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January 2-5, 2017 Waimea, Mauna Kea Resort + The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai‘i January 6-10, 2017 Four Seasons Resort Hualālai SEVENTH ANNUAL sponsors contents + about our area INNER CIRCLE SPONSORS contents 4 About the Festival 5 Letter from the Director 6 Host Venues and Map 8 Films 30 Waimea Schedule 34 Waimea Breakfast Talks 40 Four Seasons Schedule Four Seasons Breakfast Talks KOHALA COAST 42 44 Guest Speakers and Presentations 82 Artists and Exhibits 90 Thank You to Our Contributors Clark Little at work. Photo courtesy Postmill Studios MEDIA AND LOCAL SPONSORS about our area The Island of Hawai‘i, known as The along with Hawaiian Hawksbill turtles, BIG ISLAND Big Island to avoid confusion with the octopus, eel and smaller reef sharks. TRAVELER 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 frolic along Kea, Mauna Loa and Hualālai rise above the coast during winter, when the the Kohala and Kona coastline, where ocean fills with the sound of their stark lava fields meet turquoise waters beautiful song and people watch and multihued sand beaches. The enthralled as they breach, or surface gentle slopes of the Kohala Mountains, for air. now volcanically extinct, provide the The town of Waimea, also known as backdrop for the town of Waimea and Kamuela, sits in the saddle between to northern Hawi and Kapa‘au. the dry and green sides of the island, The Kohala Coast is one of the driest nestled into the Kohala Mountains. FOOD AND BEVERAGE SPONSORS regions in all of the Hawaiian Islands. The pastoral community is known as It is an area rich in both Hawaiian much for the paniolo culture that history and sea life, with a relatively lends character to the town, as for the healthy coral reef ecosystem still intact. rainbows that grace the countryside, Tropical fish, many found nowhere reflecting the ever-shifting weather else in the world, inhabit these reefs, patterns between rain, mist and sun. Cover artwork ©Sophie Twigg-Smith Teururai 2 WAIMEA OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL experience. environment. culture. www.waimeaoceanfilm.org FESTIVAL PROGRAM 2017 3 about the festival letter from the director Monday, Jan 9: 9 am–9 pm BBC film director Tom Mustill returns about the festival Tuesday, Jan 10: 9 am–9 pm aloha! to this year’s festival bringing a keen sense of British humor, along with Welcome to the 2017 Waimea Ocean USING THE PROGRAM THEATRE ENTRY the BBC production Giraffes: Africa’s Film Festival! The 2017 festival offers All film screenings, presentations and Remember to wear your passes. Festival Gentle Giants. a non-stop lineup of over 60 films, special events are listed by day and Big wave surfers Garrett McNamara, volunteers will open doors for seating 15 compelling guest speakers, dynamic venue in the festival schedule. Each Andrew Cotton and Mark Healey join minutes prior to each show. The theatre Breakfast Talks, intriguing Q&As, the festival, in the midst of big wave Breakfast Talk location is presented, will be cleared between screenings. special exhibits and breathtaking season. McNamara signs copies of his along with its description, in the morning activities, with exceptional memoir and answers questions with Breakfast Talk section of the program. TBAS (TO BE ANNOUNCED) guest speakers, filmmakers, artists and Cotton following the films Red Chargers Films are grouped with other films and/ A certain number of films will be photographers throughout. and Beneath the Surface. Healey shares screened as TBAs. The most popular The breadth and depth of the or speakers into film blocks, as shown a sneak preview of his next surf film, films from the festival will be shown program is extraordinary. Be sure to in the schedule. When filmmakers will Atlas Rising, and talks about how ocean read carefully for everything not-to-be- be present for discussion after the film; at this time, along with a few films communities can help move ocean missed. Among our speakers, former U.S. this is noted by “Q&A.” pending at publication. TBA schedules stewardship forward. Navy Rear Admiral David Titley, Ph.D., and special screenings will be posted Filmmaker Curt Morgan of Brain Farm joins the festival to speak and answer FESTIVAL HOSPITALITY DESK starting on Wednesday, Jan 4 at the brings View From a Blue Moon, sharing questions following the showing of the The Festival Hospitality Desk is located Festival Hospitality Desk. TBA schedules perhaps the most beautiful surf film film The Age of Consequences, in which in the lobby of the Kahilu Theatre cinematography yet to be seen, and Nat will also be posted on-line and on he is featured. Producer Adam Leipzig during the Waimea portion of the event Geo Wild’s Wild Yellowstone: Grizzly Facebook at