Vincent Maraval's production company, Goodfellas, has acquired the worldwide sales rights to the Galapagos adventure documentary, 'Lions of the Sea.' The film, directed by Ecuadorian explorer-filmmaker Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador, also known as Jamaicanoproblem, recently completed principal photography in the Galapagos Islands. 'Lions of the Sea' follows the journey of a young sea lion as it struggles to survive in the face of food scarcity and the loss of its mother at the hands of illegal fishermen.
Fernandez-Salvador describes the film as a 'fictional account grounded in science' and aims to shed light on the numerous challenges that plague the Galapagos Islands. These challenges include climate change, over-fishing, and other factors that have contributed to a significant decline in the sea lion population, estimated at around 60%. Having spent a lifetime visiting the UNESCO World Heritage site, Fernandez-Salvador considers the Galapagos Islands his personal paradise and hopes that his film will bring attention to these urgent issues.
