The live webcast of this years event (http://media.fit.edu/load.php?fn=YMR) will run continuous for a few weeks in case anyone missed it and so teachers can share with their students!
In 2015, Beneath the Waves was sponsored by Scuba Pro, who has graciously donated snorkeling equipment for our winners. Additionally, over $1500 in prizes were awarded, plus a yacht expedition to a local reef in south FL courtesy our collaboration with The International SeaKeepers Society and Global Oceans. We also established a partnership with the Marine Litter in Europe Seas – Social Awareness and Co-Responsibility (MARLISCO) project. The MARLISCO group is dedicated to stopping marine litter and also has a youth film festival that premieres throughout the European Union. The Youth Making Ripples finalists will have the opportunity to debut before international audiences at select MARLISCO film festivals. Finally, the finalist’s will be stored in our on-line database for use in classrooms across the country.
2015 Award-winning filmmakers of “Trash Talk”
Award-winning films from 2015:
- Best Scientific Message, Elementary-Middle School: The Coralax ($150 cash prize, new snorkel gear courtesy Scuba Pro, and Nectar sunglasses)
- Best Scientific Message, High School: Trash Talk ($150 cash prize, new snorkel gear courtesy Scuba Pro, and Nectar sunglasses)
- Best Scientific Message, High School Runner-up: Making Ripples (Field Expedition courtesy International Seakeepers and Global Oceans)
- Viewer’s Choice Award: Neptune’s Revenge ($50 cash prize)
- Best Film making (determined by award winning film makers at schoolyardfilms.org): The Coralax - $50 cash prize
- Blue Life Water Conservation, High School: Trash Talk ($50 cash prize)
- Blue Life Water Conservation, Elementary-Middle School: All the Way to the Ocean ($50 cash prize)
Congratulations to all of our amazing winners and all who submitted films in 2015!
Call for submissions for 2016 is officially open. Lets make some more Ripples in 2016!!!!