San Francisco Ocean Film Festival
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The San Francisco Ocean Film Festival is a San Francisco film festival
that features films about marine life, the ocean, costal cultures, and conservation. The 2011 event took place from March 9-13, 2011, at the Theatre 39 on Pier 39
.
Celebrating its 8th edition in 2011, this is the first dedicated Ocean Film Festival in North America and the second in the world after the acclaimed 43 year-old Festival International du film Maritime, d'Exploration et d'Environnement, in Toulon
, France. The San Francisco Ocean Film Festival 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.
Event Address: Theatre 39, Pier 39, The Embarcadero and Beach Street, San Francisco, CA
. Since then, the SFOFF has offered a different program each year. The 2011 award winners included:
Wildlife Film:
Sex under the Sea (Belgium), Etienne Verhaegen
Adventure Film:
Rescue Men: The Story of the Pea Island Surfmen (USA), Allan Smith
Coastal Culture Film:
Papa Mau (USA), Na’alehu Anthony
Environmental Film:
Sanctuary in the Sea (USA), Robert Talbot
Conservation Film:
In the Wake of Giants (USA), Lou Douros
Short Film:
The Krill is Gone (USA), Jeffrey Bost & Matt Briggs
Reservations are required for the SFOFF education program.
The family program, directed to a younger audience, was held over 2 days, from March 12-13, with discounted admission. The films shown at family festival include:
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Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
that features films about marine life, the ocean, costal cultures, and conservation. The 2011 event took place from March 9-13, 2011, at the Theatre 39 on Pier 39
Pier 39
Pier 39 is a shopping center and popular tourist attraction built on a pier in San Francisco, California. At Pier 39, there are shops, restaurants, a video arcade, street performances, an interpretive center for the Marine Mammal Center, the Aquarium of the Bay, virtual 3D rides, and views of...
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Celebrating its 8th edition in 2011, this is the first dedicated Ocean Film Festival in North America and the second in the world after the acclaimed 43 year-old Festival International du film Maritime, d'Exploration et d'Environnement, in Toulon
Toulon
Toulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
, France. The San Francisco Ocean Film Festival 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.
Event Address: Theatre 39, Pier 39, The Embarcadero and Beach Street, San Francisco, CA
History
The San Francisco Ocean Film Festival was founded in 2004, and it is a volunteer-driven 501(c)3 non-profit organizationNon-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
. Since then, the SFOFF has offered a different program each year. The 2011 award winners included:
Wildlife Film:
Sex under the Sea (Belgium), Etienne Verhaegen
Adventure Film:
Rescue Men: The Story of the Pea Island Surfmen (USA), Allan Smith
Coastal Culture Film:
Papa Mau (USA), Na’alehu Anthony
Environmental Film:
Sanctuary in the Sea (USA), Robert Talbot
Conservation Film:
In the Wake of Giants (USA), Lou Douros
Short Film:
The Krill is Gone (USA), Jeffrey Bost & Matt Briggs
Education Program
The San Francisco 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 3 days of free programming included free tours of the Aquarium of the Bay, as well as curriculum support and study guides relating to SFOFF films.Reservations are required for the SFOFF education program.
| 2011 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 |
The family program, directed to a younger audience, was held over 2 days, from March 12-13, 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
San Francisco Ocean Film Festival official siteOcean Film Festival Facebook Page
Ocean Film Festival Twitter Page: http://twitter.com/oceanfilmfest
Festival Blog
Festival YouTube Channel