Films ranged from science in the field to fun in the outdoors and everything in between.
AOOS hosted its second Short Film Contest this year. Thirteen films were submitted. Entries were required to be 10 minutes or less, and could address any aspect of Alaska’s marine environment, issues, or inhabitants.
Films have been shown (or are planning to be shown) at the Sitka WhaleFest, the Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Alaska Forum for the Environment, and other venues.
AOOS would like to thank all the film makers and our expert panel of judges for sharing their talents, insights and imagery with audiences in Alaska and beyond. Keep an eye out this spring for information on the 2016 contest.
Film Contest Winners
Judges Choice (Grand Prize, $1,000): Home, Hannah Baird
Youth Division
Creative: Home – Hannah Baird
Educational: Summer in Kachemak Bay – Alisa Aist
Adult Division
Creative: I Follow Rivers – Ellie Schmidt
Educational: Changing Tides: Bear Collaring – Kaiti Chritz & Jim Pfeiffenberger
Winners received GoPro Hero cameras.
2015 Film Contest Entries
- The Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies – Alisa Aist
- Changing Tides: Bear Observations – Kaiti Chritz & Jim Pfeiffenberger
- NPRB Gulf of Alaska Project: Science at Sea – Liz McKenzie
- My Dream – Alisa Aist
- rEvolution – Bjørn Olson
- The Intertidal System – Alisa Aist
- The Wild Side of Prince William Sound – Ian Borowski
- Why Little Fish Matter – Liz McKenzie