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PressRelease-SilverMedalwinner-TeManaoTeMoana, NewYorkFilmandTelevisionAward2016 OceanicNatureFilmProductionsandZoomslidewinatNewYorkFilmand TelevisionAwardsforTeManaOTeMoana. TeManaoTeMoana-ThePacificVoyagerspickedupaworldmedalattheNew YorkFilmandTelevisionAwards.Thefilmscoopedaprizeinthenew documentarycategoryofclimatechangeandsustainability. TeManaoteMoanaThePacificVoyagerstracestheepictwoyearvoyageof7 oceangoing72footwakaastheytraversethePacificOcean,revivingthesailing andnavigationalbrillianceoftheirancestors. Voyagingbringsthe150strongcrewclosetotheplightoftheirfragilehome,the PacificOcean. AnnaMarbrook,whoco-directedthedocumentaryalongsideMikeSingle collectedtheawardinLasVegas.Shesaidonreceivingthisaward. “ThisfilmgivesavoicetothepeopleofthePacificOceanwholiveonsomeofthe smallestislandsontheplanetyetfacethegreatesteffectsofclimatechange.This awardisdedicatedtothe150courageousindividualsandtheirfamilieswho spenttwoyearsoftheirlifesailingthePacificfollowingthestars,thecurrents, theirhearts,determinedtocreateapowerfulandsustainablefuture.” TeManaoteMoanaThePacificVoyagerswasconceivedandfinancedby visionaryGermanphilanthropistDieterPaulmannandproducedbyZoomslide. Dieterbuilt7oceangoingwakapoweredbythesunandwind,equippedwith solarpanelsandelectricengines,usedonlywhenbecalmedorlanding– completelyfossilfuelfree.Crewsweretrainedintraditionalwayfindingandvital knowledgewastransmittedtothenextgeneration.Twoyearsofpreparation, twoyearsofsailingandthousandsofhoursoffootagelaterthefilmwas completed. AnnaMarbrooksays “FormethiswinreinforceshowtheNewZealandandthePacificvoyaging communitycaninspiretheworldstage.Wearesmallinnumbersbutbigin dreams.Andwecanmaketheseaudaciousdreamsareality.Filmcanliftthese epicnarrativesintotheheroicscaletheydeserve.” Thisisasignificantsuccessfortheproducers,thecrewandthelineageof Polynesianvoyagersthisprojectrepresents.Theyreceivedtheawardalongside someofthelargestAmerican,AsianandEuropeanmediacompanies.