2017 Media Guide by Jackson Wild

#SAVELACOUGARS VR EXPERIENCE

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360¡ Storytelling

Original Music Score, Changing Planet

Midpines, California

Corte Madera, CA

United States

5/20/17

12/1/15

5 minutes

53 minutes

The most famous celebrities in Los Angeles these days are cougars-- the cat kind- like P-22, the mountain lion living under the Hollywood sign. Yet cut off by freeways, the cougars of LA will soon become extinct unless we take action. The #SaveLACougars VR Experience lets you step inside the quest to build the largest wildlife crossing in the world over the 101 Freeway to save this population of mountain lions. It’s an inspiring and beautiful 360/VR film about cougars, our responsibility to our wild neighbors, and the importance of reconnecting a landscape for all wildlife.

COMPANY: Pacific Virtual Reality, Radiant Images Ecco VR 3D Paint/FX Left Field Labs Jaunt PRODUCER: Camilla Andersson DIRECTOR: Camilla Andersson EDITOR: Anders Hjemdahl Camilla Andersson WRITER: Anders Hjemdahl Beth Pratt-Bergstrom CINEMATOGRAPHER: Camilla Andersson Anders Hjemdahl SOUND EDITOR: Joel Douek Benedict Green SOUND MIXERS: Joel Douek Benedict Green SOUND RECORDISTS: Joel Douek Benedict Green MUSIC: Joel Douek EFFECTS: Visualization and Compositing: Thomas Polson, Jessica Grimshaw DESIGNER: Anders Hjemdahl NARRATOR: Anders Hjemdahl OTHER: Directors of photography: Anders Hjemdahl, Sam Gezari, Camera Operators: Michael Mansouri, Sam Gezari, Steve Yoon, Karl Alsens, James Tucker-Robbins, Ava Benjamin, Sound Design: Camilla Andersson, Production Assistant: Sean Huntley, UAV operation: Dragonfly UAV, Architect: Clark Stevens, Liberty Canyon Overpass Team, Overpass CAD and 3D models: Raymond Garcia, Engineering and Environmental: Caltrans, Multi-platform app Programming: Eric Lee, Left Field Labs, Production Partners: Left Field Labs, Ecco VR, Radiant Images, 3D Paint/FX, Jaunt (209) 966-2623 prattb@nwf.org www.savelacougars.org

2016 INDIANAPOLIS PRIZE

International climate change policy aims to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius. But scientists believe that a temperature rise of just 1.5 degrees could lead to irreversible damage to ecosystems. In 1.5 Stay Alive, science meets music, the style part music video and part factual. Popular Caribbean musicians express their experiences with rising seas by composing and performing songs about climate change, and their visions of how to confront it. Intertwined are insights by scientists and local climate experts in Belize, Costa Rica, Trinidad + Tobago, Haiti, Miami and Louisiana whose coastlines area being lost.

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: Lucian Segura, Tilman Altenburg DIRECTOR: Lucian Segura EDITOR: Lucian Segura CINEMATOGRAPHER: Lucian Segura SOUND EDITOR: Lucian Segura SOUND MIXERS: Lucian Segura SOUND RECORDISTS: Lucian Segura MUSIC: Performances by: Jess Flores, The Grandmaster, Aurelio Martinez , Garifuna Collective , Queen Calypso Rose, The Buccooneers Steel Orchestra, Asakivled, Kawe Calypso, Percy Scootie Gabriel OTHER: Stonetree Records

(415) 377-5471 suzanne@greenplanetfilms.org www.onepointfive.org

360¡ BLACK MAMBA CAPTURE

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Impact

People & Nature, 360¡ Storytelling

Indianapolis, IN

Durban,

United States

South Africa

9/1/16

3/27/17

20 minutes

14 minutes

The Indianapolis Prize recognizes and rewards conservationists who have achieved major victories in advancing the sustainability of animal species. Placing the winner and finalists on the pedestal usually reserved for sports and entertainment stars, the impact can be measured by the successes of these men and women working selflessly for wild things and wild places, and by the changes they make in the lives of countless others. Over the years, more than 140 nominees have shared their journeys -- protecting animals large and small, discovering new species and bringing populations back from the very brink of extinction.

Behind the Scenes: For most of us, tracking down a venomous snake in a cluttered storeroom would be a nightmare, but for snake handlers, Simon Keys and Siouxsie Gillett, it’s just another day on the job. This 360 clip was shot during recent filming for season four of the popular Nat Geo Wild show, Snake City. See if you can spot the snake before Simon and Siouxsie do.

COMPANY: Mays Entertainment, Indianapolis Zoological Society PRODUCER: Matt Mays, Heather Grisham DIRECTOR: Matt Mays EDITOR: Bill Baker, Andrew Birkhead, Jeff Cooney, Matt Mays WRITER: Matt Mays, Matt Gonzales, Ken Honeywell CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joe Sailer, Matt Mays, Vinnie Manganello SOUND EDITOR: Earshot Audio Post SOUND MIXERS: Kent Vernon DESIGNER: Jeff Cooney NARRATOR: David Attenborough, Sigourney Weaver

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

(317) 341-3357 matt@maysentertainment.com www.indianapolisprize.com

1.5 STAY ALIVE

+27 315-820-800 mreddy@earthtouchsa.com

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360¡ CLIMBING GIANTS

360¡ GIANT SEQUOIAS ON A CHANGING PLANET - PART 2

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360¡ Storytelling

Bethesda, MD

United States

12/19/16

1/3/17

3 minutes

Climb to the top of the biggest trees on Earth with National Geographic VR. Deep inside Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks a team of scientists are studying how these 3,000-year-old sequoia trees are reacting to a rapidly changing climate.

This 360¡ experience sets out to take viewers someplace they would otherwise never be able to go: climbing to the top of a giant sequoia tree. Viewers will take in the stunning skyline alongside a team of scientists studying the effects of climate change on these 3,000-year-old giants.

COMPANY: Black Dot Films VR, National Geographic Partners PRODUCER: Max Salomon Executive Producers: Malvina Martin Max Salomon Matt Zymet DIRECTOR: Max Salomon EDITOR: Barbara Ballow Max Salomon Bilal Qureshi CINEMATOGRAPHER: Erik Rochner

(202) 257-8390 malvina@blackdotfilms.com

360 A GREAT HAMMERHEAD SHARK ENCOUNTER

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360¡ Storytelling

Bethesda, MD

Bethesda, Maryland

United States

6/19/16

11/12/16

2 minutes

9 minutes

Dive into this 360¡ video and go face to face with a curious great Hammerhead shark.

National Geographic VR takes you inside the International Animal Rescue sanctuary in the forests of Indonesian Borneo to see what it takes to teach a baby orangutan... to be an orangutan. There, a dedicated team of vets teach these orphans (some of whom have never even seen a tree) everything they’ll need to know to one day head out on their own, back into the wild.

COMPANY: Black Dot Films VR, National Geographic Partners PRODUCER: Max Salomon Malvina Martin Matt Zymet DIRECTOR: EDITOR: Max Salomon CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andy Brandy Casagrande IV

COMPANY: Black Dot Films VR, National Geographic Partners PRODUCER: Malvina Martin Executive Producer: Max Salomon, Malvina Martin, Matt Zymet DIRECTOR: Max Salomon EDITOR: Max Salomon CINEMATOGRAPHER: Erik Rochner

(202) 257-8390 malvina@blackdotfilms.com

360¡ ORANGUTAN SCHOOL

(202) 257-8390 malvina@blackdotfilms.com

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360¡ UNDERWATER NATIONAL PARK

96 ELEPHANTS: A CHARMED LIFE

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360¡ Storytelling

Micro-Movie

Bethesda, MD

Bronx, NY

United States

1/14/17

8/1/16

6 minutes

1 minutes

Plunge into a Caribbean gem with National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry and explore the Buck Island Reef: America’s first protected marine monument.

For World Ranger Day 2016, WCS created a campaign to thank the men and women on the front lines dedicated to protecting wildlife. More than 30,000 people signed a thank you card to rangers at sites where WCS works. A companion 96 Elephants-logo commemorative charm promotion generated over $15,000 in donations (368 donations with an average of $41.27 per donation).

COMPANY: Black Dot Films VR, National Geographic Partners PRODUCER: Malvina Martin Executive Producers: Max Salomon, Malvina Martin, Matt Zymet DIRECTOR: Malvina Martin EDITOR: Barbara Ballos Max Salomon CINEMATOGRAPHER: Erik Rochner

COMPANY: Wildlife Conservation Society, PRODUCER: Natalie Cash EDITOR: Natalie Cash WRITER: Natalie Cash CINEMATOGRAPHER: David Rochkind, Ground Media OTHER: Special Thanks: Disney Conservation Fundv

(202) 257-8390 malvina@blackdotfilms.com

(718) 220-7423 ncash@wcs.org https://www.wcs.org/get-involved/thank-a-ranger

A CAMBODIAN NATURE FILM THE KINGDOM OF NATURE

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Educational / Institutional

Limited Series - Short

New York, NY

San Diego, CA

United States

3/10/17

2/27/17

85 minutes

12 minutes

This film takes us on a journey through Cambodia to discover its many varied ecosystems and its beautiful wildlife. We also stop to learn from local conservation experts about their efforts to save Cambodia’s wildlife. Journey with Mr. Chea Samban as we explore The Kingdom of Nature. This film is Cambodia’s first high-quality nature film narrated entirely in the local language, and focusing on local wildlife and conservation topics, and is being distributed for free around the country by the startup project Fauna in Focus.

A Day in the Wildlife is a series for the San Diego Zoo Kids Network that focuses on people with animal related careers. Each episode follows a day in the life of a wildlife professional as they do there job. Each subject offer unique inspiration and advice to young naturalists.

COMPANY: Fauna in Focus, DIRECTOR: Daniel Roper-Jones WRITER: Daniel Roper-Jones CINEMATOGRAPHER: NARRATOR: Samban Chea

COMPANY: San Diego Zoo Kids, San DIego Global PRODUCER: Dustin Trayer, Kim Turner, Eric Gaylord DIRECTOR: Dustin Trayer EDITOR: Dustin Trayerv CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dustin Trayer SOUND RECORDISTS: OTHER: Graphics: Aaron Pettijohn

+85 566-293-007 Daniel@faunainfocus.org www.faunainfocus.org

A DAY IN THE WILDLIFE A DAY IN THE WILDLIFE

(619) 717-0275 dtrayer@sandiegozoo.org

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A DAY IN THE WILDLIFE: MARINE RANGER

A DAY IN THE WILDLIFE: NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER

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Micro-Movie, Engaging Youth

San Diego, CA

United States

12/21/17

6/30/16

3 minutes

4 minutes

Journey to the rugged coast of South Africa to follow Cuan McGeorge, a Marin Ranger at Stony Point Penguin Colony. Cuan monitors the colony and rescues any sick or injured birds. Passionate and dedicated, Cuan offers some inspiration to young naturalists.

Follow legendary nature photographer, Thomas Mangelsen, as he photographs the famous grizzly bears of Grand Teton National Park. Thomas invites you into his world and offers advice to budding nature photographers.

COMPANY: San Diego Zoo Kids, San Diego Zoo Global PRODUCER: Kim Turner DIRECTOR: Dustin Trayer EDITOR: Dustin Trayer CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dustin Trayer OTHER: Graphics: Aaron Pettijohn

COMPANY: San DIego Zoo Kids, San Diego Zoo Global PRODUCER: Dustin Trayer, Eric Gaylord DIRECTOR: Dustin Trayer EDITOR: Dustin Trayer CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dustin Trayer DESIGNER: Dustin Trayer OTHER: Graphics: Aaron Pettijohn Photography: Thomas Mangelsen

(619) 717-0275 Dtraye@sandiegozoo.org

(619) 717-0275 Dtrayer@sandiegozoo.org

A FEMME FATALE COULD SAVE ASH TREES FROM AN INVASIVE KILLER

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Micro-Movie

Short

Philadelphia, PA

South Miami, FL

United States

3/10/17

6/6/16

5 minutes

19 minutes

Two Penn State scientists from different disciplines collaborate to save the American ash tree population by entrapping the invasive Emerald Ash Borer with a high tech electrified decoy.

Everyone has heard about the decline of bee populations, but with so much attention focused on domesticated honeybees, someone has to speak up for the 4,000 species of native bees in North America. Natural history photographer Clay Bolt is on a multi-year quest to tell the stories of our native bees, and one elusive species- the Rusty-patched Bumble Bee- has become his ‘white whale.’ Traveling from state to state in search of the Rusty-patched, he meets the scientists and conservationists working tirelessly to preserve it. Clay’s journey finally brings him to Wisconsin, where he comes face to face with his fuzzy quarry and discovers an answer to the question that has been nagging him all along: why save a species?

COMPANY: A Type, PRODUCER: Aaron Lemle DIRECTOR: Aaron Lemle EDITOR: Max Mueller WRITER: Aaron Lemle CINEMATOGRAPHER: Aaron Lemle, Max Mueller NARRATOR: Krysta Wallrauch

COMPANY: Day’s Edge Productions, PRODUCER: Neil Losin Nathan Dappen Clay Bolt DIRECTOR: Neil Losin Morgan Heim WRITER: Neil Losin Clay Bolt CINEMATOGRAPHER: Neil Losin Morgan Heim Additional Cinematography: Clay Bolt, Roshan Patel, Doug Gardner MUSIC: New West Studios Dan Warren Cloud Cult OTHER: Special Thanks to: Xerces Society, Endangered Species Chocolate, Fastec Imaging

(917) 922-5440 aaron@aaronlemle.com

A GHOST IN THE MAKING

(208) 591-0852 kori.price@gmail.com www.daysedge.com

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A JOURNEY ALONG ISUZU RIVER - ISE JINGU’S DIVINE LIVING FOREST

A LEAP OF FROG

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Ecosystem

Micro-Movie

Sapporo,

Groningen,

Japan

The Netherlands

2/20/17

6/15/17

45 minutes

5 minutes

Rare animals and plants can be found along Isuzu River. Protected by nature’s blessings and the Ise Jingu Shrine where the vibrant cycle of life has ceaselessly repeated itself, the sacred Isuzu River acts as the guardian deity of those small creatures. This “water flow” and the vibrant habitat, where creatures live as they have since ancient Japanese times, give another charm to the shrine as the sacred place that makes us feel awe and respect for nature.

Frogs hunt their prey with lightning speed that is too fast to see for the human eye. This short video is composed of the high speed footage recorded with a Phantom v710 camera from the Flightartists project of the University of Wageningen. Leaping frogs and flying insects were captured at 2.500 frames per second, resulting in a series of amazing HD slowmotion images.

COMPANY: CBC Television Co., LTD., PRODUCER: Koji Sato DIRECTOR: Tatsuhiko Masuda EDITOR: Kana Asano WRITER: Tatsuhiko Masuda SOUND EDITOR: Kazuya Nagae SOUND MIXERS: Hiroki Sawada SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Yuki Harada OTHER: Sound Design: Hajime Saito

COMPANY: Hilco Jansma, Arjan Verschoor PRODUCER: Hilco Jansma & Arjan Verschoor DIRECTOR: Hilco Jansma EDITOR: Hilco Jansma WRITER: Hilco Jansma CINEMATOGRAPHER: Hilco Jansma, Arjan Verschoor, Dolf Ramaker SOUND EDITOR: Hilco Jansma SOUND MIXERS: Hilco Jansma SOUND RECORDISTS: Hilco Jansma MUSIC: Sebastian Morawietz EFFECTS: Hilco Jansma DESIGNER: Hilco Jansma

+81 116-151-401 toshie@ti-comnet.com

+00 316-141-52270 hilcojansma@hotmail.com www.hilcojansma.com

A LION’S TALE

A LIVING LEGACY

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Student & Emerging

Bristol, Bristol

Assagaon, Goa

United Kingdom

India

9/20/16

4/21/17

11 minutes

12 minutes

The Born Free story began with lions, and 50 years on A Lion’s Tale follows the legacy that actress turned conservationist Virginia McKenna has left and the conflicts that lions face in Kenya. Set in the original heartland of lions, we journey to Meru National Park to see the Born Free team and Kenya wildlife service rangers on the frontline of conflict and education. The world’s largest ivory burn is about to take place, as a symbolÊof Kenya’s determination to help all wildlife and stop the illegalÊtrade. Will the next generation take up the challenge? Is there hope?

This is the first of five short films in The Road Less Traveled documentary series. They are stories of people in India who have gone through extraordinary lengths to build a life that is not just driven by money, but with intention to preserve the environment and community around them. Pam and Anil Malhotra are the creators of the first private wildlife sanctuary in the country. The land is part of a mere 16% of primary equatorial rainforest that is still left in the region of Kodagu in the Western Ghats. Over the last 25 years, the couple have carefully expanded their protection to over 300 acres of this critical landscape. The area has grown thick and rich in biodiversity. Pam uses camera traps to identify and track the wildlife. They frequently discover new species. The diversity is so astonishing, that scientists and naturalists have referred to it as a place where the government will need to return to regrow the country’s disappearing forests. At the ripe age of 79, Anil shows no sign of slowing down. The couple spend hours walking through their forest home. They speak of the peace of mind that this lifestyle has given them. The Malhotras’ contribution to the forests is immense. Yet it’s clear that what they have received in return is far more so.

COMPANY: Tania Esteban, Tania Esteban PRODUCER: Tania Esteban DIRECTOR: Tania Esteban EDITOR: Tania Esteban WRITER: Tania Esteban CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tania Esteban SOUND EDITOR: Tania Esteban SOUND MIXERS: Tania Esteban SOUND RECORDISTS: Tania Esteban MUSIC: Richard Collins EFFECTS: Tania Esteban DESIGNER: Tania Esteban OTHER: Born Free Foundation

COMPANY: Emaho Films, PRODUCER: Jnana Foundation DIRECTOR: Taira Malaney EDITOR: Tanvi Gandhi, Taira malaney CINEMATOGRAPHER: Krish Makhija SOUND EDITOR: Zain Calcuttawala SOUND MIXERS: Zain Calcuttawala SOUND RECORDISTS: Rohit Pathak MUSIC: Siddharth Talwar OTHER: Colorist: Tony Adrial

(748) 229-9623 tania.esteban@betafilmworks.org www.taniaesteban.wixsite.com/alionstale

+91 988-115-3880 tairam@emahofilms.com

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A SEABIRD’S STORY

A TASTE FOR LIONFISH

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Micro-Movie

360¡ Storytelling

The Plains, VA

Hermosa Beach, CA

United States

1/1/17

1/15/17

2 minutes

5 minutes

Seabirds on the Hawaiian Islands face many threats to survival. Scientists rescue an orphaned seabird chick and fly him to safety. With support from wildlife rehabilitators, the scrappy chick gets a second chance.

A Taste For Lionfish is an educational mini doc used to break down superstitions about invasive lionfish in the Caribbean. Convincing local residents that lionfish are safe to eat, and easy to catch, is one of the biggest obstacles and potential solutions to the growing problem. Working with the Queen Elizabeth Home for Children, we brought students to their local coral reefs virtually - many for the first time.

COMPANY: , Tracy Anderson, Save Our Shearwaters Andre Raine, Kaua’i Endangered Seabird Recovery Project Lindsay Young, Pacific Rim Conservation PRODUCER: American Bird Conservancy Aditi Desai Hannah Nevins EDITOR: Ian A. Nelson WRITER: Aditi Desai CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ian A. Nelson Andre Raine Lindsay Young MUSIC: Audio Jungle OTHER: Field Producer Ian A. Nelson

COMPANY: Diatom Productions, PRODUCER: Alex Warham DIRECTOR: Kyle Mcburnie EDITOR: Kyle Mcburnie OTHER: Christine Finney, Eco Dive - Grenada, Grenada Fisheries Department, The Grenville Fishers Association, Queen Elizabeth Home for Children, Matthew Warham, Zaidy Khan

(973) 919-0109 adesai@abcbirds.org www.abcbirds.org/vv

(661) 993-6001 Alex@diatomproductions.com www.diatomproductions.com

A TOAD STORY

A WORLD UNNOTICED

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Impact

Student & Emerging

Oslo, n/a

Val-David, Quebec

Norway

Canada

3/11/16

4/4/17

50 minutes

94 minutes

In a deep fjord in Norway a small community is changed forever, as a new European road route threatens the local toads. A Toad Story is a warm film about seeing greatness in the planets smallest creatures.

Currently in hibernation are the amphibians and reptiles of Quebec. Of all the animal species living in this area, they are the most unknown and discreet. Their story starts at the end of winter, as the snow melts. Accompany them through one year in all the stages of their life, as they evolve, season by season. Discover their struggles and their reality, drastically changing through our influence.

COMPANY: Blaast Film AS, PRODUCER: Are Pilskog Sturla Pilskog DIRECTOR: Are Pilskog EDITOR: Sidse Larsen Are Pilskog Tor Siverst¿l WRITER: Are Pilskog CINEMATOGRAPHER: Are Pilskog Tor Siverst¿l Sturla Pilskog SOUND EDITOR: Bernt Syversen SOUND RECORDISTS: Anne Toril Simonsen

COMPANY: Les Films EP, PRODUCER: Etienne Plasse DIRECTOR: Etienne Plasse EDITOR: Etienne Plasse WRITER: Etienne Plasse CINEMATOGRAPHER: Etienne Plasse SOUND EDITOR: Philippe B_dard ƒtienne Plasse SOUND MIXERS: Philippe B_dard SOUND RECORDISTS: Philippe B_dard Etienne Plasse MUSIC: William Kraushaar EFFECTS: Etienne Plasse Ahsan Khan NARRATOR: Pierre Verville

(472) 247-4574 ts@nfi.no www.blaastfilm.no/atoadstory/

(514) 243-7448 eplasse@lesfilmsep.com unmondeinapercu.com

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ADVENTURES OF THE AMERICAN PIKA

AFRICA’S HUNTERS

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Animal Behavior

Limited Series - Long

Bozeman, MT

New York, New York

United States

5/23/17

5/31/16

54 minutes

96 minutes

This film takes us on a journey that explores the lives and adventures of two American pikas. The American pikas is a fascinating and cute creature with a big personality. Not only are they well adapted to living in environments where many other mammals do not venture to go, they appear to be comfortable in the cooler, rocky and treacherous slopes of mountains.

Welcome to Zambia’s Luangwa Valley, where large carnivores like leopards, lions, and hyenas are in constant competition for their next meal. In the heart of South Luangwa National Park, this ferocity manifests in stolen kills, intimidation, and even cub-snatching. To convey the realities of this savage environment, a film crew was embedded on location for two years, filming with a revolutionary military-grade Selex thermal camera, using long lens and no light. The result is an unflinching, nuanced look at these creatures and their daily struggles. Join us as we zoom in on the round-the-clock challenges of some of Africa’s fiercest predators.

COMPANY: Folgert Studio, PRODUCER: Jere Folgert DIRECTOR: Jere Folgert EDITOR: Jere Folgert WRITER: Jere Folgert, Mimi Matsuda CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: Jere Folgert SOUND MIXERS: Jere Folgert SOUND RECORDISTS: Jere Folgert MUSIC: True Sounds, K. Burwick, M. Troolines, W. Pearson, C. Estella, M. Zannone, Marco Zannone EFFECTS: Folgert Studio, Reactor Energy DESIGNER: Jere Folgert NARRATOR: Jere Folgert OTHER: Special Thanks to Erik Beever, Ph.D. USGS, Chris Ray, PhD. University of Colorado, Boulder

COMPANY: Plimsoll Productions, Blue Ant Media Smithsonian Networks PRODUCER: Executive Producers: Martha Holmes, Andrew Jackson Head of Production: Lynn Sinclair Edit Producer: Clare Brook Production Manager: Lucy Bilson Production Accountant: Tess Kiernan Fie Producer: Will Steenkamp Assistant Producer: Andrew Moorwood Production Co-Ordinator: Kirstie Routledge Post Production Manager: Bethan Door DIRECTOR: Hannah Hoare EDITOR: Editors: Mark Fletcher, James Smith Edit Assistants: Vicky Jordan, Patrick Bethell WRITER: Writer: Mark Fletcher Researcher: George Bradford Story Developer: Sam Meyrick CINEMATOGRAPHER: Camera Operators: Lianne Steenkamp, Tom Walker, Howard Bourne, Mat Thomps SOUND EDITOR: On Line Editors: Alexis Moffatt, Simon Bland Dubbing Editor: David Yapp Dubbing Mi Andy Devine, Christ Domaille Foley Artist: Richard Hinton SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Composer: Anthony Aldersley EFFECTS: Graphics: Ged MansfieldDESIGNER: NARRATOR: Gillian Burke OTHER: Field Assistants: Ruban Mbao, John Mphasi Additional Aerial Photography: Aquavision

(406) 580-1314 jfolgert@gmail.com www.folgertstudio.com

(212) 708-3254 christine.ricard@smithsonianchannel.com https://smithsonianearthtv.com/programs/africas-hunters/

AFRICA’S HUNTERS: THE MISFIT AFRICA’S HUNTERS

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17-0028

Animal Behavior, Visualization

Limited Series - Long

New York, New York

Montreal, Quebec

United States

Canada

4/14/16

5/18/17

48 minutes

96 minutes

A six-week-old lion cub gets separated from his pride and has to face nighttime alone. Hungry predators, dehydration, and his own teenage brothers instinctively primed to kill are just some of the threats ahead. Can this misfit find safety, or will the harsh rules of the wild prevail? This film’s dramatic narrative and the behaviors it reveals are unprecedented, captured by a film crew embedded for months and shooting around the clock. Much of the action plays out at night, filmed by a military-grade Selex thermal camera, revealing for the first time the true nature of the African bush after dark.

