Collaboration on the animated short film: Zoe and Her Adventures in the Mediterranean Sea

2015

Key Elements:

Within the European project, Monitoring Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean, “Zoe and Her Adventures in the Mediterranean Sea” was created with the message “Protect and connect the oceans: don’t leave the MPAs alone!”
The short film aims to inspire people about marine conservation and the importance of well-connected Marine Protected Areas.
To promote the film, a blog, website, and Facebook page were created and presented at conferences, social networks, and in various film competitions.

Notable Achievements:

2018. Selected for screening in Italian schools by WWF Italy.
2016. Selected for screening in the SFIOFF Educational Program.
2016. Selected and presented for screening at the 2016 San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival.
2016. 1st place in the Emerging Filmmakers Competition at the Gray’s Reef Ocean Film Festival 2016.
2016. Presented and selected for screening at the Gray’s Reef Ocean Film Festival 2016.
2016. Promoted in DAN Europe (Divers Alert Network Europe).
2016. Promoted through the website of the Spanish ministry.
2015. Presented at the conference on Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas in Ancona from 15 to 17 October 2015.

Creators:

Authors: Patrica Puig, Vasiliki Markantonatou and Paula Andrea-Zapata
3D Animator: Kouvelis
Drawings of benthic organisms: Cristina Giogia di Camillo
Producer: ITN – Monitoring of Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (AMMP) (FP7/2007-2013) under Grant Agreement no.: 290056.
Musical director and composer: Pablo Villegas

Financing:

Coordination of a deep sea project of the Galapagos Marine Reserve