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BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

Turtle Walker
Directed by Tara Malaney

GRAND JURY BEST SHORT FILM

Wild City
Directed by Roni Avni

GRAND JURY BEST FEATURE ANIMATED FILM

Aqua Team Sea Adventure Part 2
Directed by Riccardo Mazzoli

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Sounds of the Ocean
Presented by Howard Hall

BEST SCIENCE FILM

Ocean Watch - A Story of Deep Sea Exploration
Directed by Leo Richards

PRODUCERS VISION AWARD

Unearth Directed by Hunter Nolan

DIRECTOR’S VISION AWARD

Turtle Walker
Directed by Tara Malaney

GRAND JURY BEST NARRATIVE SHORT AWARD

Maturation Station
Directed by Melissa Mabesoone

GRAND JURY BEST ANIMATED SHORT AWARD

Percebes
Directed by Laura Gonclaves, Alexandra Ramires

PAST WINNERS

GRAND JURY BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

2025 Turtle Walker

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

2025 Wild City

2024 Slaves to Water

2023 Tigereyes

2022 The Fish & The Flame

2021 Game Changers

2020 Ripple Effect

GRAND JURY BEST ANIMATED FILM

2025 Aqua Team Sea Adventure

2024 Tahlequah The Whale: A Dance of Grief 

2023 Snail & The Whale 

2022 AquaTeam Sea Adventure

2021 

2020 Turtle Journey

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

2025 Sounds of the Ocean

2024 Whale Nation 

2023 Patrick & The Whale

2022 Soul of the Ocean, Howard Hall

2021 Mother of the Sea

BEST SCIENCE FILM

2025 Ocean Watch

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

2025 Unearth

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

2025 Turtle Walker

2024 In The Whale 

2023 Three Moons of Biyando

2022 A Witness is a Whale, Cheryl & Nick Dean

2021 Entangled, David Abel

AUDIENCE

2025 N/A

2024 PLSTC 

2020 Murder at Sea, Best Short

2020 Fish & Men, Best Feature

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