FILM FEST FOCUSES ON WATER WORLD
An incredible selection of short- and medium-length movies about the ocean from around the world will be screened during the Bangkok Ocean In Motion Film Festival 2018, which is running at two venues in Phuket and one in Bangkok from today until Saturday starting at 7pm.
Organised by Ocean Recovery Alliance, an NGO based in Hong Kong and California, the festival features the diversity of stories being made into feature films, animations, documentaries and short films to portray the consequences of global warming on the underwater world and how plastic pollution has posed threats to marine life and human beings.
A total of 15 movies running for 90 minutes altogether will be presented to excite, inspire and entertain, all hopefully helping to lead to increased awareness about the ocean and its protection.
The line-up includes Fragile — Why Turtle Hatchlings Need The Sea, which talks about the adventure of a small turtle; One Shot, inspired by surfer and award-winning ocean and lifestyle photographer Russel Ord; and Penguin
Protectors, which will take you to learn about the penguin population’s decline due to global warming.
The first screening will be held at the Hilton Phuket this evening and will be followed by a panel discussion with Douglas Woodring, a co-founder and managing director of the Ocean Recovery Alliance.
The second screening will take place at Café del Mar, also in Phuket, tomorrow, followed by an after-party featuring hip music by world-renowned DJ Celeste Siam, two-time winner of the Top Asia Corporation’s Asia Top Female DJ Awards 2014 and 2017.
The film festival will then move to Bangkok for the third and fourth screening at Chang Chui’s Doojit Space, Sirindhorn Road, on Friday and Saturday. There will be an after-party on Friday again featuring DJ Celeste Siam. All films are in English with Thai subtitles.