Oceanic Global Short Film Festival: Design Hotels Screening Series
Join us for an unforgettable cinematic experience, featuring short films and talks from Oceanic Global Short Films, Filmmaker Jon Bowermaster and our friends at Hudson River Maritime Museum.
Immerse yourself in environmental films that transcend surface-level awareness to discover emotional, cultural, and ecological connections that help inspire profound change and ‘Awaken New Depths’.
Screening Event: August 22nd, 2026
Location: Assembly 326 Wall St. Kingston, NY
Time: 5PM
Open to the public | RSVP via link below
Immerse yourself in environmental films that transcend surface-level awareness to discover emotional, cultural, and ecological connections that help inspire profound change and ‘Awaken New Depths’.
Screening Event: August 22nd, 2026
Location: Assembly 326 Wall St. Kingston, NY
Time: 5PM
Open to the public | RSVP via link below
What
Oceanic Global Short Film Festival:
Design Hotels Screening Series
Design Hotels Screening Series
Where
Assembly
236 Wall Street, Kingston, NY, USA
236 Wall Street, Kingston, NY, USA
When
Saturday August 22, 5:00 PM
Celebrate the creativity of filmmakers from around the world and become inspired by stories that reconnect us to our Blue Planet.
Oceanic Global Short Film Festival Films:
+ Save the Fear for Later: A short documentary film about elite freediver Anna Von Boetticher
+ Wild Summon: A natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic life cycle of the wild salmon in human form. Narrated by Marianne Faithfull. (viewer discretion advised - some content might be sensitive for young viewers)
+ NIO KO BOKK: follows Pape and Seydi, two young men who find purpose and community in the ocean, choosing a different path than the perilous journeys many peers take in search of opportunity abroad.
Jonathan Bowermaster, Oceans 8 Films:
Founder of Oceans 8 Films and the One Ocean Media Foundation, making films about climate at home in the Hudson Valley and around the world. A writer, filmmaker and adventurer, Jon is a six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council.
+ A Living River (trailer) Short film about the work of Riverkeeper, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and others to restore the life and the ecosystem in the Hudson River.
+ City on the Water (short film) is an intimate look at waters that surround the Big Apple and the efforts being made to improve them.
Hudson River Maritime Museum
HRMM is an educational hub that includes an extensive collection of maritime artifacts and historic vessels as well as offering tours on their own in-house built solar-powered boat Solaris.
+ Seven Sentinels (trailer) Commissioned and produced by HRMM, and directed, filmed and edited by Jeff Mertz of Moonbow Imaging, "Seven Sentinels" explores the history of the Hudson River’s seven remaining lighthouses and the keepers that lived in them, as told by the people interpreting and caring for the structures today.
Oceanic Global Short Film Festival Films:
+ Save the Fear for Later: A short documentary film about elite freediver Anna Von Boetticher
+ Wild Summon: A natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic life cycle of the wild salmon in human form. Narrated by Marianne Faithfull. (viewer discretion advised - some content might be sensitive for young viewers)
+ NIO KO BOKK: follows Pape and Seydi, two young men who find purpose and community in the ocean, choosing a different path than the perilous journeys many peers take in search of opportunity abroad.
Jonathan Bowermaster, Oceans 8 Films:
Founder of Oceans 8 Films and the One Ocean Media Foundation, making films about climate at home in the Hudson Valley and around the world. A writer, filmmaker and adventurer, Jon is a six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council.
+ A Living River (trailer) Short film about the work of Riverkeeper, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and others to restore the life and the ecosystem in the Hudson River.
+ City on the Water (short film) is an intimate look at waters that surround the Big Apple and the efforts being made to improve them.
Hudson River Maritime Museum
HRMM is an educational hub that includes an extensive collection of maritime artifacts and historic vessels as well as offering tours on their own in-house built solar-powered boat Solaris.
+ Seven Sentinels (trailer) Commissioned and produced by HRMM, and directed, filmed and edited by Jeff Mertz of Moonbow Imaging, "Seven Sentinels" explores the history of the Hudson River’s seven remaining lighthouses and the keepers that lived in them, as told by the people interpreting and caring for the structures today.
Thank you to our Sponsors & Participants
A special thank you to Oceanic Global, Design Hotels, Hotel Kinsley, Assembly, Jonathan Bowermaster of Oceans 8 Films and John Kelly, Lisa Cline and Jennifer Boussilman of the Hudson River Maritime Museum