06/14/2009

Blue Ocean Film Festival Winners Announced

The goal of BLUE Ocean Film Festival is to share at all levels, the latest insights on what is happening in our oceans, and to provide tangible ways people can make a difference. Congratulations to all of the winners. For more information on the Blue Ocean Film Festival, go to http://www.bluefilmfest.com

BEST OF FESTIVAL

Best of Festival Winner
The Cove, Oceanic Preservation Society

Best of Festival Finalists
Call of the Killer Whale, Ocean Futures Society
Saving Luna, Mountainside Film
Terra Antarctica, Oceans 8
The Great Tide, BBC Natural History Unit
Wild Ocean, Giant Screen Films

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
DR. SYLVIA EARLE

FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS

Broadcast Program or Series
Call of the Killer Whale, Ocean Futures Society

Children's Programming
Riddle in a Bottle, Sisbro Studios

Emerging Underwater Filmmaker
Death of a Deity, 333 Productions

Excellence in Underwater Cinematography
Ocean Odyssey, Feodor Pitcairn Productions

Land-Sea Connection
Red Gold, Felt Soul Media

Marine Animal Behavior
The Great Tide, BBC Natural History Unit

Marine and Earth Sciences
Volcanoes of the Deep, The Stephen Low Company

Non-Broadcast
Ocean Odyssey, Feodor Pitcairn Productions

Ocean Conservation
A Sheltered Sea, The Baum Foundation/ Coyote Films

Ocean Exploration and Adventure
Expedition Pacific Abyss, Discovery

Ocean Issues
Terra Antarctica, Oceans 8

Ocean Sports
Free Swim, Reel Blue

Shorts
Oysters, Farmer's Almanac TV

Theatrical
The Cove, Oceanic Preservation Society

Special Jury Award
Ice Bears of the Beaufort, PolarArt Productions

For more information about the Blue Ocean Film Festival go to http://www.bluefilmfest.com