Simón Federico Ávila Alvarado

I’m a filmmaker from Colombia, focused on changing the world through storytelling.Long ago, evolution gave us the ability to walk on land. We are no longer designed to live underwater, yet we’ve found ways to return. But in doing so, we’ve also distanced ourselves from the ocean—not just physically, but in our understanding of its importance.

Today, we are merely guests in an environment that most have forgotten was once our home. And yet, despite its vastness, the ocean is more fragile than we realize. Overfishing, plastic pollution, coral bleaching, and climate change are pushing marine ecosystems to the brink. Rising temperatures and acidification threaten the delicate balance of life beneath the surface, and the damage we inflict does not stay in the ocean—it ripples back to us, affecting weather patterns, coastal communities, and even the air we breathe.

I’ve been fortunate enough to experience diving—to see, with my own eyes, the ancient world we left behind. I believe many people see the ocean as something distant, an abstract concept. But if they had the chance to glimpse the wonders they unknowingly ignore, they too would understand the urgency of protecting it.

And it’s not just about what the ocean gives us—its resources, its oxygen, its role in regulating our climate. It’s about what we can give back. Not just undoing the harm we’ve caused, but helping the ocean thrive, for all the life it sustains.

That is why we must coexist—not just to survive, but to thrive together.

And I believe it is my duty to inspire this change through the stories I tell.

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