2018 Festival Program
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EIGHTH ANNUAL January 1-4, 2018 Waimea, Mauna Kea Resort + The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai‘i January 5-9, 2018 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 32 Waimea Schedule 36 Waimea Breakfast Talks KOHALA COAST 40 Four Seasons Schedule 42 Four Seasons Breakfast Talks 44 Guest Speakers and Presentations 82 Artists and Exhibits MEDIA AND LOCAL SPONSORS Pololu Morning. Artwork by Christian Enns 90 Thank You to Our Contributors BIG ISLAND About Our Area TRAVELER The Island of Hawai‘i, known as The with Hawaiian Hawksbill turtles, Big Island to avoid confusion with the octopus, eel and smaller reef sharks. state, was formed by five volcanoes to Spinner dolphins come to rest in became one land mass. The still active shallow bays during the day, before Kīlauea sits at the heart of Hawai‘i returning to deeper water to hunt at Volcanoes National Park, while Mauna night. Humpback whales can be seen Kea, Mauna Loa and Hualālai rise above along the coast during winter, when the Kohala and Kona coastline, where the ocean fills with the sound of their stark lava fields meet turquoise waters beautiful song. and multihued sand beaches. The The town of Waimea, also known as gentle slopes of the Kohala Mountains, Kamuela, sits in the saddle between now volcanically extinct, provide the the dry and green sides of the island, backdrop to the town of Waimea and to nestled into the Kohala Mountains. FOOD AND BEVERAGE SPONSORS northern Hawi and Kapa‛au. The pastoral community is known as The Kohala Coast is one of the driest much for the paniolo culture the town regions in all of the Hawaiian Islands. was built around, as for the rainbows It is an area rich in both Hawaiian that grace the countryside, reflecting history and sea life. Tropical fish, many the ever-shifting weather patterns of which are found nowhere else in between rain, mist and sun. Cover artwork ©Sophie Twigg-Smith Teururai the world, inhabit these reefs, along 2 WAIMEA OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL experience. environment. culture. www.waimeaoceanfilm.org FESTIVAL PROGRAM 2018 3 About the Festival About the Festival Aloha! USING THE PROGRAM THEATRE ENTRY Welcome to the 2018 Waimea Ocean All film screenings, presentations and Remember to wear your passes. The Film Festival. The 2018 festival offers an special events are listed in the festival theater will be cleared between exciting lineup of over 60, award-winning schedule. Each Breakfast Talk location screenings. is presented, along with its description, exhibits, important topics and inspiring films, dynamic guest speakers, special in the Breakfast Talk section of the TBAS (TO BE ANNOUNCED) stories. program. Films are grouped with A certain number of films will be other films and/or speakers into film screened as TBAs. The most popular through the realization of what the dual- In many ways, the festival began blocks, as shown in the schedule. films from the festival will be shown impacts of climate change and ocean When filmmakers will be present for at this time, along with a few films discussion; this is noted by “Q&A.” pending at publication. TBA schedules and special screenings will be posted startedacidification to see would what halfmean of for that our equation— children. FESTIVAL HOSPITALITY DESK at the Festival Hospitality Desk starting climateYou could change—might say that 2017 mean. was the What year we The Festival Hospitality Desk is located Wednesday, Jan 3. TBA schedules will in the lobby of the Kahilu Theatre also be posted simultaneously online climate would be more intensive and during the Waimea portion of the event and on Facebook. Please let our theatre destructiveyou would expect storms to and see hurricanes; in a warming more and either in the foyer of the Ballroom volunteers know if you have a TBA unpredictable weather; more extreme or nearby at Hoku Amphitheater when request! weather; more unusual weather; more the festival moves to Four Seasons. Passes and programs are available THE PASS SYSTEM for pickup or purchase at the Festival The pass system enables the festival flooding; more droughts; more heat; more Hospitality Desk at Kahilu Theatre to organize a dynamic event that cold; more fires; more wind. starting 9 am-5 pm Dec 29. includes films, speakers, presentations, developmentThe perfect, of steady agriculture amount and of civilization, and the resulting human population Breakfast Talks and other activities, plus growth—fromcarbon dioxide a(CO2) few million in the atmosphereindividuals then over to the seven past billion10,000 now. years This allowed amount for ofthe HOURS OF OPERATION allows for rich and complex content, CO2 maintained a stable climate, with a degree of storm events and variation that