2024 Sylvia Earle Ocean Conservation Award Finalists

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If You Give a Beach a Bottle - USA

By: Max Romey

Inspired by a picture book, Max Romey heads to a remote beach on Alaska's coastline in search of marine debris

(PLASTIK) - MALAYSA

By: Philip Rom

(PLASTIK) follows a child who looks through a telescope she made out of a plastic bottle and experiences glimpses of our plastic-polluted future.

Our Ocean. Our Future. The Kashia Pomo and Marine Protection Areas.

By: Kevin White

The Kashia Band of Pomo Indians are an important partner in the recovery of coastal resources.

Dissapearing Jewels - USA

By: Will Kim

Will Kim interviews ocean experts and brings his artistic perspective on the impact of climate change and ocean warming.

Matumbawe - KENYA

By: Anthony Ochieng Onyango

Matumbawe is a story about Khadija the daughter of Dosa Mshega a REEF Ranger who works restoring the coral reefs in the Wasini Channel area in Diani, Kenya.

Reviving Giants - AUSTRALIA

By: Stefan Andrews

Mick and Karen take you on a journey through the day in the life of these highly accomplished Tasmanian dive shop owners.

Spawning Hope - USA

By: Roshan Patel

This short film follows a team of scientists as they attempt to use cryopreserved coral sperm to introduce coral DNA to new populations of elkhorn coral.

Student Made Ocean Films

Isla Natividad - MEXICO

By: Beth Besom

Isla Natividad is a small fishing community off the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, México.

Expedition Amana - USA

By: Mason Le, Kai Smith, Julian Goodman, Niki Wallin

Adventurer Jin Ishikawa designs and builds a reed boat like the early Polynesians to sail it from San Francisco to Hawaii.

Spear. Spatula. Submarine - USA

By: Shannon Morrall

In this short documentary about sustainability and activism, a community of passionate Floridians use creative removal methods to save the waters they love.