Intended to 'amplify the voices of environmental storytellers,' the festival runs through Sunday
The fifth annual Blue Water Film Festival has come ashore in San Diego this weekend, with as many as 40 films being screened through Sunday at venues in La Jolla, Encinitas, Balboa Park, East Village and more. The festival, which opened Thursday, is intended to “amplify the voices of environmental storytellers,” according to founder Greg Reitman. About 40 films will be presented at the festival, including features, documentariesy, short subjects and animated works.
The film premiered at the Hamptons Doc film festival last year and won the 2023 Jackson Wild Media Award for feature film. Reitman, a filmmaker himself, is no stranger to the festival circuit. He has shown films at the Sundance Film Festival and won the 2008 Sundance Audience Award for the feature documentary 'Fuel.' But he said he noticed some films weren't getting the attention they should have. “I wanted to elevate the voices of others so their stories wouldn’t be lost,” he said.
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