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BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

Orca – Black & White Gold
Directed by Sarah Norenberg

GRAND JURY BEST SHORT FILM

Slaves to Water
Directed by Bertand Loyer

GRAND JURY BEST ANIMATED FILM

Tahlequah The Whale: A Dance of Grief
Directed by Daniel Kreizberg

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Whale Nation
Presented by Nedjma Berder

BEST SCIENCE FILM

Older Than Trees
Directed by Pippa Ehrlich

PRODUCERS VISION AWARD

Wild Hope: The Big Oyster

DIRECTOR’S VISION AWARD

In the Whale
Directed by David Abel

PAST WINNERS

GRAND JURY BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

2024 Orca Black & White Gold

2023 Waterman

2022 The Witness is A Whale

2021 Playing With Sharks

2020 Story of Plastics

GRAND JURY BEST SHORT FILM

2024 Slaves to Water

2023 Tigereyes

2022 The Fish & The Flame

2021 Game Changers

2020 Ripple Effect

GRAND JURY BEST ANIMATED FILM

2024 Tahlequah The Whale: A Dance of Grief 

2023 Snail & The Whale 

2022 AquaTeam Sea Adventure

2021 

2020 Turtle Journey

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

2024 Whale Nation 

2023 Patrick & The Whale

2022 Soul of the Ocean, Howard Hall

2021 Mother of the Sea

BEST SCIENCE FILM

2024 Older than Trees 

2023 Mapping the Reef Cloud Break 

2022 Archipelago New York: An Island City

2021 Playing with Sharks, Bettina Dalton

PRODUCERS VISION

2024 Wild Hope: The Big Oyster 

2023 Creation Theory

2022 Cost of Free Water, Amelie Lambert Bouchard and Elodie Pollet

2021 Playing with Sharks, Bettina Dalton

 

DIRECTOR’S VISION

2024 In The Whale 

2023 Three Moons of Biyando

2022 A Witness is a Whale, Cheryl & Nick Dean

2021 Entangled, David Abel

AUDIENCE

2024 PLSTC 

2020 Murder at Sea, Best Short

2020 Fish & Men, Best Feature

OCEAN YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AWARD

2024 Canary, Belle River

2021 – NOAA – Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

OCEAN HERO AWARD

2020 Turtle Journey

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