Aging in the Wild is a five-part series that takes a never-before seen look at golden years in the animal kingdom. Against the extraordinary backdrop of some of the world’s most magnificent nature reserves, national parks, and wilderness areas this series brings viewers on an unforgettable journey around the globe to meet some of nature’s most interesting elders. Each episode focuses on the story of a different animal and the challenges they face as they age. This series is a thoughtful, engaging, and humorous celebration of a full cast of elderly animal characters.

COMPANY: Plimsoll Productions, Blue Ant Media The Smithsonian Networks PRODUCER: Executive Producers: Martha Holmes, Andrew Jackson Edit Producer: Clare Brook Head of Production: Lynn Sinclair Production Manager: Lucy Bilson Production Accountant: Tessa Kiernan Field Producer: Will Steenkamp Assistant Producer: Andrew Moorwood Production CoOrdinator: Kirstie Routledge Post Production Manager: Bethan Door DIRECTOR: Hannah Hoare EDITOR: Mark Fletcher James Smith Vicky Jordan, Edit Assistant Patrick Bethell, Edit Assistant WRITER: Writer: Mark Fletcher Researcher: George Bradford Story Developer: Sam Meyrick CINEMATOGRAPHER: Camera Operators: Lianne Steenkamp, Tom Walker, Howard Bourne, Mat Thompson SOUND EDITOR: On Line Editor: Simon Bland Dubbing Editor: David Yapp Dubbing Mixer: Chris Domaille Foley Artist: Richard Hinton SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Composer: Anthony Aldersley EFFECTS: Graphics: Ged Mansfield NARRATOR: Gillian Burke OTHER: Field Assistants: Ruban Mbao, John Mphasi, Additional Aerial Photography: Aquavision

COMPANY: Rotating Planet Wild Productions, PRODUCER: Ari A. Cohen DIRECTOR: Ari A. Cohen EDITOR: Alain Belhumeur, Alain Despr_s WRITER: Sophie Tessier, Lesley Evans Ogden, Dr. Anne Innis Dagg SOUND MIXERS: Rotating Planet MUSIC: Sam Shalabi

(212) 708-3254 christine.ricard@smithsonianchannel.com https://smithsonianearthtv.com/programs/africas-hunters/

AGING IN THE WILD

(514) 503-8577 prod@rotatingplanet.com www.rotatingplanet.com/wild.php

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AL JAZEERA INVESTIGATIONS - THE POACHERS PIPELINE

ALASKA IN CONCERT

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17-0030

Conservation, People & Nature

Original Music Score

Doha,

Bristol,

Qatar

United Kingdom

11/12/16

4/28/17

48 minutes

30 minutes

Al Jazeera exposes the illegal trading of a substance more valuable than gold: rhino horn. The story began with a spa owner who bragged about connections to South Africa’s spymaster, the powerful Minister for State Security, David Mahlobo. The investigation involved a complex undercover operation which infiltrated South Africa’s criminal supply chain, leading to the Chinese province of Fujian, where fully-intact rhino horn was offered for sale in a dealer’s car. The Rhino horn trade is made possible by corruption at every level, as well as an insatiable demand that goes to the very top of Chinese society.

As part of BBC Earth’s collaboration with cruise company Holland America Line, “Alaska in Concert” is a live musical spectacle celebrating Alaska- one of our planet’s last great wildernesses- marking the seventieth anniversary of their cruises to Alaska. This performance combines a specially composed score by renowned composer, Timo Baker, performed on stage by musicians, set against a backdrop of mesmerizing footage from the BBC Earth television series, “Wild Alaska”. The performance transports the audience from cruise ships around the world to the drama of Alaska’s dynamic seasons and this place which is as unforgiving as it is beautiful.

COMPANY: AL Jazeera Media Network, PRODUCER: Kevin Hirten, Jeremy Young EDITOR: Nicholas Dove OTHER: Reporter: Deborah Davis, Executive Producers: Phil Rees, Peter Charley, Director of Photography: Craig Pennington

COMPANY: BBC Earth Productions, Holland America Line and BBC Worldwide Live Events PRODUCER: Charlotte Jones DIRECTOR: Ben Roy EDITOR: Jon Hubbard WRITER: Ben Roy SOUND MIXERS: Chris Domaille SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Timo Baker NARRATOR: Alisdair Simpson OTHER: Producers for BBC Worldwide Live Events: Mat Way, Lis Moon, Georgina Anderson

+00 097-433-401575 tessa.bryson@aljazeera.net www.aljazeera.com/investigations/the-poachers-pipeline/

(795) 839-8904 Annmarie.mcloughlin@bbc.com

ALETSCH - OF ICE AND MEN

ALLIGATORS: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

17-0031

17-0032

Science in Nature

Ecosystem

Zurich,

Kiawah Island, SC

Switzerland

United States

1/1/16

10/27/16

23 minutes

14 minutes

The Great Aletsch Glacier is the biggest of its kind in the Alps, but with our climate changing, the glacier is disappearing at an ever faster rate. A glaciologist, an old mountain guide and a technician at the Jungfraujoch, where tourists marvel at the glacier’s beauty, open our eyes to this change. A story about big nature, small human beings and a development which will affect us all.

The Alligators: More than Meets the Eye mini documentary introduces Kiawah Island’s residents and annual guests to alligators in a non-threatening yet realistic manner. It is important to create an atmosphere in which viewers learn relatively unknown characteristics of this reptile - their long success as a species on our planet, how they help balance the ecosystem, how they raise their young, and how we can successfully coexist with them by following some simple rules. We also wanted to spark interest in the continuing research programs and how we can benefit from our expanded knowledge of the American Alligator.

COMPANY: Mirapix, PRODUCER: Gitta Gsell DIRECTOR: Caroline Fink EDITOR: Mary Leidescher WRITER: Caroline Fink CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: Dieter Lengacher SOUND MIXERS: Dieter Lengacher SOUND RECORDISTS: Caroline Fink MUSIC: Jordi Fornies NARRATOR: Regula Imboden

COMPANY: Neal Communications, PRODUCER: Cynthia Neal, Donna Windham DIRECTOR: Cynthia Neal EDITOR: Scott Mele WRITER: Lex Hames CINEMATOGRAPHER: Chris Condor SOUND MIXERS: Dave Gullberg NARRATOR: Dave Hoffman OTHER: Scientific Advisor: Dr. Thomas Rainwater

+00 417-634-49444 caroline.fink@gmx.ch

(843) 768-2029 jennifer@kiawahconservancy.org www.kiawahconservancy.org

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AMAZON ADVENTURE

AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS AT 100

17-0033

17-0034

Animal Behavior, Science in Nature, Theatrical, Audioscape, Visualization, Original Music Score, Writing

People & Nature

Toronto, Ontario

Washington, DC

Canada

United States

3/31/17

7/25/16

45 minutes

51 minutes

Amazon Adventure tells the epic, true story of intrepid naturalist Henry Bates’ fascinating 11-year journey through the visually stunning and biodiverse Amazon in the 1850’s. Determined to explore the wilds of nature from the time he was a young boy, Bates risked his life for science. Mind-boggling and rare examples of camouflage and mimicry inspired his endless curiosity and determination to unravel the great mystery of the origin of species. Bates returned to England in 1859 with what Darwin called “the beautiful proof” for natural selection-- the greatest explanation for the development of life on earth.

The National Park Service has been active for over a century preserving and protecting over 400 units across America, from the wild and natural to the man-made and historic. Take a tour through iconic Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon and discover smaller, hidden treasures throughout the country as we explore the agency’s evolution over the last century. Through rarely seen footage and stunning aerial views, we celebrate the sites and stories of the national landmarks that reflect our country’s past, present, and future.

COMPANY: SK Films, Aventuras Produç›es E Ediç›es Educativas LTDA, AAUK Picture Limited PRODUCER: Jonathan Barker, Wendy MacKeigan, Mike Slee, Yuri Sanada, Vera RP Sanada DIRECTOR: Mike Slee EDITOR: Caroline Christie WRITER: Wendy MacKeigan, Carl Knutson CINEMATOGRAPHER: Gerry Vasbenter, Richard Kirby SOUND EDITOR: Peter Thillaye, Ed Douglas, Steve Munro, Karl Mohr SOUND MIXERS: Ed Douglas, Allen Ormerod, Mike Baskerville, Mark Zsifkovits SOUND RECORDISTS: John Rodda, Alvaro Correia MUSIC: Antonio Pinto EFFECTS: VFX: Chris Panton, Lola Post Production Ltd., Kilogram Animation Studio, Post Conversion: Onsight Ltd. DESIGNER: Marie Lanna NARRATOR: Toni Myers OTHER: Sean B. Carroll, Lead Scientific, Historical Advisor Dr. Anthony Crawforth, Lead Scientific and Historical Advisor Dr. Andr_ Victor Lucci Freitas, Lead Scientific and Historical Advisor Dr. James Mallet, Lead Scientific and Historical Advisor Dr. James S. Miller, Lead Scientific and Historical Advisor Dr. Robert Reed, Lead Scientific and Historical Advisor

COMPANY: SNI/SI Networks L.L.C, PRODUCER: Dan J. Wolf DIRECTOR: Dan J. Wolf EDITOR: Peter Coan WRITER: Dan J. Wolf CINEMATOGRAPHER: Stefan Wiesen SOUND EDITOR: OTT House Audio SOUND MIXERS: OTT House Audio SOUND RECORDISTS: Greg Breazeale Jon Packer Seth Smith MUSIC: Chris Biondo Mack Squier Lenny Williams NARRATOR: Allen Farmer OTHER: Executive Producer: David Royle Executive Producer: Charles Poe Executive Producer: Joy Galane Coordinating Producer: Michelle Pruitt

(416) 367-0440 agarcia@skfilms.ca www.amazonadventurefilm.com

(202) 261-0337 monica.barrios@smithsonianchannel.com

AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS

AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS: EVERGLADES

17-0035

17-0036

Limited Series - Long

Animal Behavior, Ecosystem

Hamburg,

Germany

11/2/15

100 minutes

50 minutes

Few places are as special and unique as Yellowstone National Park - America’s first national park. A wilderness jewel of vast forests and wide-open valleys, home to large bison herds, wolf packs, and grizzly bears. It sits atop one of the world’s largest active super volcanoes, giving rise to such iconic geothermal features as Old Faithful Geyser and Grand Prismatic Spring. As part of the landmark wildlife series America’s National Parks, “Yellowstone” was filmed over three years by award-winning filmmakers Oliver Goetzl and Ivo N_ renberg. Using the latest in cinematographic techniques, this film showcases Yellowstone’s extraordinary wildlife and spectacular landscapes like never before.

River of Grass - that’s what Everglades means. One of the largest wetlands on our planet is a puzzle of different fascinating habitats and home to thousands of species. An agile female American alligator and the Wood Stork, perhaps the strangest looking North American bird; and the Key deer that lives in the dense impenetrable mangrove bushes of Florida Bay are in the center of the story. The film presents their struggles against the brutal forces of South Florida’s nature as well as how they cope with the army of new aggressive invasive species. And nobody knows yet who will be the new king of the Everglades.

COMPANY: Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm, Gulo Film Productions, NDR, ARTE, ORF, National Geographic PRODUCER: Britta Kiesewetter, Tom Synnatzschke DIRECTOR: Oliver Goetzl EDITOR: Oliver Goetzl, Maria Hemmleb, Anton Hering, Kilian Helmbrecht WRITER: Oliver Goetzl, Eleanor Grant CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ivo Noerenberg SOUND MIXERS: Sven-Michael Bluhm SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Oliver Heuss, Joerg Magnus Pfeil & Siggi Mueller NARRATOR: C.T. Taylor

COMPANY: Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm, ARTE, ORF, National Geographic PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Britta Kiesewetter, Executive Producer: Tom Synnatzschke DIRECTOR: Zolt‡n T_r_k EDITOR: L‡szl— Hargittai, Mario Sch_ppler WRITER: Zolt‡n T_r_k CINEMATOGRAPHER: Zolt‡n T_r_k, Additional Photography: Jan Henriksson, Underwater Photography: Mark Emery, Florian Graner, Time Lapse Photography: Alain Lusignan, Robert Morgenstern, Slow Motion Photography: Andy Brandy Casagrande IV, Aerials: Patrick Longman, Travis McMunn SOUND MIXERS: Sven-Michael Bluhm SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: J_rg Magnus Pfeil & Siggi Mueller, Oliver Heuss NARRATOR: C.T. Taylor OTHER: Commissioning Editor: Allan Butler, Commissioning Editor: Larissa Klinker, Commissioning Editor: Ralf Quibeldey, Commissioning Editor: Franz Fuchs, Commissioning Editor: Franz Fuchs, Allan Butler

+49 406-688-5140 naturfilm@doclights.de www.doclights.de

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AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS: GATES OF THE ARCTIC

AMERICA’SNATIONALPARKS:GREATSMOKYMOUNTAINS

17-0037

17-0038

Ecosystem, Visualization

Ecosystem, Audioscape, Visualization, Editing

Hamburg,

Hamburg, Germany

Germany

11/2/15

50 minutes

Alaska is “the last frontier”. Snow-covered mountain ranges, giant grizzly bears fishing salmon and mighty moose roaming through an endless wilderness. Places like the Denali National Park are world famous but northern Alaska is little known. Beyond the rugged peaks of the Brooks Range lies the wide tundra of the North Slope and America’s most inaccessible national park.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is well known for its vast forests, lush green meadows, and beautiful autumn colors. High definition technology, hidden cameras, super slow-motion filming, moving time lapse images, infrared cameras and powerful macro lenses reveal the fascinating life beyond the lookouts. Learn about surprising stories such as the Great-crested Flycatcher who uses snakeskin as a squirrel repellent to protect its nest or the spectacular lights of millions of fireflies in summer.

COMPANY: Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm, NDR, NDR/ARTE, ORF, National Geographic Channel PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Britta Kiesewetter, Executive Producer: Tom Synnatzschke DIRECTOR: Uwe Anders EDITOR: Mario Sch_ppler WRITER: Eleanor Grant CINEMATOGRAPHER: Uwe Anders SOUND MIXERS: Sven-Michael Bluhm MUSIC: J_rg Magnus Pfeil, Siggi Mueller, Oliver Heuss NARRATOR: C.T. Taylor OTHER: Executive Producer: Allan Butler, Commissioning Editor: Ralf Quibeldey, Commissioning Editor: Larissa Klinker, Commissioning Editor: Franz Fuchs

COMPANY: Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm; nautilusfilm GmbH, NDR, NDR/Arte, ORF, National Geographic Channel PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Britta Kiesewetter, Executive Producer: Tom Synnatzschke DIRECTOR: Jan Haft EDITOR: Jan Haft WRITER: Gary Parker CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jan Haft, Kay Ziesenhennev SOUND MIXERS: Sven-Michael Bluhm SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: J_rg Magnus Pfeil, Siggi Mueller Oliver Heuss NARRATOR: C.T. Taylor OTHER: Executive Producer: Allan Butler, Commissioning Editor: Ralf Quibeldey, Commissioning Editor: Larissa Klinker, Commissioning Editor: Franz Fuchs

+49 406-688-5140 naturfilm@doclights.de www.doclights.de

AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS: SAGUARO

17-0039

17-0040

Ecosystem, Audioscape, Visualization, Editing, Original Music Score

Animal Behavior, Ecosystem, Original Music Score

Hamburg,

Germany

11/2/15

50 minutes

Arizona is home to North America’s most unusual desert and the Saguaro National Park is its gem. Home to the a real giant: the iconic Saguaro cactus, symbol of the Southwest. What turns this Devil’s oven into a wildlife refuge? What is the reason for this vast diversity of animals in this harsh environment? One reason is the fifth season which brings wet tropical winds and rain. After a good winter rainy season the blooming of wildflowers is breathtaking and many animals take advantage of this mass blooming.

Few places are as special and unique as Yellowstone National Park - America’s first national park. A wilderness jewel of vast forests and wide-open valleys, home to large bison herds, wolf packs and grizzly bears. It sits atop one of the world’s largest active super volcanoes, giving rise to such iconic geothermal features as Old Faithful Geyser and Grand Prismatic Spring. As part of the landmark wildlife series America’s National Parks, “Yellowstone” was filmed over three years by award-winning filmmakers Oliver Goetzl and Ivo N_ renberg. Using the latest in cinematographic techniques, this film showcases Yellowstone’s extraordinary wildlife and spectacular landscapes like never before.

COMPANY: Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm; Altayfilm GmbH, NDR, NDR/ARTE, ORF, National Geographic Channel PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Britta Kiesewetter, Executive Producer: Tom Synnatzschke DIRECTOR: Henry M. Mix, Yann Sochaczewski EDITOR: Katrin DŸcker-Eckloff WRITER: Eleanor Grant CINEMATOGRAPHER: Yann Sochaczewski Henry M. Mix Marlen Hundertmark SOUND MIXERS: Sven-Michael Bluhm MUSIC: Oliver Heuss, J_rg Magnus Pfeil & Siggi Mueller NARRATOR: C.T. Taylor OTHER: Executive Producer: Allan Butler, Commissioning Editor: Ralf Quibeldey, Commissioning Editor: Larissa Klinker, Commissioning Editor: Andrew Solomon

COMPANY: Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm, Gulo Film Productions, NDR, ARTE, ORF, National Geographic PRODUCER: Britta Kiesewetter, Tom Synnatzschke DIRECTOR: Oliver Goetzl EDITOR: Oliver Goetzl, Maria Hemmleb, Anton Hering, Kilian Helmbrecht WRITER: Oliver Goetzl, Eleanor Grant CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ivo Noerenberg SOUND MIXERS: Sven-Michael Bluhm MUSIC: Oliver Heuss, Joerg Magnus Pfeil & Siggi Mueller NARRATOR: C.T. Taylor

+49 406-688-5140 naturfilm@doclights.de www.doclights.de

AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS: YELLOWSTONE

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AMERICAN ELEPHANT VRTUALLY THERE

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: RACHEL CARSON

17-0041

17-0042

360¡ Storytelling

Impact

McLean, Virginia

Boston, MA

United States

5/1/17

12/1/16

6 minutes

120 minutes

In this unprecedented VR film, marine mammal researchers Caroline Casey and Rachel Holser allow 360/VR cameras to document their work and the charismatic species they study. Northern elephant seals were almost hunted to extinction until sanctuaries like A–o Nuevo State Park served as critical safe havens for the species’ recovery. “American Elephant” immerses viewers in the quirky dynamics of elephant seal colonies and offers insight into the research practices and passions of the two biologists. Featuring the scientists’ custom remote operated vehicle, the film provides unique access to elephant seals and a new glimpse into their fascinating culture and behavior.

PRODUCER: Michael Kofsky Executive Producer: David Hamlin Digital Producer: Jesse Ryan DIRECTOR: Robert Padavick

When Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was published in 1962, the book became a phenomenon. A passionate and eloquent warning about the long-term dangers of pesticides, the book unleashed an extraordinary national debate and was greeted by vigorous attacks from the chemical industry. It would also inspire President John F. Kennedy to launch the first-ever investigation into the public health effects of pesticides -- an investigation that would eventually result in new laws governing the regulation of these deadly agents. Featuring the voice of Mary-Louise Parker as the influential writer and scientist, Rachel Carson is an intimate portrait of the woman whose groundbreaking books revolutionized our relationship to the natural world. Drawn from Carson’s own writings, letters and recent scholarship, this film illuminates both the public and private life of the woman who launched the modern environmental movement and revolutionized how we understand our relationship with the natural world. COMPANY: 42nd Parallel Films, PRODUCER: Producers: Rafael De La Uz, Michelle Ferrari, Executive Producer: Mark Samels, Senior Producer: Susan Bellows, Co-Producer: Connie Honeycutt DIRECTOR: Michelle Ferrari EDITOR: Peter R. Livingston Jr. WRITER: Michelle Ferrari CINEMATOGRAPHER: Rafael De La Uz SOUND EDITOR: Ira Spiegel SOUND MIXERS: Ken Hahn SOUND RECORDISTS: Christoph Gelfand, Rafael De La Uz MUSIC: Nathan Halpern NARRATOR: Oliver Platt OTHER: Mary-Louise Parker, Voice of Rachel Carson

(571) 215-0989 jeryan@gannett.com www.usatoday.com/section/global/vrtuallythere/

(617) 300-5950 katy_morris@wgbh.org

AMONG GIANTS

AN OCEAN MYSTERY- THE MISSING CATCH

17-0043

17-0044

Short

Conservation, Changing Planet, Science in Nature, Impact, Editing, Original Music Score, Writing

Mexico City, CDMX

Washington, DC

Mexico

United States

9/15/16

11/14/16

9 minutes

46 minutes

Loreto Bay, in the Gulf of California, in Mexico, is one of the world’s most important calving grounds for the endangered blue whale. Whale-watching tours started operations a few years ago to provide an economic alternative to the local fishers and their families, but researchers began to worry when they noticed signs of stress in the whale’s diving pattern. In a unique collaboration between communities, park authorities and researchers, a new method of observation, more suitable for the large yet timid blue whales, was successfully developed and implemented. Loreto is now being featured as an example of respectful ecotourism.

Is the world running out of fish? According to an unconventional and comprehensive study by marine biologist Dr. Daniel Pauly, we have drastically underestimated the true number of fish caught globally and must change our ways soon or face disaster. Follow Dr. Pauly and his team around the globe as they talk to commercial fisherman, charter boat operators, and even seafood restaurant managers to determine just how much fish we really catch, and what we must do to help us save our seas.

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: Jaime Rojo, Diane Gendron, with support from the National Commission for Protected Areas of Mexico and the Secretary of Environment of Mexico DIRECTOR: Jaime Rojo EDITOR: Jose Bautista WRITER: Jaime Rojo, Diane Gendron CINEMATOGRAPHER: Main: Jaime Rojo, Additional: Agust’n Pay_n Montoya, Jaime G—mezGuti_rrez, Ricardo Mirsha Mata SOUND EDITOR: Jose Bautista/Kanseisounds SOUND MIXERS: Jose Bautista/Kanseisounds SOUND RECORDISTS: Jaime Rojo MUSIC: Jose Bautista/Kanseisounds

COMPANY: Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, SNI/SI Networks L.L.C PRODUCER: Alison Barrat DIRECTOR: Alison Barrat EDITOR: Arthur F. Binkowski WRITER: Alison Barrat CINEMATOGRAPHER: Doug Allan James Ball Gordy Waterman SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: Greg Breazeale Mike Kasic Tony Spear Aaron Webster Jason Wood MUSIC: Robert Neufeld NARRATOR: Ted Danson OTHER: Executive Producer: David Royle Executive Producer: Charles Poe Executive Producer: John Cavanagh Executive Producer: Alison Barrat Additional Writing: Arthur F. Binkowski, Eleanor Grant

+52 155-347-34325 jaime.rojo@gmail.com

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ANCIENT EARTH

ANDY’S PREHISTORIC ADVENTURES: ARGENTINOSAURUS AND THE EGGSHELL

17-0045

17-0046

Limited Series - Short

Short

Silver Spring, MD

Bristol, Bristol

United States

United Kingdom

3/8/17

1/1/17

38 minutes

15 minutes

Our planet has suffered from at least five different mass extinctions, periods when large number of species died out simultaneously or within a short time frame. Scientists today are still researching the causes of the first extinctions that resulted in a reset on planet Earth, allowing new species to rise, including the human race. Ancient Earth sheds light on the kind of life that existed on three of these early periods, allowing us a glimpse of the species that thrived during those times. Journey back 250 million years to explore the Permian, Triassic, and Cretaceous eras.

When a precious prehistoric eggshell belonging to museum boss Mrs. Pickles is accidentally swept up and put in bin, Andy has to head back in time to find a replacement. Arriving 95 million years in the past, Andy soon discovers a group of argentinosaurus, one of the largest dinosaurs ever to walk the Earth. He climbs one to reach the tree tops to try and see where a nest and some eggshell might be, but a sneeze from an argentinosaurus sends him tumbling back to earth. Luckily, he lands right next to a nest and gets his eggshell when a baby argentinosaurus hatches. But whilst he is helping the baby argentinosaurus to escape from a hungry carnivorous dinosaur called a skorpiovenator, another smaller dinosaur runs off with his eggshell. Andy gives chase and manages to retrieve the eggshell but winds up stuck in a giant footprint. He finds a fire hose in his backpack and throws it to an argentinosaurus, who pulls him to safety and back into his time-travelling clock. Back at the museum, Andy rushes to the display room and replaces the eggshell just before Mrs. Pickles arrives for her morning inspection.

COMPANY: PixelDust, CuriosityStream PRODUCER: Chad Cohen Elizabeth Andrade DIRECTOR: Ricardo Andrade EDITOR: Mark Andrade Rico Andrade Salvatore Vecchio WRITER: Eleanor Grant Chad Cohen CINEMATOGRAPHER: Hossam Aboul Magd Uri Shwartz MUSIC: Mark Andrade EFFECTS: Andy Hencken Jordan Chedalavada Aditi Vengurlekar Chris Rodriguez Henry Bernstein Jason Starbird-Tierney Joon He-Chang Taylor Arnold NARRATOR: Salvatore Vecchio OTHER: CGI Supervisor: Samar Shool VFX Producer: Elizabeth Andrade Character Lead Animator: Andy Hencken Production Manager: Flavia Lanata Research: Whitney Beer-Kerr

COMPANY: BBC Studios The Natural History Unit,

(301) 920-5909 Jorge.Franzini@curiositystream.com www.app.curiositystream.com/video/1797

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ANIMAL SANCTUARIES ANIMAL SANCTUARIES

17-0047

17-0048

Limited Series - Short

Los Angeles, California

Brooklyn, NY

United States

2/14/17

12/25/15

16 minutes

22 minutes

There’s an unseen world of animal abuse right under our noses. It exists everywhere, from tourist attractions to the pet trade, scientific research to the entertainment industry, right down to the food we eat and the clothes we wear. It’s time to celebrate the unheralded heroes of this fight -- the Animal Sanctuaries. Join us as we visit ten diverse animal refuges across America, meeting the people behind them, learning how they operate, and exposing the truth about what these animals endure.

