Film Festival
Reel Paddling Film Festival
At the Paddlesport Show
Friday, March 22 from 7 to 9 pm
Tickets $5; all proceeds go to Clean Ocean Action
Rapid Media's 8th annual Reel Paddling Film Festival showcases the world's best paddling films to audiences in Canada, United States and around the world. The festival inspires more people to explore rivers, lakes and oceans, push physical and emotional extremes, embrace the lifestyle and appreciate the heritage of the wild places we paddle. For read more about the films, please check the Paddlesport pages at Jersey Paddler www.jerseypaddler.com. Enjoy the show!
About Clean Ocean Action:
Clean Ocean Action is a leading national and regional voice working to protect waterways using science, law, research, education, and citizen action. Their goal is to improve the degraded water quality of the marine waters off the New Jersey and New York coast. In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, Clean Ocean Action launched the "Waves of Action For the Shore" program to coordinate rebuilding, recovering, and restoration of the shore. Thousands of volunteers participate in days of restoration action held once a month across NY and NJ communities to help "Clean Up and Clean Out." To see photos and to learn more about Clean Ocean Action and the Waves of Action year-long program visit www.ForTheShore.org.
AWARD WINNING FILMS 2013
Selections from these films will be featured at the Paddlesport screening:
White Water Safety - BEST INSTRUCTIONAL PADDLING FILM
White Water Safety is a concise instructional guide on safety and rescue methods suitable for whitewater kayakers and canoeists. Filmed in the Spanish Pyrenees on multiple HD cameras by award winning cameraman Paul Diffley. Written, produced and presented by Bruce Jolliffe and Dougie Shannon, two active White Water Safety and Rescue trainers from Scotland.
Director: Paul Diffley
Producer: Bruce Jolliffe / Dougie Shannon
www.eddylinefilms.com
That First Glide – BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
This film shares standup paddling’s deep roots in early Polynesian and Hawaiian history. Learn about the first standup paddle enthusiasts who were playing around in Waikiki as early as 1939. Later, in the ‘60s and ‘70s, follow guys like John Ah Choy and John Zapotocki who paddled boards well into the ‘90s.
Director and Producer: Mike Waltze
www.waltze.com
New Zealand Kayak Fishing with Rob Fort – BEST KAYAK FISHING FILM
Discover some of the finest ocean adventure fishing playgrounds New Zealand has to offer. Coromandel has become a hot spot for enthusiasts and local kayak angler, guide, writer and artist Rob Fort captures the essence of the sport with this production, placing viewers right in the seat of the kayak.
Director and Producer: Rob Fort
Rock the Boat - Saving America's Wildest River - BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM
In the artificial landscape that is Los Angeles, where even palm trees are imported, nothing epitomizes man’s shortsighted efforts to reshape the face of the earth more than the L.A. River. But when an unassuming boater insists on seeing it as a river again, a local controversy takes on national proportions.
Director and Producer: Thea Mercouffer
www.rocktheboatfilm.com
Tierra del Fuego – BEST SEA KAYAKING FILM
A British couple tries to become the first to sea kayak 1,000 miles around the remote and windswept island of Tierra del Fuego. Shipping delays, a stolen kayak, endless red tape, incessant winds and tendonitis threaten their safety and success. Share the highs and lows of this challenging world-first adventure while meeting some of the interesting people who survive in this harsh environment.
Director and Producer: Justine Curgenven
www.cackletv.com
Go Ganges! - BEST ADVENTURE TRAVEL FILM
Two friends on a quest to travel the ultimate river by any means possible. In a fish out of water tale, Emmy-nominated and award-winning filmmakers Josh Thomas and J.J. Kelley take their survival skills to a natural wonder, which hosts a population of 400-million. Enduring the impossible, they attempt to travel the length of the planet’s most populated, holy and polluted river.
Director: Josh Thomas
Producer: J.J. Kelley
www.dudesonmedia.com
Driftwood - BEST STANDUP PADDLING FILM
With standup paddleboards in tow, the crew has access to stunning locations inaccessible to the common surf traveler. Traveling way off the beaten path, the group becomes immersed in diverse cultures, beautiful landscapes, exotic wildlife, politically sensitive environments and remarkable surf.
Director: Peter Trow and Jim Brewer
Producer: Jim Brewer
One Man, One Canoe, Two Countries – BEST AMATEUR PADDLING FILM
One Man, One Canoe, Two Countries takes you on a journey through classic northern canoe country. This film is part how-to, part discovery, part adventure and part entertainment. It documents the birth of a home-built Kevlar canoe in Wisconsin, planning and preparing for a wilderness adventure and then solo paddling from the Boundary Waters Canoeing Area, Minnesota, to Quetico, Ontario.
Director and Producer: David R. Doering
Blind Bird Singing Rain – BEST CANOEING FILM
Robert Perkins paddles from his house in southern Utah down the lower Colorado to discover why the water is disappearing. With insight and humor, he paddles 500 miles to Mexico. He finds the river no longer reaches the sea, but he discovers an unexpected miracle. Blind Bird Singing Rain is a poetic personal narrative about the river’s plight.
Director and Producer: Robert Perkins
www.gotrob.com
Huck – BEST WHITEWATER PADDLING FILM
Waterfall kayaking has emerged as a dominant subset of whitewater paddling, thrilling audiences and pushing athletes to constantly attempt higher falls. It is consistently glorified and frequently misunderstood by all but the small group of kayakers who make waterfalls their lives. Evan Garcia explores what it means to kayak off of big waterfalls, considering both the risks and rewards of a life driven by freefall.
Director: Andy Maser
www.andymaser.com
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