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| ALL DAY | THEME: OUR ENVIRONMENT & OUR HUMANITY | |
| ALL DAY | ARTIST LOUNGE Available for filmmakers and artists to network between scheduled panels, meetings, and parties. Location: Circle Theatre OPEN TO ALL PASS HOLDERS |
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| 9:00 AM-11:20 AM | BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS – continued Location: Founders Theatre |
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| 9:00 AM | Wonders of the Wolf Directed by Angie Ruiz Explores one of the most successful conservation efforts in modern history, The Yellowstone Wolf Project. From their historic recovery in 1995 to today’s thriving wolf packs, Yellowstone Wolf Project biologists share inspiring stories about the wolves they study in the park. Location: Founders Theatre Runtime: 30:00 FILMMAKER Q&A TO FOLLOW |
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| 9:35 AM | Anopheles Directed by Will Agee Responsible for a greater human death toll than any other creature on the planet, the Anopheles mosquito has brought down empires and altered our evolution as a species throughout history. It still does to this day. Location: Founders Theatre Runtime: 01:03:27 FILMMAKER Q&A TO FOLLOW |
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| 10:45 AM | IN DEPTH FILMMAKER PANEL WITH Q&A: Director Will Agee, Executive Producer Ana Kormos, and Dr. Greg Lanzaro discuss the making of Anopheles. Get a rare insight from the team behind the documentary in this informative half hour panel. OPEN TO ALL PASS HOLDERS Location: Circle Theatre Runtime: 30:00 |
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| 10:45 AM | Flashpoint Directed by Van Spaulding When students from a small Pacific Northwest college call out a professor for his “controversial” views, the confrontation goes viral, capturing the nation’s attention. Features Bret Weinstein, American podcaster, author, and former professor of Evolutionary Biology at Evergreen State College (2002-2017), who resigned in the aftermath of the campus protests about racial equity at Evergreen State College. Location: Founders Theatre Runtime: 28:33 FILMMAKER Q&A TO FOLLOW |
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| 11:20 AM-11:30 AM | BREAK Runtime: 10:00 |
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| 11:30 AM-12:25 PM | BEST SHORT FILMS – continued Location: Founders Theatre |
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| 11:30 AM-12:00 PM | Ocean Stories: Wyland Directed by Patrick Creadon Features world famous marine life artist, Robert Wyland. Wyland is a marine life artist who for 30 years has inspired children to the beauty and importance of the ocean through the power of art. Energetic, charismatic and endlessly creative, Wyland is best known for his unique contribution to public art: 100 life size whale murals found on walls and buildings around the world. Official artist of the Beijing Green Olympics, painter, sculptor, songwriter and crusader for the ocean, Wyland focuses his many talents towards helping children learn about marine life and ocean conservation. This Wyland documentary is the pilot for a new documentary series, Ocean Stories. Location: Founders Theatre Runtime: 29:42 |
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| 12:00 PM | Ocean Stories: The Halls 2018 Directed by Greg Goggin and Patrick Creadon Features multi-Emmy Award-winners, Howard and Michele Hall. Howard and Michele Hall have made a life of diving into the unknown in search of fascinating marine subjects for their IMAX films. With over four decades of marine cinematography experience, seven Emmy awards, and countless features in the likes of National Geographic, BBC Wildlife, and NOVA, the Halls are the world’s premiere underwater filmmakers. This film takes us beneath the waves and into the alien world of the deep where the Hall’s capture unique animal behaviors seldom seen and rarely recorded. It is the story of how the Hall’s found love beneath the sea, and how they use their films as a call to action to save it. Location: Founders Theatre Runtime: 20:21 FILMMAKER Q&A FOR BOTH FILMS TO FOLLOW |
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| 12:25 PM-1:00 PM | BEST HISTORICAL LEGACY FILMS – continued Location: Founders Theatre |
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| 12:25 PM-1:00 PM | Jack O’Neill’s Legacy Directed by Yamal Duryea Documents the extraordinary life of Jack O’Neill, from opening the first surf shop in 1952, to inventing the neoprene wetsuit, to founding the O’Neill Sea Odyssey program to teach ocean stewardship to elementary students via sailing trips on the Monterey Bay. Location: Founders Theatre Runtime: 30:00 FILMMAKER Q&A TO FOLLOW |
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| 1:00 PM-1:30 PM | BREAK Runtime: 30:00 |
