Rainer Schimpf: Project Update: January 2008

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Rainer

Having been shown in France at the Antibes filmfestival, at the North Sea filmfestival in Holland where it came second for the Greenpeace award, and now, today, at the boot trade show in Germany and its own "underwater" Filmfestival called "Seestern" which has international acceptance.

90 participants and 3 winners. Ocean Messengers is the silver Seetern winner!

Here, today, Ocean Messengers became second and won the "Silver Seestern" additional it received a special price for "best image editing", and a special price from the organisers of the boot trade show for its "awareness message" as well as a special price for the best chosen music.

4 great and important German prices to make aware of what is happening in and around Port Elizabeth!

All this will be even better since the film now has been forwarded to the "Berlinale" in Berlin, where the celebrities of international film highlights will be seen and screened!

It is our aim to make aware of what we have to lose in PE in respect of sea creatures and our unique constellation with Addo NP and the Bavianskloof, the tourism should and must be of outmost importance to us and to our municipality. Industries must accept this uniqueness and produce responsibility Ocean Messengers will make sure, with international funds that the industry will be save and as clean as possible.

Prominent and important people from South Africa and Port Elizabeth have become part of Ocean Messengers as well. Gawe Cumance, Peter Myles and Horst Kleinschmidt are proud supporters of the non profit organisation.

We will have a public launch in PE soon, interested parties, private and from the industry may email to: ocean.messengers@gmail.com