2018 NBFF Flipbook

NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL \\ APRIL 26 - MAY 3, 2018 1 6 4 Haze, It’s Complicated… Singapore - 2018 - 70 min A palm oil boom has led to the devastation of dozens of acres of peat forests throughout Southeast Asia. Due to this destruction, an unnatural haze has accumulated around the homes of displaced minorities and countless local ecosystems and economies, choking all life and causing multiple health problems. With illness running rampant amongst the citizens, scientists attempt to uncover a way to purify the air. DIRECTOR: Isaac Kerlow PRODUCER: Isaac Kerlow EDITOR: Isaac Kerlow SCREENWRITER: Isaac Kerlow CINEMATOGRAPHER: Nelson Yeo MUSIC: Sergio Moure de Oteyza CAST: Charles Harvey, Alexander Cobb, Haris Gunawan, Ang Boon Beng, Mikinori Kuwata, Erik Velasco, Rudi Syaf, Rukaiyah Rafiq, Syahrial, Aznan, Muhammad Nur, Ridhuan, Bastori, Rizal, Suherman, Kudung, Gunawan, H. Arnedi, M. Jamaluddin, Pawito Saring LANGUAGE: English, Indonesian with English Subtitles The Human Element USA - 2018 - 78 min Wildfires ravage the American west coast while hurricanes demolish the southeast, and sea levels rise to dangerous levels. The effects of environmental change are everywhere, yet very few seem to notice. Photographer James Balog, fearful for what may become of his country, travels ocean to ocean to observe and record the impact of these changes on everyday Americans. DIRECTOR: Matthew Testa PRODUCER: Olivia Ahnemann, Daniel Wright EDITOR: Lyman Smith SCREENWRITER: Matthew Testa, James Balog, Lyman Smith CINEMATOGRAPHER: Josh Salzman, Jim Hurst MUSIC: Jeff Russo, Morgan Kibby, Additional Music by Zoe Keating LANGUAGE: English Living in the Future’s Past USA - 2018 - 85 min A beautifully creative and unique film that weaves evolution, emergence, energy, dark ecology and what some are calling the end of nature into a story that explains our place among the species of the Earth’s household. Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges presents this beautifully photographed tour de force of original thinking on who we are and the environmental challenges we face. The film upends our way of thinking and provides original insights into our subconscious motivations, the unintended consequences, what to do about our fossil slaves, and how our fundamental nature influences our future as humankind. DIRECTOR: Susan Kucera PRODUCER: Jeff Bridges, Susan Kucera, Jim Swift EDITOR: Susan Kucera CINEMATOGRAPHER: Susan Kucera MUSIC: Keefus Ciancia, Bob Holroyd CAST: Jeff Bridges, Piers Sellers, Leonard Mlodinow, Timothy Morton, Oren Lyons, Daniel Goleman, Bruce Hood, Ruth Gates, Rich Pancost, General Wesley Clark, Renee Lertzman, Nathan Hagens, Ugo Bardi, Amy Jacobson, Paul Roberts LANGUAGE: English E N V I R O NM E N T A L F I L M S May 2, 2018 - 5:15 PM The Triangle April 29, 2018 - 2:45 PM The Triangle May 3, 2018 - 7:45 PM Edwards Big Newport May 1, 2018 - 5:15 PM The Triangle Plays with… Colombia Director: Elliot Kotek