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| 1:30 PM-2:00 PM | FILM & TELEVISION INDUSTRY PANEL WITH Q&A: ACTING: THE ART OF CREATING MEMORABLE CHARACTERS Featuring Katie Aselton (The Magic Hour, The Morning Show, Government Cheese, The League) and Mimi Kennedy (Midnight in Paris, Mom, Dharma & Greg). Moderated by Actor/Producer/former Director of New Media at Matt Groening Productions, Annette Andersen and Festival Producer Amanda Mai. Location: Circle Theatre Runtime: 30:00 OPEN TO ALL PASS HOLDERS |
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| 1:30 PM-3:40 PM | BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS – continued Location: Founders Theatre |
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| 1:30 PM | Sequoias of the Sea Directed by first time filmmakers, Natasha Benjamin and Ana Blanco Chronicles the environmental, cultural, and economic destruction wrought in a California coastal town that’s lost its kelp forest. It’s a deep dive into the lives of a scientist, a commercial fisherman, and a community working to restore its coastal resources devastated by a climate disaster. Location: Founders Theatre Runtime: 54:00 FILMMAKER Q&A TO FOLLOW |
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| 2:30 PM | Mr. Candid Camera Directed by Peter Funt A documentary about the life and career of Candid Camera creator Allen Funt. Location: Founders Theatre Runtime: 1:29:08 FILMMAKER Q&A TO FOLLOW |
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| 2:30 PM | FILM & TELEVISION INDUSTRY PANEL WITH Q&A: THE ART OF ANIMATION Featuring Kirby Atkins (Senior Character Animation on Scoob!, Writer/Director of Mosley, Character Animator of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius) and Alain Mayrand (Composer of Mosley and former composer for the Budapest Art Orchestra). Moderated by Actor/Producer/former Director of New Media at Matt Groening Productions, Annette Andersen and Producer Adrian Clark. Location: Circle Theatre Runtime: 30:00 OPEN TO ALL PASS HOLDERS |
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| 4:05 PM-4:35 PM | BREAK Runtime: 30:00 |
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| 4:35 PM-6:05 PM | BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS Location: Founders Theatre |
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| 4:35 PM | Flowers Beyond the Dark Directed by Iryna Pravylo – Ukraine Amid the chaos of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Natalia and Serhiy, a couple of artists separated by occupation, quickly lose any contact. They feel paralyzed, drowning in helplessness and uncertainty. At the same time, the soldiers of the 72nd brigade of the Armed Forces, Vitaliy and Serhiy, are building unity and finding courage guarding “the road of life”, an evacuation route for civilians. Priest Andriy Halavin is tending to the region’s first mass burials on the territory of his church. Almost daily he welcomes international delegations to share evidence of Russia’s atrocities, while continuing to be the source of healing for locals who survived the occupation. The spiritual and physical transformation of Ukrainian people, architecture, and nature – from petrification to the revival of life – was captured during the occupation and after the liberation of the Kyiv region in the early stages of the full-scale war in spring 2022. Location: Founders Theatre Runtime: 01:18:00 INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE FILMMAKER Q&A TO FOLLOW |
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| 6:05 PM- 6:20 PM |
BREAK Runtime: 15:00 |
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| 6:20 PM- 6:45 PM |
SPECIAL JUDGE’S SELECTION Location: Founders Theatre |
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| 6:20 PM | The Fight for Monterey Bay: Sanctuary for Our Future Directed by James Moore and Dana Frankoff Revisits the extraordinary grassroots movement that stopped offshore drilling in Monterey Bay and led to the sanctuary’s designation. Features Secretary Leon Panetta, Congressman Sam Farr, Senator John Laird, Mayor of Santa Cruz Fred Keeley, and Dan Haifley and other community leaders. The film is both a celebration of what’s possible and a timely reminder of what’s at stake. Narrated by Clint Eastwood. Location: Founders Theatre Runtime: 13:00 FILMMAKER Q&A AND RECEPTION/MIXER TO FOLLOW |
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| 6:45 PM-10:00 PM | VIP FILMMAKER PARTY, RECEPTION & MIXER Live Music: Chuck Brewer Trio (7:00 PM-9:00 PM) Location: Circle Theatre SPONSORED BY THE MONTEREY BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY OPEN TO ALL BADGE HOLDERS |
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| 6:45 PM- 8:50 PM |
Into the Night Directed by Riley Vitale – first-time filmmaker Stars Jordan Covington, Kimberly Weinberger, and Evan Joelle. After the sun fades out and humanity is left with roughly a week to live an ex-couple agree to help a college student get back home to her family halfway across the country. Location: Founders Theatre Runtime: 02:02:00 FILMMAKER Q&A TO FOLLOW |