‘Animated Life’ is a short video series published by the New York Times OpDocs that celebrates scientific discoveries that changed the world using stringent journalism and paper puppets. The three episodes submitted here include Animated Life: Seeing The Invisible, the story of the man who saw microbes for the first time; Animated Life: Mary Leakey, the story of the discovery of ancient hominid footprints, and Animated Life: Coelacanth, the story of the discovery of a living fossil fish, long thought to be extinct. Each film in the series uses sympathetic character development, clever audio editing, and painstakingly handmade visuals to bring to life these pivotal moments of scientific discovery in a novel - and at times humorous - format.

COMPANY: 1999 Productions, PRODUCER: Surane Weerasinghe Philippa Budge DIRECTOR: Peter Hatch EDITOR: Surane Weerasinghe Peter Hatch WRITER: Surane Weerasinghe CINEMATOGRAPHER: Peter Hatch SOUND EDITOR: Peter Hatch SOUND MIXERS: Peter Hatch SOUND RECORDISTS: Peter Hatch Surane Weerasinghe MUSIC: Artlist.io EFFECTS: Peter Hatch DESIGNER: Peter Hatch NARRATOR: Surane Weerasinghe OTHER: Additional Footage: PETA Landis Wildlife Films Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary

COMPANY: Sweet Fern Productions, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The New York Times Op-Docs PRODUCER: Flora Lichtman, Sharon Shattuck DIRECTOR: Flora Lichtman, Sharon Shattuck EDITOR: Flora Lichtman, Sharon Shattuck WRITER: Flora Lichtman, Sharon Shattuck CINEMATOGRAPHER: Daniel Cowen, Olga Abramson SOUND EDITOR: Flora Lichtman, Sharon Shattuck MUSIC: Martin Crane, Sarah Lipstate DESIGNER: Flora Lichtman, Sharon Shattuck, Ruth Lichtman, Emma Wiseman

(917) 832-4019 suranemedia@gmail.com

ANIMATED LIFE

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ANTARCTICA - TALES FROM THE END OF THE WORLD

ANTARCTICA IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE EMPEROR

17-0049

17-0050

Student & Emerging

Ecosystem

Heidelberg,

Paris,

Germany

France

11/15/16

1/28/17

52 minutes

90 minutes

The Antarctic region is undoubtedly one of the most remote and inhospitable, yet beautiful landscapes of the world. This documentary takes us on a journey to the stormy isolated islands of the Southern Ocean. Seals, penguins, seabirds and numerous other animals live and breed in this hostile environment and harsh climate. Only by an icebreaker can we reach the remote coasts of the Antarctic continent where Emperor Penguins defy the life-threatening environment of the vast ice desert at the end of the world.

A frozen continent stretching across 13 million square kilometers, Antarctica had, until now, seemed sheltered from the dangers of climate disruption. Protected by an international treaty it has been spared the effects of hunting and fishing. But signs in ice’s cyclical patterns and its biodiversity have become concerning. Connected to the planet’s global ecosystem via atmospheric circulation and ocean currents, this white haven is suffering the effects of human activities. To document and explain what is unfolding in Antarctica, photographer, diver, and marine biologist, Laurent Ballesta, and photographer of extreme environments, Vincent Munier, will be blending their artistic perspectives of a rapidly changing continent. Antarctica, in the Footsteps of the Emperor is an ode to the biodiversity and protection of the white continent.

COMPANY: Marco Polo Film AG, PRODUCER: Annette Scheurich DIRECTOR: Anneliese Possberg Annette Scheurich EDITOR: Andreas Tiletzek WRITER: Annette Scheurich CINEMATOGRAPHER: Anneliese Possberg SOUND MIXERS: Oliver Engelhardt SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Audio Network Plc NARRATOR: Susan Tackenberg

COMPANY: Paprika Films, Wild Touch PRODUCER: Laurent Baujard DIRECTOR: Jerome Bouvier EDITOR: Alexis Barbier-Bouvet, Gil Keba•li, Additional Editors: Françoise Tesseron, Clara Chapus WRITER: Jerome Bouvier, Marianne Cramer, In collaboration with Gil Keba•li CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jerome Bouvier SOUND EDITOR: Eric MŸnch SOUND RECORDISTS: Eric MŸnch C_dric Genet, additional sound recordist MUSIC: Bernard Montrichard NARRATOR: Aurelien Recoing

+49 622-140-0780 meike@marco-polo-film.de

+33 182-284-183 aproduction@paprikafilms.fr

APPETITE FOR INVASIVES

ATLANTIC SALMON LOST AT SEA

17-0051

17-0052

Short

Impact

New York,

New York, NY

United States

USA

5/15/16

6/9/17

6 minutes

56 minutes

‘Appetite for Invasives’ is a short documentary about eating invasive species, like Lionfish and Asian Carp, to take pressure off of over-fished species and remove threats to native animals. The film follows exotic foods specialist Gene Rurka as he chooses the menu and recipes for the 112th Explorers Club Annual Dinner reception. Carl Safina, ecologist and founder of The Safina Center, consults with Rurka on his seafood choices and discusses the challenges and implications of eating invasive species.

Since the 1970’s the wild Atlantic salmon has declined by 70%. The cause is in the ocean and the truth is we still don’t know why. For scientists and organizations all around the North Atlantic, the race is on to find the cause and solve the mystery. Filmed over 7 years, with unique access to the international scientific investigation, including the Salmon at Sea scientific expeditions and marine biologists across the North Atlantic, we follow the incredible migration of wild salmon and document the dozens of organizations working against time to save the species.

PRODUCER: Emily Driscoll, Nancy Rosenthal, Gaelin Rosenwaks EDITOR: Emily Driscoll CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff Nash

COMPANY: Castletown Productions, PRODUCER: Deirdre Brennan DIRECTOR: Deirdre Brennan ƒamon de Built_ar EDITOR: Les Guthman WRITER: John Heminway CINEMATOGRAPHER: Rick Rosenthal SOUND MIXERS: Paul Fisher, Fion‡n Higgins SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Denis Clohessy, Roy Milner NARRATOR: Gabriel Byrne

(202) 422-6602 emily@bonscifilms.com

(917) 741-9487 castletownproductions@yahoo.com atlanticsalmonlostatsea.net

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ATTENBOROUGH & THE GIANT DINOSAUR

ATTENBOROUGH & THE GIANT DINOSAUR 360¡

17-0053

17-0054

Science in Nature

360¡ Storytelling

Bristol, Bristol

United Kingdom

1/1/16

2/1/16

59 minutes

0 minutes

Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur reached a wider audience than most previous natural history/paleontology programs. It kept true to the science as it evolved without simplifying it, looking at each step of discovery as the paleontologists mapped, dug and cleaned the bones in order to reconstruct how it lived and breathed. The program opened a new world to the possibility of true giants walking the earth, and revealed how the seemingly impossible was possible. Detailed graphics based on careful calculations from comparative anatomists brought the animals to life in a way not seen before. So instead of dinosaurs walking in a forested environment, the audience were alongside David, in close proximity of the titanosaur’s beating heart. They could hear its deep breaths and got an inkling of the size of its appetite. Using living animals today and through the use of comparative anatomy we learned more about their movement than a graphic could illustrate. The terminology used was technical: femur, titanosaur, 3D scanning, and Tyranotitan all of which were lapped up by children. And the embryo titanosaur graphic was life-like enough to engage the younger generation that are into all things ‘cute’. COMPANY: , PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

Travel 100 million years back in time with Sir David Attenborough as your personal guide, to meet the largest animal that ever walked on land - the Titanosaur.

COMPANY: BBC Studios, The Natural History Unit, BBC Earth Digital Team PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: Sir David Attenborough OTHER:

4.41E+11 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk

(117) 974-2111 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk https://youtu.be/rfh-64s5va4

ATTENBOROUGH’S ADVENTURES (CBEEBIES APP)

17-0055

17-0056

Interactive

Micro-Movie

Bristol, Bristol

United Kingdom

1/1/17

1/1/70

0 minutes

2 minutes

The first interactive story is David And The Gorilla Quest, which sees a young David Attenborough and his intrepid camera crew exploring the jungle in search of giant apes. The story retells his famous expedition in 1978, when he encountered mountain gorillas at Dian Fossey’s research site in Rwanda as part of the classic BBC Natural History series, Life on Earth.

We are celebrating the 90th birthday of Sir David Attenborough! Here at BBC Earth Unplugged we’ve teamed up with the legendary Aardman Animations, creators of Wallace & Gromit and Creature Comforts, to bring you three very special animations featuring iconic moments from Sir David’s career.

COMPANY: BBC Studios The Natural History Unit, PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

COMPANY: BBC Studios The Natural History Unit, PRODUCER: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

4.41E+11 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk

ATTENBOROUGH/AARDMAN ANIMATION: GORILLAS

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ATTENBOROUGH/AARDMAN ANIMATION: LYREBIRD

ATTENBOROUGH/AARDMAN ANIMATION: PENGUINS

17-0057

17-0058

Micro-Movie

Bristol, Bristol

United Kingdom

1/1/70

2 minutes

COMPANY: BBC Studios The Natural History Unit, PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

4.41E+11 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk Whiteladies Road

BABIES OF THE PLAINS

BADLANDS: HARD ROCK - TOUGH LIVES

17-0059

17-0060

Animal Behavior

Animal Behavior, Ecosystem, Visualization, Original Music Score

Amsterdam,

Vienna,

The Netherlands

Austria

5/15/17

3/29/17

48 minutes

50 minutes

Babies of the Plains takes place in the Serengeti where we find a celebration of wildlife. It is the story of new life in Tanzania and the lessons learned and dangers faced by a new generation of animals. From lions to elephants, gazelles to hyenas, buffalo to cheetahs, the varied youngsters in this documentary all seem to have boundless energy and a curiosity about everything they come across. The playful little creatures need the constant care of their watchful mothers and we get a glimpse into the different challenges faced by various animal parents raising their young.

In the heart of the American Midwest lies a landscape where lush grasslands seem torn open by towering pinnacles and spires of rock. It’s a place where summers of blistering heat follow winters of punishing cold and some of the country’s most charismatic animals- the black-tailed prairie dog, the burrowing owl and the American bison- fight to survive.

COMPANY: Nature Conservation Films WW, PRODUCER: Jochem van Rijs, Executive Producers: Rodika Zmikhnovskaya, Justin Bodle, Evert van den Bos DIRECTOR: Alan Miller EDITOR: Alan Miller WRITER: Alan Miller CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andrew Anderson, Matthew Aeberhard SOUND RECORDISTS: Bazil Kessy MUSIC: Audio Network NARRATOR: Simon Shrimpton-Smith OTHER: Wildlife Specialist: Bazil Kessy Colour grader: Erik van den Heuvel, Post-Production: Haaifraaideluxe.com, degrot.com

COMPANY: Terra Mater Factual Studios, Smithsonian Networks Production, Smithsonian Networks Production, Mike Birkheads Associates PRODUCER: Mike Birkhead DIRECTOR: Mike Birkhead EDITOR: Nigel Buck WRITER: Beth Jones CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dawson Dunning MUSIC: Cody Westheimer NARRATOR: Steve Dan Mills OTHER: Co-Production Smithsonian Channel: Tria Thalman, Executive Producers: Ivo Filatsch, Sabine Holzer

+31 654-987-506 evert@ncf-nl.com www.ncfww.nl

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at/productions/badlands-hard-rock-tough-lives/

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BARDENAS, THE LYING DESERT

BEAR IN MIND THE MUSKOX

17-0061

17-0062

Ecosystem

Short

San Sebastin de los Reyes, Madrid

New York, NY

Spain

United States

4/9/17

5/17/17

50 minutes

8 minutes

The Bardenas Reales are an exception among deserts. The biodiversity here is stunning, the kind you would typically see on an isolated island, only it is in inland Europe. Europe is a continent of mountains, forests and tundras, where marshes, rivers, lakes and grasslands abound, but there are not many deserts. The Bardenas Reales are the biggest European desert. The Bardenas are in a region that is not exactly hot. Is this a vision of what’s to come in the 22nd century? This desert is unique, and learning more about it could help us to understand the unavoidable climate changes that lie ahead.

Muskoxen are not the only charismatic creatures perfectly suited to the windblasted, tundra of the Alaskan Arctic. Meet Joel Berger, Wildlife Conservation Society senior scientist, Colorado State University professor and expert on hoofed mammals. In addition to gathering photos to track how fast muskoxen are growing, Berger conducts a seemingly hazardous test: he dresses up as a grizzly bear, approaches the herd, and gauges their reactions. Berger uses this unusual technique to find out whether the presence of more male oxen makes the herd safer from bears.

COMPANY: Genera Doc Wildlife, Amprods PRODUCER: Alvaro Mendoza DIRECTOR: Alvaro Mendoza EDITOR: Pedro Linares WRITER: Alvaro Mendoza CINEMATOGRAPHER: Pablo Valdivieso SOUND EDITOR: Pedro Linares SOUND MIXERS: Jaime Fernandez SOUND RECORDISTS: Fernando Gomez MUSIC: Eric Foinquinos EFFECTS: Luciano Rodriguez NARRATOR: Stephen Hughes

COMPANY: Science Friday, PRODUCER: Luke Groskin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Luke Groskin Christian Baker MUSIC: Audio Network OTHER: Production Assistance and Guide: Erik Snuggerud, Additional photography: Joel Berger, Special Thanks: Ellen Cheng, Jenny Shalant, Jessica Brunetto

(670) 236-730 mendozas.alvaro@gmail.com www.vimeo.com/210789356 Password: tld

(212) 840-2244 cskotte@sciencefriday.com www.sciencefriday.com/videos/bear-in-mind-the-muskox/

BEAR ISLAND

BEARTREK

17-0063

17-0064

360¡ Storytelling

Conservation, Science in Nature, Theatrical, Hosted or Presenterled, Editing, Ecosystem, People & Nature, Animal Behavior, Changing Planet, Impact, Writing

Bristol,

United States

1/5/17

5/4/16

6 minutes

86 minutes

Created for Oculus Rift, Bear Island follows the story of a young black bear as she searches for the perfect fishing spot in the rainforest of British Columbia. But she is not the only one looking for food; she faces dangerous competition from older bears and hungry wolves. This film has a multiple time-line narrative allowing the viewer to explore different routes through the story. Carefully placed VR cameras put the viewer close to the wild characters and the tracked binaural sound design guides the user to the important story beats as they unfold around them.

BEARTREK was born on the back of motorcycle. A decade ago, British ecologist Chris Morgan set out on a mission to discover and protect the world’s most loved - and often feared - carnivore. Incredibly moved, Chris became determined to educate people about the basic truth he had discovered: what’s good for bears is good for people and the planet. BEARTREK documents his motorcycle odyssey to some of the wildest places on earth - from the biggest bears on earth to the smallest - showcasing beautiful cinematography and driven by stories of individuals who have devoted their lives to protect these magnificent creatures.

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: BBC Earth Productions DIRECTOR: Simon Baxter EDITOR: Dan Bowen SOUND EDITOR: Simon Bland, Chris Gunningham SOUND MIXERS: Brian Mosely, Chris Domaille NARRATOR: Norman Chancer OTHER: Assistant Producer: Nicola Brown, Production Supervisor: Sam Haines, Production Coordinator: Will Foxall, Production Managers: Lesley Quinn, Miles Hall, Head of Production: Laura Aviles, Executive Producer: Charlotte Jones, Special Thanks: Jeff Turner

COMPANY: Wildlife Media, PRODUCER: John Taylor Chris Morgan Billy McMillin Joe Pontecorvo Anne Mize DIRECTOR: Joe Pontecorvo Chris Morgan EDITOR: Billy McMillin Philip Thangsobat Ken Eng Joe Pontecorvo WRITER: Chris Morgan Joe Pontecorvo Billy McMillin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joe Pontecorvo Karel Bauer SOUND EDITOR: Lenny Delorey SOUND MIXERS: Scot B. Charles SOUND RECORDISTS: Spence Palermo Patrick Chan MUSIC: Jeremy Zuckerman EFFECTS: Scot B. Charles NARRATOR: Chris Morgan OTHER: Aerial Photography: Daniel Zatz/ZatzWorks

+00 441-179-747872 Annmarie.mcloughlin@bbc.com

Bellingham, WA

United Kingdom

(360) 224-4049 darcy@wildlifemedia.org www.beartrek.org

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BEFORE THE FLOOD

BEHOLD THE EARTH

17-0065

17-0066

Changing Planet, Impact, Original Music Score, Writing, Editing

People & Nature, Original Music Score

Washington DC,

Camden, ME

United States

10/21/16

3/15/17

96 minutes

62 minutes

Before the Flood captures a three-year personal journey alongside Academy Award-winning actor and U.N. Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio as he interviews individuals from every facet of society in both developing and developed nations who provide unique, impassioned and pragmatic views on what must be done today and in the future to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.

America’s divorce from the outdoors -- and possibilities for reconnection through a dialogue between science and religion -- are explored in this musicrich documentary. The 1960s environmental movement inspired young scientists like E.O. Wilson, Cal DeWitt, and Theo Colborn, some of whom were raised within America’s largest religious group: evangelicals. Today, a new generation of scientist/evangelicals includes Katharine Hayhoe, Ben Lowe, and Corina Newsome. Can they revive the reach and relevance of America’s evangelical and environmental movements? Grammy-award winning musician Dirk Powell leads arrangements of traditional American tunes, along with Rhiannon Giddens and Tim Eriksen.

COMPANY: National Geographic RatPac Documentary Films Appian Way Production, Insurgent Docs Diamond Docs PRODUCER: Leonardo DiCaprio, Fisher Stevens, Trevor Davidoski, Jennifer Davisson, Brett Ratner, James Packer, Martin Scorsese, Adam Bardach, Mark Monroe, Zara Duffy DIRECTOR: Fisher Stevens EDITOR: Geoffrey Richman, A.C.E, Ben Sozanski, Abhay Sofsky, Brett Banks WRITER: Mark Monroe CINEMATOGRAPHER: Antonio Rossi SOUND EDITOR: Allan Zaleski SOUND MIXERS: David Hocs, Allan Zaleski, Roberto Fernandez, Dave Paterson SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Mogwai, Gustavo Santaolalla NARRATOR: Leonardo DiCaprio

COMPANY: Compass Light Productions, PRODUCER: Josie Merck Manette Pottle Sian Evans DIRECTOR: David Conover EDITOR: Daniel Quintanilla CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dyanna Taylor, David Wright, Phil Cormier, Mark Carroll, Denver Miller SOUND EDITOR: Daniel Quintanilla SOUND MIXERS: Taylor Johnson SOUND RECORDISTS: Darryl Czuchra, Joe McCartan, Eric Nelson, Richard Usrey, Eric Williams MUSIC: Dirk Powell, Tim Eriksen

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com

(207) 236-2078 manette@compasslight.com

BEING HEAR

BETWEEN TWO LICHENS

17-0067

17-0068

Student & Emerging

Student & Emerging, MicroMovie, Science in Nature

Lebanon NJ, New Jersey

Ann Arbor, MI

United States

5/10/16

6/14/17

10 minutes

4 minutes

Gordon Hempton is an Emmy Award winning nature sound recordist and acoustic ecologist from Joyce, Washington. For the vast majority of his life he has traveled all over the world in search of sound, but in recent years, an ever increasing intrusion of noise pollution from human activity in his work has been evident. Being Hear is a ten minute documentary about Gordon, his work, and his thoughts about the epidemic extinction of quiet places on Earth due to noise pollution.

The word “symbiosis” was invented to describe how an alga and a fungus live and work together to make up a lichen. An international team of scientists had to fundamentally change their perspective to discover the third symbiotic partner 150 years later.

PRODUCER: Palmer Morse Matthew Mikkelsen DIRECTOR: Matthew Mikkelsen Palmer Morse EDITOR: Palmer Morse Matthew Mikkelsen CINEMATOGRAPHER: Palmer Morse SOUND EDITOR: Matthew Mikkelsen SOUND MIXERS: Matthew Mikkelsen SOUND RECORDISTS: Matthew Mikkelsen OTHER: Additional Sound Recordings: Gordon Hempton

DIRECTOR: Andy Johnson, Talia Yuki Moore, Chris A. Johns, Kate Furby EDITOR: Andy Johnson, Talia Yuki Moore, Chris A. Johns, Kate Furby CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andy Johnson, Talia Yuki Moore, Chris A. Johns, Kate Furby MUSIC: Cody Westheimer, Majical Cloudz OTHER: Macro Photography: Tim Wheeler

(908) 328-5117 beinghearfilm@gmail.com www.beinghear.com

(303) 588-1212 taliaym@gmail.com https://vimeo.com/221417008/4f6a2ed5b3

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BIG PACIFIC

BIG PACIFIC: PASSIONATE

17-0069

17-0070

Limited Series - Long

Ecosystem

Arlington, VA

United States

6/30/17

106 minutes

53 minutes

Plunge into the Pacific with researchers and cinematographers who display the ocean’s rare and dazzling creatures in a way never before seen on television. Filmed in cinematic 4K., the program breaks the boundaries between land and sea, examining an ocean that covers one-third of the Earth’s surface, holds half of the world’s water and hides the deepest place on the planet. In Episode 1, man has explored land, the ocean’s surface, and large parts of the solar system... and in the 21st Century we are just beginning to explore the depths of the Pacific Ocean. We yearn to unravel the mysterious Pacific - but she does not give up her secrets willingly. In Episode 3, we see there is plenty of food in the Pacific Ocean, but it is the challenge of finding that food that drives all life in the Pacific. In the voracious Pacific we meet a destructive army of mouths, a killer with a hundred mouths and the biggest mouth in the ocean. COMPANY: NHNZ, PBS, ARTE France, CCTV9, Discovery Networks Europe, ZDF, ZDF Enterprises, NHK EDITOR: Stu Waterhouse Ben Lamar WRITER: Craig Meade CINEMATOGRAPHER: Adam Jones, Andy Brandy Casagrande IV, Bob Cranston, Brian Canavan Dave Abbott, Ernie Kovacs, Johnny Friday, Mike Single, Owen Bissell, Peter Kragh, Peter Nearhos, Scott Mouat, Scott Snider, Takayoshi Kojima, Alex Hubert, Jonathan Betz, Simon Enderby MUSIC: The Sound Room NARRATOR: Daniel Dae Kim OTHER: PBS Executives in Charge: Pamela Aguilar, Bill Gardner, Executive Producers: Kyle Murdoch, Andrew Waterworth

COMPANY: NHNZ, PBS, ARTE France, CCTV9, Discovery Networks Europe, ZDF, ZDF Enterprises, NHK EDITOR: Stu Waterhouse WRITER: Craig Meade CINEMATOGRAPHER: Adam Jones Andy Brandy Casagrande IV Bob Cranston Brian Canavan Dave Abbott Ernie Kovacs Johnny Friday Mike Single Owen Bissell Peter Kragh Peter Nearhos Scott Mouat Scott Snider Takayoshi Kojima MUSIC: The Sound Room NARRATOR: Daniel Dae Kim OTHER: PBS Executives in Charge: Pamela Aguilar, Bill Gardner Executive Producers: Kyle Murdoch, Andrew Waterworth

(703) 739-5392 akkim@pbs.org www.pbs.org/program/big-pacific

BIG PACIFIC: VORACIOUS

BIG WORLD IN A SMALL GARDEN

17-0071

17-0072

Visualization

Short

Arlington, VA

Silver Spring, MD

United States

6/30/17

9/2/16

53 minutes

12 minutes

Natural history filmmaker, Martin Dohrn, has rigged one-of-a-kind cameras to capture the hectic and complex world of Bristol’s wildlife - all in his own backyard! Watch as he slows down the almost imperceptible movements of the insects that populate his garden, from fascinating winged-species to creeping spiders and much more. With this sort of set-up, his small garden is transformed into an unexplored nature reserve, as dramatic and dynamic as anything seen in the plains of Africa.

COMPANY: NHNZ, ARTE France, CCTV9, Discovery Networks Europe, ZDF, ZDF Enterprises, NHK EDITOR: Stu Waterhouse WRITER: Craig Meade CINEMATOGRAPHER: Adam Jones, Alex Hubert, Bob Cranston, Dave Abbott, Ernie Kovacs, Johnny Friday, Jonathan Betz, Peter Kragh, Scott Behrnes, Scott Snider, Simon Enderby MUSIC: The Sound Room NARRATOR: Daniel Dae Kim OTHER: PBS Executives in Charge: Pamela Aguilar, Bill Gardner, Executive Producers: Kyle Murdoch, Andrew Waterworth

COMPANY: Ammonite Films for CuriosityStream PRODUCER: Martin Dohrn DIRECTOR: Martin Dohrn EDITOR: Pinky Robinson WRITER: Martin Dohrn CINEMATOGRAPHER: Martin Dohrn, Jack Hynes SOUND MIXERS: Jonny Crew SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Fraser Purdie NARRATOR: Martin Dohrn OTHER: Frankencam Engineers: Arnold Bellis, Arthur Clare, Production Manager: Liz Thorp Edit and Camera Assist: Matthew Kingdon, Digital Assistant: James Jefferies

(703) 739-5392 akkim@pbs.org www.pbs.org/program/big-pacific

(301) 920-5909 Jorge.Franzini@curiositystream.com www.app.curiositystream.com/video/1698

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BIOMEVIEWER

BIRD OF PREY

17-0073

17-0074

Interactive

Impact, Visualization, Editing, Theatrical

Chevy Chase, MD

Ithaca, New York

United States

12/20/16

6/30/17

0 minutes

92 minutes

BiomeViewer lets you discover and explore Earth’s ecosystems with the tap of your finger! Drop a pin to see climate data, wildlife, stunning pictures, and more for any terrestrial location on the planet. Discover how patterns of human settlement and agriculture have changed since 1700. Features include: o Descriptions for every major biome on each continent o Biodiversity data including more than 16,000 species of reptiles, amphibians, and mammals o Historical climate data for the entire planet o Global precipitation and temperature maps o Maps of human alteration of ecosystems over the last 300 years o Fully interactive globe and flat map versions of all datasets

“Some people question the sanity of trying anything, they just hold their handsup and say what can we do?” A world-renowned wildlife cinematographer nearing the end of his career embarks on a grueling adventure- to find and film the rarest and most endangered eagle on the planet. Bird of Prey comes face to face with the top predator of the Philippine forest, and reveals the unlikely heroes that are determined to save it.

