Blue Water Film Festival Screening: Great Ocean Love

Patagonia Cardiff

Wednesday

,

August

25

11:00am

PDT

Blue Water Film Festival Screening: Great Ocean Love

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Event Details

The Blue Water Film Festival is coming to Patagonia Cardiff!

Join us for a fun night of food, bevies, and celebrating all things ocean conservation! After a few shorts from our nonprofit partners (thank you WILDCOAST and Changing Tides Foundation) we'll be screening the short film, Great Ocean Love. The film is part documentary, part road trippin’ surf flick that follows Belinda Baggs, Linley Hurrell and Lilly Pollard on a journey of discovery from the teachings of Gunditjmara whale dreamer, Yaraan Bundle. Along the way, they meet saltwater women of the deep south who share their love for the rugged coastline that they call home. Great Ocean Love was directed by Great Ocean Road local Ella Bourne, who will be joining us for the event.

A suggested donation of $10 for admission will go towards Surfers for Climate, an Australian charity dedicated to turning the tide on climate change. Pure Project will be pouring beer on our patio for event guests and the night will conclude with an epic product giveaway benefitting Changing Tides Foundation, so don't miss it!

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Registration is requested for each attendee. Please click the RSVP button at the top of this page to sign up.

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Get to Know the Movie Cast/Event Partners

Belinda Baggs

Surfer and Producer

Belinda Baggs is a world champion longboarder. Global longboarding icon, Patagonia ambassador, obsessive bodysurfer, mother, ocean lover, activist.

Linley Hurrel

Surfer and Producer

Linley Hurrell is a Gunai Kunai surfer, activist and educator. Water lover and ocean human, Victorian Indigenous women’s surfing champion, Environmental teacher, activist and artist.

Lilly Pollard

Bodyboarder

Lilly is a world champion bodyboarder and ocean activist from NSW Australia. Sharing her talent and passion for the environment in Great Ocean Love.

Yaraan Bundle

Whale Dreamer

Yaraan is a Gunditjmara Whale Dreamer trying to protect the Koontapool (The southern right whale) Yaraan shares the whale dreaming with us in Great Ocean Love.

Ella Bourne

Director

Ella Bourne is a filmmaker, surfer and lover of the environment. Getting her start in the film industry as an actor, Ella believes we can create positive social change through storytelling and can make an impact on the climate crisis through telling environmentally conscious narratives.

Joshua Kirkman

Producer

Josh Kirkman is the CEO of Surfers for Climate, leading the organization since mid-2021. Josh has a background in the surfing industry competing as a professional bodyboarder through his 20s and early 30s, achieving State and National Championships along the way and finishing with a world ranking of 16 in 2019. His previous experience is in social enterprise and communications within the Nordic clean technology investment ecosystem. Josh is passionate about how creative storytelling and experiences can move surfers into more action on climate change and believes that surfers can be a significant political force both in Australia and Globally.

Blue Water Film Festival

Founded in 2020, the Blue Water Film Festival (BWFF) celebrates UN – World Water Day, every March 22nd and promotes San Diego, California as a hub for marine science, naval exploration and an epicenter for environmental storytelling. BWFF’s year round screening, panels, and events help to cultivate a burgeoning family-based, environmental and military community in San Diego and around the world. BWFF was founded by Greg Reitman to bridge the world of environmental activism and storytelling. It profiles a variety of events including film premieres and screenings, educational panels, high-level networking, social gatherings, and culminates with the Blue Water Awards Show.