{"id":6903,"date":"2025-07-07T15:57:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T13:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/?p=6903"},"modified":"2025-07-07T17:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:51:14","slug":"polar-star-films-first-documentary-now-streaming-on-tenk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/polar-star-films-first-documentary-now-streaming-on-tenk\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar Star Films\u2019 First Documentary Now Streaming on T\u00ebnk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"138\" data-end=\"524\">We\u2019re thrilled to announce that <em data-start=\"170\" data-end=\"185\">Ma\u00f1ana al Mar<\/em>, the very first feature documentary produced by Polar Star Films, is now available to stream on <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.on-tenk.com\/fr\/documentaires\/un-lieu-en-commun\/demain-a-la-plage\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"387\">T\u00ebnk<\/a>. Completed in 2006 and shot on luminous 16mm film, this poetic gem is finally reaching new audiences nearly 20 years after its premiere.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"526\" data-end=\"919\">Currently streaming in <strong data-start=\"549\" data-end=\"597\">France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Luxembourg<\/strong>, <em data-start=\"599\" data-end=\"614\">Ma\u00f1ana al Mar<\/em> is a sensuous, impressionistic meditation on aging and the sea, directed by Ines Thomsen. Set on the beaches of Barcelona, the film follows a group of senior citizens who gather daily at the shoreline, offering a moving and quietly radical portrait of aging not as decline, but as transformation and joy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"1375\">One of the unforgettable protagonists is <strong data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"973\">Paulina<\/strong>, who, despite walking with a crutch, answers the siren call of the sea with unwavering determination. Each day she crosses the sand slowly, painfully\u2014until the moment the waves touch her feet. Then, she lets go of the crutch, dives in, and becomes weightless, singing Cuban love songs with abandon. It&#8217;s a scene that captures the soul of the film: the body\u2019s vulnerability and the spirit\u2019s resilience.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1377\" data-end=\"1720\">Produced in co-production with <strong data-start=\"1408\" data-end=\"1430\">ZDF\/ARTE (Germany)<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1432\" data-end=\"1447\">TVC (Spain)<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"1453\" data-end=\"1472\">gop03 (Germany)<\/strong>, and supported by <strong data-start=\"1491\" data-end=\"1505\">ICIC Spain<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1557\">Kulturelle Filmf\u00f6rderung Schleswig-Holstein<\/strong>, <em data-start=\"1559\" data-end=\"1574\">Ma\u00f1ana al Mar<\/em> marked the beginning of Polar Star Films\u2019 journey into long-form documentary storytelling. It remains one of the team\u2019s most beloved early works.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2035\" data-end=\"2227\">Watch the trailer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/portfolio\/manana-al-mar\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2035\" data-end=\"2227\">If you&#8217;re in a T\u00ebnk-available region, you can stream the film <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.on-tenk.com\/fr\/documentaires\/un-lieu-en-commun\/demain-a-la-plage\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2097\" data-end=\"2181\">here<\/a> with a <strong data-start=\"2189\" data-end=\"2226\">free one-month trial subscription<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2229\" data-end=\"2337\">We\u2019re honoured that <em data-start=\"2249\" data-end=\"2264\">Ma\u00f1ana al Mar<\/em> continues to find new life and audiences nearly two decades on. Dive in.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2339\" data-end=\"2444\">#Documentary #PolarStarFilms #MananaAlMar #T\u00ebnk #AgingWithJoy #16mm #Barcelona #PoeticCinema #InesThomsen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re thrilled to announce that Ma\u00f1ana al Mar, the very first feature documentary produced by Polar Star Films, is now available to stream on T\u00ebnk. Completed in 2006 and shot on luminous 16mm film, this poetic gem is finally reaching new audiences nearly 20 years after its premiere. Currently streaming in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-documentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6913,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903\/revisions\/6913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}