Maritime Awards 2024
Posted on: October 1st, 2024
We are thrilled to announce that we have been nominated for the prestigious Donald Gosling Award for Best Audio-Visual Production!
This recognition reflects the hard work and dedication of our talented team, and we are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to showcase our passion for storytelling.
We have been nominated for our 2023 film ‘Our Sea Forest’ (click to read more about the film)
Aired on BBC1 for the ‘Our Lives’ strand, Our Sea Forest tells the moving story of how a once thriving kelp forest, home to a multitude of different sea creatures was lost, and its slow road to recovery.
Told through the eyes of Eric Smith, a 74-year-old free diver, this is a powerful story of hope. Eric has been diving in Sussex since he was 11 years old. He remembers a rich and vibrant ecosystem.
The Sussex Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority (IFCA), initiated a landmark ruling in 2021, consequently protecting over 300 sq. kilometres of seabed.
Filmed over three years, Our Sea Forest includes remarkable scenes as Eric dives with giant 40-pound sting rays, witness’s mussel beds return, and rare seabream breeding on the seabed again.
Nomination list:
The Donald Gosling Award for Best Audio-Visual Production
The Award is made to the director, producer, or other person responsible for making the film or television programme, released or broadcast in the United Kingdom during the qualifying period, that in the opinion of the Awards Committee has significantly influenced understanding of, or participation in, the maritime dimension.
- Anna Brett
Murder in the Pacific
Oxford Scientific Films (BBC Two) - Sam Budd
Secrets of the World’s Most Expensive Cruise Ship
ITN Productions (Channel 5) - Sarah Cunliffe
Our Lives: Our Sea Forest
Big Wave Productions (BBC One) - Remco Garcia
Dutch Caribbean Coastguards
Goya Productions (National Geographic) - Megan Gerrie
Lighthouses: Building the Impossible
October Films (Channel 5) - David Gilbert
Deep Water Salvage
Renowned Films (Sky History) - Jess Howe
Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch
Frank Films (BBC One) - Tom Kent
Killer Storm: The Fastnet Disaster
ITN Productions (Channel 5) - Andrew Killawee
Viking Quest: America
Arcadia Entertainment (Sky History) - David Mackay
Saving Lives at Sea
blast! By The Sea (BBC Two) - Kate Maddigan, Max Welch & Tim Withers
Coastal Defenders
Renowned Films (BBC Two) - Cal Major
Scotland Ocean Nation
Reel Soul Movies (STV) - Steven Perring
Raising the Mary Rose: The Lost Tapes
Stand Tall Media (Channel 4) - Tim Rudd
U-Boat Wargamers
World Media Rights (Sky History) - Ian Rumsey
Titanic Sub: Lost at Sea
ITN Productions (Channel 5) - Crispin Sadler
Drain the Oceans: $20 Million Time Bomb
Mallinson Sadler Productions (National Geographic) - William Simpson
Secrets of the Lost Liners
Content Kings (Sky History) - Gursharan Singh Nijjar
Coastguard: Search & Rescue SOS
Middlechild Productions (Channel 5) - Claire Smith
Inferno At Sea: The Deepwater Disaster
ITN Productions (Channel 5) - Guy Templeton
Britannia: Secrets of the Royal Yacht
Viacom International Studios (Channel 5) - Chris Terrill
The Warship: Tour of Duty
Uppercut Films (BBC Two) - Gunnar Vikene
War Sailor
Mer Film (Netflix) - Chapman Way & Maclain Way
Untold: The Race of the Century
Players Tribune, Propagate and Stardust Films (Netflix) - Dave Young
Why Ships Sink: The Zeebrugge Disaster
Windfall Films (Channel 5)
Full List of awards and nominees – https://www.maritimefoundation.uk/awards/maritime-media-awards-nominations-2024/
Press Release announcement:
Over 75 entries nominated for Maritime Media Awards in 2024
09 September 2024
The Maritime Foundation is delighted to announce the nomination list for this year’s Maritime Media Awards, which are taking place in London on 17 October 2024.
Presented since 1995, the Maritime Media Awards recognises the UK’s best journalists, authors, filmmakers, digital creators and others whose work in the media has created a greater public understanding of maritime issues, and of the UK’s dependence upon the sea.
Maritime Foundation Chairman, Richard Clayton said:
“The scale and quality of the nominations is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the UK’s journalists, authors, filmmakers and digital creators in highlighting the vital and challenging issues and innovation in the maritime dimension.
From shipping to defence, leisure to politics, and from current and historical affairs to sustainability and the environment, the 28th Annual Maritime Media Awards will recognise the very best in maritime”
The full list of nominations for 2024 is available here
The 28th Annual Maritime Media Awards shortlist will be announced soon and winners will be announced live at the Awards ceremony on 17 October at Six Park Place, London. Tickets are on sale now.
About the Maritime Foundation:
The Maritime Foundation champions the vital role maritime plays in the prosperity, security, and sustainability of our island nation. The UK’s population relies on maritime, with around 95% of all imported and exported goods transported by sea and the Foundation works to sustain the UK as a global leader in commercial shipping, the maritime leisure industry, nautical education, defence and environmental consciousness.
About the Maritime Media Awards:
Presented since 1995, the Maritime Media Awards recognises the UK’s best journalists, authors, filmmakers, digital creators and others whose work in the media has created a greater public understanding of maritime issues, and of the UK’s dependence upon the sea.
Further information about the Maritime Foundation is available at www.maritimefoundation.uk