COMPANY: Howard Hughes Medical Institute PRODUCER: Mark Nielsen PhD EDITOR: Satoshi Amagai PhD, Laura Bonetta PhD, Fabian de Kok-Mercado, Bridget Conneely, Jennifer Bricken, Aileen O’Hearn PhD, Javier Robalino PhD, Sydney Bergman, Val May, Nikki Chambers, Chris Hedeen, Kate Fisher, Dawn Norton, Ryan Reardon, Marie Studer PhD WRITER: Mark Nielsen PhD, Jessica Johnson, Amy Dinerman DESIGNER: DigitalArtefacts, LLC, Joan Severson, Dan Amato, Yefei He, Michael Merickel, Katelyn McDonald, Allen Best OTHER: Executive Producer: Dennis Liu PhD

COMPANY: Cornell Lab of Ornithology PRODUCER: John Bowman Eric Liner DIRECTOR: Eric Liner EDITOR: Tom Swartwout CINEMATOGRAPHER: Eric Liner, Neil Rettig, Skip Hobbie SOUND EDITOR: Nicholas Renbeck SOUND MIXERS: Nicholas Renbeck SOUND RECORDISTS: Parker Brown MUSIC: David Majzlin

(301) 215-8783 schultzc@hhmi.org www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/biomeviewer

(607) 254-2125 klr228@cornell.edu

BIRDS OF PARADISE: THE ULTIMATE QUEST

17-0075

17-0076

People & Nature

Impact, Theatrical

Bristol,

Redfern, NSW

United Kingdom

Australia

12/9/16

3/15/17

59 minutes

76 minutes

BBC Security Correspondent, Frank Gardner, has dreamed of seeing Birds of Paradise since he was a child. That dream died in 2004 when he was shot by terrorists. A chance meeting with explorer, Benedict Allen, changed everything. 30 years ago Benedict lived in Papua New Guinea with the Niowra, a remote people. Intent on returning, Benedict pledges to take Frank with him. Together they set out on an incredible journey, through some of the most inhospitable terrain on earth, to make it into the cloud forest where the birds live. Benedict is determined to get Frank there despite the wheelchair.

Blue is a feature documentary film charting the drastic decline in the health of our oceans. With more than half of all marine life lost and the industrialization of the seas expanding, the film lays out the challenges we are facing as well as opportunities for positive change. Blue changes the way we think about our liquid world and inspires the audience to act.

COMPANY: Tigress Productions PRODUCER: Simon Davies, Executive Producer: Sarah Swingler, Dick Colthurst DIRECTOR: Simon Davies EDITOR: William Ward-Lewis Peter Fisher CINEMATOGRAPHER: Simon Davies, Benedict Allen, Additional Camera: Ralph Bower SOUND EDITOR: Dubbing Editor: George Fry SOUND RECORDISTS: Mark Roberts Nick Allinson DESIGNER: Fiona Marsh NARRATOR: Gina McKee

COMPANY: Northern Picturse PRODUCER: Karina Holden, Sarah Beard, Sue Clothier DIRECTOR: Karina Holden EDITOR: Vanessa Milton WRITER: Karina Holden CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jody Muston, Jon Shaw SOUND EDITOR: David White SOUND MIXERS: David White SOUND RECORDISTS: Dan Miau, Sarah Henty MUSIC: Ash Greig Gibson

+44 011-793-35600 bethlintern@tigressproductions.co.uk www.tigressproductions.co.uk/productions/birds-paradise-ultimate-quest/

BLUE

+61 458-301-559 karina@northernpictures.com.au www.bluethefilm.org

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BLUE SERENGETI

BLUEFIN

17-0077

17-0078

Ecosystem

Conservation

Washington, DC

Montreal, Quebec

United States

Canada

7/1/16

9/1/16

41 minutes

53 minutes

Famed marine biologist and shark expert, Dr. Barbara Block, has been studying the white sharks off of the California Coast for more than 27 years. Now, with breakthrough camera and tracking technology, she is giving scientists a portrait of an unknown domain. She calls it the Blue Serengeti, a vast, rich and hidden world now more visible thanks to new camera tags deployed on both predator and prey.

Bluefin is a tale of epic stakes set in “the tuna capital of the world,” North Lake, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The film explores the baffling mystery of why the normally wary bluefin tuna no longer fear humans. Local fishermen claim that tuna are so starving and abundant now that they will literally eat out of people’s hands like pets. But something is not right; this sudden and incredible abundance of tuna off their shores flies in the face of scientific assessments claiming endangered stocks are down by 90 percent. With stunning cinematography, director John Hopkins documents this mystery and brings the issues into sharp focus.

COMPANY: True Blue Films PRODUCER: Robert Nixon, Sarah Guinan-Nixon, Kip Evans, Michael Cantor, Paul Gasek, John Hoffman DIRECTOR: Robert Nixon EDITOR: Penny Lee, Tommy Lawrence WRITER: Robert Nixon CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kip Evans, Connor Gallagher, Ernie Kovacs, Michael MacDonald, Phillip Powell SOUND MIXERS: Otthouse Audio

COMPANY: National Film Board of Canada PRODUCER: Paul McNeill, Annette Clarke DIRECTOR: John Hopkins EDITOR: Denis Takacs WRITER: John Hopkins CINEMATOGRAPHER: John Hopkins SOUND EDITOR: Peter Starr MUSIC: Robert Marcel Lepage

(443) 506-1920 tommylawrence7@gmail.com

+15 142-839-133 festivals@nfb.ca

BOAT STORIES

BORN IN CHINA

17-0079

17-0080

Limited Series - Short

Theatrical, Audioscape, Visualization, Editing, Original Music Score, Writing

Chulmleigh, Devon

Bristol,

United Kingdom

9/7/15

5/31/16

15 minutes

75 minutes

Boat Stories is ten shorts about small sustainable fishermen and working boats in which each film takes you on a different journey. I wanted to film ordinary people on my patch: the North Devon coast. The stories are told by the fishermen and skippers, themselves. Some are fighting to save their culture or the species they fish while others are starting out in a fickle business. Besides the fishermen and women, there are films about a pilot, island warden, gigrowing, and diving. These engaging stories draw communities together at event after event as locals discover and discuss what goes on out on the water.

Disneynature’s True Life Adventure film “Born in China” takes an epic journey into China to follow the stories of three animal families: a doting panda bear mother whose cub seeks independence, a 2-year-old golden snub-nosed monkey who feels displaced by his new sister, and a mother snow leopard-an animal rarely caught on camera--struggling to raise her cubs in one of the harshest environments on Earth. Featuring stunning, never-before-seen imagery, the film navigates China’s vast terrain--from the frigid mountains to the heart of the bamboo forest--on the wings of red-crowned cranes, seamlessly tying the extraordinary tales together.

COMPANY: Boat Stories, PRODUCER: Jo Stewart-Smith DIRECTOR: Jo Stewart-Smith EDITOR: Simon Vacher, Mark Brindle, Matt Biggs WRITER: Jo Stewart-Smith CINEMATOGRAPHER: Simon Vacher, Mark Brindle, Matt Biggs, Rich Stevenson SOUND RECORDISTS: Simon Vacher, Mark Brindle, Matt Biggs, Oscar Adams, Josh Hawker MUSIC: Nick Wyke & Becci Driscoll, Peter Bruntnell, Anisa Arslanagic, Tom Watkins, Rosamund Harpur, Ben Mc Cabe, Alice Bollen, Jay Jordan, Rowan Lincoln-Gordon

COMPANY: Disneynature, Brian Leith Productions, Chuan Films, PRODUCER: Roy Conli, Brian Leith, Phil Chapman DIRECTOR: Lu Chuan NARRATOR: John Krasinski

+00 441-769-580361 jo@butterflyeffectfilms.com http://www.boatstories.co.uk/

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BOSS CROC

BOUNDARIES THINK LIKE A SCIENTIST

17-0081

17-0082

Animal Behavior, Ecosystem, Visualization

Short

Sydney, NSW

South Miami, FL

Australia

United States

4/30/17

4/1/16

50 minutes

7 minutes

Hatched in the Top End of Australia, two saltwater crocodile brothers are born into a 50-year battle for swamp supremacy to determine who will become Boss Croc. Through their parallel journeys, we gain unique insights into this fearsome species, their behavior and their ecology. From two tiny hatchlings to reptilian giants, this one-hour film explores a crocodilian-style family drama between two brothers and shows what it takes for this apex predator to rule.

Humans construct boundaries- around our homes, our neighborhoods, and our nations- to bring order to a chaotic world. But we rarely consider how these boundaries affect other creatures. In this episode of Think Like A Scientist, we meet conservation photographer Krista Schlyer, who has spent the last seven years documenting the environmental effects of the U.S./Mexico border wall, and biologist Jon Beckmann, who studies how man-made barriers influence the movement of wildlife. Schlyer and Beckmann have seen damaging impacts of the border wall firsthand, but they remain optimistic. Humans probably won’t stop constructing walls and fences any time soon, but planning our boundaries with wildlife in mind can help prevent these structures from causing environmental harm.

COMPANY: WildBear Entertainment, Bonne Pioche Television PRODUCER: Bettina Dalton Alan Erson Alexandre Soullier DIRECTOR: Nicholas Roosen Laurent Frapat EDITOR: Kirsten de Magalhaes Laurent Frapat WRITER: Bettina Dalton CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mark Lamble SOUND MIXERS: Brendon Kirk Myles Wrigley NARRATOR: Dave Hoffman OTHER: Executive Producers: Michael Tear, Alexandre Soullier, Production Manager: Rebecca Humphries, Camera Assistant: Stuart Lamble, Researcher: Samantha Young, Online Editors: Matthew Stewart, Declan Wardman, Editorial Consultant: Ian Marsh, Narration Script Consultant: Eleanor Grant Scientific Consultant: Professor Grahame Webb, Additional Audio: Wild Ambience, Foley Studio: Studio Maia, Foley Artist: Gregory Vincent, Colorist: Rebecca Lyons Wright, Graphics: Caroline Sauvage, Stephane Jarreau, Doncvoila Productions, Music: Extreme Music, La Fugitive, Additional Photography: Richard Fitzpatrick, For WildBear Entertainment: Head of Production: James Sutherland Post Production Supervisor: Matt Nightingale, For Bonne Poche Television: Head of Production: Kali Ligertwood, Production Manager: Claire Vieille, Post Production Supervisor: Romain Gerbier +61 412-748-131 bettina.dalton@wildbear.tv

COMPANY: Day’s Edge Productions, Howard Hughes Medical Institute PRODUCER: Neil Losin, Nathan Dappen, Executive Producer: Dennis Lui, Post-Production Supervisor: Chris Vargas, Production Manager: Lorri Garcia-Cottrell, Assistant Producer: Kori Price EDITOR: Neil Losin, Nathan Dappen WRITER: Neil Losin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Neil Losin, Nathan Dappen SOUND EDITOR: Neil Losin, Nathan Dappen SOUND MIXERS: Neil Losin, Nathan Dappen SOUND RECORDISTS: Neil Losin, Nathan Dappen MUSIC: New West Studios, The Music Bed, LLC., PremiumBeat.com NARRATOR: Krista Schlyer, Jon Beckmann OTHER: Advisors: Sean B. Carroll, Laura Bonetta, Laura Helft, David Elisco

BOY-ZSHAN BI-DEN

BRIGHT SPOTS

17-0083

17-0084

Short

Engaging Youth

Missoula, MT

Campbells Creek,

United States

Australia

2/17/17

3/15/16

9 minutes

8 minutes

Bison were nearly exterminated across North America. Thanks to the Shoshone tribe, the National Wildlife Federation, and the coordinated efforts of a host of other individuals and organizations, bison have finally been brought back the Wind River Indian Reservation and a landscape that they once defined.

A poetic portrait of scientist Nick Holmes and his work preventing extinctions on islands.

PRODUCER: Garrit Voggesser DIRECTOR: Colin Ruggiero EDITOR: Colin Ruggiero WRITER: Colin Ruggiero CINEMATOGRAPHER: Colin Ruggiero SOUND EDITOR: Colin Ruggiero SOUND RECORDISTS: Colin Ruggiero MUSIC: Matthew Marsolek EFFECTS: Colin Ruggiero

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

(406) 570-9532 ruggiero.colin@gmail.com www.youtu.be/5fSpqtXcP2M

(208) 591-0852 kori.price@gmail.com www.daysedge.com

+61 354-721-954 jilli.rose@zoho.com http://bespokeanimation.com/

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BROTHERS OF THE WIND

CALL OF THE FOREST: THE FORGOTTEN WISDOM OF TREES (LONG VERSION)

17-0085

17-0086

Theatrical, Visualization

People & Nature

Vienna,

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Austria

Canada

8/31/15

6/1/16

98 minutes

85 minutes

Our eagle’s story begins in the nest. The first-born chick pushes his weaker brother to a certain death on the forest floor. But fate intervenes and the chick is found by Lukas - a boy who suffers at the hands of a father who has withdrawn since the loss of his wife. Naming the chick Abel, Lukas cares for the creature in secret, finding a love and companionship denied to him at home. But when the day comes to release Abel back into the wild, will Lukas find his own release into a new life?

We cut down billions of trees every year - Today only five percent of the world’s old growth forests remain intact. Yet trees are one of this planet’s most significant creators of food, new medicines, and oxygen. Forests hold the answer to many of the world’s problems; from climate change to human health and well-being. Visionary scientist and acclaimed author Diana BeresfordKroeger explores the science, folklore, and history of this essential ecosystem reminding us that when we improve our profound human connection to woodlands we can, not only, restore our health - we can restore our planet.

COMPANY: Terra Mater Film Studios PRODUCER: Walter Koehler DIRECTOR: Gerardo Olivares Otmar Penker EDITOR: Karin Hartusch WRITER: Joanne Reay CINEMATOGRAPHER: Oscar Duran Otmar Penker SOUND EDITOR: Joe Knauer SOUND MIXERS: Alexander Koller MUSIC: Sarah Class DESIGNER: Thomas Voegel OTHER: Cast: Jean Reno, Tobias Moretti, Manuel Camacho, Wildlife Producer: Gerald Salmina, Falconer: Franz Schuettelkopf, Executive Producers: Dinah Czezik-Mueller, Joanne Reay, Michael Frenschkowski, Based on an idea by Otmar Penker and Gerald Salmina

COMPANY: Treespeak Films Inc., Merit Motion Pictures Inc. & Edgeland Films Inc. PRODUCER: Merit Jensen Carr DIRECTOR: Jeffrey McKay EDITOR: Jeff McKay WRITER: Jeff McKay, Diana Beresford-Kroeger CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff McKay SOUND EDITOR: Alan Geldart SOUND MIXERS: Howard Rissin SOUND RECORDISTS: Norman Dugas MUSIC: Harold Budd, Cesar Requena Ramos NARRATOR: Gordon Pinsent, Diana Beresford-Kroeger

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at/cinema/brothers-of-the-wind/

(204) 775-4092 laurel@meritmotionpictures.com www.calloftheforest.ca/

CALL OF THE FOREST: THE FORGOTTEN WISDOM OF TREES (SHORT VERSION)

17-0087

17-0088

Conservation

Short

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Alexandria, Virginia

Canada

United States

6/1/16

52 minutes

13 minutes

We cut down billions of trees every year. Today, only five percent of the world’s old growth forests remain intact. Yet trees are one of this planet’s most significant creators of food, new medicines, and oxygen. Forests hold the answer to many of the world’s problems; from climate change to human health and well-being. Visionary scientist and acclaimed author Diana BeresfordKroeger explores the science, folklore, and history of this essential eco-system reminding us that when we improve our profound human connection to woodlands we can, not only, restore our health - we can restore our planet.

Amphibian chytrid fungus is a pathogen spreading around the world that is causing global amphibian declines and extinctions. Many species now face an uncertain future unless we help them battle this disease.ÊThe Honduras Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Center (HARCC) team are working to ensure the survival of three critically endangered species from Cusuco National Park, a global biodiversity hotspot located in northwestern Honduras. ÊIn 2007 they discovered chytrid in this forest and are setting to work tackling this challenging problem with a head-start and captive breeding program.

COMPANY: Treespeak Films Inc., Merit Motion Pictures Inc. Edgeland Films Inc. PRODUCER: Merit Jensen Carr DIRECTOR: Jeff McKay EDITOR: Jeff McKay WRITER: Jeff McKay Diana Beresford-Kroeger CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff McKay SOUND EDITOR: Alan Geldart SOUND MIXERS: Howard Rissin SOUND RECORDISTS: Norman Dugas MUSIC: Harold Budd, Cesar Requena Ramos NARRATOR: Gordon Pinsent

PRODUCER: Katie Garrett Jonathan Kolby DIRECTOR: Katie Garrett EDITOR: Katie Garrett CINEMATOGRAPHER: Katie Garrett

(204) 775-4092 laurel@meritmotionpictures.com http://calloftheforest.ca/

CAN WE SAVE THE FROG PRINCE?

(703) 909-3209 j_kolby@hotmail.com

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CANIS LUPUS COLORADO

17-0089

17-0090

Short

Theatrical

Bozeman, Montana

Pozuelo, Madrid

United States

Spain

6/14/17

12/29/16

18 minutes

101 minutes

Ghosts are stirring in Colorado’s high country. These are the guardians of a delicate balance. They haunt the trees, the water, the animals - the very fabric of the land itself. Gray wolves shaped this place for eons only to disappear nearly overnight. Canis Lupus Colorado is the story of the past, present, and future of Colorado’s now extinct native wolf population. We’re at a tipping point: the emerging west, the future of our public wildlands, and the health of vast ecosystems are all at stake. And the choice is up to us.

Throughout the four seasons, we will journey across the Cantabrian Mountains while engaging in the stories of different species. The brown bear, the Iberian wolf, wild cat, capercaille, salmon, carnivorous plants or small but interesting spiders and butterflies, will introduce us to their particular world to teach us their survival strategies while overcoming the extreme climate conditions. The Cantabrian Mountain Range is a magical and mysterious place with many of its corners remaining undiscovered. It is the territory of the Cantabrian Brown Bear, which will be one of the main protagonists of our film.

COMPANY: Grizzly Creek Films, PRODUCER: Thomas Winston Eric Bendick DIRECTOR: Thomas Winston Eric Bendick EDITOR: Roshan Patel Eric Bendick WRITER: Eric Bendick CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff Reed Thomas Winston Danny Schmidt Ronan Donovan Eric Bendick SOUND MIXERS: Luke Scheeler MUSIC: Explosions In the Sky DESIGNER: Alex Gappa Graphics OTHER: Featuring: Mike Phillips, Doug Smith, Morgan Heim, John Emerick David Gann, Duke Phillips, Tess Leach, Elizabeth Stewart-Severy

COMPANY: Wanda Vision S.A. PRODUCER: Jose Maria Morales DIRECTOR: Joaqu’n Guti_rrez Acha EDITOR: Joaqu’n Guti_rrez Acha WRITER: Joaqu’n Guti_rrez Acha CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joaqu’n Guti_rrez Acha SOUND EDITOR: Carlos de Hita SOUND MIXERS: Steve Miller SOUND RECORDISTS: Carlos de Hita MUSIC: Santi Vega NARRATOR: Luis Ignacio Gonz‡lez

(401) 474-6161 ebendick@gmail.com http://grizzlycreekfilms.com

(913) 528-376 wanda@wanda.es www.wanda.es

CARE FOR WILD

CARNIVOROUS GLOW WORMS

17-0091

17-0092

360¡ Storytelling

Cape Town,

Bethesda, MD

South Africa

United States

5/17/16

1/22/16

3 minutes

2 minutes

Baby rhinos that are orphaned in the wild rarely survive. The mission of Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary is to rescue every rhino that is orphaned, heal them and provide a totally secure environment where they can grow, roam freely, and breed to ensure that there will always be rhinos in Africa. This film hopes to give the viewer an experience with orphaned rhinos whilst educating them on the rhino poaching crisis.

Captured with custom-built 360 time-lapse motion control rigs, this 360 VR film plunges viewers deep into the caves of New Zealand, where carnivorous glow worms imitate the night sky to attract unsuspecting victims into their deadly webs.

COMPANY: Black Bean Productions, PRODUCER: Samantha Suter DIRECTOR: James Suter EDITOR: Leon Visser CINEMATOGRAPHER: Oli Caldow OTHER: Sound Engineer: Gareth Wharton

COMPANY: Black Dot Films VR, National Geographic Partners PRODUCER: Max Salomon, Erik Rochner, Executive Producer: Malvina Martin, Max Salomon, Matt Zyme DIRECTOR: Max Salomon EDITOR: Max Salomon CINEMATOGRAPHER: Erik Rochner

+27 081-700-4974 andrew@blackbeanproductions.com www.blackbeanproductions.com

CANTABRICO - WILDLIFE IN THE CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS

(202) 257-8390 malvina@blackdotfilms.com

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CAT PEOPLE

CAULDRON OF LIFE GALAPAGOS

17-0093

17-0094

Short, Hosted or Presenter-led, Student & Emerging

Science in Nature

Palm Beach, FL

Hammersmith, London

United States

United Kingdom

6/1/17

4/6/17

23 minutes

61 minutes

Cat People offers an extraordinary opportunity to travel into the mind of a true explorer and genius of our time. A person almost as elusive as the cats themselves who captured and filmed the first Andean Cat and took the first images ever of the Chinese Mountain Cat. A mind trained in mathematics and computers that wrote computer codes for which our nuclear weapons were designed has now dedicated his life to conservation. His love for cats and the environment will leave you inspired and grateful for the freethinkers of our time.

Liz Bonnin and a team of scientists embark on a mission to an active volcano in search of the elusive pink iguana. A submersible then takes them on the deepest dive ever carried out in the Galapagos Islands in search of new species and finally they see how new science is helping to unlock the mystery of how the marine iguanas are adapting to survive.

COMPANY: Swell Connections, PRODUCER: Ivy Yin DIRECTOR: Ivy Yin EDITOR: Ivy Yin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ivy Yin SOUND EDITOR: Ivy Yin SOUND RECORDISTS: Ivy Yin MUSIC: Bon Iver, Garrison Keilor, Frederica Von Stade

COMPANY: Atlantic Productions, PRODUCER: Series Producer: Anthony Geffen, Assistant Producers: Joanna Haley, Freya WardSmith DIRECTOR: Series Director: Mike Davis, Location Director: Ben Lawrie EDITOR: Assistant Film Editor: Simon MacKenzie, Online Editor: Dan Preston-Bear, Film Editor: Dominic Lester WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Director of Photography: Julius Brighton, Wildlife Director of Photography: Robert Hollingworth, Underwater Director of Photography: Michael Pitts SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: Richard Addis, John Rogerson SOUND RECORDISTS: Freddie Claire MUSIC: Graham Hadfield EFFECTS: Zoo FX NARRATOR: Liz Bonnin OTHER: Location Services: Yoya Landazuri, Aerial Photography: James Blake, Underwater Camera Operators: Kat Brown, Steve Hudson, Colorist: Graeme Hayes, Researcher: Hermione Blomfield-Smith, Production Secretary: Jennie Baker, Production Coordinator: Cat Pollock, Production Manager: Becky Claridge, Head of Production: Ian Syder, Commissioning Editor BBC: Craig Hunter

(615) 522-7199 swellconnections@gmail.com

(208) 735-9329 heleng@atlanticproductions.co.uk www.atlanticproductions.tv/productions/galapagos/

CHASING CORAL

CHEETAH MATCHMAKING: HELPING BIG CATS FIND A MATE

EXPEDITION RAW

17-0095

Impact

Micro-Movie

Boulder, CO

Washington, District o

United States

12/31/16

4/25/17

93 minutes

3 minutes

Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.

You may not have had “cheetah matchmaker” featured at your high school career fair, but that’s just what Vincent van der Merwe’s business card may as well read. But trying to repopulate the highly vulnerable species can be as dangerous as it is exciting. Watch the video to see what happens when van der Merwe tries to translocate a very unhappy cheetah across South Africa.

COMPANY: Exposure Labs PRODUCER: Larissa Rhodes DIRECTOR: Jeff Orlowski EDITOR: Davis Coombe WRITER: Davis Coombe Vickie Curtis Jeff Orlowski CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff Orlowski Andrew Ackerman

COMPANY: National Geographic, PRODUCER: Vanessa Serrao, Nora Rappaport DIRECTOR: Vanessa Serrao EDITOR: Nora Rappaport CINEMATOGRAPHER: Juan Antonio Puyol OTHER: Associate Producers: Elaina Kimes, Yenee Wondafrash, Series Producer: Chris Mattle

(310) 243-6306 joan@exposurelabs.com www.chasingcoral.com

17-0096

(202) 427-6986 elaina.kimes@natgeo.com www.video.nationalgeographic.com/video/expedition-raw/170221-sciex-exraw-cheetah-matchmaking-help

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CHROME

COLD WATERS

17-0097

17-0098

Short

Micro-Movie

Missoula, MT

United States

12/20/15

12/20/14

12 minutes

3 minutes

Steelhead and salmon travel thousands of miles from inland headwaters, out to the ocean, and back again. They face climate change threats on every leg of their journey, from failing snowpack, to warming waters, and an acidifying ocean. Passionate fisherman are key to helping save these populations. Follow a group of prominent anglers on a 5-day in the remote backcountry of northern B.C., Canada, as they experience the joy and heartbreak of steelhead fishing, and make the case for angler involvement in climate change action.

