Results of the contest of Underwater Films "Black Pearl"

1. "Big Trip"

(club or family film, attracting attention to diving and trips as active mode of life)

The following films have been nominated in this category:

The film-winner is: "SECRETS OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA"
Author: Oldfield Charlie ( United Kingdom )

2."Best TV Programme about Diving"

(films with interesting, cognitive, real plot; films attracting attention to problems of the underwater world (for example, ecology, history); films with propaganda of safe underwater dives)

The following films have been nominated in this category:

The film-winner is: "Red divers"
Author: Skvortsov Valeriy, REN-TV ( Russia ).

3. "Best film about animals"

("uncommonness" of film`s hero - inhabitant of the underwater world; complexity of shooting; careful attitude of a film unit to living objects)

The following films have been nominated in this category:

The film-winner is: "The Arctic"
Author: Whater proof ( Sweden )

4. "Diving in Russian waters"

(films about dives in Russia. The main assessment criterions were the following factors: dives in Russian waters, self-descriptiveness)

The following films have been nominated in this category:

The film-winner is: "Following the trace of disappeared flotilla"
Author: Saruchev Vyacheslav ( Ukraine )

5. "Wreck"

(films about unique sunken objects)

The following films have been nominated in this category:

The film-winner is: "Memories of Salem Express"
Author: ANO "Underwater Expeditions" ( Russia )

6. "Best Camera Work"

(choosing a winner, firstly, shooting conditions on complexity, depth and so on, and the main - operator's skill were taken into consideration)

The following films have been nominated in this category:

The film-winner is: "Undersea Homes"
Author: Boyle John ( UK )

7. Special award of the festival "Diving 2004" - for the most original idea of underwater film.

"Grand-Prix" of the contest "Black Pearl"

(All films, presented to jury's judgement, irrespective of the theme and length were viewed. The best film got "Grand-Prix"!)

The following films have been nominated in this category:

The film-winner is: "Beyond Fear - communicating with Great White Sharks"
Authors: Kiefner Ralf , Kiefner Andrea Ramalho ( Germaniy & Brasil )