From March 21 to 24, 2019, the city of Hyères, in Var, celebrated the marine world during the fourth edition of the Galathea festival. As every year, the photo and video competition received many images. Discover the beautiful award winners of this 2019 edition:

Photo contest

Atmosphere – amateur

Atmosphere – expert

Macro – amateur

Macro – expert

Coastal wildlife, birds

Pollution and impact

Marine heritage

Series – amateur

Series – expert

Video contest

Documentaries

– Golden Galathea
« The Invisible River » Serge Dumont

– Silver Galathea
« The Secret Life of Atolls » Gil Kébaïli and Manuel Lefevre

– Bronze Galathea
« Mediterranean » Jérôme Espla

– Environment Prize
« What Happens Below the Surface » Rémi Masson

– Heritage Prize
« The Hermit Crab Syndrome »
Typhaine Szelangiewicz, Rachel Guenon, Armel Ruy

– Originality Prize
« Free to Dive » Julien Garnier

– Jury’s Favorite
« 700 Sharks in the Night » Luc Marescot and Laurent Ballesta

Clip

– Golden Galathea
« Creature » Vicente Leal Juan

– Silver Galathea
« Renaissance, A Story of Coral Curaçao »
Vincent Lavigne and Vanessa Cara-Kerr

– Bronze Galathea
“Follow me in Egypt” Franck Fougère

– Environment Prize
« No Time to Waste» John Van Lent

– Heritage Prize
« Truck Lagoon » Alex Del Olmo

– Originality Prize
« Deep Cave Dream » Olivier de Jesus

– Jury’s Favorite
« The Odyssey of the Tadpoles » Philippe Dekorte