After premiering to an audience of 400 movie fans Sunday January 9th in Palm Springs, California,
the "Best of the Fest" second screening was shown the following Monday to a full house of 200 fans.

Following the Premiere, Festival Programmer, Helen Du Toit, facilitated a Q & A with Director, Paul Gilman who shared his methods and experiences on expedition communicating with dolphins, humpback whales and Orcas. The premiere was followed by a reception hosted by Gilman where audience members discussed the impact of the film on their lives.

Ocean Odyssey is a high seas tale, tracing composer Paul Gilman's ten-year odyssey communing with some of nature's largest mammals in the open ocean through the magic of his ethereal music.