Festival Presentations
2009 program for Festival Presentations – 2010 presentations SOON!
Thursday and Saturday presentations will be held in the Southern Cross University Room at the Byron Bay Community Centre – these events are FREE to anybody.
The Byron Underwater Festival Finale will be at the Buddha Bar – the UF09 Finale event is a FREE event – Underwater Festival Participants will receive MadFish fine wine.
- Thursday 30 April – Wrecks and Critters
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6.00pm – Wrecks as Reefs – by underwater pioneer Neville Coleman
- 7.00pm – Why Seahorses are Sexier than Shipwrecks – by marine biologist Dave Harasti
- Saturday 2 May – Photography Skills and Critters
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4.00pm – Weird and Exotic Critters of NSW – by marine biologist Dave Harasti
- 4.45pm – Art of Composition in Underwater Photography – by underwater photography legend Mathieu Meur from Singapore.
- 5.30pm – Applying Underwater Photography to 3D Modeling – by Prof. Karen G. Haines from the University of Western Australia’s Supercomputer Program.
- Saturday 2 May – World Premiere of Coral Sea Dreaming II in HD at the Byron Lounge Cinema
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6.30pm – Coral Sea Dreaming II in High Definition – a world premiere with personal introduction by filmmaker David Hannan himself. Entry is $10, please pre-book tickets in the events shop.
- Sunday 3 May – UF09 Finale
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6.00pm – MARINE LIFE INVENTORY of Asia/Indo – Pacific Dive Sites – another presentation by underwater pioneer Neville Coleman
- 6.45pm – Screening of Underwater Video Shootout Winners
- 7.30pm – Underwater Photographic Shootout Winners Presentation & Awards Ceremony
What happened last year ? View 2008 presentations