Sea Studios Film Festival
Monterey '09

Sea Studios Foundation’s inaugural Film Festival in honor of World Ocean Day will be held Saturday, June 6, from 12 - 7 p.m. at the Cannery Row IMAX Theater in Monterey. This year the theme is "Think beyond Plastics" and the goal is to to inspire conservation of the ocean and encourage people reduce their use of plastics, the main source of marine debris. Sea Studios Foundation has partnered with a wide-range of Monterey Peninsula-based organizations to present three internationally acclaimed films focusing on the effects of plastics in the ocean. The films will be shown in the beautiful, state-of-the-art Cannery Row IMAX Theater via digital presentation.

The Festival will also include a panel discussion and a Meet-The-Filmmakers reception. The Festival is supported in part by a generous donation of the Packard Foundation.

featured films
The films to be screened are:

Noon - Marina of the Zabbaleen, an inspirational new film by Engi Wassef. click here for details

2:30 pm - Message in the Waves, a film by Rebecca Hoskins and the BBC Natural History Unit. click here or details

5:00 pm - Dirty Secrets, a Sea Studios co-production with National Geographic, hosted by Edward Norton. click here for details

IMAX films
Sharks 3D, presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau, will be screening before and after the Film Festival, at 11:00 a.m. and 7: 00 p.m., in IMAX 3D format. SHARKS 3D is a breathtaking new 3D IMAX Theater film experience that offers audiences an astonishing, up-close encounter with the lions and tigers of the ocean. Purchase Sharks 3D tickets at www.bellacinema.com, at the box office, or by phone at 831.372.4629.

news articels and reviews

Sea Studios premieres its World Ocean Day film festival -- Coast Weekly

Independent films focus of two film festivals this weekend in Monterey -- Monterey Herald

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