Dolphin Dreams
With gorgeous cinematography by the renowned underwater filmmaker Howard Hall, “Dolphin Dreams” follows two New York City dancers who dive into an unprecedented interspecies collaboration, creating underwater dances with a charismatic pod of wild Atlantic Spotted dolphins in the open ocean. Weaving together elements of dance film, natural history documentary and behind-the-scenes storytelling, “Dolphin Dreams” reveals the desire for mutual understanding and trust in the hearts of human and dolphin alike. We are asked to consider the dolphins’ perspective equal to our own.
Produced and Directed
Chisa Hidaka and Benjamin Harley
Underwater Cinematography
Howard Hall
Original Score
David Darling
Theatrical Formats
HD: DCP, Blu-ray
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Blu-ray / DVD : $125 donation
Video Stream: $35 donation
| Original Concept | Chisa Hidaka |
| Produced, Written, Directed | Chisa Hidaka and Benjamin Harley |
| Underwater Cinematography | Howard Hall |
| Original Score | David Darling |
| New York Cinematography | Kosuke Furukawa |
| Surface Cinematogrpahy and Camera | Benjamin Harley |
| Additional Underwater Camera | Benjamin Harley |
| Additional Underwater Camera | Jillian Rutledge |
| Additional Underwater Camera | Yeang Chng |
| Timelapse Photography | Benjamin Harley |
| Title Design | Prashant Bhargava |
| Color Grade | Benjamin Harley |
| Underwater Still Photography | Michele Hall |
| “Dolphin Dreams Suite” Composed by | David Darling, Tasker Music (ASCAP) |
| “Dolphin Dreams Suite” Performed by | David Darling |
| “Dolphin Dreams Suite” Produced by | David Darling, Chisa Hidaka, Benjamin Harley |
| “Dolphin Dreams Suite” Engineered by | Tommy Skarupa |
| “Tom’s Favorite Treats” Composed and Performed by | Mika Pohjola |
| “Tom’s Favorite Treats” Composed and Performed by | Yusuke Yamamoto |
| “Tom’s Favorite Treats” Courtesy Of | BlueMusicGroup.com |
| Sound Design and Mixing | John Moros |
| Sound Effects Editor | Tommy Stang |
| Wild Dolphin Sound Recording | Atmo Kubesa |
| Voice Coaching | Ilse Pfeifer |
| VoiceOver Recordist, Additional Rerecording Mixer | Eric Milano |
| With Gratitude To All Our Supporters | ||
| Thanks To Foundation Support From | ||
| New York State Council of the Arts | ||
| Thanks To Generous Support From | ||
| Mary Ann Hopkins | Richa Gautam | |
| Inez Rogatsky | Daniel Naujoks | |
| Kol Zarember | Ken and Karen Harley | |
| Susan Benesch | Kay Grace | |
| Reiko Braun | Keiko Hagihara Bang | |
| Sarah Rodeo | Steve Ando | |
| Rosie and Christopher Eykyn | Peter Greer | |
| Kim Holmes | Jean-Yves Amouroux | |
| Special Thanks To | ||
| Howard and Michele Hall | Mami and Kiyoko Hidaka | |
| Captain Scott Smith | Masano and Yoshiki Hidaka | |
| Dolphin Dream Team | Helen Green | |
| Hardy Jones | Bobbie Harley | |
| Marta Renzi | Alicia Harley | |
| Al Evers | Giuseppe Manca | |
| Loui Terrier | Stephen Lyman | |
| Gisbourg | Karen Hartman | |
| Tina Ratterman | Daniel Maury | |
| Douglas Quin | Wendy Zeicheck | |
| Dance Films Association | Christine Tremblay | |
| DFA Film Lab | Richard Reiss | |
| Prashant Bhargava | ||
| Mottled Supporters | ||
| Tracey Ast | Nikka Morinaga | |
| Charles Bleehen | Billy O’Brien | |
| Carl Blobel | Ilse Pfeifer | |
| Una Chaudury | Richard Reiss | |
| Leslie Cohen-Rubury | Damisi Rosemond | |
| Jay Coleman | Lorraine Rutledge | |
| Angela Dechaine | Deborah Sale | |
| Susanna Feder | Kayoko Sawamura | |
| Steve and Mary Goldring | Thomas Sculco | |
| Kay Grace | Aki Serita | |
| Ann and Robert Hopkins | Audrey Silver | |
| Erlend Kjellstad | Paul Slabaugh | |
| Ari Krantz | Derry Swan | |
| Yuki Kusachi | Vijay Vad | |
| Alex Leali | Melissa Warren Vincel | |
| Henry Levin | Barbara Woike | |
| Speckled Supporters | ||
| Jesse Cancelmo | Robert Marx | |
| Michael Cohen | Visnja McMaster | |
| Fabrice Covelli | Gur Melamede | |
| Jackie Curtis | Yasmine Oezelli | |
| Judith Dronzek | Linda Passarelli | |
| Randall Dunn | Susan Pedersen | |
| Meredith Forbes | Laura Ramsay | |
| Divya Gowri | Lillian Reitz | |
| Cathleen Hagland | James Sadock | |
| Chris Henderson | Yukiyo Sakai | |
| Steven Herrig | Alice Sarkissian Wolf | |
| Frankie Jefferies | Ellen Sirot | |
| Jesse Johnson | Karine Tardif | |
| A Kanna Jones | Christine Tremblay | |
| Yasmin Khakoo | Reiko Uesugi | |
| Man Liang | Asia Voight | |
| Bill Macdonald | Christian White | |
| Two Tone Supporters | ||
| Jun Akiyama | Eugene Kovalenko | |
| Yuka Azuma | Peilin Kuo | |
| Jake Bowers | Susan Leininger | |
| Melinda Buckwalter | Lanis Loveday Chidel | |
| Christina Cheng | Kirsten Massebeau | |
| Neige Christenson | Megan McGill | |
| Aubrey Davak | Victor Mistretta | |
| Blake Eskin | Kayoko Nakajima | |
| Robert Garvey | June Omura | |
| Susan Hamaker | Christopher Pelham | |
| Karen Hartman | Karsten Prager | |
| Eric Heller | Linda Shay | |
| Xiaoyu Hu | Ravi Singh | |
| Stephen Kaminsky | Kris Smith-Lavoie | |
| Josephine Koehn-Haskins | Ronja Ver | |
| Katarina Kovacova |
| Silver Award, international video and film competition | Our World Underwater, Chicago, IL 2017 | |
| Official Selection | ||
| 2017 | American Dance Festival, Movies by Movers, NY, NY | |
| San Diego Undersea Film Exposition, San Diego, CA |
The Atlantic Spotted dolphins in this film are completely wild and free. They participate in the dance because of their own curiosity or joy, just like the human dancers.
The filmmakers are dedicated to meeting the dolphins on their terms. We never feed or coerce dolphins, or attempt to interact if they are resting, feeding, or show any signs of annoyance or disinterest.
We are immensely grateful to each individual dolphin for sharing his or her time with us, and also to the scientists and explorers who have built a long term relationship with them.
