Author: Pat

Elude sea monsters in Holland, Track exotic ocean Species, Canoe from Valdez to Whittier and Garden on the ocean floor in this year’s Alaska Ocean Film Festival.

Saturday, March 17th
Screening at 4pm, 7pm and 9:30pm
Gold Town Nickelodeon Theatre
Admission: $5

The Alaska Ocean Film Festival features nine short films on saltwater adventure, coastal cultures, and marine science from Alaska and around the world. The films explore our connection with the ocean and connect us to a larger, saltier world.

It’s the 40th anniversary of the NW Film Center and to help them celebrate, we’re asking Alaskan filmmakers to whip up a 40 second submission for the Make it Short challenge. Any genre, any subject, forty seconds.

• Make it Short

Submissions are due (postmarked) by the 6th so it’s time to get rolling, good thing you only need to capture 40 seconds!

Tonight, Wednesday the 23rd of November, there is a dual screening of “Journey on the Wild Coast” and “Blue Obsession” which were both accepted to this year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival.

“Blue Obsession” by Alan Gordon is new and hasn’t been shown in Juneau before. “Blue Obsession” was one of the first films recruited to be included in
this year’s Banff Film Festival World Tour.

• Blue Obsession Website
• Blue Obsession Preview 1
• Blue Obsession Preview 2

And now a word from Greg about his latest adventures…

Since I last talked to you, “Journey on the Wild Coast” received a special jury award at Banff. Alan Gordon filmed me getting the award and I when I went up on stage I asked the audience to cheer for Erin and Hig who were on the Malaspina Glacier at the time with their two very young children. I flew to Yakutat and hiked out to the Malaspina Glacier right after the award ceremony and played the video for Hig and Erin in their tent on the glacier. It was a great moment.

A shortened (30 minute) version of “Journey on the Wild Coast” has just been included in the Banff World Tour.

I also wanted to mention that DVD’s of “Journey on the Wild Coast” will be available for sale at the Nickelodeon showing.

Cheers,
Greg