Film festival focuses on ocean
Advertiser Staff
The Hawaii Ocean Film Festival, today and Saturday at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa's Spalding Auditorium, showcases independent films and shorts that focus on the big blue and environmental issues.
Admission is $8 general, $5 UH students and faculty. 223-0130, www.hawaiioceanfilmfestival.org.
The schedule:
7-9 P.M. TODAY
Sea turtles rap in a live-action music video.
A look at the symbiotic relationship between Morey eels and tiny clown shrimp.
Underwater photographer Bruna Stude's view of a pod of dolphins off the south shore of Kaua'i.
The history and sociology of body boarding.
The story of surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost an arm to a shark.
Hawai'i filmmaker Tico's expedition to Antarctica.
7-9:30 P.M. SATURDAY
Documentary focuses on the shark.
A look at the feel and appeal of surfing.
A preview of a film scheduled for theatrical release next year; this profiles surfer and international playboy of the 1960s and '70s, Bunker Spreckles.