U.S. fly anglers are passionate about cold water fisheries, and at nearly four million strong, they are also uniquely positioned to make a difference in climate change policies. Join fly fishing luminaries, including Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia, for a day on the water as they make the case for fly anglers mobilizing for a clean energy.

COMPANY: Conservation Media LLC, PRODUCER: Jeremy Roberts DIRECTOR: Jeremy Roberts EDITOR: Jeremy Roberts WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeremy Roberts Rick Smith

COMPANY: Conservation Media LLC, PRODUCER: Jeremy Roberts DIRECTOR: Jeremy Roberts EDITOR: Jeremy Roberts CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeremy Roberts Rosh Patel Jeff Reed Casey Kanode SOUND RECORDISTS: Travis Wade Kidd OTHER: Production Associate: Abby Kent

(406) 360-9684 jroberts@ConservationMedia.com www.ConservationMedia.com

COLOMBIA: WILD MAGIC

COMPLEXITY

17-0099

17-0100

Editing, Conservation, Original Music Score, Theatrical

Micro-Movie

Bristol, Bristol

Kailua Kona, HI

United Kingdom

United States

8/1/15

3/9/16

94 minutes

4 minutes

Through artful photography and exceptional access, this film explores the nature of Colombia at its most extreme and spectacular as well as at its most delightful and uplifting. Colombia: Wild Magic travels across the country revealing the incredible and diverse wildlife and natural landscapes and the threats posed to them.

A view from under the ocean of the effects and devastation of dynamite fishing.

COMPANY: Off The Fence, Grupo Exito PRODUCER: Allison Bean, Ellen Windemuth, Martin Nova, Francisco Forero Bonell DIRECTOR: Mike Slee EDITOR: Dan Schwalm

COMPANY: Joe Robinson Productions, DHTV Digital PRODUCER: Joe Robinson DIRECTOR: Joe Robinson EDITOR: Mark Honer WRITER: Joe Robinson & Mark Honer CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joe Robinson SOUND EDITOR: Mark Honer SOUND RECORDISTS: Mark Honer EFFECTS: Mark Honer NARRATOR: Joe Robinson

+44 011-790-97560 samdawe@offthefence.com www.offthefence.com/Production/Home

(816) 506-8167 joerob123@gmail.com www.joe-robinson.com

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CORAL REEFS: TROUBLE IN PARADISE

CRASHED &BURNED IN KENYA:THE HARRY DYER STORY

17-0101

17-0102

Educational / Institutional

Short

Annapolis, MD

Indianapolis, IN

United States

5/30/16

6/1/17

27 minutes

6 minutes

An international team of scientists travels to the Chagos Archipelago to study coral reefs seemingly untouched by man, but they are horrified to see coral bleaching transform the reef before their eyes- evidence that even the most isolated places are not safe from the ravages of climate change.

On January 12, 2017, conservation Pilot, Harry Dyer, suffered devastating, lifethreatening burn injuries while flying a mission in the Tsavo triangle of Kenya. Due to lack of immediate care in the area, Harry nearly died. After months of recovery, Harry is working to create a much needed burn unit to serve millions of Kenyans. This is his amazing story of survival and hope for the future.

PRODUCER: Ann Carroll DIRECTOR: John Ruthven EDITOR: Anne Geotz WRITER: Ann Carroll CINEMATOGRAPHER: Doug Allan SOUND MIXERS: Takoma Media SOUND RECORDISTS: John Ruthven NARRATOR: Salvatore Vecchio OTHER: Executive Producer: Alison Barrat

COMPANY: Mays Entertainment, ESCAPE Foundation PRODUCER: Matt Mays DIRECTOR: Matt Mays EDITOR: Dan Meadows WRITER: Matt Mays CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joe Sailer, Matt Mays, Bob Poole SOUND RECORDISTS: Dave Phelps

(443) 221-6844 allen@lof.org

(317) 341-3357 matt@maysentertainment.com www.vimeo.com/219156624

CRAZY MONSTER DIGGERS

CREATURES OF DUMAGUETE

17-0103

17-0104

Visualization, Audioscape

Short

Durban,

Kailua Kona, HI

South Africa

United States

12/18/15

2/5/16

46 minutes

16 minutes

There is an alien world hidden just beneath our feet, where digging freaks tunnel in damp, claustrophobic blackness. Underground since the dawn of time, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve evolved quirky coping mechanisms, crafty weapons and disgusting habits. We unearth the creepy, the violent and the extraordinary, before revealing the biggest digger of them all. Human flesh-eaters, zombie hordes and Sand-Strikers uncovered at last. Come delve into Crazy Monster Diggers!

A journey under the ocean waves to encounter the incredible world of the tiny creatures that inhabit the waters of Dumaguete in the Philippines.

COMPANY: Earth Touch, Smithsonian Networks, National Geographic Channels PRODUCER: Billi-Jean Parker DIRECTOR: Graeme Duane EDITOR: Ruaan Botha WRITER: Billi-Jean Parker CINEMATOGRAPHER: Willem Van Heerden SOUND EDITOR: Dave Birch Jono Green Nux Schwartz Tristan Horton SOUND MIXERS: Dave Birch SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Dave Birch NARRATOR: Thom Pinto

COMPANY: Joe Robinson Productions, PRODUCER: Joe Robinson DIRECTOR: Joe Robinson EDITOR: Joe Robinson WRITER: Joe Robinson CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joe Robinson SOUND EDITOR: Joe Robinson SOUND MIXERS: Joe Robinson SOUND RECORDISTS: Joe Robinson MUSIC: Fred Capo DESIGNER: Joe Robinson

+27 315-820-800 mreddy@earthtouchsa.com

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CYPRUS: MASSACRE ON MIGRATION

CREATURES OF LIGHT NOVA

17-0105

17-0106

Science in Nature, Animal Behavior

Conservation, Impact

Boston, MA

Bristol,

United States

United Kingdom

2/3/17

4/10/17

53 minutes

25 minutes

On a summer’s night, there’s nothing more magic than watching the soft glow of fireflies switching on and off. Few other life forms on land can light up the night, but in the dark depths of the oceans, it’s a different story: nearly 90% of all species shine from within. Whether it’s to scare off predators, fish for prey, or lure a mate, the language of light is everywhere in the ocean depths, and scientists are finally starting to decode it. NOVA and National Geographic take a dazzling dive to this hidden undersea world where most creatures flash, sparkle, shimmer, or simply glow. Join deep sea scientists who investigate these stunning displays and discover surprising ways to harness nature’s light-from tracking cancer cells to detecting pollution, lighting up cities, and even illuminating the inner workings of our brain.

In the autumn of 2016, Chris Packham went to Cyprus with a team of filmmakers to document the scale of the indiscriminate killing of migratory birds on the island. Unbelievably, the most intensive levels of this illegal trapping take place on British soil, on the Sovereign Military Base Area of Dhekelia, with 15,000 birds killed every night in the autumn trapping season.ÊChris joined volunteers from the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS), to help free birds from nets at night before the trappers returned to kill them. CABS volunteers risk severe beatings, or worse, to save birds from death.

COMPANY: NOVA and National Geographic Studios for WGBH Boston, PRODUCER: Chad Cohen Russell Hawkins Erin Block John Cullum James Burke Whitney Berr-Kerr Paula Apsell DIRECTOR: EDITOR: Salvatore Vecchio WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: Vanessa Ly NARRATOR: Salvatore Vecchio OTHER:

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: Ruth Peacey DIRECTOR: Ruth Peacey EDITOR: Caroline Hamilton CINEMATOGRAPHER: Luke Massey Katie Staceyv SOUND MIXERS: Dubbing Mixer: Brian Moseley SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Lucky G Production Music OTHER: Presented by: Chris Packham Post Supervisor: Jamie Lawrence

(617) 300-4316 vanessa_ly@wgbh.org www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/creatures-light.html

+44 079-761-30763 ruthpeacey@hotmail.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oFOkqTtXFw

DALLOL VOLCANO, ON THE FRONTIERS OF LIFE

17-0107

17-0108

Science in Nature

Short

Paris,

Santa Barbara, CA

France

United States

10/31/16

6/1/17

52 minutes

15 minutes

What do we really know about the origins of life? Scientists are always in search of new elements of information. In Ethiopia, a unique volcanic site, where numerous hydrothermal events take place, features the most extreme conditions, similar to those surrounding the emergence of life on earth. For the very first time, a French and Spanish research team have decided to visit the location, in the hope of discovering new microbial lineage that could explain the origin of life.

As a boy growing up in the bush of Zimbabwe, Forrest Galante was deeply aware of the predators that surrounded him. Most menacing of all was the crocodile, a creature so well evolved and adapted that it commonly preyed upon humans- including Forrest’s neighbors and friends. Now, Forrest studies animal behavior and cutting edge technology in an attempt to better understand these animals. He wants to enter the water with the prehistoric reptiles, and dance with dragons.

COMPANY: Camera Lucida Productions, DIRECTOR: Olivier Grunewald

COMPANY: Twin Creeks Productions LLC, PRODUCER: Forrest Galante, Mark Romanov DIRECTOR: Mark Romanov EDITOR: Mark Romanov CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mark Romanov SOUND EDITOR: Connor Long SOUND MIXERS: Connor Long

+33 014-475-1147 delphine.vennemani@cpbfilms.com

DANCING WITH DRAGONS

(805) 284-1709 projects@markromanov.com

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DARWIN’S AMAZING ANIMALS - SMOTHERLY LOVE: NORTH PACIFIC GIANT OCTOPUS, JAPAN

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S GREAT BARRIER REEF

17-0109

17-0110

Engaging Youth

Limited Series - Long

Tokyo,

Hammersmith, London

Japan

United Kingdom

6/3/17

1/13/16

25 minutes

120 minutes

The North Pacific giant octopus is the world’s largest octopus. It’s almost as big as a car, with an arm span exceeding four meters. North Pacific giant octopus hug massive crab, such as snow crabs, to paralyze them instantly. Then they use their suckers to crush their prey to pieces before enjoying the feast. The octopus’ large body also plays a crucial role in raising young. Mothers lay eggs, then fast for ten months to cover and protect their offspring from predators. Once the eggs hatch, the mothers die. It’s a moving story of sacrifice.

In 1957, David Attenborough first travelled to our planet’s largest living structure, the Great Barrier Reef, and it became for him the most magical place he had ever visited in his life. Shrouded in mystery and difficult to explore, he’s always wanted to return to this underwater paradise. Almost sixty years later, aboard the Alucia, a research and exploration vessel equipped with the latest technology, David has the opportunity to unlock the secrets of the Reef like never before, captured using the latest filming techniques. With the Alucia he embarks on a personal journey of discovery to understand how the Reef was created, and meet the animals that call it home.

COMPANY: NHK, PRODUCER: Tetsunori Kikuchi,Koichi Okumura,Masahiro Hayakawa DIRECTOR: Motohiro Amano EDITOR: Chiyoko Murayama CINEMATOGRAPHER: Katsunori Seki MUSIC: Hidekazu Uchiike NARRATOR: Bill Sullivan

COMPANY: Atlantic Productions, PRODUCER: Series Producer: Anthony Geffen, Supervising Producer: Anne Sommerfield, Assistant Producer: Eloisa Noble, Philip Jones, Line Producer: Emma Parsons, Associate Producers: Amabel Clarke, Paul Currie DIRECTOR: Series Director: Mike Davis, Episode Director: Anne Sommerfield EDITOR: Andrea Cuadrado Film Editor, Dominic Lester Film Editor, Rob Grainger Online Editor, Dudley Sargeant Assembly Film Editor WRITER: David Attenborough CINEMATOGRAPHER: Paul Williams, Underwater Cinematographers: Richard Fitzpatrick, Michael Pitts SOUND EDITOR: John Rogerson, Richard Addis, Ryan Twyman SOUND RECORDISTS: Freddie Claire MUSIC: Joel Douek, Graham Hadfield, Ilan Eshkeri EFFECTS: James Prosser, Matthew Baker-Jones, Aleksandra Czenczek, Bhaukmik Patel, Charlie Lovett NARRATOR: David Attenborough OTHER: Colorist: Ross Baker, Additional Photography: Edward McGown, Kylie Scott, Camera Team: Keith Bainton, Kat Brown, Sam Winzar, Underwater Operator: Steve Hudson, Researcher: James Shelton, Alex Baines-Buffery, Matthew Fisketjon, Production Coordinator: Mark Abraham, Production Manager: Hannah Lewis, Sarah Hodder, Commissioning Editor BBC: Tom McDonald

+81 354-554-339 m01614-festivals@li.nhk.or.jp

+44 208-735-9329 heleng@atlanticproductions.co.uk www.atlanticproductions.tv/productions/attenboroughs-reef/

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S GREAT BARRIER REEF DIVE VR

17-0111

17-0112

360¡ Storytelling

Interactive

Hammersmith, London

United Kingdom

12/8/15

1/6/16

20 minutes

0 minutes

In a state-of-the-art Triton submersible, you dive through a wonderland with over 3,000 reef systems forming one of the most important natural resources on Earth. It is an extraordinary opportunity to come face to face with the incredible diversity and abundance of the Great Barrier Reef, and learn how researchers are using certain species of corals to predict how the reef will react to environmental changes.

David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef: An Interactive Journey, allows the viewer to experience the Reef live on an immersive journey and return to it as it continually changes. Enter “Reef Sense” to see and hear the reef as some of its most iconic inhabitants do and follow the incredible migrations that animals take to reach the reef. An Interactive globe overlaid with weather data allows the user to learn how the world’s climate effects this natural wonder throughout the year, speeding up time to see gigantic cyclones emerging and discovering the reef’s past and uncertain future.

COMPANY: Alchemy VR, PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Anthony Geffen, Creative Producer: Phil Harper, Line Producer: David Bradshaw DIRECTOR: David Lee EDITOR: WRITER: David Attenborough CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: James Prosser, Matthew Baker-Jones, Aleksandra Czenczek, Bhaumik Patel DESIGNER: NARRATOR: David Attenborough OTHER: Additional Post-Production: Jannicke Mikkelsen, Camera Team: Steve Hudson, Paul Williams, Edward McGown, Post-Production Assistant: Alex Marlow, Production Manager: Ian Syder

COMPANY: Atlantic Productions, PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Anthony Geffen, Creative Producer:Phil Harper, Line Producer: David Bradshaw, Editorial Producer: James Manisty DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: James Prosser, Matthew Baker-Jones, Bhaumik Patel, Aleksandra Czenczek, Charlie Lovett DESIGNER: Arnold and Pearn NARRATOR: OTHER: Production Assistant: Alex Marlow, Additional Development: George Corney, Film Team: Mike Davis, Paul Williams, Edward McGown, Alex Vail, Mike Pitts, Kylie Stott

(208) 735-9329 heleng@atlanticproductions.co.uk www.alchemyvr.com/

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S GREAT BARRIER REEF: AN INTERACTIVE JOURNEY

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DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S GREAT BARRIER REEF

17-0113

17-0114

Hosted or Presenter-led

Ecosystem

Hammersmith, London

United Kingdon

United Kingdom

12/30/15

1/13/16

62 minutes

58 minutes

Almost sixty years after his first visit to the Great Barrier Reef, aboard the Alucia, a research and exploration vessel equipped with the latest technology, David Attenborough embarks on a personal journey of discovery to understand how the reef was created and meet the animals that call it home.

When David Attenborough first visited the Great Barrier Reef, almost sixty years ago, it seemed to be an ancient and permanent structure, but now it faces its greatest challenge, the devastating impacts of human activity.

COMPANY: Atlantic Productions, PRODUCER: Anthony Geffen Series Producer, Eloisa Noble Assistant Producer, Philip Jones Assistant Producer, Amabel Clarke Associate Producer, Paul Currie Associate Producer Australia, Emma Parsons Line Producer DIRECTOR: Episode Director: Anne Sommerfield, Series Director: Mike Davis EDITOR: Film Editor: Dominic Lester, Assembly Film Editor:Dudley Sargeant, Online Editor: Rob Grainger WRITER: David Attenborough CINEMATOGRAPHER: Paul Williams, Underwater Cinematographer: Richard Fitzpatrick, Michael Pitts SOUND EDITOR: John Rogerson, Richard Addis, Ryan Tyman SOUND RECORDISTS: Freddie Claire MUSIC: Ilan Eshkeri EFFECTS: James Prosser, Matthew Baker-Jones, Aleksandra Czenczek, Bhaumik Patel, Charlie Lovett NARRATOR: David Attenborough OTHER: Colorist: Ross Baker, Additional Photography: Edward McGown, Kylie Stott, Camera Team: Keith Bainton, Kat Brown, Sam Winzar, Underwater Operator: Steve Hudson, Researcher: James Shelton, Alex Baines-Buffery, Matthew Fisketjon, Production Manager: Hannah Lewis, Sarah Hodder, Commissioning Editor BBC: Tom McDonald

COMPANY: Atlantic Productions, PRODUCER: Anthony Geffen Series Producer, Anne Sommerfield Supervising Producer, Eloisa Noble Assistant Producer, Philip Jones Assistant Producer, Emma Parsons Line Producer, Amabel Clarke Associate Producer, Paul Currie Associate Producer Australia DIRECTOR: Mike Davis EDITOR: Film Editors: Andrea Cuadrado, Dominic Lester, Online Editor: Rob Grainger WRITER: David Attenborough CINEMATOGRAPHER: Paul Williams, Richard Underwater Cinematographers: Fitzpatrick, Michael Pitts SOUND EDITOR: John Rogerson, Richard Addis, Ryan Twyman SOUND RECORDISTS: Freddie Claire MUSIC: Joel Douek, Graham Hadfield EFFECTS: James Prosser, Matthew Baker-Jones, Aleksandra Czenczek, Bhaukmik Patel, Charlie Lovett NARRATOR: David Attenborough Presenter OTHER: Ross Baker Colorist, Edward McGown Additional Photography, Kylie Scott Additional Photography, Keith Bainton Camera Team, Kat Brown Camera Team, Sam Winzar Camera Team, Steve Hudson Underwater Operator, James Shelton Researcher, Alex Baines-Buffery Researcher, Matthew Fisketjon Researcher, Mark Abraham Production Coordinator, Hannah Lewis Production Manager, Sarah Hodder Production Manager, Tom McDonald Commissioning Editor BBC

+44 208-735-9329 heleng@atlanticproductions.co.uk www.atlanticproductions.tv/productions/attenboroughs-reef/

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S LIGHT ON EARTH

17-0115

17-0116

Animal Behavior, Science in Nature, Hosted or Presenterled, Visualization, Audioscape, Original Music Score

Hosted or Presenter-led

Vienna,

Muizenberg, Cape Town

Austria

South Africa

4/27/16

12/1/16

51 minutes

48 minutes

The spectacular and magical light produced by glowworms, fireflies and luminous plankton is known as bioluminescence- light made by living creatures. But those quite familiar glows and flashes are just a tiny, easily observed fragment of a previously unexplored, mysterious realm. Sir David Attenborough will be our guide, as we venture into a world he describes as “utterly unlike our own”. He and a team of the world’s leading scientists take us on a quest into the fascinating realm of living light.

Fearless presenter, Kurdt Greenwood, gets up close and personal with the most lethal serpents in South Africa. Kurdt is a young, dynamic naturalist with a boundless passion for wildlife. His enthusiasm and infectious personality will have even the biggest ophidiophobes peeking at the screen as he travels to remote South African locations to seek out deadly snakes and understand more about their behavior patterns and lethal abilities. Along the way, he also meets more of the country’s unique critters. He hopes to educate and inspire people to the wonders of these feared reptiles, ultimately replacing fear with knowledge and respect.

COMPANY: Terra Mater Factual Studios, Ammonite Film Productions, Ammonite Film Productions Curiosity Stream BBC UKTV ABC Australia PRODUCER: Martin Dohrn Joe Loncraine DIRECTOR: Martin Dohrn Joe Loncraine EDITOR: Rama Bowley WRITER: Paul Reddish Joe Loncraine Martin Dohrn CINEMATOGRAPHER: Martin Dohrn, Directors of Photographu: Jack Hynes, Fraser Johnston SOUND MIXERS: Stefan K. Fiedler MUSIC: Fraser Purdie NARRATOR: Host: David Attenborough OTHER: Production Managers: Liz Thorp, Judith Hamberger

COMPANY: AFC, PRODUCER: Hansa Winshaw DIRECTOR: Naudene Leisegang EDITOR: Naudene Leisegang WRITER: Chere Guevara CINEMATOGRAPHER: Hansa Winshaw SOUND EDITOR: Peregrine Andrews SOUND MIXERS: Peregrine Andrews SOUND RECORDISTS: Jemima Goosen MUSIC: Grant McLachlan NARRATOR: Matthew Baldwin OTHER: Presenter: Kurdt Greenwood.

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at/productions/david-attenboroughs-light-on-earth/

DEADLIEST SNAKES OF SOUTH AFRICA

+27 212-047-071 chere@africanfilm.tv www.africanfilm.tv

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DEATH

DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS

17-0117

17-0118

360¡ Storytelling

Changing Planet

Bristol,

New York, NY

United Kingdom

United States

7/22/17

5/4/16

3 minutes

73 minutes

“Life” and “Death” are two 360 virtual reality films created to promote the launch of the six hour-long films in the wildlife series “Savage Kingdom” by Nat Geo Wild. Filmed on location at the Savute National Park in Botswana, each film explores the themes of life and death in “the kingdom”. Guided through each film by the narration of Charles Dance, the audience will experience a full 360 view of some of the major filming locations, in addition to up-close interactions with wild animals and main characters featured in the televised programs.

Eligio Eloy Vargas, alias Melaneo, a Dominican Park Ranger in the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park, was found brutally murdered by machete. At the time, he was believed to have been on patrol investigating an illegal charcoal production site often run by Haitians coming across the border into protected Dominican forests. This murder becomes the metaphor for the larger story of increasing tension between Haiti and the Dominican Republic over illicit charcoal exploitation and mass deforestation: the alleged murder weapon itself being the same tool used to chop down Dominican trees by the thousands.

COMPANY: Icon Films, NHFUB PRODUCER: Andie Clare DIRECTOR: James Bickersteth EDITOR: James Bickersteth CINEMATOGRAPHER: James Bickersteth NARRATOR: Charles Dance OTHER: Location Consultant and Coordinator for NHFUB: Richard Uren Executive Director for National Geographic: Matt Zymet Creative Director for Icon Films: Harry Marshall

COMPANY: Tarasios, Human Pictures PRODUCER: Ben Selkow DIRECTOR: Juan Mejia Botero, Jake Kheel EDITOR: Adriana Pacheco CINEMATOGRAPHER: Juan Carlos Casta–eda SOUND MIXERS: String & Can SOUND RECORDISTS: Juan Yepes MUSIC: Dan Miller

+44 117-910-2008 harriet.exley@iconfilms.co.uk

(829) 858-8755 jkheel@gmail.com www.deathbyathousandcutsfilm.com

DEEP LOOK

DEEP OCEAN: LIGHTS IN THE ABYSS DEEP OCEAN

17-0119

17-0120

Limited Series - Short

Animal Behavior, Science in Nature, Ecosystem, Original Music Score

San Francisco, CA

Tokyo,

United States

Japan

3/17/17

8/28/16

9 minutes

52 minutes

Deep Look is a 4K short video series created by KQED San Francisco and presented by PBS Digital Studios. See the unseen at the very edge of our visible world. Get a new perspective on our place in the universe and meet extraordinary new friends. Explore big scientific mysteries by going incredibly small.

The destination is an illuminating “twilight zone” in a huge submarine canyon in Monterey Bay, North America. Equipped with a 4K camera system specifically for deep sea filming on state-of-the-art submarines, the crew encounters a world of countless exotic creatures including sparkling jellyfish and deep-sea fish that emit flashes. This is the world’s first quest to film bioluminescent creatures in their natural environment in the deep fathom of our oceans. Observe the amazing mystery of these enlightening life forms that have survived harsh pitch-black environments, where the concept of “sunlight” does not exist.

COMPANY: KQED PRODUCER: Joshua Cassidy Gabriela Quir—s Elliott Kennerson DIRECTOR: EDITOR: Elliott Kennerson Kia Simon WRITER: Amy Standen Lauren Sommer Joshua Cassidy Gabriela Quir—s Elliott Kennerson CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joshua Cassidy Elliott Kennerson SOUND EDITOR: Joshua Cassidy Gabriela Quir—s Elliott Kennerson SOUND MIXERS: Joshua Cassidy Gabriela Quir—s Elliott Kennerson SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Seth G. Samuel EFFECTS: Kia Simon Elliott Kennerson DESIGNER: NARRATOR: Amy Standen Lauren Sommer OTHER: Series Producer: Craig Rosa Managing Editor: Paul Rogers Executive in Charge: Sue Ellen McCann, KQED Science

COMPANY: NHK in association with NHK Enterprises, Inc., Curiosity Stream and ZDF/ZDFE PRODUCER: Hiromichi Iwasaki, Takeshi Shibasaki DIRECTOR: Hiroaki Katayama, Manabu Hirose EDITOR: Nobuhito Sawamura CINEMATOGRAPHER: Hirofumi Zusho,Junya Miyake,Hiroshi Tomita,Kaoru Nagata,Hiroshi Kaneko,Daisuke Semiya,Toshiko Washizuka SOUND EDITOR: Yoshiyuki Iimura SOUND RECORDISTS: Naotaka Doi MUSIC: Joe Hisaishi NARRATOR: David Attenborough

(415) 553-3367 crosa@kqed.org www.youtube.com/KQEDDeepLook

+81 354-554-339 m01614-festivals@li.nhk.or.jp

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DEVILS HOLE UNDERWATER WONDERS OF THE NATIONAL PARKS

DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON

17-0121

17-0122

Interactive

Impact

Washington, DC

Silver Spring, MD

United States

6/2/16

5/16/16

0 minutes

15 minutes

An interactive infoguide published by the Council on Foreign Relations takes users on an immersive journey through Brazil’s Amazon rain forest to explore the country’s challenges in controlling and trying to contain deforestation. This interactive experience offers stunning still and video images, rich sound design, archival footage, and satellite maps to trace the country’s evolving -- and increasingly vital -- policies regarding the vast Amazon.

