posted by Lars Kirchhoff on 08/10/2007

Antibes 34th World Festival of Underwater Pictures

The prestigious World Festival of Underwater Pictures in Antibes will be held in the Marineland theme park from October 24th to 28th 2007 this year. It will hopefully benefit from this new location as the visitors will for sure. Everyone visiting the festival is allowed to attend all shows in the Marineland theme park. The opening show will be held at the orcas' basin with more than 4'000 seats, where a chosen movie from the competition will be screened on wall of water.
So mark that date in your calendar if you want to see the most visual stunning films and pictures in a charming and relaxed environment and of course prepare your images and submit them to the contest. Submission deadline is September 15th.

Categories and Prizes

FILMS

GROUP A (medium length and feature films)

Gold, Silver and Bronze Prize
Prize of the President of the Republic to the Gold prize
Planete Thalassa Prize
Oceanographic Institute of Paris Albert 1st Foundation Prize
Current News Prize

GROUP B (videoclip and short)

Gold, Silver and Bronze Prize
SMY ONDINA Prize to the Gold Prize
Odyssea Divers Prize to the silver Prize
Fédération Française de Cinéma and Vidéo Prize
Paul Ricard Institute Prize
Dimitri Rebikoff Prize
Brigitte Cruickshank Prize

GROUP A AND B

Special Jury Prize
Public Prize
Animal Documentary Prize
Historical Documentary Prize
Fiction Prize
Humour Prize
Unusual Prize
Best Musical Adaptation Prize

STILL PICTURES

PORTFOLIO (SLIDES AND DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS)

Gold, Silver and Bronze Diver
"Papua New Guinea" Prize (to the Gold Diver)
"Plongée Magazine" magazine prize to the best cover slide

COLOUR PRINTS

Gold, Silver and Bronze Diver
Alor Divers Resort Prize to the Gold Diver
André Laban Prize “La Passion du Bleu”
Young Photographer Prize - under 15
"Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society" Prize (under 25)