THE  FIRST  EVER  INTERNATIONAL  JOURNAL  OF  METEOROLOGY 
FILM  FESTIVAL!!!

October 14^th  2006
Oxford Brookes, Oxford, ENGLAND 

The First International Severe Weather Film Festival was held at Oxford Brookes in Oxford, England on the 14^th October 2006. 

There were 9 entrants from around the globe, all showing some amazing footage of severe weather events. These included thunderstorms, lightning, hurricanes and tornadoes. 

The three finalists were Tracking the Hurricanes 2004 by Mark Sudduth, Tracking the Hurricanes 2005 by Mark Sudduth and Storms 2005 by Jim LaDue and Greg Stumpf. 

Final voting by viewers at the conference was extremely close with the following results: 

First place
Storms 2005 with 305.5 points 

Second place
Tracking The Hurricanes 2004 with 292 points

Third place
Tracking The Hurricanes 2005 with 244.5 points

The winning film, Storms 2005 is a collective work by various photographers including Martin Lisius and Bill Reid of Tempest Tours (an affiliate of the Journal) compiled by Jim and Greg and showing some exciting footage of tornadoes on the Great Plains of the USA. Included in the footage are radar clips and weather synoptic charts, giving the viewer an insight into what conditions are prevailing and where to actually look to find tornadoes. 

In a very generous gesture the producers of Storms 2005 have donated their £750.00 prize money, sponsored by Generali Worldwide to the Red Cross, along with proceeds of any DVD sales. 

The two other finalist productions by Mark Sudduth were made as he tracked the hurricanes in 2004 and 2005. They include some spectacular footage of a number of Hurricanes as they made landfall on the coastal United States including Hurricanes Charley, Ivan and Katrina. 

All these productions have been or will be reviewed in the International Journal of Meteorology. 

How to purchase the films entered in The Festival 

           Lightning Struck Parts 1 and 2                      Jimmy Deguara
Available from http://www.australiasevereweather.com/video/dvd_videos.htm
Along with a range of Severe weather films 

           Tracking The Hurricanes 2004 and 2005     Mark Sudduth
Available from  http://hurricanetrack.com/store.html  

           The Dream                                                         Mike Hollingshead
Available from http://www.extremeinstability.com/video.htm with a number of other Tornado videos 

           Storms 2005                                                      Jim LaDue and Greg Stumpf
Available from paul@ijmet.org by e-mail Proceeds of this film will be donated to the International Red Cross Price £11.00 including p&p to the UK

          Hurricane Ivan and Hurricane Katrina          Dr Bill Williams
        Available from  http://www.coastalweathermedia.com/ivan/index.html
Proceeds from these DVDs will be donated to the University of South Alabama Student Charter of the Meteorological Society 

           Storm Chasing May 2005                                 Sam & Keith Hall
Available from sam@ijmet.org by e-mail or from www.samhall.co.uk/storm2005dvd 

        To be in with a chance of winning the Second International Severe Weather Film Festival (ISWFF) send your severe weather DVDs to The International Journal of Meteorology Media Review Editor, Paul Domaille, at PO Box 972, Thelwall, Warrington, WA4 9DP, United Kingdom.

Agenda (view the agenda from the conference)