The Third Wave film was shot in Sri Lanka following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake...

. It was directed by Australian film maker Alison Thompson and Italian producer Oscar Gubernati.

Plot

After the 2004 Asian tsunami disaster strikes, four independent volunteers, with little money and no experience, race off to volunteer in tsunami ravaged Sri Lanka. They meet up by fate at Colombo airport and decide to form a volunteer team. They rent a van, fill it with supplies and start driving down the coast to see where they can help. They stumble into a tribal village called Peraliya, which has been destroyed by a forty foot wave. During the time the wave hit Peraliya, a train called "The Queen of the Sea" which happened to be passing by at the same time was derailed and washed away killing over 2500 passengers and villagers. No-one was there helping so the volunteer team set up a first aid station and find themselves in charge of looking after a refugee camp with over 3000 people. Their initial two week journey turns into a year long odyssey of heartbreak and hope as the villagers slowly begin to turn against them when the worlds donated tsunami money doesn't materialize. The volunteers concentrate on the bigger picture and push on through the death threats and break every rule in the 'Disaster Aid Books'.

Release

The Third Wave first premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival

The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...

 in New York. In 2008 Sean Penn

Sean Penn

Sean Justin Penn is an American actor, screenwriter and film director, also known for his political and social activism...

 came aboard as Executive Producer and it screened in the first ever Presidential jury screening at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

. The Third Wave has been an official selection of the Tokyo International film festival, Sydney International film festival, Denver film festival, Monaco Charity film festival, South Asian International film festival and City of Angels film festival in Los Angeles.

External links

• The Third Wave