After my film
A Last Farewell won the audience award at
the Bear Film Festival in Vermont, I was invited to come along and screen the film at
the Pride of the Ocean Film Festival on a cruise ship in Hawaii a couple of weeks ago. This is my 4th trip with this amazing festival. There are some great people running Pride of the Ocean and we had so much fun; watching films, talking about films, group dinners, and of course exploring the different islands of Hawaii where the cruise ship took us (though I have to admit - I also spent quite some time of the trip working my current
Kickstarter campaign). Anyway, I would highly recommend other filmmakers to apply to the festival and hopefully get to go on next year's cruises to the Caribbean or Alaska.
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Good morning Big Island! |
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Programming Director John Scagliotti with Susi Walsh and Bob. |
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Spending time at the wonderful "Little Beach" on Maui. |
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Some of the Pride of the Ocean group. |
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Leaving Kauai early in the morning. |
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Thanks Susi Walsh for catching me in the act... |
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...of taking a fabulous selfie! |