Every year Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary brings the world of cinema to Alpena! In January, northeast Michigan is treated to some of the most impressive ocean and Great Lakes films from around the world. Film screenings are complemented by social events, educational activities, and opportunities to meet filmmakers.

Schedule:

Wednesday, January 24, 2024:

6:00 pm: TBIFF On the Road - Program #1 - $10.00

-Deep Look: Skeleton Shrimp Use 18 Appendages to Feed, Fight, and … Frolic, 5 min

-Horseshoe Crabs: Survival of a Living Dinosaur, 6 min

-Earth is Blue: Jellies, 3 min

-Relentless, 91 min

Location: Rogers City Theater - Rogers City

Thursday, January 25, 2024:

6:00 pm: TBIFF On the Road - Program #2 - $10.00

-CG 36381 “Going Home”, 2 min

-And Yet, I Remain, 8 min

-New Boats, 50 min

-Planting Coral Forests, 27 min

-SB2508: A Death Threat to Everglades

-Restoration, 30 min

Location: Alcona County Library - Harrisville

Friday, January 26, 2024:

6:00 pm: Great Lakes Gala: Reception & Films - Program #3 - $30.00

-Hypnotise, 4 min

-Crossing Ontario, The End, 20 min

-The Storm Chaser, 7 min

-Black Godfather of SCUBA, 25 min

-Patrick and the Whale, 72 min

Location: Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center - Alpena

Saturday, January 27, 2024:

THEATER 1:

10:00 am - Program #4 – $10.00

-Bottle Cap, 5 min

-Seagrass for Sea Change, 12 min

-Protected Waters: Exploring La Jolla, 15 min

-Collision, 80 min

1:00 pm - Program #6 - $10.00

-PLSTC, 2 min

-Restoring the Farallon Islands: A Critical Conservation

Opportunity, 4 min

-When Hope Breaks Through, 90

STAY AFTER FOR A LIVE DISCUSSION!!

3:00 pm - Program #8 - FREE

Films and awards of the 2024 TBIFF Student Film Competition

6:00 pm - Program 10 - $20.00

Sanctuary Selections with The Sunset Project Top five films of the first annual TBIFF professional film competition, Sanctuary Selections. The evening will include hors d’oeuvres, live discussions, and the final award presentation.

THEATER 2:

10:00 am - Program #5 - $10.00

-I Want Sun, 30 min

-The Shark with a Thousand Names, 18 min

-Truluck, 20 min

-SAGRES, 44 min

1:00 pm - Program #7 - $10.00

-WindShipped, 39 min

-The Impossible Wave, 40 min

-Changing Seas: Vanishing Whales, 27 min

-Lost in the Site of Salvation: The Shipwreck of the Atlanta, 12 min

STAY AFTER FOR A LIVE DISCUSSION!!

4:00 pm – Filmmakers’ Panel - Program #9 – FREE

Be a part of the conversation! Our educational filmmaker panel discussions are open to the public. There is something for everyone to learn as filmmakers, film lovers, and industry professionals join us for discussions about pressing issues in the world of film and filmmaking.

Location: Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center - Alpena

Sunday, January 28, 2024:

THEATER 1:

11:00 am - Program #11 - $10.00

-Rise of the Clambassador, 8 min

-The Arctic Halocline, 21 min

-Ripple: Casting for Change, 32 min

-Tangled in the Tides, 50 min

STAY AFTER FOR A LIVE DISCUSSION!!

1:00 pm - Program #13 - $10.00

-Deep Look: Barnacles Go to Unbelievable Lengths to Hook Up, 4 min

-Gender Outlaw, A Bodysurfing Story, 16 min

-Big Wave Guardians, 90 min

3:00 pm - Program #15 - $10.00

-The Gift of Bathsheba, 4 min

-Robots in the Deep, 13 min

-Mediterranean: LIFE UNDER SIEGE, 91 min

THEATER 2:

11:00 am - Program #12 - $10.00

-Blue Carbon, 3 min

-Deep Rising, 98 min

1:00 pm - Program #14 - $10.00

-Huff, 7 min

-Washed Ashore, 16 min

-Cold Refuge, 79 min

3:00 pm - Program #16 - $10.00

-Inseparable: Ava, 11 min

-Havana Libre, 85 min

-Molokai and the Frog, 19 min

Location: Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center - Alpena

Date:

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - Sunday, January 28, 2024

Locations:

Alcona County Library - Harrisville Branch - 312 W Main St, Harrisville, MI 48740

Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center - 500 W Fletcher St, Alpena, MI 49707

Rogers City Theater - 257 N 3rd St, Rogers City, MI 49779

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