One of this year's acclaimed Oscar-contending documentaries goes below the waves with a remarkable community of women free divers off the coast of South Korea. They're formally known as “haenyeo,” but sometimes referred to as "Korea's mermaids." Filmmaker Sue Kim's term for them: "A bad-ass girl…

The Last of the Sea Women Section: TIFF Docs Director: Sue Kim Logline: In The Last of the Sea Women, an extraordinary band of feisty grandmother warriors wage a spirited battle against vast oceanic threats. Often called real-life mermaids, the haenyeo divers of South Korea's Jeju Island…