Posted by Larry Gleeson
Sixth Annual Coast Movie & Music Competition in Laguna Seashore Proclaims Movie Slate, Extra Programming, and Filmmaker Awards
Lineup Consists of 15 Options and 53 Shorts; Occasions Embody Keynotes, Panels, Workshops, Actions, Stay Music, & Artwork Exhibitions; Scholar Filmmaker Program and Scholarship Help Younger Expertise
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Laguna Seashore, CA (November 4, 2024)—The Coast Movie & Music Competition (CFMF) has unveiled the ultimate movie slate for its 2024 occasion, going down Saturday, November 9 by way of Sunday, November 17. The schedule will embrace 15 characteristic movies and 53 shorts damaged into thematic classes, paired with options, or taking part in individually. Occasions will happen throughout 4 venues in Laguna Seashore, California: the Rivian South Coast Theater and the Competition of Arts and Pageant of the Masters will function the principle places for characteristic movies, reside music performances, artwork exhibitions, and the “Do Good Village;” the Laguna Seashore Cultural Arts Heart would be the dwelling for brief movies and particular displays; and Hobie Surf Store Laguna Seashore will host its annual “locals evening.”
Opening Night time kicks off with a screening of the award-winning pageant favourite Porcelain Struggle, from Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev, accompanied by a reside efficiency from Ukrainian pianist Leyena Antonyicq. Porcelain Struggle paperwork the tales of Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey as they keep behind to struggle within the ongoing battle. Amidst the chaos of conflict, they grapple with their twin identities as artists and troopers. The movie captures their defiant quest to seek out magnificence and preserve their ardour for all times, at the same time as fighter jets roar overhead and missiles strike. The highly effective documentary showcases the resilience of the human spirit within the face of destruction. “We couldn’t be extra excited to co-present the multi-award-winning documentary Porcelain Struggle with the World Affairs Council of Orange County on Opening Night time of Coast Movie & Music Competition 2024,” says CFMF co-founder and director Ben Warner. “It’s movies like this and others in our lineup that we hope to spark conversations, educate, and lift consciousness concerning the world impression of conflict and cultural diplomacy.”
The pageant will conclude with two Closing Night time Movies, Todd Jones’ Falling into Place: The Kai Jones Story and Ben Sturgulewski’s Champions of the Golden Valley. Falling into Place: The Kai Jones Story chronicles a younger snowboarding prodigy’s journey from viral fame to devastating harm. Born into the acute sports activities world, Kai faces on-line hate, achieves acclaim, after which suffers a near-career-ending setback. The movie captures his inspiring comeback try in Jackson Gap and Alaska. Champions of the Golden Valley follows younger Afghan skiers from rival ethnic teams as they unite by way of sport in distant Bamyan. Coach Alishah Farhang organizes an exhilarating race with makeshift gear. After Afghanistan’s collapse, the displaced athletes apply mountain-learned resilience to rebuild their lives as refugees, redefining what it means to be a champion.
Extra characteristic movies embrace: John Shenk and Bonni Cohen’s In Waves and Struggle; Ben McQueen’s Let It Kill You: The Arto Saari Story; Jeremy Regimbal’s Between the Mountain and the Sky; John Makens’ Artwork and Life: The Story of Jim Phillips; Todd Jones’ Past the Fantasy; Brendan Fairclough’s Loss of life Grip 2 directed by Clay Porter and Chris Seager; Matt Costa’s Explorations of Website and Sound; Ken Etzel’s Hearth Traces; Harrison Roach’s NØ WAY; Pete Chelkowski and Jim Wicken’s One with the Whale; Brendan Corridor’s Out There: A Nationwide Parks Story; and Charles Francis and Daniel Kinnane’s Water Brother: The Sid Abbruzzi Story.
The quick movie program is damaged up into 4 thematic blocks: “Our Lands,” which showcases the great thing about numerous landscapes and explores the challenges and significance of land conservation; “Our Oceans,” which highlights the sweetness, energy, and significance of the world’s oceans with inspiring tales of environmental stewardship and preservation; “Each Day Wonders,” which celebrates the sweetness and magic present in every day, specializing in the invention, pleasure, awe, and impression of life’s easy moments; and “Healed by Nature,” which options people remodeled by their reference to nature and evokes viewers to mirror on their relationship with pure areas.
“Our Lands” contains Isabela Zawistowska’s Don’t Doubt the Trout; Brian Davis’ Excessive Frequency: Interpretations of Hardrock 100; Taliesin Black-Brown’s I Am the Nature; Darcy Hennesey’s Jamie; Brody Kuhar and Joshua Cannon’s Mama’s Sundry; Ben Knight’s Mirasol, Trying on the Solar; Shane Anderson’s Undammed: Amy Cordalis and the Battle to Free the Klamath; and Brooke Raines’ Weeklong.
“Our Oceans” contains Sandra Winther’s A New Wave; Alia Marriner’s Aqua Groms; Mike Coots’ The Name; Matt Raimondo’s Right here and There; Ben Lalande’s Obibini; Lindsey Hagen’s Oyster; Garden Sanches’ PLSTC; Danny Hardesty’s Ocean State of Thoughts; and Palmer Morse and Matt Mikkelsen’s Usugilix Awakun.
