The response to our call for submissions was outstanding. We had over 200 entries in 15 categories submitted by the most talented ocean producers from around the world. The competition was fierce and our 12 judges had to work overtime to narrow the list. It is with great pleasure that BLUE announces the finalists of this year's film competition: Broadcast Program or Series Call of the Killer Whale produced by Ocean Futures Society Great White Shark-A Living Legend produced by Off the Fence Sea Ghosts produced by Ocean Futures Society Secret Shark Pits produced by Talking Pictures & Off the Fence The State of the Planet's Oceans produced by Screenscope
Honorable Mention The Underwater CityCINTV March PointLong House Media Jonathan Bird's Blue WorldJonathan Bird Productions The Hunt for Moby DickBBC
Childrens Programming Dugong and Din produced by Michael Wong & Off the Fence Little Blue produced by Bob Svihovec Once Upon A Tide produced by Kathleen Frith Riddle in a Bottle produced by Sisbro Wonder Water Web produced by Roger Blonder
Honorable Mention Aquateam: Night DiveArcadia Entertainment Arc of a DiverSteve Clark Films Plastic Perils of the PacificBrandon Strathmann Toxic SecretsUntamed Science
Emerging Underwater Filmmaker Death of a Deity produced by Joe Romiero Requiem produced by Living Ocean Productions Sea of Change produced by Jamie Taucher The Great White Shark Song produced by Andy Casagrande
Honorable Mention My BackyardChoy Aming Perchance to DreamLauren Kimball
Excellence in Underwater Cinematography Giant Mantas of San Benedicto produced by Tom Campbell HD Productions Icy Killers produced by Dangerous Passage Productions & Off the Fence Ocean Odyssey produced by Feodor Pitcairn Productions The Great Tide produced by BBC The Humpback Code produced by Ocean Mind Motion Pictures
Honorable Mention Attack of the Sea SlugsNereus Entertainment Expedition Pacific AbyssDiscovery Channel Planet Carnivore: Great White SharkNational Geographic Television The Dugongs of Abu DhabiTom Campbell HD Productions The Florida Manatees of Homosassa SpringsWorld Wild Productions
Land-Sea Connection Darwins Volcano produced by GG Films and Short Attention Span Science Videos Ice Bears of the Beaufort produced by Polar Art Productions The Last Days of Shishmaref produced by Renske Meertens Red Gold produced by Felt Soul Media Honorable Mention River of RenewalJack Kohler Rivers to ReefsNational Marine Sanctuaries The Great MeltBBC Marine Animal Behavior Secret Shark Pits produced by Off The Fence Shark Nicole produced by NHNZ Sharkman produced by Off The Fence The Great Tide produced by BBC The Humpback Code produced by Ocean Mind Motion Pictures
Honorable Mention Giant Mantas of San BenedictoTom Campbell HD Productions Gimme A HugGreet Droppers Kingdom of the Blue WhaleNational Geographic Television The Secret WeaponNereus Entertainment Volcanoes of the DeepThe Stephen Low Company
Marine and Earth Sciences Crude produced by Richard Smith Kingdom of the Blue Whale produced by National Geographic Television Volcanoes of the Deep produced by The Stephen Low Company Marine Machines: Power produced by Arcadia Entertainment Into the Abyss produced by National Geographic Television
Honorable Mention Smithsonian Sant Ocean Hall Installation42 Degrees North Violent HawaiiPangolin Pictures Once And Future WhalesMark Walker
Non-Broadcast Ocean Odyssey produced by Feodor Pitcairn Productions Reflections of the Keys produced by National Marine Sanctuaries The Florida Manatees of Homosassa Springs produced by World Wild Productions
Honorable Mention The Dugongs of Abu DhabiTom Campbells HD Productions Higher Ground: The Battle to Save Floridas BeachesCAVU Turtle DanceSpyhop Productions
Ocean Conservation Sheltered Sea produced by The Baum Foundation Re-Think the Shark produced by Save Our Seas The Dolphin Defender produced by Hardy Jones The Cost of Oil produced by Joshua Dukes The Cove produced by Oceanic Preservation Society
Honorable Mention Sea GhostsOcean Futures Society Call of the Killer WhaleOcean Futures Society The Last Wild OysterBojun Bjorkman-Chiswell Sharks In Deep TroubleSave Our Seas
Ocean Exploration and Adventure A View From Below produced by Rooftop Pictures Deep Ocean Explorers produced by A&E TV Expedition Pacific Abyss produced by Discovery The Dolphin Defender produced by Hardy Jones Cracking the Ocean Code produced by Compass Light Productions
Honorable Mention EarthraceArcadia Entertainment Into The AbyssNational Geographic Television Volcanoes of the Deep SeaThe Stephen Low Company Galapagos A Tribute to Charles DarwinPhilobates
Ocean Issues A Sea Change produced by Niijii Films Eco-Crimes: Fishing Pirates produced by Heinz Greuling & Thomas Weidenbach Terra Antarctica produced by Jon Bowermaster Whale Patrol produced by Sea Dog TV International Buried At Sea produced by Arcadia Entertainment
Honorable Mention: The Arctic: The Consequences of Human FollyJames Becket The DeadlinePhilip Stebbing Island of the Great White SharkRichard Theiss Sharks In Deep TroubleSave Our Seas The State of the Planets OceansScreen Scope
Ocean Sports BlueGreen produced by Dubious Honor Productions Free Swim produced by Jennifer Galvin Sink Faze produced by Grant W Graves
Honorable Mention Musica SurficaSimon Whitney Out Of My HeadTodd Harter
Shorts A Sanctuary Worth Protecting produced by Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Red White and Green produced by Sierra Club Productions Oysters produced by Farmers Almanac TV
Honorable Mention Hindsight and Foresight: 20 Years After the Exxon ValdezGary Shigenaka /National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration In The Eye of The WhaleKate Miller LobsterFarmers Almanac TV Plight of the PuffinMaria Frostic ShrimpFarmers Almanac TV SUPERSurvey of Underwater Plastic & Ecosystem ResponseC-MORE (Center for Microbial Oceanography)
Student Filmmaker Ocean Invaders produced by Anthony Dergham/Savannah College of Art & Design Rising Tide: Hawaii Parks in Peril produced by Stephani Gordon/Montana State University Cast Offs produced by Kyle Steinike/Savannah College of Art & Design In Deep produced by Woo Lovinger/University of California Santa Barbara Mirounga produced by Timothy Garbutt/University of Southern California Mush produced by Michael McAlister/ Savannah College of Art & Design Honorable Mention 6 Feet DeeperJacob Hill / Savannah College of Art & Design Saving A RiverMarc Casey/ Savannah College of Art & Design
Theatrical Saving Luna produced by Mountainside Films The Cove produced by Oceanic Preservation Society Wild Ocean produced by Giant Screen Films
Honorable Mention OstindiefararenStavro Film Production