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MEDIA ADVISORY / REQUEST FOR ONSITE COVERAGE: FRIDAY, MARCH 8
WHO: 16th Annual International Ocean Film Festival
WHAT: Day Two Features Screenings in San Francisco and San Rafael
WHEN: Friday, March 8: 1pm, 4pm, 7pm (SF) / 4pm (San Rafael)
WHERE: Cowell Theater Fort Mason (2 Marin Blvd., San Francisco)
Smith Rafael Film Center (1118 4th Street, San Rafael)
WEB: www.intloceanfilmfest.org
WHY: Since its launch in 2004, the San Francisco-based International Ocean Film Festival has attracted thousands of spectators of all ages from around the world, including film enthusiasts, sea athletes, educators, and environmental supporters. Since then, the Festival has presented on average over 50 films annually from 15 different countries and featured post-film Q&A sessions with visiting filmmakers, special panel discussions with content experts, and the Annual Free Student Education Program. It was the first event of its kind in North America, inspired by the well-established ocean festival in Toulon, France, Festival International du Film Maritime, which has continued to draw large audiences for more than 40 years. The International Ocean Film Festival is a registered 501(c) 3 non-profit.Sponsors for the 16th Annual International Ocean Film Festival include National Marine Sanctuaries, the Canadian Consulate of San Francisco and Silicon Valley, BigBus of San Francisco, SSA, RBC Wealth Management, Port of San Francisco, Alcatraz Cruises, San Francisco Magazine, and Hyatt Hotels, the Premiere Hotel Sponsor for the Festival.
Detailed Schedule Follows:
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Friday, March 8 at 1pm – Program #3 Presented by the Port of San Francisco
Cowell Theater Fort Mason (2 Marin Blvd., San Francisco)
- Wake Up, Haydn Fischer* (USA) 2 min
- The Adventures of Zack and Molly, Jim Toomey (USA) 11 min – Bay Area Premiere
- Blue Carbon: A Story from the Snohomish Estuary, Benjamin Drummond, Sara Joy Steele (USA) 6 min
- Master of the Turbulence, Steven Albert*, Mary Albert (USA) 8 min
- Dispatches from the Gulf 2: Research, Innovation, Discovery, Hal Weiner (USA) 57 min – Bay Area Premiere
Friday, March 8 at 4 pm – Program #4 – Sponsored by the SF / Kiel, Germany Sister City Program
Cowell Theater Fort Mason (2 Marin Blvd., San Francisco)
- Hybrids, Florian Brauch (Germany) 5 min
- Plankton, Gustaf Lindstrom (United Kingdom) 6 min – U.S. Premiere
- Sailor’s Delight Louise Aubertin (Germany) 8 min
- Fragile – Why turtle hatchlings need the sea, Hendrik and Claudia Schmitt* (Germany) 8 min – Bay Area Premiere
- Dolphin Man, Lefteris Charitos (Greece) 82 min
Friday, March 8 at 4 pm, (Smith Rafael Film Center(1118 4th Street, San Rafael)
Program #1
- The Blues Crab, Ari Rubenstein* (USA) 14 min – Bay Area Premiere
- Manry at Sea: In the Wake of a Dream, Steve Wystrach** (USA) 94 min – Bay Area Premiere
- Deep Look – Watch these Cunning Snails Stab and Swallow Fish Whole, Elliott Kennerson (USA) 5 min
Friday, March 8 at 7 pm – Program #5 – SURFING PROGRAM
Cowell Theater Fort Mason (2 Marin Blvd., San Francisco)
- City Surf Project, Oscar Guerra (USA) 11 min
- Paige, Bjarne Salen (USA) 22 min
- Beyond the Noise, Andrew Kaineder (Australia) 38 min – West Coast Premiere
- Under an Arctic Sky, Chris Burkard (USA) 40 min
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