 Local sailing celebrity Gary Jobson has two short films in this year’s festival.
The Magic and Mystery of Sable Island, About 200 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, lies Sable Island, home to seals, wild horses, and a few Canadian researchers. With every storm the dunes and shorelines of Sable Island’s 21-mile crescent shift, uncovering and covering again 400 shipwrecks and archeological evidence of over 200 years of habitation. Set against one of the most remote and beautiful landscapes in North America, the fragile relationship between man and nature is presented in stark relief. 42 minutes in length.
 Ted Turner’s Greatest Race: 1979 Fastnet. Ted Turner was already an America’s Cup champion when he entered the 1979 Fastnet race. What unfolded was a life-or-death struggle. 14 minutes in length.Both films will be screened on Sunday, April 3, 3:15 pm at Annapolis Elementary School
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Gary Jobson is a former All-American collegiate sailor. He won the America’s Cup in 1977 as tactician for Ted Turner. As the Sailing Analyst for ESPN, lecturer, and Editor-at-Large for Sailing World and Cruising World magazines, Jobson is the pre-eminent ambassador for sailing in the U.S.
Student Shorts Showcaseset for Sunday April 3These films are all made by students, submitted from all over the world. These are our future filmmakers! Circus of Red Poppy, Directed by Martin Smatana (6min) Slovakia
On a starry night, the circus envelops a small boy.Fools for Gold, directed by Brian Brooks II
(6min) USA. An aging bounty hunter and his rambunctious son search for buried treasure in the Wild West until a gang of bandits appear to reclaim what’s theirs.  In the Path of My Father, directed by RaSeph Wright and Paulina Suira (14min) USA. A deeply personal story of two brothers growing up in DC without their father, and how relationships with family, peers, community leaders, and the arts have helped them cope and build new beginnings on their road to adulthood.
Inside, directed by Parker Rouse (12 min) USA. The Loyalist, directed by Minji Kang (19min) South Korea. A North Korean general checks in on his daughter at a Swiss boarding school to test her loyalty to her motherland.
Pitter Patter Goes My Heart
Directed by Christoph Rainer Hopeless romantic takes desperate measures to win her former lover back, with no help from her hapless father. (20min) Austria/Germany.
Tiny Town, directed by Howard Cook and Stephen Baker. When a small town is besieged by cataclysmic events, it’s up to a simple ice-cream man to rise up and defend his home. (9min) USA.
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