San Francisco Ocean Film Festival

San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival
Location San Francisco, California, USA
Language International
Website http://www.oceanfilmfest.org

The San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival (SFIOFF), formerly the San Francisco Ocean Film Festival, is a film festival held in San Francisco, USA, that features films about marine life, the ocean, coastal cultures and conservation. The 2013 event took place from March 7–10, 2013, at the Theater 39 on Pier 39 and featured a multimedia presentation by Jean-Michel Cousteau at the opening gala.

Celebrating its 10th edition in 2013, this is the first dedicated Ocean Film Festival in North America and the second in the world after the acclaimed Festival International du Film Maritime, exploration et l'environnement, in Toulon, France, founded in 1954. SFIOFF has become the premier venue for international marine filmmakers to screen their works to a growing North American audience and has inspired the creation of several other ocean film festivals in the US, including the Blue Ocean Film Festival.

All films selected for the festival are eligible to compete for awards in Adventure, Coastal Culture, Environment, Conservation, Short Film and Wildlife categories.

History

The San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival was founded in 2004 and is a volunteer-driven 501(c)3 non-profit organization. SFOFF has offered a different program each year. Past award winners have included:

Wildlife Film: Sex under the Sea (Belgium), Etienne Verhaegen; Giants of the Dee (Germany), Ralf Kiefner & Andrea Ramalho

Adventure Film: Rescue Men: The Story of the Pea Island Surfmen (USA), Allan Smith; Come Hell or High Water (USA), Keith Malloy

Animated Film: I’m Going to Bite Someone (USA), Steve Dildarian

Coastal Culture Film: Papa Mau (USA), Na’alehu Anthony; The Giant and the Fisherman (Italy), Manfred Bortoli

Environmental Film: Sanctuary in the Sea (USA), Robert Talbot; Plastic Paradise – The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (USA), Angela Sun

Conservation Film: In the Wake of Giants (USA), Lou Douros; Saving the Ocean – The Sacred Islands (USA), John Angier

Short Film: The Krill is Gone (USA), Jeffrey Bost & Matt Briggs; Sinistre – (Indonesia), Jose Lachat

Education program

The San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival creates student and family programs to educate about ocean conservation, inspire viewers to make their own films, and encourage advocacy for the protection of ocean ecosystems. The 2011 student program took place from March 9–11, screening a dozen films and hosting a range of guest speakers for middle and high school student audiences from public, private, and home schools. The three days of free programming included free tours of the Aquarium of the Bay, as well as curriculum support and study guides relating to SFIOFF films.

Reservations are required for the SFIOFF education program.

Past Student Festival Films
Amazing Jellies
In the Wake of Giants
Kilauea Sea Turtles
Monsterboards
One River
Save Sharks Don’t Serve Them
The Coral Gardener
The Bay Vs. The Bag
The Krill Is Gone
The Majestic Plastic Bag
The Ocean Zone (Student Film)
Yao Ming Shark Fin Soup
Connection
Gigantic Jenga
The Great Huki
Ocean Oases: Protecting Seamounts and Canyons of the Atlantic
Pacific Drifters
Plastic Tide
Whale Disentanglement Network
The Mermaid – A Story of Restoration (2012 winner)

The family program, directed to a younger audience, was held over two days, from March 12–13, 2011, with discounted admission. The films shown at family festival include:

2011 Family Festival Films
Abby Sunderland Sets Sail
Amazing Jellies
Birdathlon
Chasing the Swell
Home for Hawksbill
Killer Whales
Physics of Surfing
Raja Ampat
The Bay vs The Bag
The Coral Gardener
Willem and the Whales

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, August 08, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.