The Fort Yachtie Da International Film Festival, run by bluewater USA (formerly Crew Unlimited & CU Yacht Charters) a yacht crew placement agency & charter marketing firm, is a short video competition aimed at luxury yacht crew. Videos are no longer than five minutes in length and give yacht crews a chance to exercise their creative talents in a bid to win the top prize of $1000. Amateur yacht crew producers can win $500 cash and a stainless steel ‘Oscar Fish’ trophy in each category. The video with the highest number of votes will win the best overall large ‘Oscar Fish’, $1000 cash and $500 travel voucher from ISSGMT. The entry deadline is 1st October and categories include:
• Best overall
• Best original screenplay
• Production quality
• Yachtie Lifestyle
• Female actor
• Male actor
• Comedy
• Action
Online voting begins on October 2nd 2014 and ends November 3rd 2014, each registered voter can select only one winner of each category. Winners will be determined by a panel of judges, sponsors and online voters, weighted equally. The award ceremony takes place on 15th November at Cinema Paradiso, 503 SE 6th Street, Fort Lauderdale from 7pm to 12am, attended by approximately 400 captains, crew & industry professionals. Each year we have raised money through ticket sales to support worthy causes - this year 15% of ticket sales and the raffle sales will be donated to www.MarineIndustryCares.org, we are proud to have them involved with the event this year!
