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Trade Secret
Directed by Abraham Joffe
Love Birds
Directed by Angel Morris & Elliott Kennerson
Balck Butterflies
Directed by David Baute & Pepe Sanchez
Salt and Water
Directed by Ines Reinisch
The Human Side of Plastic
Directed by Andrew Lynch, Ben Ayers, Rush Sturges
Kuleana
Directed by Georgia Scott
Trade Secret
Directed by Abraham Joffe
Braids
Directed by Elise Beers, Aachix̂ Qağaduug
The Last Whale Singer
Directed by
Reza Memari
The Eyes of Ghana
Directed by
Ben Proudfoot
The Last Fin
Directed by
Lexi Addison
Scars of growth
Directed by
Monika Grassl, Linda Osusky
Stories of the Blue- Kohola
Directed by Nick Zachar
Trade Secret
Directed by Abraham Joffe
House of Fish
Directed by Santiago Burin des Roziers
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
