Cape Cod National Seashore and Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore present Winter Film Festival.

All movies are free, and will show on our theatre-sized screen.

Schedule of Events:

January 26, 2025: “Oceans” Documentary (1 hr. 24 min.) G

Oceans is a 2009 French nature documentary film directed, produced, co-written, and narrated by Jacques Perrin, with Jacques Cluzaud as co-director. The film, produced in association with the Census of Marine Life, explores the marine species of Earth’s five oceans and presents details and facts about the journey of the ocean and the impact of humans.

February 2, 2025: The Finest Hours (1 hr. 57 min.) PG-13

The Finest Hours chronicles the historic 1952 United States Coast Guard rescue of the crew of SS Pendleton, after the ship split apart during a nor’easter off the New England coast. The film stars Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger, John Ortiz, and Eric Bana.

February 9, 2025: Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2 hr. 23 min.) PG-13

The movie follows the story of pirate Jack Sparrow and blacksmith Will Turner as they attempt to rescue the kidnapped Elizabeth Swann, the governor’s daughter. The trio encounters Captain Hector Barbossa and the crew of the Black Pearl, who are afflicted by a supernatural curse.

February 16, 2025: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (2 hr. 15 min.) PG

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film depicts the story of Roy Neary, an everyday blue-collar worker in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with an unidentified flying object; and Jillian, a single mother whose three-year-old son was also abducted by a UFO.

February 23, 2025: Into The Wild (2 hr. 28 min.) R

Into the Wild is a 2007 American biographical adventure drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Sean Penn. It is an adaptation of the 1996 non-fiction book of the same name written by Jon Krakauer and tells the story of Christopher McCandless, a man who hiked across North America into the Alaskan wilderness in the early 1990s.

March 2, 2025: PBS Into the Deep: America, Whaling, and the World (2 hr.) PG

A film chronicling the American whaling industry from its origins in New England in the 17th century, through the golden age of deep-sea whaling, up to its decline following the Civil War. Narrated by Willem Dafoe, this film binds the story of American capitalism on the rise with a case study in maritime culture.

Dates: January 26, 2025 - March 2, 2025

Time: 1:30 p.m (Sundays)

Location:

Salt Pond Visitor Center,
50 Nauset Road,
Eastham, MA 02642.

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