Marina Gioti was awarded the COAL Prize for her project Sounding the Silent World. A special jury prize was also awarded to Brandon Ballengée for his project Searching for the Ghosts of the Gulf. The prizes were awarded during a ceremony held at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature in Paris, in the presence of the nominated artists and members of a jury made up of experts in art, ecology and research, chaired by Christine Germain-Donnat, Director of the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, and Bruno David, President of the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle.