Lost Orca: The Legend of Luna Documentary screening and Q&A

For Ocean Week Victoria, we're hosting a special documentary screening of Lost Orca: The Legend of Luna. In 2001, a baby orca lost contact with his family in a fjord on the coast of Vancouver Island. Orcas are highly social beings, and he started trying to make friends with people. What happened then is the stuff of legend. 

Directors Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfit made a film about the little whale in 2007 called "Saving Luna." Then they teamed up with Ryan Reynolds, who narrated their second film in 2011, "The Whale." Now new technology to improve the quality of historical footage and high-resolution cameras have helped them make a new film, this time for the grandest theatrical screens in the world. 

The new film, Lost Orca: The Legend of Luna, premiered in February 2025 at the IMAX Victoria Film Festival and is now being distributed to giant screens everywhere. 

Join us for a special Q&A session with filmmaker Michael Parfit after the film!

About the Speaker: Michael Parfit is a filmmaker, writer, and photographer based in British Columbia, Canada. He has edited, written, filmed and directed television and theatrical films. He has written IMAX scripts and narration, magazine articles, books and reviews. He has been a photographer for newspapers, magazines, and film and has also been a newspaper publisher. His work in all these categories has won award and peer recognition.