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Rubber Jellyfish The balloon documentary

Free to watch

Watch Rubber Jellyfish

The full documentary, and a shorter cut for classrooms and community events. No paywall, no sign-up.

Two versions, both free

The feature-length cut is the full journey. The reduced-length version covers the same ground in a shorter run time – the one most teachers and screening hosts choose.

Feature length

Carly Wilson’s full three-year investigation, from littered nesting beaches to Parliament House.

Reduced length

The shorter cut, built to fit a class period or a community event with time left for discussion.

Watch on other platforms

Rubber Jellyfish is carried by streaming services in several territories. Availability differs by region.

Every version of the film lives on the Conservation Heart Films channel on YouTube.

Bins and bags of plastic litter gathered by volunteers on a dune beach.

Beyond the screen

Bring it to your community or classroom

Rubber Jellyfish has screened in over 80 locations worldwide, hosted by organisations including Sea Shepherd, Balloons Blow, Algalita and NOAA – helping push real legislative change.

Watching alone changes one mind. Watching together has changed local law three times so far.

How to host a screening For educators

Moved by the film?

Every ban this film has helped pass started with one person deciding to show it to other people.

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