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  12-Jun 12-Jun 13-Jun 13-Jun 14-Jun 14-Jun
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10:00   Humpbacks - Cracking the Code (50 min), ALBERT 1st MONACO OCEANOGRAPHIC FOUNDATION PRIZE, Danny OPITZ, Parthenon Entertainment “Immersion Learning: Reef Check EcoDivers and Conservation”  Dr Greg Hodgson the Lost Aircraft-Philippe Madeira, Sexy Sharks -Andreas Schumacher, Movie ment - Leonardo Sergiani, De Bretagnie - Edward Snijders, Loving Sharks-John Scarlett, Gimme a Hug-Geert Droppors, Voices we Never Hear- Leandro Blanco Key Presentation: Welcome to Vent-Base Alpha –featuring an undersea habitat complex like a deep-water 'Mars Colony' that is constructed around a heat-vent - a 'black smoker'at the bottom of the ocean. By Dr Phil Nuytten Main portfolio, slides portfolio & Jellyfish Winners & Film Group B Winner - Award of Merit
11:00   Superfish (52 min), SPECIAL PUBLIC PRIZE - PLANETE THALASSA PRIZE, Richard ROSENTHAL, Wild Logic Inc FORUM - Global Ocean Change Sharks in the British Sea- Simon Spear Key Presentation Underwater Wildlife Filming – Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Ocean - Peter Scoones – BBC Cinematographer WOW competition winners
12:00   Crude (90 mn), INFORMATION & NEWS PRIZE, Richard SMITH, Australian Broadcasting Corporation [Australia] FORUM - Aquariums and Oceanariums are Contentious Weirds and Wonderful - Danny Van Belle  FORUM: Changing the Face of Terror – projecting a better image for sharks Film Group B Winner - Award of Excellence & Honor of Distinction
13:00 LUNCH Premiere of Festival: “Into the Abyss” (52 min) this National Geographic documentary is the product of the Inner Space Speciation Project conducted in the Celebes Seas, Philippines. Expedition leader Emory Kristof led a team of explorers to explore the open sea to the deep sea – the first vertical survey from surface to beyond 2.5km.   LUNCH Premiere of Festival: “Into the Abyss” (52 min) this National Geographic documentary is the product of the Inner Space Speciation Project conducted in the Celebes Seas, Philippines. Expedition leader Emory Kristof led a team of explorers to explore the open sea to the deep sea – the first vertical survey from surface to beyond 2.5km.   LUNCH Premiere of Festival: “Into the Abyss” (52 min) this National Geographic documentary is the product of the Inner Space Speciation Project conducted in the Celebes Seas, Philippines. Expedition leader Emory Kristof led a team of explorers to explore the open sea to the deep sea – the first vertical survey from surface to beyond 2.5km.  
14:00 Main portfolio, digital portfolio, WOW & Jellyfish finalists Submarine - Mission Impossible (46 mn), PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL, DOCUMENTARY , Crispin SADLER, Steve WESTH, ITV WEST [Great Britain] Forum: CLIMATE CHANGE & Marine Tourism Sharks in Deep Trouble - one woman's fight to save sharks. Lesley Rochat * (Film Group A finalist) Underwater Photography 101; the New Era! In Vogue, In Style - the latest trend in successful Underwater Pictures Michael AW Film Group A winner - Award of Distinction
15:00 PHILIPPINES - DiverCities Highlights from Tubbataha, Dumaguete & Apo Is., Anilao, Donsol, Subic Bay, and Puerto Galera –  Lynn Funkhouser The Pier (10 min), GOLD,  BRIGITTE CRUICKSHANK PRIZE, Daniele IOP [Italy], Manta Ray, the giants’ rest (16 min)), SPECIAL PUBLIC PRIZE, Gian Maria MAZZA ,Attack of the Sea Slugs (6 min), DIMITRI REBIKOFF PRIZE, Williams CHAMP,  On the other side of the Surface (10 min), Daniele IOP
Advanced Lighting Techniques -Essential Digital Underwater Photography
Skills & Tricks
Mathieu Meur
Free Swim- A Bahamian story, (Film Group A Finalist) Jennifer Galvin, Key Presentation - David Doubilet; "Evolution, the journey of a National Geographic underwater photographer; from Black & White, Colour Transparencies to CPU. In Retrospect Film Group A winner - Honor of Distinction
16:00 Free Swim-Jennifer Galvin, Secrets of the reef (82 min), PRIZE FOR THE BEST MUSICAL ADAPTATION, Jonathan BIRD AWARDS Ceremony - All Categories Main portfolio, digital portfolio, WOW & Jellyfish finalists   Film Group A winner - Award of Excellence
17:00 Welcome Party - White Moon Bar; by invitation only Welcome Party - White Moon Bar; by invitation only   Valdez the Whale Paradise - Sasa Dlouhy    
      10:30 - 14:00 13 June, Children Art Competition Final      
      7:00, 13 June, GALA DINNER and Premiere Awards Ceremony      
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