The Smith Rafael Film Center welcomes the 21st Annual International Ocean Film Festival. The mission of the International Ocean Film Festival is to be the premier global platform for ocean literacy and education through film.
Since its inception in 2004, each year the IOFF features an ocean engagement event for audiences from around the world. Through the power of visual storytelling and independent films, audiences of all ages are inspired to become better ocean stewards, and help to protect our oceans.
ADMISSION TO PROGRAM: $14. General | $10.50 Seniors & Youth | $8.50 CAFILM members
THE PROGRAM
EXPEDITION AMANA
Japanese explorer Jin Ishikawa has a question: Could ancient Californians, pre-dating the Polynesian arrival in Hawaii, have traversed the Pacific from what is now Northern California to Hawaii using boats made of natural materials? Jin seeks to test his theory by sailing a prototypical boat constructed of tule reeds with the goal of sailing from San Francisco to Hawaii.
Directors: Mason Le, Kai Smith, Julian Goodman, Niki Wallin (US) 7 min
IN PERSON: Filmmaker MASON LE and STAN TENG, Film Consultant, IOFF Team Member
BLUE WHALES: RETURN OF THE GIANTS
Join whale scientist, Diane Gendron, as she finds new hope for the blue whales of Mexico’s Gulf of California. Using low-and high-tech methods she measures and monitors the health of this breeding population that, after 30 years of study, she considers family. Across the globe in the Indian Ocean, another population of blues reappears, after an absence of over 50 years. What will their story be?
Director: Hugh Pearson (UK) 65 min