“Each Day Wonders” contains Mattias Evangelista’s Precise Air; Matteo Moretti’s Cicada; Guigo Foggiatto’s Hado; Matt Raimondo’s Ian; Ben Ivers and Christian Could’s Limbo; Robyn Stoop, Jolaya Gillams, and Yinzhi (Peter) Pan’s Sincero; Griffin Glendinning’s Stasis; Laura Basil Duncan’s Tether; Jeremy Grant’s Time is a Humorous Place; and Brendan Younger’s To Know A Place.
“Healed by Nature” contains Adam De Silva’s Above the Noise; Noah Carlson’s An Considerable Life; Anna Wilder Burns and Jordyn Romero’s Past Regular; Stephen Michael Simon’s Far West; Jordyn Romero’s Nature At all times Finds A Method; Ben Weiland and Brian Davis’ Savoring Pleasure; and Zeppelin Zeerip’s Taras.
Extra shorts programmed with different screenings or individually embrace: Henry Charles Behel’s 26,000 Days; Scott Ballew’s All That Is Sacred; Alexis Berg and Julien Raison’s A Group Sport; Dana Shaw’s Towards the Present; Mark Tesi and Phillip Mansfield’s The Physique Follows the Thoughts; Jeff Orlowski-Yang and Sarah Keo’s Chasing Time; Michael Haunschmidt and Mathias Kögel’s Descendance; Craig Gouweloos’ Nice Alaskan Journey; Scott Secco’s Jackson Goldstone: Solo; Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers’ Academy Award-winner The Final Restore Store; Amon Barker’s Oasis; Michael Cukr’s On Wax; Dominic and Nadia Gill’s Planetwalker; Bernardo Ruiz’s The Energy of Journey: Neighborhood is Proper Exterior; Ben Weiland’s Return to the Bering; Greg and Shaun MacGillivray’s Superhuman Physique; Cameron Thuman’s Suspended in House; and Nicholas Maher’s You and That Factor You Love.
The pageant may also characteristic the Coast Scholar Filmmaker program on Saturday, November 16, showcasing works from college students throughout the nation in grades 6-12, together with Abraham Delgado’s The Fullest within the “Scholar” shorts block. Invested in cultivating the subsequent technology of filmmakers telling tales about cultural and environmental narratives, CFMF will award a scholarship to a graduating Laguna Seashore Excessive Faculty scholar who plans to pursue movie research.
Different programming highlights embrace: the first-ever “Movies on Forest Avenue” offered by ROARK, a free-to-the-public open-air occasion with movie screenings and reside music on the closed-to-traffic Forest Avenue promenade on Thursday, November 14; The Coast Summit offered by A New Earth Venture, a full-day occasion that includes keynote audio system, panel discussions, and networking alternatives targeted on environmental and journey matters on Thursday, November 14; reside music performances from Sea Wolf and Cayucas on Thursday, November 14, Sunstroke Serenaders on Saturday, November 16, and varied native artists all through the pageant; interactive workshops and exhibitions selling sustainability and neighborhood engagement on the “Do Good Village”; and out of doors experiences like yoga, mountaineering, kayaking, and mountain biking.
“The 2024 lineup represents the right fusion of cinematic artistry, musical expertise, and out of doors spirit that defines the Coast Movie & Music Competition,” says CFMF co-founder Enich Harris. “We’re creating an immersive expertise that celebrates our connection to nature, evokes motion to guard our planet, and showcases the unbelievable expertise in journey filmmaking and music.”
CFMF will current eight prestigious awards to excellent contributors in varied classes, recognizing and selling filmmakers and their necessary tales. The spotlight of the awards is the Coast Movie Basis (CFF) MacGillivray Freeman Environmental Filmmaker of the Yr, which features a $3,000 money prize underscoring the pageant’s dedication to environmental storytelling.
“At CFMF, we imagine within the energy of movie to encourage change and form our understanding of the world,” concludes Warner. “Our awards and scholar applications mirror our dedication to not solely showcase nice movies, but additionally actively assist the filmmakers who create them and nurture the subsequent technology of storytellers.”
Competition tickets and passes can be found for buy on the door and on the official web site right here. Choices embrace particular person occasion tickets, single-day passes, 3-day passes, and all-event VIP passes.
About Coast Movie & Music Competition
Coast Movie & Music Competition, based in Laguna Seashore, California in 2019, is an annual celebration of outdoor-inspired cinema, tradition, and neighborhood. CFMF’s numerous programming contains movies, panels, music, artwork, and out of doors experiences designed to entertain, inform, and encourage audiences. The pageant is dedicated to nurturing younger filmmakers and sharing distinctive voices by way of modern mentoring and academic applications. In 2022, they established the Coast Movie Basis, a 501(c)3 non-profit devoted to purpose-driven filmmaking that drives optimistic change by way of storytelling.
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