The Festival was held in conjunction with the 41st Benthic Ecology Meeting, hosted by Old Dominion University. This year we received the most entries yet, many of which were unique and engaging. As such, we have a library of films for exhibition in 2012, including the main even in March 2012 as well as the [...]

How to submit a film We invite submissions from anyone— scientists, professional filmmakers, students, and advocates …if you have a good story, we want to see it. Pre-Submission Criteria • Film must tie into some ocean/marine/aquatic theme or issue (underwater footage not required). Whether your film tells the story of white sharks in South Africa, [...]

Mission Statement The Beneath the Waves Film Festival aims to encourage, inspire, and educate scientists, advocates, and the general public to produce and promote open-access, engaging marine-issue documentaries. Our goal is to facilitate widespread science communication by bringing together marine films from around the world for open discussion, while also providing hands-on educational opportunities for [...]

Previous Festivals The First Effort: 2010 March 2010 marked our first ever festival, held at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, a well-known surfing town on the mid-Atlantic coastline of the US. Through grassroots PR and word-of-mouth, we showcased 20 diverse films for the competition—with submissions coming from students, scientists, conservationists, nature lovers, and [...]

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