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Orca – Black & White Gold
Directed by Sarah Norenberg
Slaves to Water
Directed by Bertand Loyer
Tahlequah The Whale: A Dance of Grief
Directed by Daniel Kreizberg
Whale Nation
Presented by Nedjma Berder
Older Than Trees
Directed by Pippa Ehrlich
Wild Hope: The Big Oyster
In the Whale
Directed by David Abel
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