Saturday, November 15: 12:30 pm

Monk seal specialist Emanuele Coppola and director Miloslav Novák are on the hunt for any trace of a real, live Mediterranean monk seal. Conversations with marine biologists and philosophers as well as the beachgoers on the Mediterranean shores who have supplanted the seals lead them to believe that the only monk seals left are those preserved in Coppola's extensive collection of archival footage. Presented as a wistful documentary fable, the film might well stand as a warning sign for more ominous things to come.

Panel discussion with Dr. Susan Shaw of the Marine Environmental Research Institute to follow the film.