This short film “Desertas Aquática” of Madeira region’s underwater biodiversity.. in this case the biodiversity around the uninhabited Desertas Islands including the endangered Monk seals won a First Prize in its category at The 2011 International Funchal Cinema Festival.

The Desertas Islands- Ilhas Desertas

The film shows the underwater natural beauty of the biodiversity of The Desertas Islands- Ilhas Desertas — a small Portuguese archipelago, located about 25 km to the southeast of Ponta de São Lourenço, the eastern tip of the island of Madeira.