Sisbro WINS BIG at International Wildlife Film Festival

Shout it from the mountaintops!  Especially the Montana mountaintops!  The Riddle in a Bottle has won three awards at the International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula, Montana: Special Jury Award, Best Children's Program and Merit Award for Script.

According to Peter Bassett, Final Judge and Producer from the BBC Natural History Unit: "The Jury felt that 'The Riddle in a Bottle' team should be recognized for a Special Jury Award for the production of a wonderfully refreshing, well-structured and fun-filled film that introduces children to the potentially 'boring' concept of the 'water cycle' in a clear and entertaining manner. The judges greatly appreciated the amount of effort the team must have put in to the original concept for the film, and particularly liked the creativity in the script, the clever use of humor and the attention to detail in both the visuals and the original music - who else has used a pirate's peg leg to reinforce the concept of moving water? I hope children enjoy it as much as the judges!"

The International Wildlife Film Festival is the premier venue for wildlife filmmaking and filmmakers.  Often called the "Sundance" of the wildlife film genre, IWFF was the first film festival of its kind in the world.  Today, it has the distinction of being the world's longest running wildlife film festival, attracting nearly 10,000 people each year.   This year's festival had a record number of entries and includes a host of amazing programs from the BBC to Animal Planet to NATURE.

"This is extra special, because it was at this festival four years ago that we first met people from the Save Our Seas Foundation, who gave us a grant to help fund The Riddle in a Bottle," Robert Sams said.  "We've now come full circle and won at the festival where this project started!" 

The photographs above show 1) Robert Sams accepting the awards and 2) Laura Sams and Robert Sams with Daniele Ramos Ribeiro from the Save Our Seas Foundation, holding their glass awards after the film festival award ceremony.