Spotlight Gala Film: Bite to Bite with Fishing with Jack

Bite to Bite

A giant bluefin tuna becomes the thread connecting Nova Scotia’s fishing grounds to Japan’s legendary Tsukiji Seafood Market. Following two fishermen and a marine scientist, this compelling documentary explores the global sushi trade, overfishing, sustainability, and the challenges traditional fishing communities face in a rapidly changing, corporate-driven industry.

USA, 2025, 77 minutes Director Kelly Lipscomb Distributor Widespread Creative

Director Kelly Lipscomb will join in person for a special post-screening Q&A.

Fishing with Jack

A young angler named Jack and his grandmother share an afternoon fishing, celebrating family, tradition, and the simple joy of time on the water.

Canada, 2025, 8 minutes Director Jack Hardy

Kelly Lipscomb, Director, Bite to Bite

Kelly Lipscomb is an award-winning producer, author, writer-director, and owner of Widespread Media—a creative advertising agency and production company he founded in Austin, Texas, in 2012. His television credits include work for HBO, Vice Media, Discovery, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, and others. Lipscomb created and executive-produced the limited TV series American Daredevils for the History Channel. The first feature film he produced, Homestate, won the 2016 Austin Film Festival Audience Award. His recent commercial ad campaign for Austin-based Nulo Pet Food was named one of the top three commercials of the 2024 Olympics by ADWEEK. Bite to Bite is his first feature-length documentary film.