AT KAHILU THEATRE with one aspect woven together with Friday, Dec 29: 9 am–5 pm the next. While passes are the ideal Saturday, Dec 30: 9 am–5 pm way to enjoy the festival, remaining was largely manageable, around which we could rely on agriculture as a basis for our Sunday, Dec 31: 11 am–3 pm seats for films and presentations will be economy and our way of life. Monday, Jan 1: 9 am–9 pm opened for individual ticket purchase 15 areThe changing amount the of predictableCO2 we have patterns increasingly of rainfall added and to climatethe atmosphere we have reliedin the industrialon to grow Tuesday, Jan 2: 9 am–9 pm minutes prior to each show. For more age, and continue to add, means that we are disrupting this stable climate system. We Wednesday, Jan 3: 9 am–9 pm information on passes, please speak Thursday, Jan 4: 9 am–5 pm with the Hospitality Desk, visit the food,To understandfor reliable sourcesglobal warming—and of fresh water andresulting for a senseclimate of change—it security in isthe important places we to live. website at www.waimeaoceanfilm.org, The implications for the economy, let alone our lives, are profound. HOURS OF OPERATION or contact the festival office at 808-854- AT FOUR SEASONS BALLROOM 6095. understand that approximately one-third of the CO2 we release through combustion FOYER or HOKU AMPHITHEATER enters the atmosphere; approximately one-third is absorbed by the ocean; and Hoku - Friday, Jan 5: 3 pm–9 pm MAHALO PATRONS AND SPONSORS otherwiseapproximately escape one-third into space. is taken You mightup by trees.envision Every each molecule molecule of ofCO2, CO2 or as other a ping-pong Ballroom - Saturday, Jan 6: 9 am–9 pm The festival is made possible through greenhouse gas we add to the atmosphere, re-radiates heat back to earth that would Hoku - Sunday, Jan 7: 11 am–9 pm the contribution of patrons and earth and ocean temperatures are warming, and the climate is changing. Ballroom - Monday, Jan 8: 9 am–9 pm sponsors. Thank you to our patrons and paddle. With more CO2 in the atmosphere re-radiating or bouncing heat back, both Hoku - Tuesday, Jan 9: 11 am –9 pm sponsors! At the same time, the excess CO2 being absorbed by the ocean is causing the acidity of the ocean to change at a rapid rate. Because increasing acidity appears to dissolve the skeletal structures of organisms at the bottom of the food chain, this second 4 WAIMEA OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL experience. environment. culture. threat—nowwww.waimeaoceanfilm.org known as ocean FESTIVAL acidification—could PROGRAM 2018potentially have a devastating 5 Letter From the Director Letter From the Director impact on the entire ocean trouble growing crops on land. Transportation accounts for roughly 29 percent of energy consumed, half of which ecosystem; just as we start to have is in the shipment of goods and materials. People love to walk, ride their bicycles and take the train. The catch is that suitable facilities and level of service must come togetherUnfortunately, towards at a commona time when first. What many people don’t realize is that a multi-modal transportation system goal—addressingwe most need to be a commonworking based around rail is the most efficient—and hence ultimately least expensive— threat—we stand divided, transportation system to build and maintain, providing savings to both individuals polarized and manipulated and taxpayers alike. While it is challenging to retrofit an urban landscape—and better from without and within. In the to plan and build before an area is developed—starting at any time saves money in absence of leadership at a national theOur end. founding Lighter, fatherselectric understood cars as part the of the importance equation offurther education reduce as roadthe basis maintenance of a level on this and other ocean costs, and hence overall system costs, in addition to reducing CO2 footprint. health issues—with great minds on both sides of the political successful democracy. To some degree, what we are experiencing now could be construed as our lack of attention in this regard. Now more then ever, it is critical solutions—perhaps it will be left to that all Americans, in every part and corner of the country, have access to a good equation working together to find education—with a solid foundation in history, science and the world at large; along the global leadership basis of the nation. with an understanding that with opportunity, comes responsibility. the business world, and states, to forge the way forward and maintain, in the interim, In this age of emerging tech, the importance of understanding history cannot be overstated. The lessons of Versailles are as important now as they were in 1945, if not Through the years, we’ve shown films that have given homage to the men and more so, and apply to every corner of the world.