6th Annual Blue Water Film Fest Announces Selections & Honorees

The Blue Water Film Festival (BWFF) announces its honorees and film lineup for its 6th annual edition, taking place March 20-23 in San Diego in celebration of United Nations World Water Day.

Presented by the Blue Water Institute, the four-day event will showcase features, shorts and animated films with a total of 32 films, comprising eight features, 16 shorts and eight animated films. 

This year, the Global Guardian Award will be given to Captain Paul Watson, a Canadian anti-whaling activist and ocean conservationist who has risked his life to change the world for the better. The award will be presented by Greg Reitman, Festival Director, on Sunday, March 23 during the Blue Water Awards at UCSD’s Park & Market. Additional honorees include Matthew Modine for the Visionary Award, and Henrik Stiesdal for the Pioneer Award. Grammy-winning blues legend, Taj Mahal will close out the awards ceremony with a live performance.

Animated Films:

• A Bear Named Wojtek, Director Iain Gardner
• Aqua Team Sea Adventure Part 2, Director Riccardo Mazzoli
• Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth, Director Philip Hunt
• Memoir of a Snail, Director Adam Elliot
• Percebes, Directors Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves
• WondLa Chapter 1: Doors, Director Andrew L. Schmidt and Micah Gunnell
• WondLa Chapter 2: Lifeforms, Director Andrew L. Schmidt
• WondLa Chapter 3: Bargain, Director Lawrence Gong

Feature Films

• Arctic: The Frozen Planet, Director Rachael Scott 
• Let Them Be Naked, Director Jeff Garner 
• Nature Return, Director Scott Renyard 
• Ocean Watch: A Story of Deep Exploration, Director Leo Richards
• San Diego Wildest City, Director Nathan Dappen 
• The Territory of Puloui, Director Carmela Daza 
• Turtle Walker, Director Taira Malaney  
• Unearth, Director Hunter Nolan 

Short Films:

• Beyond Fast Fashion, Director James Cobb, Ritesh Deshaware
• Blackwater, Director Howard Hall 
• Hope Restored, Director Maarten van Rouveroy
• Maturation Station, Director Melissa Mabesoone
• Ripple Effect, Director Matthew Modine, Andrew Klein
• Ripples of Change, Director Ben Galland
• Sounds of the Ocean, Director Joshua Miller 
• The Dolphin Dilemma, Director Olivia Andrus-Drennan
• Why Blame the Seagulls, Director Philip Hamilton
• Wild City, Director Roni Avni
• 3MWH, Director Marie-Magdalena Kochová

More information and tickets available at bluewaterfilmfestival.org.