When thinking about National Parks, our minds travel to lush green forests, striking deserts, and dramatic mountain landscapes - but there is much more to our parks than meets the eye. Meet the divers, scientists, and volunteers who act as stewards of the marine environments that make up our National Parks. In this episode, we travel to Devils Hole, an underwater cave system in the middle of the desert, home to ninety of the world’s rarest fish - the only species of its kind. Diving in one of the most dangerous unmarked cave systems in the country, volunteers ensure that this species will continue to thrive for generations to come.

COMPANY: Council on Foreign Relations, Shapeshifter, Inc. PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Jeremy Sherlick, Video Producer: Hagit Ariav DIRECTOR: Managing Editor: Robert McMahon EDITOR: Brianna Lee, Zachary Laub WRITER: Lead Writer: Danielle Renwick CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: Sound Designer: Adam Parris DESIGNER: Jacky Myint, Design and Development NARRATOR: OTHER: Development: Juan Loubet, Development: Christian Wolan, Development: Joel Bousley, Development: Eric Spector, Educational Advisor: Prof. Eve Bratman

COMPANY: CuriosityStream, PRODUCER: Jorge Franzini Brett Seymour DIRECTOR: Jorge Franzini EDITOR: Joi Shilling WRITER: Jorge Franzini CINEMATOGRAPHER: Luis Lamar Evan Kovacs Brett Seymour EFFECTS: Nick Vitello NARRATOR: Joi Shilling OTHER: Executive VP Content: Steve Burns Executive in Charge: Elizabeth Hendricks North

(202) 509-8404 abowler@cfr.org www.cfr.org/interactives/amazon-deforestation/#/en

(301) 920-5909 Jorge.Franzini@curiositystream.com www.app.curiositystream.com/video/1618

DIARY OF A SNAKEBITE DEATH

DINO BIRD

17-0123

17-0124

Short

Ecosystem, Animal Behavior, Visualization, Editing

Brooklyn, NY

Sydney, NSW

United States

Australia

10/27/15

4/30/17

7 minutes

44 minutes

A scientist till the end. In 1957 at The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Dr. Karl P. Schmidt, famed snake expert and herpetologist, made a detailed scientific account of the effect of venom from a snakebite in the human body--his body. Schmidt made the record while he was dying. The newspapers called his notes a “death diary.”

This one-hour film explores the life of the endangered Southern cassowary through the eyes of matriarch Bertha as she and her family strive to survive in the oldest rainforest on Earth. Over the course of one tumultuous season they battle fearsome predators and formidable rains, playing an invaluable role in sustaining life in this ecological hotspot. More dinosaur than modern bird, this is an intimate and rarely seen portrait of one of Australia’s last remaining southern cassowaries.

COMPANY: Genus and Species, Science Friday, NPR PRODUCER: Tom McNamara DIRECTOR: Tom McNamara EDITOR: Tom McNamara WRITER: Tom McNamara CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tom McNamara SOUND EDITOR: Tom McNamara SOUND MIXERS: Tom McNamara SOUND RECORDISTS: Tom McNamara NARRATOR: Narrator: Tom McNamara OTHER: Karl P. Schmidt: Charles Bergquist, the physician: Luke Groskin

COMPANY: WildBear Entertainment, National Geographic PRODUCER: Bettina Dalton DIRECTOR: Edward Saltau Daniel Hunter EDITOR: Rian van der Walt WRITER: Edward Saltau Daniel Hunter Eleanor Grant CINEMATOGRAPHER: Edward Saltau Daniel Hunter SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: Myles Wrigley NARRATOR: Christian Lanz OTHER: Executive Producer: Michael Tear, Edwina Thring , Co-Producer: Kate Pappas, Line Producer: Alan Erson, Additional Camera: Cam McGrath, Tai Inque, Wade Fairley, Drone Photography: Wild Pacific Media, Additional Sound: Tai Inque, Production Co-ordinator: Alice Orszulok, Head of Production: James Sutherland, Additional Editing: Susan Harvey, Assembly Editor: Bergen O’Brien, Edit Assistant: Lucy McCallum, Picture Post: Blue Post, Online Editor: James Collins, Colorist: Marcus Hopton Smith, Titles Design: The Sequence Group, For National Geographic: Production Manager: Ashley Lorenzo Feldman, Production Co-ordinator: Madeline Turrini, Unit Manager: Elizabeth Flamenbaum, Emily Markle, Researcher: Madelyn Copeland, Executive Producer: Tracy Rudolph Jackson, Senior Vice President of Production and Development: Janet Han Vissering

(845) 240-3647 thomas.r.mcnamara@gmail.com www.sciencefriday.com/videos/diary-of-a-snakebite-death/

+61 412-748-131 bettina.dalton@wildbear.tv

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DISPATCHES FROM THE FIELD: MIDDLE TETON GLACIER SURVEY

DIVE DEEPER

17-0125

17-0126

Student & Emerging

Interactive

Moose, WY

Toronto, Ontario

United States

Canada

12/15/16

3/3/17

5 minutes

0 minutes

Grand Teton National Park is home to several small, alpine glaciers that are slowly melting due to climate change. This episode follows park staff on their 2016 survey of Middle Teton Glacier, where they measure the ice to see how quickly it’s disappearing. The scientists, climbing rangers, and naturalists who collaborate to monitor these glaciers share their perspectives on what glaciers mean to the Tetons and to them personally, and how the park will change once they’re gone. This is the pilot episode in the “Dispatches from the Field” series, which aims to communicate park science to a wider audience.

Dive Deeper is an interactive learning experience which examines some of today’s most important environmental challenges and solutions. Explore each story by dragging the slider buttons and clicking on the icons to learn new facts, watch animations and video clips and further examine the subjects covered in The Water Brothers TV series. Launch. Explore. Discover.

PRODUCER: Peri Sasnett EDITOR: Peri Sasnett CINEMATOGRAPHER: Peri Sasnett SOUND EDITOR: Peri Sasnett SOUND RECORDISTS: Peri Sasnett

COMPANY: SK Films, PRODUCER: Jonathan Barker, Wendy MacKeigan, Tyler Mifflin, Jon Corbiere DIRECTOR: Tyler Mifflin, Alex Mifflin WRITER: Alex Mifflin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tyler Mifflin, Alex Mifflin SOUND EDITOR: Thought Cafe SOUND MIXERS: Thought Cafe EFFECTS: Thought Cafe DESIGNER: Thought Cafe NARRATOR: Alex Mifflin, Tyler Mifflin

(425) 443-8253 peri.sasnett@gmail.com www.vimeo.com/219691885/15a3361fbe

(416) 367-0440 agarcia@skfilms.ca www.divedeeper.ca

DIVE ONE

DREAM BIG: ENGINEERING OUR WORLD

17-0127

17-0128

Micro-Movie

Educational / Institutional, Visualization

Missoula, Montana

Laguna Beach, CA

United States

3/6/17

2/17/17

4 minutes

42 minutes

A love story about a diver and the ocean, Dive One uses wildlife imagery and music to illustrate the evolution of emotions experienced by a first-time SCUBA diver.

Narrated by Academy Award¨ winner Jeff Bridges, Dream Big: Engineering Our World is the first film for IMAX¨ and giant screens that transforms how we think about engineering. From the Great Wall of China and the world’s tallest buildings to underwater robots, solar cars and sustainable cities, Dream Big celebrates the human ingenuity behind engineering marvels and shows how engineers push the limits of innovation in unexpected ways. Inspiring stories of human grit and aspiration, and extraordinary visuals for the giant screen, reveal the compassion and creativity that drive engineers to create better lives and futures for us all.

COMPANY: Alexander Finden Cinematography, LLC, PRODUCER: Alexander Finden DIRECTOR: Alexander Finden EDITOR: Ali Nidzgorski WRITER: Alexander Finden CINEMATOGRAPHER: Alexander Finden SOUND EDITOR: Sean Walsh SOUND MIXERS: Sean Walsh MUSIC: Sean Walsh NARRATOR: Michele Venlee

COMPANY: MacGillivray Freeman Films, PRODUCER: Shaun MacGillivray DIRECTOR: Greg MacGillivray EDITOR: Jason E. Paul, Stephen Judson, Mark Fletcher WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Brad Ohlund, Ron Goodman, Robert Walker, Jason Sturgis SOUND EDITOR: Andrew DeCristofaro, MPSE SOUND MIXERS: Ken Teaney, CAS, Marshall Garlington SOUND RECORDISTS: Felipe Mendoza, Hunter Hoopengarner, Matt Rad Lauer, Abiel Valencia, Grant Beed MUSIC: John Jennings Boyd EFFECTS: Alan Markowitz NARRATOR: Jeff Bridges

(760) 815-3730 alex.finden@yahoo.com

(949) 494-1055 sbadheka@macfreefilms.com http://www.dreambigfilm.com/

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DURRELL’S UNDERDOGS

EARTH FROM OUTER SPACE

17-0129

17-0130

Conservation

Changing Planet

Trinity,

London, greater lo

United Kingdom

4/10/17

4/22/17

45 minutes

44 minutes

The smallest pigs in the world, pygmy hogs, are critically endangered. They are so rare that they were once thought to be extinct, but today, with the help of Durrell conservationists and supporters, this little piggy is making a comeback. Durrell’s Volunteer Manager Daniel Craven travels to India, birthplace of Gerald Durrell, and traces the origins of the great conservationist before joining up with the Durrell team building on his legacy. Learn more about the team’s work as they release the 100th pygmy hog back into the beautiful wild grasslands of Assam and how you can help.

It’s been 45 years since astronauts on board Apollo 17, the last mission to the Moon, took one of the most famous and reproduced photographs in history - the Blue Marble. Now, current astronauts reveal the astonishing changes on Planet Earth since then - on such an epic scale that they are visible from space. This film reveals how humans have etched their presence on Earth by the changes we have made to meet our needs for food, water, energy and safety.

COMPANY: Durrell Wildlife, PRODUCER: Daniel Craven DIRECTOR: Daniel Craven EDITOR: Dean Maryon WRITER: Daniel Craven, Dean Maryon CINEMATOGRAPHER: Bex Bohea Shaz Syed SOUND EDITOR: Marc Mitchel SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Audio Beats EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: Daniel Craven OTHER: Archive Footage: Joydeep Chakraborty Manas Park

COMPANY: Arrow International Media, PRODUCER: Paul Cooke DIRECTOR: Kenny Scott EDITOR: Justin Badger CINEMATOGRAPHER: Piers Leigh Brian McDairmant Kev Robertson Pete Allibone David Aubrey John Sturdy SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: Joe Gianotti James Willis Vera Qiao Tomm Dauenhauer Nour Halawani Ramson Mollel NARRATOR: Kerry Shale OTHER: Executive Producer: Ashley Potterton, Creative Director: John Smithson, Production Manager: Ann Dixon-Dyer, Production Coordinator: Rosanna Brook, Assistant Producer: Timothy Peplow

+00 441-534-860045 daniel.craven@durrell.org www.durrell.org/underhogs

+44 207-489-6239 jessica.stevens@arrowmedia.com

EARTH: ONE AMAZING DAY

EEYA

17-0131

17-0132

Theatrical, Visualization, Audioscape, Editing, Original Music Score, Writing, Animal Behavior

Micro-Movie

London,

Brooklyn, New York

United Kingdom

United States

5/26/17

4/1/17

89 minutes

5 minutes

From BBC Earth Films, the studio that brought you Earth, comes the sequel Earth: One Amazing Day, an astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world. Over the course of one single day, weÊtrack the sunÊfrom the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles. Breakthroughs in filmmaking technology bring you up close with a cast of unforgettable characters. Told with humor, intimacy and a jaw-dropping sense of cinematic splendor, Earth: One Amazing Day highlights how every day is filled with more wonders than you can possibly imagine-- until now!

Eeya is the Baka word for elephant, an important figure in the lives of the indigenous Baka tribes of Cameroon. Unfortunately, many Baka find themselves caught in the middle of Central Africa’s forest elephant poaching epidemic. Some are drawn into poaching gangs, while others are working for conservation groups. We take a walk through the forest with Bosso Andre and his son Gaston to learn more about how the illegal ivory trade has impacted the Baka way of life.

COMPANY: BBC Earth Films, SMG Picture Co., Ltd PRODUCER: Stephen McDonogh DIRECTOR: Richard Dale, Peter Webber, Fan Lixin EDITOR: Andi Campbell-Waite WRITER: Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Richard Dale, Geling Yan CINEMATOGRAPHER: Robin Cox, Max Hug Williams, Kevin Flay, Tom Walker, Steven Cassidy, Tim Shepherd, Paul Stewart, Andy LI ???, Wan Yuanzong ??? Alastair MacEwen, Charles Stoddart SOUND EDITOR: Kate Hopkins, Tim Owens SOUND MIXERS: Ben Peace, Andrew Caller SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Alex Heffes EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: Robert Redford OTHER: Executive Producer: Neil Nightingale, Supervising Producer: Myles Connolly

COMPANY: House Tiger Productions, PRODUCER: Mariah Wilson DIRECTOR: Mariah Wilson EDITOR: Zebediah Smith CINEMATOGRAPHER: Zebediah Smith

+44 759-023-0297 stephen.mcdonogh@bbc.com www.bbc.com/earth

(917) 450-4539 mariahewilson@gmail.com www.facebook.com/eeyafilm/

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EL NINO - A SHIFTING NORMAL

ELEPHANT VALLEY TALES FROM ZAMBIA

17-0133

17-0134

Student & Emerging

Ecosystem

San Diego, CA

New York, New York

United States

6/14/17

4/11/16

9 minutes

48 minutes

El Nino - A Shifting Normal dives into the marine ecosystems of Southern California to examine the abnormalities and changes resulting from the 2015 El Nino warming event, and provides insight on whether these effects are permanent.

Winding through the savannas of Zambia is the mighty Luangwa River, the main artery of one of the great wildernesses of Africa. During dry season, temperatures soar to 100 degrees Fahrenheit and a daily pilgrimage to the banks of the Luangwa becomes a life-saving necessity for its inhabitants. From a family of elephants journeying through the bush for a daily drink to parties of birds who gather to feed and resident crocodiles waiting on the banks for the careless to venture too close, it’s a rare snapshot of a wild world that sits uneasily beneath the merciless African sun.

COMPANY: All Elements Productions, PRODUCER: Kyle McBurnie DIRECTOR: Kyle McBurnie EDITOR: Kyle McBurnie WRITER: Kyle McBurnie CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kyle McBurnie Jeff Hester SOUND EDITOR: Kyle McBurnie SOUND RECORDISTS: Kyle McBurnie MUSIC: Filmstro NARRATOR: Anton McBurnie OTHER: Public Domain El Nino Animation: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Matthew Radcliff Creative Commons Sea Lion footage: SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment

COMPANY: Plimsoll Productions, Blue Ant Media The Smithsonian Networks PRODUCER: Producer: Hannah Hoare Executive Producer: Martha Holmes Executive Producer: Andrew Jackson Head of Production: Lynn Sinclair Production Manager: Lucy Bilson Production Accountant: Tessa Kiernan Field Producer: Will Steenkamp Assistant Producer: Andrew Moorwood Production Co-Ordinator: Kirstie Routledge Post Production Manager: Bethan Door DIRECTOR: Hannah Hoare EDITOR: James Smith Chrissa Geering Edit Assistants: Vicky Jordan, Patrick Bethell WRITER: Researcher: George Bradford Story Developer: Sam Meyrick CINEMATOGRAPHER: Camera Operator: Lianne Steenkamp Tom Walker, Camera Operator Howard Bourne, Camera Operator Mat Thompson, Camera Operator SOUND EDITOR: On Line Editor: Simon Bland Dubbing Editor: David Yapp Dubbing Mixer: Chris Domaille Foley Artist: Richard Hinton EFFECTS: Graphics: Ged Mansfield NARRATOR: David Vickery OTHER: Field Assistants: John Mphasi, Ruben Mbao Additional Aerial Photography: Aquavision

(650) 773-7547 kylemcburnie@gmail.com

(212) 708-3254 christine.ricard@smithsonianchannel.com

ELK RIVER

ESCAPINGEXTINCTION:WHALESHARKSOFTHEMALDIVES

17-0135

17-0136

Science in Nature

Student & Emerging

Boulder, CO

Manhattan, Kansas

United States

5/18/16

12/16/16

28 minutes

9 minutes

Scientist Arthur Middleton, photographer Joe Riis, artist James Prosek and filmmaker Jenny Nichols join forces in this documentary that captures the migration of elk in the Yellowstone area through a multidisciplinary lens. For many of the elk herds that summer in Yellowstone National Park, home is outside the protected park boundaries the rest of the year, as far as 70 miles away. Mirroring a similar expedition undertaken in 1871 that fused science and the arts, this modern band of explorers join their ungulate counterparts on a trek from Wyoming’s rangeland through snowy mountain passes and treacherous river crossings to the rugged beauty of Yellowstone’s high-alpine meadows. Along the way, they meet backcountry guides and cattle ranchers whose lives are intricately tied with the fate of the elk and other migratory species that call the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem home.

For over 60 million years, the mysterious whale shark has traversed the open sea, but very little is known about this enormous, docile shark. Maldivian communities are proud to celebrate the whale sharks and their marine biodiversity. These days, whale sharks in the Maldives are safe from their number one predator: Man... But that hasn’t always been the case.

COMPANY: Pongo Media Productions, PRODUCER: Arthur Middleton DIRECTOR: Jenny Nichols, Joe Riis EDITOR: Jenny Nichols CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jenny Nichols, Joe Riis, Shane Moore, Skip Armstrong SOUND EDITOR: Coupe Studios SOUND MIXERS: Coupe Studios SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Coupe Studios, Foreign Air OTHER: Animated Maps, FX Media

COMPANY: Mermaid Pictures, PRODUCER: Ashley Kelly DIRECTOR: Ashley Kelly EDITOR: Naysan Baghai WRITER: Ashley Kelly CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ashley Kelly SOUND EDITOR: Naysan Baghai SOUND RECORDISTS: Ashley Kelly MUSIC: Naysan Baghai, Kevin Macleod EFFECTS: Naysan Baghai DESIGNER: Ashley Kelly NARRATOR: Geoff Ludowyk OTHER: Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme

(703) 901-7009 jenny@pongomediaproductions.com www.greateryellowstonemigrations.com

(615) 481-0943 ashley.kelly43@gmail.com www.mermaidpictures.org/

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ETHIOPIA RISING: RED TERROR TO GREEN REVOLUTION

EUROPE’S LAST NOMADS

17-0137

17-0138

Impact

Conservation, People & Nature, Changing Planet, Impact, Original Music Score

Poringland,

Vienna, Vienna

United Kingdom

Austria

6/1/16

10/11/16

61 minutes

52 minutes

Ethiopia is so often portrayed as a land of drought and famine - but this film tells a different story. Through dramatic reconstruction and documentary footage it shows what is possible when a remote community in the far north of the country decides to stay on and transform their land. Under the leadership of ‘The Man of Fire’, we witness their incredible struggle in the midst of drought and civil war. This is a story of restored life and renewed hope.

COMPANY: 1080 Film & TV Ltd, PRODUCER: Mark Dodd DIRECTOR: Mark Dodd EDITOR: Johnny Moore WRITER: Mark Dodd Ashley Norton CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mark Dodd SOUND EDITOR: Bennet Maples SOUND MIXERS: Bennet Maples SOUND RECORDISTS: Ashley Norton MUSIC: David Poore NARRATOR: High Quarshie

A spectacular ancient tradition is being revived right across Europe: shepherds leading flocks across the continent through the most savage and extreme landscapes. On the Similaun glacier at 2,800 meters in South Tyrol, inexperienced sheep plummet from the hazardous path or freeze to death in snowstorms. But crossing the Alps is not the longest trek in Europe. From Spain«s legendary La Mancha plains, the last cowboys of this continent and their cattle migrate into the green highlands of Cuenca. During their five week long marathon both, humans and animals face tremendous summer heat and desert conditions. While in Southern France herds of 3,000 sheep cross the spectacular plateaus of the Cevennes. Each sheep carries up to 5,000 seeds in its coat and spreads these en route, linking isolated biotopes. In Romania sheep climb the Carpathian Mountains, all the way to the Ukrainian border, constantly under threat from wolves. In Europe’s far west, on a Welsh island, migrating sheep even generate a habitat for rare birds. Across the continent many animals and plants depend on these nomads: the last Imperial eagles, wolves, bearded and griffon vultures, insect and bird species. COMPANY: Interspot Film, Interspot Film, Kwanza, Gruppo Ganga, Cwmni Da, ORF, France 2, S4C, ORF-Enterprise, Creative Europe PRODUCER: Heinrich Mayer-Moroni DIRECTOR: Gernot Lercher EDITOR: Raimund Sivetz WRITER: Gernot Lercher CINEMATOGRAPHER: Klaus Achter AAC Lucas Chelos Jean Michel Corillon Mike Harrison Additional Camera: Martin Haupt Dietrich Heller AAC Aled Jenkins Stephen Kingston Otmar Penker Richard Longstaff Josef Neuper Benoit S_gur Tote Trenas Dylan Wyn Williams Assistant Camera: Ingemar Arnold Rhys Jenkins Maria Lacasa Christoph Mangold Nicolas Russeil Rhys Thomas Christoph Wallner Josef Weinl_nder Gethin Wyn SOUND RECORDISTS: Antonio Carreres Sion Bayley Hughes James Parry Wil Planitzer MUSIC: Roman Kariolou Johannes Ratheiser DESIGNER: Ronja Scherzinger NARRATOR: Andrew Solomon

+44 160-332-7333 donnatalby@1080films.co.uk www.ethiopiarising.com

+43 187-878-14129 ronja.scherzinger@orf.at

EVERYTHING YOU NEVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SNAIL SEX DEEP LOOK

17-0139

17-0140

Micro-Movie

360¡ Storytelling

San Francisco, CA

Johannesburg,

United States

South Africa

3/14/17

3/3/17

3 minutes

9 minutes

Besides being hermaphrodites -- all snails have both boy and girl parts -- they stab each other with “love darts” as a kind of foreplay. Deep Look is a science video series that explores big science by going very, very small, from KQED and PBS Digital Studios. We use macro photography and microscopy in glorious 4K resolution, to see science up close... really, really close.

Be physically immersed in the herds making up part of the two million wildebeest that embark on a long and treacherous journey in an endless chase toward the rains. Stand on the banks of the infamous Mara River as the bravest in the herd leap right in front of you to make the season’s first crossing. Will they make it or won’t they?

COMPANY: KQED, PRODUCER: Elliott Kennerson EDITOR: Elliott Kennerson WRITER: Lauren Sommer Elliott Kennerson CINEMATOGRAPHER: Elliott Kennerson SOUND EDITOR: Elliott Kennerson SOUND MIXERS: Elliott Kennerson SOUND RECORDISTS: Katie McMurran MUSIC: Seth G. Samuel EFFECTS: Kia Simon NARRATOR: Lauren Sommer OTHER: Series Producer: Craig Rosa Managing Editor: Paul Rogers Executive in Charge: Sue Ellen McCann, KQED Science

COMPANY: Deep VR Wild, PRODUCER: Ulrico Grech-Cumbo DIRECTOR: Ulrico Grech-Cumbo Telmo dos Reis EDITOR: Telmo dos Reis WRITER: Ulrico Grech-Cumbo CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jared Reid Josh Miller Ulrico Grech-Cumbo Telmo dos Reis SOUND EDITOR: Samukelo Mahlalela SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Kanoa Wolfe-Doblin EFFECTS: Skhumbuzo Dlomo NARRATOR: Jon Drew

(415) 553-3367 crosa@kqed.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOcLaI44TXA

EXODUS: THE GREAT MIGRATION

+27 834-084-303 ulrico@deepvr.co.za www.dropbox.com/sh/r3ake13owbeye87/AABUpMN2Q3dBJT51SoZuSJUva?dl=0

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EXPEDITION RAW BIG CATS INITIATIVE

EXPLORE YOUR BACKYARD WILDERNESS

17-0141

17-0142

Limited Series - Short

Micro-Movie

Washington, District o

Ossining, NY

United States

4/25/17

6/15/17

10 minutes

4 minutes

National Geographic’s first-ever web series, Expedition Raw showcases surprises, challenges, and amazing behind-the-scenes moments captured by National Geographic explorers in the field. As part of The National Geographic Society’s Big Cats Initiative, we dedicated four episodes to shine a spotlight on big cat conservation supporting scientists and conservationists working to save big cats in the wild.

Explore your Backyard Wilderness is a micro-movie about the great web of life that surrounds and sustains us, but which we have forgotten how to see. Set in and around a typical home and neighborhood pond, it is a poignant snapshot revealing the miracles that unfold right under our noses each year in backyards across America - whether we see them or not. Explore your Backyard Wilderness reconnects people to nature by allowing them to experience the world through animal eyes and at nature’s pace, inspiring a new sense of wonder and commitment to understanding the world outside their back door.

