Come and see stunning underwater photographs and beautiful films at the first ever British Underwater Image Festival sponsored by The National Geographic Channel and Canon

Professional television documentary makers to first-time photographers are among the thousands of entrants in the British Underwater Image Festival.

Make sure you see the fantastic competition winners on display outside the DIVE theatre. The six finalists in the film categories will be shown throughout the show on Friday and Saturday.

First prizes include a Powershot S80 sponsored by Canon for the Open Stills category; the winner of the Young Photographer section will have his or her photos displayed at The Deep Aquarium in Hull and enjoy a week’s holiday for two in Hurghada and diving in Diver’s Lodge (sponsored by Goldenjoy and Diver’s Lodge). The Portfolio category winner will enjoy a trip on a Maldives Liveaboard.

‘Now we are putting on something which could grow into a showcase for the incredible talent I know is out there,’ says DIVE editor Simon Rogerson. Colin Doeg, co-founder of the British Society of Underwater Photographers (BsoUP) heads up the panel of prestigious judges, which includes Peter Scoones, co-founder of BsoUP.

DAILY TIMETABLE

10.00     DIVE promo
10.03     Beneath the Mergui Archipelago by Pietro Cusenza
10.12     Diving the Dream (MV Sea Spirit) by Nick Masters
10.22     Changing Faces, by Josh Jensen
10.27     HMS Southwold, by Rick Ayrton
10.32     Sea Guernsey, by Joanne Mahy
10.37     Shootout & Trigger Happy by Nigel Pickford
10.41     The Dispenser Story by Andrew Jackson
11.11     Reefs of Iron, by Sue Daly
11.36     Wookey Revisited, by Gavin Newman
12.07     Suunto promo

12.15     DIVE promo
12.18     Beneath the Mergui Archipelago by Pietro Cusenza
12.27     Diving the Dream (MV Sea Spirit) by Nick Masters
12.37     Changing Faces, by Josh Jensen
12.42     HMS Southwold, by Rick Ayrton
12.47     Sea Guernsey, by Joanne Mahy
12.52     Shootout & Trigger Happy by Nigel Pickford
12.56     The Dispenser Story by Andrew Jackson
13.26     Reefs of Iron, by Sue Daly
13.51     Wookey Revisited, by Gavin Newman
14.22     Suunto promo

14.30     DIVE promo
14.33     Beneath the Mergui Archipelago by Pietro Cusenza
14.42     Diving the Dream (MV Sea Spirit) by Nick Masters
14.52     Changing Faces, by Josh Jensen
14.57     HMS Southwold, by Rick Ayrton
15.02     Sea Guernsey, by Joanne Mahy
15.07     Shootout & Trigger Happy by Nigel Pickford
15.11     The Dispenser Story by Andrew Jackson
15.41     Reefs of Iron, by Sue Daly
16.06     Wookey Revisited, by Gavin Newman
16.37    Suunto promo

From 2pm on Sunday the sessions will close for the BUIF Awards Ceremony.