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11th Annual San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival: Program 8

What: 11th Annual San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival

The 11th annual San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival (SFIOFF), North America's premier cinemaquatic© event, will dock at San Francisco's Bay Theatre for five days of ocean-themed films, discussions, and special events. Nearly 50 films, submitted by filmmakers from over 17 countries will fill the festival, including various world and U.S. premieres on film topics ranging from diving to surfing, sharks to ocean conservation, island cultures to the cultural importance of the world's marine resources.

Every Summer

Every Summer(Israel) Sivan Kidron, 2 min

A woman's childhood memories of her father are intimately linked with their connection to the shore. -VJ

Changing Seas – "Alien Invaders"

Changing Seas – (USA) Alexa Elliott, Jeremy Nicholson, Sean Hickey, 27 min*

Lionfish with their copious, colorful appendages are such pretty fish, the darling of home aquariums. Yet in just three decades they have become the scourge of the tropical Atlantic. Over millennia their prey in the Pacific have adapted to them, but in the Caribbean, the native fish are defenseless. -KH

Undertones

Undertones(Israel) Avishag Biton, Ori Wirzberg, 4 min

In this lyrical animation, squids enact the timeless dance of courtship in the twilight depths entwining and disengaging and launching into balletic leaps and flights. With rosy blushes they signal their intentions – and readiness. A sudden burst of brilliant light, and then … -MJS

Dolphin Boy

Dolphin Boy(Israel) Yonatan Nir, Dani Menkin, 72 min

In a small village, a teenage boy, Morad, speaks to a girl who is a school classmate and in one of the countless examples of violence that mark our species, is savagely beaten for doing so. His brain is undamaged, but he will not speak to or interact with anyone. When conventional treatments fail, he is enrolled in a program that gives him the chance to swim with wild dolphins. Unfed, the dolphins are free to come and go, and to initiate – or avoid – all contact with human visitors. No longer trusting his own kind, Morad bonds with them, starting a long and moving journey back to life. -SH

Saturday, 03/08/14

Contact:

Ana Blanco

Phone: (415) 561-6251
Website: Click to Visit

Cost:

$15 General, $10 Senior/Student, $8 Child

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Bay Theater

PIER 39, Embarcadero
 San Francisco, CA 94133