the same time. Please let joins the festival for discussion following Summer providing a glimpse into the and in the foyer of the Ballroom when our theatre volunteers know if you have A Plastic Ocean and a talk sharing what park unlike any seen before. the festival moves to Four Seasons a TBA request. it takes to have a movie made. And, pre- Bud Browne Film Archives brings Resort Hualālai. Passes and programs eminent underwater filmmakers, Michele rare screenings of Locked In and Bud are available for pick-up starting 9 am-5 THE PASS SYSTEM and Howard Hall answer questions Browne’s Surfers, sharing a historical The pass system enables the festival to following Ocean Stories: The Halls. pm Dec 30 at the Festival Hospitality look at surfing in the 60s. organize a dynamic event that includes For a full-immersion ocean Desk in the lobby at Kahilu Theatre. The Weekend Sailor brings to life experience, Emmy nominated news Passes may be purchased at the desk, films, speakers, presentations, Breakfast the exciting tale of the first Whitbread contributor and executive vice along with other items. The Festival Talks and other activities, and allows Round the World Yacht Race, now the president for Conservation International Hospitality Desk is available to answer for rich and complex content, with one Volvo Ocean Race. Director Bernardo M. Sanjayan, Ph.D., brings a virtual questions and provide additional aspect woven together with the next. Arsuaga attends to answer questions. reality presentation to the festival, While passes are the ideal way to enjoy This year, Hōkūle‘a sailed the information as the festival progresses. diving into the reefs of Raja Ampat. Atlantic Ocean for the first time, the festival, remaining seats for films The Oscar-winning producer of touched land in South America and FESTIVAL HOSPITALITY DESK and presentations will be opened for Spotlight, Blye Faust, discusses the then sailed as far north as Nova Scotia. HOURS OF OPERATION AT individual ticket purchase 15 minutes importance of investigative journalism The Voyager Exhibit, on display at KAHILU THEATRE prior to each show. For more information today. NBC News Producer Mario Garcia Kahilu Theatre, shares the story with Friday, Dec 30: 9 am–5 pm on passes, please talk with the Festival shares stories behind-the-scenes from up-to-the minute images of the 2016 Saturday, Dec 31: 9 am–3 pm the production of Dateline NBC: On Hospitality Desk, visit the website at voyage. An extraordinary year, and an Sunday, Jan 1: noon–4 pm Assignment at Palmyra Atoll and from www.waimeaoceanfilm.org, or contact extraordinary program. Monday, Jan 2: 9 am–10 pm his 20 years at NBC News. the festival office at 808-854-6095. Thank you to our festival patrons and Harold Mintz, right-hand man to Tuesday, Jan 3: 9 am–10 pm sponsors who make the Waimea Ocean previous festival guest Tom Shadyac, Wednesday, Jan 4: 9 am–10 pm MAHALO PATRONS AND Film Festival possible, and to everyone speaks after the showing of the film Thursday, Jan 5: 9 am–6 pm SPONSORS who helps along the way. that tells his beautiful story, 1.800.Give. The festival is made possible through I hope you enjoy. Us.Your.Kidney. Producer Marty Syjuco HOURS OF OPERATION AT FOUR the contribution of our patrons and brings Almost Sunrise to the festival, Mahalo nui loa, SEASONS BALLROOM FOYER sponsors. Thank you to our patrons and Friday, Jan 6: 3 pm–9 pm tracking veterans Tom Voss and Anthony Tania Howard, sponsors. The festival is only possible Founder and Director Saturday, Jan 7: 9 am–9 pm Anderson on an extraordinary journey, with your support. and Eric Bendick, Forgotten Coast. Waimea Ocean Film Festival Sunday, Jan 8: 9 am–9 pm 4 WAIMEA OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL experience. environment. culture. www.waimeaoceanfilm.org FESTIVAL PROGRAM 2017 5 waimea venues host venues furnishings, artifacts and fine millinery. Directions to The Fairmont Orchid, Anna Ranch will host a Breakfast Talk Hawai‘i from Waimea: each morning 8:15- 9:15 am Jan 2-5, with coffee and pastries provided. • Drive approximately 11 miles down Kawaihae Road (Highway 19), until you reach the T-intersection on your KOHALA COAST left, where the road heads to Kona. Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Turn left to continue on Highway 19. Breakfast Talks are scheduled at the You are now traveling south, parallel Mauna Kea Beach Hotel 8:15-9:15 am to the ocean on your right. Jan 2-5, with coffee, pastries and the prized Mauna Kea banana bread • Continue approximately seven miles, provided. A sunrise yoga class is past the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel available to festival pass holders 7-8 entrance, until you see the Mauna am Jan 2-5 on the lawn by the lū‘au Lani Resort sign on your right before a grounds.