COMPANY: National Geographic, Science and Exploration Media, PRODUCER: Nora Rappaport, Monica Pinzon DIRECTOR: Vanessa Serrao, Sarah Joseph EDITOR: Nora Rappaport, Monica Pinzon WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Owen Bissell, Juan Antonio Puyol OTHER: Associate Producers: Elaina Kimes, Yenee Wondafrash, Series Producer: Chris Mattle

COMPANY: Archipelago Films Arise Media, PRODUCER: Susan Todd Andrew Young DIRECTOR: Susan Todd Andrew Young EDITOR: Lincoln Athas WRITER: Susan Todd Andrew Young CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andrew Young OTHER: Supervising Producer: Myles Connolly Line Producer: Kathryn Ruopp Associate Producer: Katherine van Hengel Associate Producer: Melanie Quinn Associate Producer: Michael Male Additional Cinematography: Michael Male Assistant Camera: Brandon Sargeant Assistant Camera: Darryl Curry Assistant Camera: Alex Grant Assistant Camera: Chris George VFX: Lincoln Athas VFX: Machin Eyes Production Assistant: Ian Slakas Production Assistant: Evan Douglas

+12 028-285-496 Elaina.kimes@natgeo.com http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/expedition-raw

(914) 862-4202 susan@archipelagofilms.com www.arisemedia.org

EXPLORER APP

EXTREME WEATHER

17-0143

17-0144

Interactive

People & Nature, Impact, Science in Nature, Changing Planet

New York, NY

United States

1/1/70

10/15/16

0 minutes

39 minutes

The American Museum of Natural History’s Explorer app, developed with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, acts as a virtual curator in the Museum’s 45 permanent halls. Available for iOS and Android, Explorer personalizes visitors’ onsite experience using cutting-edge location-aware technology and offers rich natural history content based on each visitor’s selected interests and current location. Content available to users offsite includes: o More than 70 exhibits o Tree of Life, a quiz-based game that helps visitors discover how all life is connected, from house cats to Homo sapiens, is related as they build their own mammalian tree of life

Weather is one of the most dynamic forces shaping our planet, and now it’s more extreme and complex than ever. Extreme Weather takes us where few have gone. Travel to the edge of 300-foot tall glaciers collapsing, to the front lines of massive wildfires, directly in the path of deadly, yet mesmerizing tornadoes. Follow researchers and everyday heroes as they uncover surprising connections to help us understand and adapt to our ever-changing weather.

COMPANY: American Museum of Natural History Local Projects, PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

COMPANY: National Geographic, Sean Casey, National Geographic, Sean Casey PRODUCER: Sean Casey, Jen Casey DIRECTOR: Sean Casey EDITOR: Peter Rubi, Ryan Gold WRITER: Alex Macinnis NARRATOR: Michael C. Hall

(212) 769-5629 echapman@amnh.org www.amnh.org/apps/explorer

(212) 656-0726 melissa.rogers@natgeo.com

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FACE TO FACE WITH THE LAST MALE NORTHERN WHITE RHINO

FELIDAE DEUS

17-0145

17-0146

Conservation, 360¡ Storytelling

Micro-Movie

Durban,

Bronx, NY

South Africa

United States

2/24/17

6/8/17

2 minutes

A 360¡ encounter with a tragically one-of-kind pachyderm. Sudan is the last male northern white rhino left on the planet. How did that happen?

As some of the most iconic, enigmatic, and acutely threatened species on Earth, big cats embody the extremes of power and fragility. These animals are among the most recognized and revered in our culture--yet their future is increasingly uncertain. In this campaign video, WCS envisions a future where big cats thrive across their ranges, playing their full ecological roles in wild habitats around the world.

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

COMPANY: Wildlife Conservation Society, PRODUCER: Natalie Cash DIRECTOR: EDITOR: Natalie Cash WRITER: Natalie Cash SOUND MIXERS: Brian Aumueller SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: David Tobin, Jeff Meegan, Malcolm Edmonstone for Audio Network EFFECTS: Jeff Morey NARRATOR: Narrator: Christian Brammer Additional Narration: Boniface Osujaki, Diego Coll, Rocky Liang OTHER: Footage: Jeff Morey, International Fund for Animal Welfare, National Geographic, Biggest and Baddest series, Gryphon Productions, Sandesh Kadur, Felis, Shutterstock

+27 315-820-800 mreddy@earthtouchsa.com

(718) 220-7423 ncash@wcs.org wcs.org

FERAL BIOLOGIST

FERRET TOWN

17-0147

17-0148

Micro-Movie

Student & Emerging

Bronx, NY

Lander, WY

United States

6/8/17

6/1/17

3 minutes

56 minutes

The world’s preeminent field biologist and master biographer of our planet’s most charismatic species, George Schaller is a founding father of wildlife conservation. Schaller has roamed the globe since the 1950s, conducting landmark long-term studies that have deepened humanity’s understanding of a multitude of species including lion, snow leopard, tiger, and jaguar. His popular books on those adventurous studies brought him a National Book Award and international acclaim. His work continues to shape wildlife protection efforts around the world and inspire generations of conservationists to follow in his footsteps.

Black-footed ferrets were thought to be extinct until a small population was discovered near the small town of Meeteetse, Wyoming in 1981, inciting a race to recover the species from only 18 remaining individuals. Since then, scientists and landowners have worked together to return this species to the wild, but face an uphill battle. Meeteetse residents wonder if the ferrets will ever return to their town. “Ferret Town” presents one of the best conservation success stories in the United States, posing the question- how far will we go to save one species?

COMPANY: Wildlife Conservation Society, PRODUCER: Natalie Cash DIRECTOR: EDITOR: Natalie Cash SOUND MIXERS: Brian Aumueller SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: James Brett, Audio Network DESIGNER: Motion Graphics: Jeff Morey, Paul Waszak NARRATOR: George Schaller OTHER: Footage: Tom Veltre, Alan Root, George Schaller, Dorje Jyal, National Geographic Educational Film Division, Wild China Films, Anglia Television, National Geographic Specials Photographs: George Schaller, Kay Schaller, William Conway, Alan Root, William Karesh, Adrian Warren, Martin Schoeller, Beth Wald Archival Material: WCS Library & Archives, The Murie Center Illustration: Jeffrey Decoster

COMPANY: The Content Lab LLC, PRODUCER: Geoff O’Gara, Virginia Moore DIRECTOR: Virginia Moore EDITOR: Virginia Moore WRITER: Virginia Moore CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kyle Duba EFFECTS: Kyle Duba OTHER: Additional Footage: JJ Kelley Second camera: Louise Johns Archival footage: The Wyoming Game and Fish Department, The National Archives and Records Administration, Audobon/Turner

(718) 220-7423 ncash@wcs.org wcs.org

(540) 808-6205 virginia.b.moore@gmail.com www.ferrettownmovie.com

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FIRST MAN

FIX AND RELEASE

17-0149

17-0150

Science in Nature, Writing

Short

Paris,

Toronto, Ontario

France

Canada

2/15/17

1/1/17

92 minutes

16 minutes

First Man relates the saga of evolution told through the story of one single family: a group of early humans with whom we share trials, drama and joy through the ages. Thanks to the very latest scientific discoveries and new filming technologies, here is the new story of our origins.

Fix and Release explores the Ontario Turtle Conservation Center, a small turtle trauma center in Peterborough Ontario Canada, as it fights to even the odds of survival that freshwater turtles face in a modern world. Most turtle species in Canada are endangered due to loss of habitat and collisions with cars and boats. Dr. Sue Carstairs leads a team of dedicated staff and volunteers as they develop their own groundbreaking approach to reptile medicine. This visually beautiful film shows turtles in a way that few have seen before - highlighting their amazing ability to recover from catastrophic injury and hinting that these ancient creatures may be more complex than previously thought. Turtles are vital for healthy wetlands and every saved turtle makes a difference. As Dr. Carstairs says, “We are saving the world one turtle at a time”.

COMPANY: Nilaya Productions Boreales AT Prod, ZDF CCTV9 RTBF Television belge Winds PRODUCER: Patricia Boutinard Rouelle Frederic Fougea Arnauld de Battice DIRECTOR: Jerome Guiot Frederic Fougea EDITOR: Laurence Guzzo Caroline Le Van Pascal Oberlin WRITER: Frederic Fougea Alain Michel Blanc Stevphanie VALLOATTO CINEMATOGRAPHER: Director of Photography: Lionel Jan Kerguistel, Second Unit Director of Photography: Quentin Devillers SOUND EDITOR: The Post Box SOUND MIXERS: The Post Box SOUND RECORDISTS: Sound Technician: Louw Verwoed, Boom Operator: Mike Nyembe EFFECTS: Mikros Image Belgium Mikros Image France NARRATOR: Nathan Willocks

COMPANY: Junction Box J, PRODUCER: Jono Nemethy Scott Dobson DIRECTOR: Scott Dobson EDITOR: Celest Natale WRITER: Scott L Dobson CINEMATOGRAPHER: Juan Montalvo SOUND RECORDISTS: Iggy Patel, Dan Heweitt MUSIC: Michael Phillip Wojewoda

scott@dobson.tv www.fixandrelease.com

+33 140-543-150 ilibercier@boreales.com

FORCES OF NATURE: COLOR

FOSSIL HUNTING IN THE GOBI SHELF LIFE

17-0151

17-0152

Visualization

360¡ Storytelling

Arlington, VA

New York, NY

United States

9/30/16

10/31/16

19 minutes

4 minutes

The light of the Sun bathes our planet; the colors we see is the light energy interacting with whatever it strikes. Earth isn’t just a blue planet; it is swathed in the color of life itself: the green of the pigment chlorophyll. Chlorophyll absorbs some of the color energy of light, and reflects others back out into our eyes. Plants have evolved to harvest the light energy of the Sun using color. Life has evolved to sense color. Once life sees color, it uses color. As humans we don’t just see color. We see beauty in the colors it displays.

Set out across the sands of Asia’s largest desert with legendary explorer Roy Chapman Andrews. Fossil Hunting In the Gobi transports viewers back in time, recreating the American Museum of Natural History’s historic Mongolian expeditions through the unique use of archival material. A glimpse inside the Museum’s 21st century collections reveals that the iconic fossils discovered by Andrews’s team in the 1920s still inform the research of modern-day paleontologists.

COMPANY: BBC, PBS France T_l_visions PRODUCER: Producer: Stephen Cooter Executive Producer: Andrew Cohen Series Producer: Danielle Peck DIRECTOR: Stephen Cooter EDITOR: Simon Holland CINEMATOGRAPHER: Julius Brighton Simon de Glanville Paul O’callaghan Rob Mcgregor Tomas Orn Tomasson OTHER: PBS Executive in Charge: Bill Gardner

DIRECTOR: Erin Chapman OTHER: Executive Producer: Eugenia Levenson VR/360 Director: Jason Drakeford

(703) 739-5392 akkim@pbs.org

(212) 769-5629 echapman@amnh.org www.amnh.org/shelf-life/fossil-hunting-in-the-gobi-360

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FOX TALES NATURE

FOXED-FREYA, FAITH & ME

17-0153

17-0154

Animal Behavior

Student & Emerging

New York, NY

Worthing,

United States

United Kingdom

5/19/17

3/24/17

53 minutes

24 minutes

On a high ridge in Newfoundland, Canada, nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and the borders of an old grove forest, a red fox, the matron of her family group, gives birth yet again. Follow the pups as they grow and learn to hunt, adapt, and survive. Explore the family dynamic of these rare creatures as bonds are formed. But the vixen knows that not all her cubs will inherit these tall trees, crystal lakes and the ocean spray. Before the snows come again, she will have to banish some of her offspring for the good of the family. We also hear from scientists in Madison, Wisconsin and Bristol, England, about their studies on local red foxes who are facing a much different challenge than their Canadian counterparts. Another scientist tracks how red foxes are moving out to the Arctic tundra and surviving in one of the harshest landscapes.

Last summer my life changed forever when a little fox cub visited my urban garden while I was watering the lawn. I thought this might have been a one time fascinating close-up encounter, but the cub returned and brought its siblings along. Together they explored, played and turned my garden into their playground. I soon became hooked on watching and filming them daily. I have been completely enchanted, or as some might say ‘foxed’, by these beautiful, clever and gentle creatures. This is the story of Freya, Faith and Me; a crossspecies friendship that made me determined to look after these wild animals.

COMPANY: Fantastic Mrs. Fox, Thirteen Productions for WNET, PRODUCER: Executive Producers: Susan Fleming, Fred Kaufman Series Producer: Bill Murphy DIRECTOR: Susan Fleming Roderick Deogrades EDITOR: Robert Ruzic Roderick Deogrades WRITER: Siobhan Flanagan Susan Fleming CINEMATOGRAPHER: Hugo Kitching Keith Brust Ed Senkowski SOUND EDITOR: Paul Germann Dialogue Editor: Krystin Hunter Foley Artists: Sandra Fox, Andy Malcolm SOUND MIXERS: Re-Recording Mixer: Lou Solakofski Foley Recording Mixers: Jack Heeren, Stephen Muir SOUND RECORDISTS: Peter Sawade Joshua J. See Hugo Kitching MUSIC: Geoff Bennett Andre Hirz EFFECTS: Colorist: Jim Fleming Online Editor: Arthur Ditner DESIGNER: Graphic Design: Craig Scorgie NARRATOR: Michella Moss OTHER: Series Editor: Janet Hess

PRODUCER: Dora Nightingale DIRECTOR: Dora Nightingale EDITOR: Dora Nightingale WRITER: Dora Nightingale CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dora Nightingale, Anya Krasnikova EFFECTS: Paul Penny DESIGNER: Greg Allen NARRATOR: Dora Nightingale

(212) 560-6889 burkej@thirteen.org

+44 796-034-6736 dora@doranightingale.com www.doranightingale.com

FREE TO ROAM: WILDLIFE FRIENDLIER FENCES

17-0155

17-0156

Educational / Institutional

People & Nature, Conservation

Jackson, WY

Vienna,

United States

Austria

8/27/16

12/28/16

10 minutes

50 minutes

In the past 20 years, the Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation’s volunteers removed 185 miles of abandoned barbed-wire fences, which threatened to entangle wildlife and blocked crucial migration routes. The film promotes the message that through the power of volunteerism people can join together to make an extraordinary impact on protecting wildlife on public and private lands throughout the West and beyond. The film encourages viewers to follow the example of JHWF volunteers, and organize and target fences in their area, which can be removed from the land or modified. By employing proven designs that serve the needs of ranchers, but also allow a safer passage for wildlife, a permeable landscape is created that greatly reduces dangers to wildlife. Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

At a packed beach in Spain an unlikely attraction is drawing the crowds. Thousands of miles from their native home of Africa, a pair of tiny, newly born cubs, hollow-eyed, weak and malnourished, are posing for tourist snapshots. They are nervous and stressed by the sounds and sights they are forced to endure in this alien environment. But then, with nothing but a life of misery in store, a remarkable chain of events suddenly turns their pitiful lives around - and lion whisperer Kevin Richardson comes into play.

COMPANY: Open Range Films, PRODUCER: Sava Malachowski, Valerie Schramm DIRECTOR: Sava Malachowski EDITOR: Valerie Schramm WRITER: Valerie Schramm CINEMATOGRAPHER: Sava Malachowski SOUND EDITOR: Valerie Schramm SOUND RECORDISTS: Sava Malachowski MUSIC: Kai Wagner NARRATOR: Valerie Schramm

COMPANY: Kingdom Films Pty Ltd, Terra Mater Factual Studios GMBH, Animal Planet International, Kingdom Films Pty Ltd Animal Planet International PRODUCER: Virginia Quinn Kevin Richardson DIRECTOR: Virginia Quinn EDITOR: Whetham Allpress WRITER: Virginia Quinn CINEMATOGRAPHER: Riaan Venter MUSIC: Anne Niktin NARRATOR: Shane Attwooll OTHER: Presenter and Host: Kevin Richardson

+1 307-739-2256 sava@savafilm.com www.jhwildlife.org

FROM CUBS TO KINGS

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at/productions/from-cubs-to-kings/

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FROM THE ASHES

FRONTIER BORNEO: EPISODE 1

17-0157

17-0158

Changing Planet, Impact, Theatrical, Audioscape, Editing

Impact, Conservation

Washington, District o

Singapore,

United States

Singapore

1/1/17

2/1/17

82 minutes

23 minutes

From the Ashes captures Americans in communities across the country as they wrestle with the legacy of the coal industry and what its future should be in the current political climate. From Appalachia to the West’s Powder River Basin, the film goes beyond the rhetoric of the “war on coal” to present compelling and often heartbreaking stories about what’s at stake for our economy, health, and climate.

Borneo: an island of towering mountains and impenetrable jungles, and a home to a staggering array of animals and plants. But the diverse flora and fauna of the world’s third largest island is under threat from development, habitat loss and climate change. Join an international team of rangers on the frontlines of biodiversity protection as they strive to manage man’s relationship with the wild. With their innovative approach to conservation, the rangers are at the forefront of wildlife preservation - from dealing with troublesome elephants and rescuing sun bears, to trying to keep up with playful orangutans. Showcasing the incredible range of habitat across the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, including UNESCO world heritage sites, this entertaining new series provides a true ranger experience. From the chilly rocky heights of the mountains, to the subterranean passages of the underground labyrinths, Frontier Borneo is a compelling collection of stories set against a breathtaking natural backdrop.

COMPANY: RadicalMedia, Bloomberg Philanthropries for National Geographic PRODUCER: Sidney Beaumont, Jon Kamen, Joe Berlinger, Justin Wilkes, Katherine Oliver, Tim Pastore DIRECTOR: Michael Bonfiglio EDITOR: Dave Marcus CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ronan Killeen SOUND EDITOR: Mike Poppleton, Kevin Peters SOUND MIXERS: Tom Paul, Kevin Peters SOUND RECORDISTS: Brad Bergbom, Mike Cavell, Jim Gilchrist, Mark Mandler, David S. McJunkin, Dave Ruddick, Greg Stidham, Avi Zev Weider, Kelsey Wood MUSIC: Mark Orton EFFECTS: Mike Odmark

COMPANY: Beach House Pictures, Kyanite PRODUCER: Executive Producers: Jocelyn Little, Michael Lim, Series Producer: Chiara Anna Bellati, Story Producers: Dixie Chan Shuhui, Jocelyn Hoon, Wendy Loh DIRECTOR: Director/Producer/Camera: Mark Roger Orton EDITOR: Razin Ramzi, Online Editor: Nico S.T. Tiong, Junior Editors: Peter Pang, Tan Jingliang, Kelvin Lee WRITER: Khairul Bahriah Binte Mahfud, Writer/Researcher Joy Goh, Writer/Researcher Iman Corinne Adrienne, Writer/Researcher Foo Li Lin, Writer/Researcher CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tony Shori, Simon Peter Enderby, Will Foster-Grundy, Lau Hong Meng, Roger Munns, Victor Tang, Drone Cinematographers: CK Chan, Kenneth Chua SOUND EDITOR: Jerry Teo NARRATOR: Luke Evans OTHER: Benjamin Goh, Post Production Supervisor

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/from-the-ashes/

(656) 236-9575 joy@beachhousepictures.com www.discoverychannelasia.com/shows/frontierborneo/

FRONTIER BORNEO: EPISODE 7

GALAPAGOS: FINAL FRONTIERS GALAPAGOS

17-0159

17-0160

People & Nature

Conservation

Singapore,

Hammersmith, London

Singapore

United Kingdom

2/1/17

4/13/17

23 minutes

61 minutes

On the final leg of this scientific mission, Liz Bonnin and a team of scientific experts look at what the future holds for the Galapagos and the human impact on these islands. By bringing together the findings of their scientific research, they hope to find a way of protecting its future.

COMPANY: Beach House Pictures, Kyanite PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Jocelyn Little, Michael Lim, Series Producer: Chiara Anna Bellati, Story Producers: Dixie Chan Shuhui,Jocelyn Hoon, Wendy Loh DIRECTOR: Mark Roger Orton, Director/Producer/Camera: Philip Gary Mulroy EDITOR: Dipin Verma, Online Editor: Nico S.T. Tiong, Junior Editors: Peter Pang Tan Jingliang, Kelvin Lee, Vidhya D/O Sandrasagran WRITER: Khairul Bahriah Binte Mahfud, Joy Goh, Iman Corinne Adrienne, Foo Li Lin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tony Shori, Simon Peter Enderby, Will Foster-Grundy, Lau Hong Meng, Roger Munns, Victor Tang, Drone Cinematographers: CK Chan, Kenneth Chua SOUND EDITOR: Jerry Teo SOUND RECORDISTS: Immar Mohd Zaki Bin Ibrahim Nor Azmi Bin Jaafar Muhammad Salahuddin Bin Mohd Sabri NARRATOR: Luke Evans OTHER: Post Production Supervisor: Benjamin Goh

COMPANY: Atlantic Productions, PRODUCER: Series Producer: Anthony Geffen, Assistant Producer: Joanna Haley DIRECTOR: Series Director: Mike Davis, Location Director: Benjamin Lawrie EDITOR: Assembly Film Editor: Kim Nikoljsen, Assistant Film Editor: Simon MacKenzie, Online Editor: Dan Preston-Bear, Film Editor: Otto Burnham CINEMATOGRAPHER: Director of Photography: Julius Brighton, Wildlife Director of Photography: Robert Hollingworth, Underwater Director of Photography: Michael Pitts SOUND EDITOR: John Rogerson, Richard Addis SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: Freddie Claire Sound Recordist MUSIC: Graham Hadfield EFFECTS: Zoo FX NARRATOR: Liz Bonnin OTHER: Location Services: Yoya Landazuri, Drone Operator: James Blake, Underwater Camera Operators: Kat Brown, Steve Hudson, Colorist: Graeme Hayes, Production Secretary: Jennie Baker, Production Coordinator: Cat Pollock, Production Manager: Becky Claridge, Edit Producers: Michael Massey, Freya Ward-Smith, Commissioning Editor BBC: Craig Hunter

(656) 236-9575 joy@beachhousepictures.com www.discoverychannelasia.com/shows/frontierborneo/

+44 208-735-9329 heleng@atlanticproductions.co.uk www.atlanticproductions.tv/productions/galapagos/

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GATOR FEAST VRTUALLY THERE

GAVIOTA: THE END OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

17-0161

17-0162

360¡ Storytelling

Ecosystem

McLean, VA

Santa Barbara, California

United States

5/29/17

11/17/16

5 minutes

42 minutes

Gator Feast is an immersive look at alligator behavior at one of the world’s leading crocodilian sanctuaries. Featuring chief reptile expert Jim Darlington, the film delivers factual content to help demystify people’s fears of these amazing creatures. For the first time, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park authorized VR cameras to get close to these reptilian giants and document their unique behavior. The VR team used cable camera systems, drones, and other apparatuses to address the distinct production challenge of filming 220 alligators in a feeding frenzy. The innovative techniques yielded new perspectives on one of nature’s most enduring species.

PRODUCER: Daryl Bjoraas Co-Producers: Larkin Donley, Anthony Fox Executive Producer: David Hamlin Digital Producer: Jesse Ryan DIRECTOR: Rober Padavick

Gaviota: The End of Southern California is a 42 minute film that explores one of the most threatened biodiversity hotspots in the world. In a monumental collaboration of artists, activists, and environmental organizations, this film documents the wildlife that thrives here like no other place in Southern California. Meticulously filmed over the course of five years, the film leads audiences from the ocean floor of the Santa Barbara Channel to the peaks of the jagged Santa Ynez Mountains. This wild journey crosses paths with breaching humpback whales, red-tailed hawks and elusive mountain lions. With nearly 90% of Southern California’s coast lost to development, the preservation of this coastline is the last bastion of hope for wildlife fighting to survive against a world closing in on them. COMPANY: Gaviota Wildlife Films PRODUCER: Shaw Leonard Tamlorn Chase Gunner Touturm Jessie Davidson DIRECTOR: Shaw Leonard EDITOR: Tamlorn Chase Shaw Leonard CINEMATOGRAPHER: Shaw Leonard Tamlorn Chase SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: Tucker Bodine NARRATOR: John Kay

(571) 215-0989 jeryan@gannett.com www.usatoday.com/section/global/vrtuallythere/

(805) 570-6212 gaviotawildlifefilms@gmail.com

GENIUS BY STEPHEN HAWKING

GHOST OF THE MOUNTAINS

17-0163

17-0164

Hosted or Presenter-led

People & Nature, Hosted or Presenter-led

Arlington, VA

Bristol,

USA

United Kingom

3/31/16

4/21/17

54 minutes

78 minutes

Stephen Hawking sets three ordinary people a series of fun physical and mental challenges. Can they think like a genius? Watch and realize you actually understand concepts that you never thought you would. In this mind-bending episode - can three volunteers work out if time travel is possible? Hawking leads us on a fascinating journey of discovery, featuring DeLoreans, clocks, a giant black hole and a large swathe of New York City. It seems as if nothing is beyond his imagination. Without any mathematics or equations, he effortlessly manages to get three non-scientists to grasp 4 dimensional space and time travel.

Ghost of the Mountains goes behind the scenes of one of Disneynature’s most challenging undertakings: finding and filming the rarely seen snow leopards for the feature film “Born in China.” At more than 15,000 feet, China’s Qinghai Plateau is perfect for snow leopards. However, for the humans who endeavored to film there, the air is painfully thin, the weather is brutal, the terrain is tricky and their spotted subjects are nearly impossible to locate--much less capture on film. With never-before-seen footage captured on location and interviews with the people behind the production, this feature documents the team’s unforgettable journey.

