2022 Global Citizen Award - Dr. Jane Goodall
Blue Water Film Festival (BWFF) presented by the Blue Water Institute announces its honorees to Dr. Jane Goodall with the Global Citizen Award, which is presented to an industry leader whose contributions to the innovation of marine science & entertainment has changed the industry for the better. Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, is a world-renowned ethologist and activist inspiring greater understanding and action on behalf of the natural world. Dr. Goodall is known for groundbreaking studies of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, transformative research which continues today as the longest running wild chimpanzee study in the world.
Jane’s work builds on innovative science, growing a lifetime of advocacy particularly through her global organization the Jane Goodall Institute, founded in 1977. Her trailblazing efforts advance community-led conservation through JGI’s Tacare approach which empowers local communities to own the process of sustainable development and conservation, and through Roots & Shoots, JGI’s international youth program which supports young people in more than 50 countries to create positive change in their communities.
Past honorees include Dr. Sylvia Earle (Queen of the Sea), Valerie Taylor (Queen of the Sharks) and legendary surf legend Damien Hobgood (Eco Hero). The award will be presented Saturday, June 4th, at the Intercontinental filmmaker’s brunch.
Each year, Blue Water Film Festival is proud an industry leader whose contributions to the innovation of marine science & entertainment has changed the industry for the better and who has used their voices for positive social change. We are proud to highlight the accomplishments of these Environmental Champions, as part of our mission to raise the profile of the oceans and the environment.
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DIRECTOR’S VISION AWARD
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PAST WINNERS
GRAND JURY BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
2022 The Witness is A Whale
2021 Playing With Sharks
2020 Story of Plastics
GRAND JURY BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
2022 The Fish & The Flame
2021 Game Changers
2020 Ripple Effect
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
2022 Soul of the Ocean, Howard Hall
2021 Mother of the Sea
PRODUCERS VISION
2022 Cost of Free Water, Amelie Lambert Bouchard and Elodie Pollet
2021 Playing with Sharks, Bettina Dalton
DIRECTOR’S VISION
2022 A Witness is a Whale, Cheryl & Nick Dean
2021 Entangled, David Abel
AUDIENCE
2020 Murder at Sea, Best Short
2020 Fish & Men, Best Feature
OCEAN YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AWARD
2021 – NOAA – Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
OCEAN HERO AWARD
2020 Turtle Journey
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