Jamie Maclean have set out to row the Pacific - non-stop, unsupported, 14,480 kilometers from Peru to Australia. Three brothers, one boat, and an ocean that simply does not forgive mistakes. They crossed the Atlantic in 2020. With self-confidence, Scottish humor and a good dose of beginner's luck. But the Pacific is a different animal. Bigger, lonelier, more unpredictable. What worked on the Atlantic no longer works here.

So they prepared themselves. On the boat, in the gym and on their farm in the Highlands, where they quickly pre-cooked 1,800 meals. Typically Scottish: pragmatic.

But anyone who thinks it's all about muscles is wrong. On the high seas, it's all about your head. And nobody knows what really awaits you out there until you experience it.

Home is the Ocean - A Unique Global Expedition:

Home is not a place - it's a 20-square-meter boat in the middle of the ocean.

Dario and Sabine Schwörer left Switzerland behind 25 years ago and set sail. Not for a vacation, not for a sabbatical, but for a lifetime. Since then, they have been exploring the remotest corners of the world on their expedition sailing boat. Along the way, six children were born - each in a different place on this planet.

Eight people, 20 square meters, no fixed port. What sounds like chaos from the outside is simply everyday life for the Schwörers. And adventure. And everything in between.
Your film follows the family over seven years and shows how they not only question conventional notions of school, safety and home, but reinvent them on a daily basis. Until a storm hits the boat and suddenly more is at stake for the Schwörers.

What really counts? What do you really need in your life to be happy? Rarely does a movie ask these questions so directly and so honestly.

Conditions of participation:

All fresh and salt water lovers have the chance to win two tickets for you and your favorite companion for one of three selected cities. At the International Ocean Film Tour 2026, you can simply switch off together for the evening and dream your way to your next vacation by the sea.

The dates are as follows:
- Cologne on Saturday, 21.03.2026
- Amsterdam on Monday, 20.04.2026
- Bern on Sunday, 10.05.2026

To take part in the raffle, tell us in this article whether you would like to try out water sports - and if so, which ones. Or tell us whether you simply want to watch the films because you are already a big water sports fan. We also need to know in which city you would like to watch an evening of water action on the big screen and go to this year's screening.

The closing date for entries is 19.03.2026, 23:59. The time of the comment counts.

You can also take part by commenting on the following social media post .

The winners will be drawn from all participants and then announced in a comment under this article.

As always, legal recourse is excluded!