2nd Annual Surf Film Festival to host Hawai‘i premieres 0
WHEN: July 10-24
WHERE: Doris Duke Theatre
WHAT: 2nd Annual Surf Film Festival
INFO: 532-8700, honoluluacademy.org
Honolulu — Working with Eric and Jackie Walden of the gallery-cum-surf boutique Chinatown Boardroom and local filmmaker Lance Arinaga, Film Curator Gina Caruso has put together another stellar lineup of surf films that includes four Hawai‘i premieres.
From a surfing violinist looking to connect his two passions to a survey of female surf history, the festival offers films that break out of the exotic-locale wave-travelogue mold.
Opening night on July 10 will feature free Blue Moon and Coors Light beer, courtesy of co-sponsor Contrast Magazine, and the global cuisine of Da Spot—their overflowing plates of dishes from around the world (Egyptian chicken to Thai curries) are just $7. Moviegoers can come at 6 p.m. for dinner-and-a-movie night.
Then Oahu’s Lance Arinaga will introduce his film Icons2. Expected to attend opening night are pros Hank Gaskell, Jun Jo, Daniel Jones, Mikala Jones, Jason Shibata (who is also the marketing director of Contrast magazine), and Nick Mita.
Closing night on July 24 will feature free Primo beer, courtesy of Chinatown Boardroom, followed by the Hawaii premiere of Dear and Yonder: Daring Stories of Ladies United by the Sea. Da Spot will again be selling food, and doors open at 6 p.m.
The Academy will raffle off a prized Wade Tokoro surfboard. Everyone who purchases a ticket will be entered in the raffle. And if they get additional tickets if they purchase an Academy membership. The higher level the membership, the more tickets. Student ($20): 1 ticket; national/neighbor island ($40): 3 tickets; individual ($55): 5 tickets; family ($95): 10 tickets; subscriber ($150): 20 tickets; Society of Academy Fellows ($1,500): 50 tickets.
The festival coincides with the exhibition Bartlett in Hawaii, part of the year-long exhibition series A Hawaiian Master Revisited: Charles Bartlett at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Bartlett, an Englishman who settled in Hawaii in 1917 and remained here until his death in 1940, made alluring prints of surf scenes, including his iconic Surf-Riders. Honolulu., depicting four surfers on koa boards on a Waikiki wave. Students of surf history won’t want to miss these scenes of old-school surf.
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