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BLUE WATER SUMMIT
March 22nd/23rd from 11:00am til 5:00pm PST
The Blue Water Summit is an annual gathering from environmental thought leaders, water stewards and ocean advocates, storytellers, with a focus on addressing conservation and environmental challenges.
The Blue Water Summit is designed to encourage our global family to think broadly about how climate change effects planet Earth — and deeply abut the universal concerns and actions needed to bring us into balance.
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The theme of the Blue Water Film Festival .is about our “Blue Planet”; the festival purpose is to encourage attendees to think broadly about how climate change affects planet Earth and deeply about the universal concerns and actions needed to bring us into balance.
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“Storytelling for the Environment
Day 1
(ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON MARCH 22ND
11:00 am Welcome to the Blue Water Summit
Welcome to Country
Opening Remarks and acknowledgement of partnerships
Order of events
12:00pm Sustainability- Best Practices in Production Workflow
Moderator: Jeremy Kagan, DGA, Sustainability Commitee
Speakers Include:
Barbara Marshall, HP
Laila Lala, Green Enigma
Michael Kaliski, Good Planet
1:15 pm Voices of the Feminine
Moderator: Lynn Roth
Speakers Include:
Sarah Norenberg Filmmaker (Orca White Black Gold ) Ana Salceda (Treasures of the Caribbean), Ella Bourne, Film Director (Australia), Natashja Benjamin (Eyes of Sea Floor)
2:30 pm Producing Short Content for Social Change
A Hungry World likes Fish too Much
How is fishing and specifically sustainable fisheries together with evolving Aquacultures, in their many forms and locations, transforming opportunities to feed a hungry world?
Moderator: Giovanni Lodesco
Joseph La Baron (Whales of the High Desert) Sven Peetoom (Naturabond), Ben Tuff (Swim Tuff) Tyler Schiffamn ( Disappearing Forest) , Giovanni A Lodigiani,(Foreigner)
3:30 pm Production: Shooting Independent Films
An introduction with explanations of the new boundaries for the emerging Blue Economies – from harvesting tidal areas to extraction and synthesising new-age materials from marine life.
Moderator: Byron A Martin
Speakers: Alexander Rivest (Canary ) Mark Shaprio (Downwind) ? Jean-Albert Lievre (Whale Nation) Manuel Steiger (Constantine )
4:30 pm The Future Ocean
Moderator: Serge Wildcoast, Wild Coast
Speakers: Mayor Paloma, Imperial Beach, Octavio Aburto Oropeza, Ph.d, Filmmaker, Scott Raynard (Herring People) Filmmaker Thomas Lendsey Haskin (Relentless) , Sean Hastings, NOAA
5:30 Short Screening- for Everything There Was a Season
6:00 screening followed by Q&A
Orca: Black White & Gold Sarah Norenberg, FIlmmaker Q&A with Greg Reitman
Day 2 – UCSD Innovation Building Center
2:30 PM LATAM: Scenarios Beyond Our Borders
Alejandro, Ecuador, Guatemala , Colombia, Alexis Garcia, Fifth Season
Moderator: Jose Castor Chacon, Costa Rica
3:45 PM Finance & Distribution: From Film Festival to Streaming
Moderator: Harris Tulchin
Speakers: Elisabeth De Costa, Storyboard, Stan Preschutti, Grandave Capital
Sandra Cassidy, USC, David Acosta, East West Bank
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Blue Water Institute is a non-profit organization committed to the preservation of the planet and the need to nurture the next generation of environmental filmmakers. The Institute is driven by its environmental programs that discover, innovate and support the next generation of environmental filmmakers and thought leaders from all over the world.
