January 1-4, 2020 January 5-8, 2020
TENTH ANNUAL January 1-4, 2020 Waimea, Mauna Kea Resort + Fairmont Orchid, Hawai‘i January 5-8, 2020 Four Seasons Resort Hualālai Sponsors Contents + About Our Area INNER CIRCLE SPONSORS Contents 4 About the Festival 5 Letter from the Director 8 Host Venues and Map 10 Films 38 Waimea Schedule 42 Waimea Breakfast Talks 46 Four Seasons Schedule 48 Four Seasons Breakfast Talks 50 Guest Speakers and Presentations 84 Artwork and Exhibits MEDIA AND LOCAL SPONSORS Artwork by Christian Enns 90 Thank You to Our Contributors BIG ISLAND About Our Area TRAVELER The Island of Hawai‘i, known as The the world, inhabit these reefs, along Big Island to avoid confusion with the with Hawaiian Hawksbill turtles, state, was formed by five volcanoes to octopus, eel and smaller reef sharks. became one land mass. The still active Spinner dolphins come to rest in Kīlauea sits at the heart of Hawai‘i shallow bays during the day, before Volcanoes National Park, while Mauna returning to deeper water to hunt at Kea, Mauna Loa and Hualālai rise about night. Humpback whales can be seen the Kohala and Kona coastline, where along the coast during winter, when stark lava fields meet turquoise waters the ocean fills with the sound of their and multihued sand beaches. The beautiful song. gentle slopes of the Kohala Mountains, The town of Waimea, also known as now volcanically extinct, provide the Kamuela, sits in the saddle between FOOD AND BEVERAGE SPONSORS backdrop to the town of Waimea and to the dry and green sides of the island, northern Hawi and Kapa‛au.
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