COMPANY: Bigger Bang Communications for PBS, National Geographic Channels International PRODUCER: Jane Sayers EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Ben Bowie Iain Riddick DIRECTOR: Jane Sayers EDITOR: Damien Pawle Marco Ruffatti CINEMATOGRAPHER: Rob Goldie Sashi Kissoon Miles Heckendorn OTHER: PBS Executive in Charge: Bill Margol

COMPANY: Disneynature Productions, Chuan Films, PRODUCER: Brian Leith DIRECTOR: Ben Wallis CINEMATOGRAPHER: Shane Moore

(703) 739-5392 akkim@pbs.org www.pbs.org/genius-by-stephen-hawking/home

+44 011-790-64339 mandy@brianleith.tv

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GIANTS OF THE ATLANTIC - AZORES

GIRAFFE - UP HIGH AND PERSONAL

17-0165

17-0166

Ecosystem, Visualization

Animal Behavior, Writing, Visualization

Vienna, Vienna

Vienna,

Austria

11/8/16

2/3/16

52 minutes

50 minutes

It’s a gigantic underwater mountain range, rising in mid-Atlantic. Only a few peak near the surface, or reach still higher to build nine green gems: the islands of the Azores. These volcanic rocks, the only toehold between Europe and America, are of extraordinary beauty. The steep shelf of the Azores is a play- and mating ground for several kinds of whale. Here groups of male sperm whales on their never-ending migration from the Arctic to the Antarctic, meet females. Humpback whales and gray whales break the surface - and blue whales come here too, to feed from the vast biomass produced in the ocean’s depths. Drifting up from the deep, plankton and krill attract huge schools of fish and squid. Portuguese Men ‘o’ War drift threateningly on the surface, while undersea caves host cannibalistic shrimps, manta rays and moray eels. On the islands, the grassy craters of the volcanoes are a winter home to songbirds from Iceland, Russia and North America, while their craggy outer walls form nests for vast colonies of Cory’s Shearwaters.

Long legs, tall neck, wide eyes - giraffes are the beauties of the African Savannah. But there is so much more to these gentle giants: their exceptional body, their distinctive behavior, their secret social life. An extraordinary and entertaining portrait of one of Africa’s true icons, revealing the secret lives of the tallest animal on Earth.

COMPANY: Proell Film, ORF, National Geographic Channels, ARTE, NDR, Proell Film PRODUCER: Erich Pr_ll DIRECTOR: Erich Pr_ll EDITOR: Sonja Lesowsky WRITER: Andreas Laschober CINEMATOGRAPHER: Nuno S‡ Erich Pr_ll Carl Finkbeiner Frieder Salm Jutta Anna Wirth Submersible Lula 1000: Kirsten Jakobsen, Joachim Jakobsen SOUND MIXERS: Michael Drexler SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Peter Wolf DESIGNER: Lee Niederkofler NARRATOR: Andrew Solomon

COMPANY: Terra Mater Factual Studios Production, National Geographic Channel DIRECTOR: Herbert Ostwald EDITOR: Christian Stoppacher WRITER: Herbert Ostwald CINEMATOGRAPHER: Klaus Scheurich Boas Schwarz Erik Sick Roland Gockel SOUND MIXERS: Stefan K. Fiedler SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Andy Baum NARRATOR: Tom Oldham OTHER: Executive Producer for Nat.Geo Wild: Ashely Hoppin Executive Producers for TMFS: Ivo Filatsch, Sabine Holzer

+43 187-878-14129 ronja.scherzinger@orf.at www.contentsales.orf.at/

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at/productions/giraffe-up-high-and-personal/

GIRAFFES: AFRICA’S GENTLE GIANTS NATURE

17-0167

17-0168

Conservation, Impact, Original Music Score

Theatrical, Editing, People & Nature, Writing

New York, NY

London, Middlesex

United States

United Kingdom

10/26/16

7/10/17

53 minutes

75 minutes

What does it take to relocate a herd of wild giraffes in Africa? One man, his family, and a band of enthusiastic helpers are about to find out. Their journey will take them across the wild heart of Uganda, crossing the mighty Nile River. The size of this operation cannot be underestimated, particularly when your cargo is so precious. That’s because these are no ordinary giraffes; they are in fact the world’s rarest. Any mistake could be costly, not only for the giraffes being moved but also for an entire species.

A true story set in Namibia and South Africa. 30-year-old Catherine, a beautiful French woman arrives in Namibia, fascinated by this land of wide-open spaces and the wild horses. She meets and marries a truly unusual man named Daniel in the desert. They live on a farm with two leopards and a lion. One fateful night, everything she loves is taken away from her: Daniel is imprisoned, the cats impounded to a secret location. When Daniel is released, they start a new life in South Africa with a baby lion whilst still battling for custody of their other cats. Then tragedy hits them all. Catherine tells us her extraordinary story of love, loss and healing. Director Julika Kennaway was badly injured during the filming and has spent many years to complete this remarkable story.

COMPANY: AGB Films, Gripping Films for Thirteen Productions LLC, BBC, WNET, PRODUCER: Tom Mustill Executive Producer: Andrew Graham Brown, Fred Kaufman, Series Producer: Roger Webb, Bill Murphy DIRECTOR: Tom Mustill EDITOR: Sabrina Burnard CINEMATOGRAPHER: George Woodcock SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: Dubbing Mixer: Ben Peace Re-Recording Mixer: Jon Berman, Ed Campbell SOUND RECORDISTS: Ewan Dryburgh MUSIC: Michael Kruk EFFECTS: Graphics: Danny Carr, Planet Labs, Online Editor and Colorist: Tom Knowles NARRATOR: Paul Christie OTHER: Series Editor: Janet Hess

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: Producer: Julika Kennaway Executive Producer: Mark Wild DIRECTOR: Julika Kennaway EDITOR: Mike Crozier WRITER: Julika Kennaway CINEMATOGRAPHER: Simon Wilkie, Brian Uranovsky MUSIC: Andrew Skeet NARRATOR: Katherine OTHER: Mark Wild, Executive Producer

(212) 560-6889 burkej@thirteen.org

GOODBYE MY AFRICA

+00 442-088-409908 wildclan@me.com www.markwild.co

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GORILLA DOCTORS IN 360¡

GRAY AREA: WOLVES OF THE SOUTHWEST

17-0169

17-0170

360¡ Storytelling

Conservation, Ecosystem, People & Nature, Impact, Editing, Student & Emerging

Los Angeles, CA

Tigard, OR

United States

10/11/16

2/15/17

4 minutes

49 minutes

Deep inside the African rainforest Gorilla Doctors, a group of veterinarians dedicated to saving the mountain and eastern lowland gorilla species, are working against time to find and rescue these endangered creatures. Habitat loss, poaching and disease have made mountain gorillas one of the most endangered animal, with only 950 currently in existence. But their numbers have been rising in recent years, thanks in large part to the Gorilla Doctors, whose team operates across a vast rainforest spanning three countries -- Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Join their journey in this special 360¡ video, presented by 60 Minutes.

In the American Southwest, the little known Mexican gray wolf has slowly pulled back from the very edge of extinction. From a founding population of just seven animals, their wild numbers have barely reached 100 - and now they are faced with a new threat from within: their own genetics. As part of a bold recovery mission, one lone wolf is given a chance to offer new hope for the survival of her species, while an age old conflict surrounds their recovery. Narrated by Chris Morgan, Gray Area explores if ranchers, conservationists, and biologists alike can coexist with this apex predator.

COMPANY: Digital Domain, CBS, 60 Minutes PRODUCER: John Pattyson DIRECTOR: Jesse Warfield CINEMATOGRAPHER: Photojournalist: Artur Gajda OTHER: McLeay Upshall, Steve Cogbill, Greg Newland

PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Alan Lacy Producer: Dean Cannon Producer: Alan Lacy DIRECTOR: Dean Cannon EDITOR: Patrick Lehr Blake Pederson WRITER: Alan Lacy Patrick Lehr CINEMATOGRAPHER: Additional Cinematography: Alan Lacy, Gary Schafer, Christopher Meyers Aerials: Christopher Theulan SOUND EDITOR: James Bretz SOUND MIXERS: James Bretz SOUND RECORDISTS: Alan Lacy MUSIC: Original Song “Return of the Lobo”, Alan Lacy EFFECTS: Graphics & Animation: Mikhail Skoptsov NARRATOR: Chris Morgan OTHER: Colorist: John Tissavary Assistant Editor: Dean Cannon Production Assistant: Cresaya Lacy Production Assistant: Jackie K. Chang Music: Premium Beat

+1 310-664-3372 tetrault@d2.com www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-gorilla-doctors-lara-logan/

GREAT HUMAN ODYSSEY NOVA

GREAT SNAKES

17-0171

17-0172

People & Nature

Animal Behavior

Boston, MA

Washington, DC

United States

10/5/16

12/15/15

1 minutes

44 minutes

Our ancient human ancestors once lived only in Africa, in tiny bands of a few thousand hunter-gatherers. Then we moved out of our African cradle, spreading rapidly to every corner of the planet. How did we acquire the skills, technology and talent to thrive in every environment on earth? How did our prehistoric forebears cross the Sahara on foot, survive frigid ice ages, and sail to remote Pacific islands? Great Human Odyssey is a spectacular global journey following their footsteps out of Africa along a trail of fresh scientific clues. With unique glimpses of today’s Kalahari hunters, Siberian reindeer herders, and Polynesian navigators, we discover amazing skills that hint at how our ancestors survived and prospered long ago.

Snakes live in forests and deserts, underground and underwater, and in every continent but Antarctica. Over the course of 150 million years, they have relentlessly adapted, changing to fit the circumstances of their climate, habitat, and access to food. Take an up-close look at cobras, black mambas, vipers, flying snakes, and some of the other 3,000 species alive today. From evil incarnate to one of evolution’s great success stories, we show how the snake continues slithering forward on the path to survival.

COMPANY: NOVA, Clearwater Documentary Inc., CBC, Lawrence Klein Productions LLC for WGBH Boston PRODUCER: Niobe Thompson Larry Klein DIRECTOR: Niobe Thompson EDITOR: Sam Green Brenda Terning WRITER: Larry Klein CINEMATOGRAPHER: Daron Donahue aAron Munson Jason Longo Mike Fox DESIGNER: Vanessa Ly

COMPANY: EBS, SNI/SI Networks L.L.C PRODUCER: Chu Deokdam DIRECTOR: Lee Yeon-Kyu EDITOR: Don Fish WRITER: Nathan Antila Co-Writer: Kiki Spinner CINEMATOGRAPHER: Seo Young-Ho SOUND MIXERS: David Hurley DESIGNER: Monica Barrios NARRATOR: Neil Wilson OTHER: Executive Producers: David Royle, Joy Galane Technical Director: Jang Jang-Chun Effects Director: Lee Yong-Mun Additional Camera: Trevor Henry, Chris Anderson,Rashad Nobles,Vanina Harel Colorist: Dave Markun Graphics and Animation: Rawsienna

(617) 300-4316 vanessa_ly@wgbh.org www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/great-human-odyssey.html

+1 602-326-0546 alan.p.lacy@gmail.com www.grayareathefilm.com

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GREAT YELLOWSTONE THAW: EPISODE 1

GREAT YELLOWSTONE THAW: EPISODE 3

17-0173

17-0174

Ecosystem

People & Nature, Changing Planet

Arlington, VA

United States

3/31/17

53 minutes

Yellowstone is home to North America’s most iconic wildlife, and every year these animals must survive The Thaw - one of the harshest seasonal changes. This series follows the Thaw during 2016 - a year when unpredictable weather broke new records. Surviving winter can be tough for the wildlife of Yellowstone, and will this year’s weather favor predator or prey? Will the grizzlies that emerge early survive, and why are the wolves and Great Gray Owls in danger of starvation? Plus, find out how Yellowstone’s unique geology affects the mighty bison.

Yellowstone is home to North America’s most iconic wildlife, and every year these animals must survive The Thaw - one of the harshest seasonal changes. This series follows the Thaw during 2016 - a year when unpredictable weather broke new records. It’s summer in Yellowstone and with soaring temperatures comes the risk of wildfires that could devastate the ecosystem. When a major fire breaks out in the Beartooths, a team scrambles to see if the Great Gray Owl family has survived. And how is one particular wolf pack feeding its 11 pups?

COMPANY: BBC Production with PBS, PBS PRODUCER: Producer: Rowan Musgrave Executive Producer: Tim Martin Series Producer: Lucy Bowden DIRECTOR: Joanne Ashman EDITOR: David Warner CINEMATOGRAPHER: Scott Tibbles David Wickham NARRATOR: Kirk Johnson OTHER: PBS Executive in Charge: Bill Gardner

COMPANY: BBC, PBS PRODUCER: Producer: Rowan Musgrave Executive Producer: Tim Martin Series Producers: Lucy Bowden, Susanna Handslip DIRECTOR: Joanne Ashman EDITOR: Mark Thurkettle CINEMATOGRAPHER: Scott Tibbles David Wickham NARRATOR: Kirk Johnson OTHER: PBS Executive in Charge: Bill Gardener

(703) 739-5392 akkim@pbs.org www.pbs.org/great-yellowstone-thaw

GREY FUTURE

GRIZZLY COUNTRY

17-0175

17-0176

Student & Emerging

Animal Behavior

Westerham, Kent

Lubbock, Texas

England

United States

9/25/16

4/21/17

6 minutes

52 minutes

The concept that elephants & rhinos could become extinct in one’s lifetime is a shocking statement and one that is hard to comprehend; Grey Future is a dramatisation of just that. Following the life of an artist protagonist, this film spans into the future, showing us the headlines we hope never to see, and the damaged planet we leave for our next generation. Grey Future’s glimpse into the future hopes to emotively inspire action against our current poaching crisis by reminding us of our own romantic connection with these animals in the Western World. Artwork featured in this film was drawn by children from Tujatane School in Zambia, allowing the film to unite youth from two very different ends of the globe.

Grizzly bears have a secret life not easily visible to the casual visitor or observer. This documentary reveals some of the most astonishing behavior of these great bears, recorded over a ten year period...allowing us to recognize some of the bears individually, such as Scarface, Swimmer and Quad Mom. Once they were listed as a ‘threatened’ species. The grizzly populations have recovered today and are beginning to stabilize...but because they exist only in this one part of the lower 48 States, it will take special efforts to ensure that they can continue.

COMPANY: Grey Future Films, PRODUCER: Carla Fraser DIRECTOR: Tom Gough EDITOR: Nick Price, Tom Gough, Matthew Taylor WRITER: Carla Fraser CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jamie Weston, Peter Green SOUND EDITOR: Sean Price SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Jon Mills NARRATOR: Jon Rand, Carla Fraser OTHER: Animation: Jamie Price Make-up and Hair: Lydia Noble Wardrobe: Ellis collier Graphics: Kevin Francis Actors: Lucia, Giacomo Giannecchini Holly Scott-Bennett Marie Blount Harriet George 1st Ad: Leonie Marzecki 1st AC: Rushil Choudhary Gaffer: Kanako Hiriai Focus Puller: Jerry Pradon Animation & branding: Jamie Prie Flame Operator: Glenn Carr

COMPANY: Trailwood Films & Media, Landis Wildlife Films PRODUCER: Dale Johnson Bob Landis DIRECTOR: Bob Landis EDITOR: Dale Johnson WRITER: Dale Johnson Bob Landis CINEMATOGRAPHER: Bob Landis SOUND EDITOR: Dale Johnson SOUND MIXERS: Dale Johnson NARRATOR: Travis Voice Services

+07 737-832-052 carlafraser@hotmail.co.uk www.greyfuturefilm.com

(806) 223-5868 dale@trailwoodfilms.com

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H IS FOR HAWK: A NEW CHAPTER NATURE

17-0177

HARNESSING THE POWER OF WHISTLEBLOWERS: COMBATING WILDLIFE CRIME

17-0178

Hosted or Presenter-led, Impact, People & Nature, Audioscape, Visualization, Editing, Original Music Score, Writing

Micro-Movie

New York, NY

Washington, DC

United States

5/26/17

5/24/17

54 minutes

3 minutes

Helen Macdonald’s international best-selling book H Is for Hawk told the story of a grieving daughter who found healing after her father’s death in the form of a goshawk named Mabel. The goshawk is one of Mother Nature’s own fighter jets, capable of finding and killing its prey with the speed of a lightning bolt. For the first time after Mabel’s death, Macdonald tries again to train another one of these secretive birds of prey and intimately explores their lives in the wild forests they call home.

Whistleblower reward laws incentivize insiders to report crimes, thereby increasing detection, enforcement and deterrence. Strong, internationally applicableÊU.S. wildlife protection laws contain whistleblower reward provisions that can be leveraged to fight the extinction crisis. The National Whistleblower Center’s Global Wildlife Whistleblower Program provides a secure and completely confidential online platform where individuals around the world can report wildlife crime and connect with attorneys who can help submit their reports to U.S. authorities and apply for rewards under the appropriate U.S. laws. NWC won a Grand Prize in the Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge for its solution to wildlife crime.

COMPANY: , Thirteen Productions LLC, BBC, WNET PRODUCER: Mike Birkhead, Series Producer: Roger Webb Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman Series Producer: Bill Murphy DIRECTOR: Mike Birkhead, Co-Director: Beth Jones EDITOR: Nigel Buck CINEMATOGRAPHER: George Woodcock James Aldred Barrie Britton John Waters SOUND EDITOR: David Yapp SOUND MIXERS: Graham Wild SOUND RECORDISTS: Ewan Dryburgh Ben Tutton Richard Gott Rich Whitley MUSIC: Cody Westheimer EFFECTS: Colorist: Paul Ingvarrson OTHER: Series Editor: Janet Hess

COMPANY: The Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge, PRODUCER: Susanna Jolly DIRECTOR: Susanna Jolly EDITOR: Susanna Jolly WRITER: Stephen Kohn, Ashley Binetti CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kirby Crider SOUND EDITOR: Susanna Jolly SOUND MIXERS: Susanna Jolly SOUND RECORDISTS: Kirby Crider MUSIC: Kai Engle EFFECTS: Susanna Jolly NARRATOR: Stephen Kohn OTHER: Director of Photography: Kirby Crider, Photography Credit: Susanna Jolly

(212) 560-6889 burkej@thirteen.org

(202) 759-0183 ab@whistleblowers.org www.whistleblowers.org

HELLO WORLD! CHRISTINA AGUILERA PRESENTS: DON’T MESS WITH MAMA HELLO WORLD!

17-0179

HELLO WORLD! USHER PRESENTS: STRONGER HELLO WORLD!

17-0180

Engaging Youth

New York, NY

United States

7/9/16

22 minutes

Presented in association with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and featuring the voice and music from legendary artists Christina Aguilera, Ellie Goulding, Joan Jett, Dave Matthews, Usher Raymond, and Steven Tyler, Hello World! is a sixpart series taking a look at the wonders of the natural world. The series brings out the universal themes of the artists’ music by using it as a soundtrack for the stories of animals in the wild. Each episode features the artist’s vibrant storytelling and one of their well-known songs, as well as a lush musical score.

COMPANY: Discovery in association with RadicalMedia, WWF PRODUCER: Sara Enright, Dave Sirulnick, Joe Killian, Jon Kamen, Justin Wilkes, Andy Yerkes, Alexandra Moss, John Hoffman DIRECTOR: Sara Enright EDITOR: Vito Decandia, Conor Flynn, Craig Holzer WRITER: Andy Yerkes SOUND MIXERS: Jeff Keiler, Tim Latham, Hollis Smith SOUND RECORDISTS: Kory Aaron, Randy Warnken, Derik Lee, Jon Schacter, Jake Smith, Kyle Richards, Kenta Yonesaka, David Gallander MUSIC: Bill Sherman DESIGNER: Remi Glestos, Sean Pierce, Louis Caldarola NARRATOR: Usher Raymond, Christina Aguilera, Ellie Goulding, Joan Jett, Dave Matthews, Steven Tyler OTHER: Sound Design: Hollis Smith, Jeff Keiler

(818) 903-3375 tiffany@awardsinsider.com

Animal Behavior

(818) 903-3375 tiffany@awardsinsider.com

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HIDE AND SEEK THE HUNT

HIGH LIFE AT LOW TEMPERATURES

17-0181

17-0182

Editing

Ecosystem

Bristol,

Vienna,

United Kingdom

Vienna

10/21/15

3/14/16

58 minutes

52 minutes

Hide and Seek follows tigers, harpy eagles, chimpanzees, army ants and other predators as they rise to the challenge of hunting within the forest - a dense, confusing, three-dimensional world, one in which, even finding prey is a maddening task. The prize for succeeding at Nature’s great game of hide and seek is one worth winning. Forests cover one third of the land surface, and concealed within, are over half of the species on Earth.

The summits and sheer mountain ridges of Austria’s ‘Little Siberia’ funnel the freezing air from snow-covered peaks into a gigantic hollow - a high-level plateau at 1,000 meters from which it cannot escape: Lungau is Austria’s coldest region. Creeks and streams start higher here and create bogs, moors and countless alpine lakes. Summer is short but lively as eagles rear their precious young and ermines eat their fill before the sparse winter returns, while black alpine salamanders give birth to live miniature versions of themselves beneath the tree line.

COMPANY: Silverback Films, BBC, BBC WorldWide, BBC America, The Open University, CCTV9, NDR Naturfilm PRODUCER: Jonnie Hughes, Executive: Alastair Fothergill DIRECTOR: Jonnie Hughes EDITOR: Nigel Buck WRITER: Jonnie Hughes, Alastair Fothergill NARRATOR: Sir David Attenborough

COMPANY: dreiD.at Filmproduktion, ORF, BR, dreiD.at Filmproduktion, ORF-Enterprise and Lungau Biosphere Reserve, Filmf_rderung Salzburg PRODUCER: Lukas Kogler DIRECTOR: Waltraud Paschinger EDITOR: Lukas Kogler WRITER: Waltraud Paschinger CINEMATOGRAPHER: Johannes P_tscher, Camera Assistant: GŸnter Schinnerl, Additional Photography: Rolando Menardi, Hubert Doppler, Engelbert Obex, Herbert Bliem, Michael Schlamberger, Kurt Mayer, Aerials: Martin Kumric, Siegfried Steiner, Thomas Morgenstern, Time Lapse: Stephan Dengg, Gerald Derigo, Drone Pilot: Benedikt Wind SOUND RECORDISTS: Martin Rohrmoser MUSIC: Erwin Kiennast DESIGNER: Lee Niederkofler NARRATOR: Andrew Solomon

+44 011-799-27237 hal.hampson@silverbackfilms.tv www.silverbackfilms.tv/

+00 431-878-7813186 ronja.scherzinger@orf.at www.contentsales.orf.at/

HILDE AND THE CHIMPS

HIMALAYAN MEGAQUAKE NOVA

17-0183

17-0184

Student & Emerging

People & Nature

McLean, VA

Boston, MA

United States

4/1/17

4/4/17

54 minutes

53 minutes

Hilde and the Chimps follows one woman’s journey far from her icy home in Norway to the rainforests of the DRC as she sets out on a mission to save the lives of orphaned chimpanzees.

On April 25, 2015, a devastating earthquake rocked Nepal. As it ripped across the Himalayas, it wiped out villages and left thousands dead. Hear the harrowing stories of the Nepalese people who lived near the epicenter and of survivors trapped on Everest. Through dramatic eyewitness footage, expert interviews, and stunning graphics, NOVA reveals the anatomy of this megaquake while scientists race to answer urgent questions: Is another big one just around the corner? What can we learn from the deadly combination of earthquakes and landslides? And can we rebuild to survive the next big one?

COMPANY: Metanoia Concepts, PRODUCER: James Allen Orr, Meredith Nutting, Kathy Pienaar DIRECTOR: Alexander Sletten EDITOR: James Allen Orr, Kathy Pienaar CINEMATOGRAPHER: Alexander Sletten, Morten Torjussen SOUND EDITOR: Mike Berridge SOUND MIXERS: Mike Berridge, Paul Vermaak OTHER: Online Editor: Jan Potgieter Graphic: Boomcandy Assistant Editor: Alexia Phirippides Music: Audio Network Special Thanks: Carmen Videl, Helene Axelsen, Hildegunn Johannesen, ICCN, CRPL

COMPANY: NOVA, Sky Vision, Sky Door Films, WGBH, Sky 1, National Geographic Channels in association with Sky News, PRODUCER: Liesl Clark Crescent Moegling DIRECTOR: Liesl Clark EDITOR: Jean Dunoyer WRITER: Liesl Clark DESIGNER: Vanessa Ly NARRATOR: Craig Sechler OTHER: Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell

+1 301-801-0707 alex@metanoiaconcepts.com www.metanoiaconcepts.com

(617) 300-4316 vanessa_ly@wgbh.org www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/himalayan-megaquake.html

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HONEY BADGER GRIT

HOTEL ARMADILLO NATURE

17-0185

17-0186

Animal Behavior

Ecosystem, Impact, People & Nature, Hosted or Presenter-led

Washington, DC

New York, NY

United States

2/15/17

4/19/17

46 minutes

54 minutes

Grit is a young 18-month-old honey badger seeking his fortune in the wild Namibian savannah. He’s a honey badger, so he’s tough, but he’s never been out here alone before. Of every ten honey badgers that leave home to become independent, six die within the first few weeks. Does Grit have what it takes to survive?

You won’t find this hotel on the beaches of Rio. Deep in the heart of the Brazilian wetlands, the mysterious and secretive giant armadillo digs a new burrow every other night. Once this termite-eater moves on, it leaves behind one of the hottest plots of real estate in the tropical Pantanal for 80 species of diverse and ever-changing animal clientele. We’ll get a never-before-seen look as guests walk, squawk, slither, and crawl from far and wide to get the best rooms available. From families of nursing anteaters to foraging coatis, the “Hotel Armadillo” showcases all that the grasslands have to offer along with the scientists who “check in” these exotic guests.

COMPANY: Earth-Touch USA LLC and SNI/SI Networks L.L.C., PRODUCER: Jess Reiss DIRECTOR: Kira Ivanoff EDITOR: Ruan Botha WRITER: Paul Spillenger CINEMATOGRAPHER: Boris Von Schoenebeck Greg Nelson James Boon Wllem Van Heerden SOUND MIXERS: Bray Poor SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Nux Schwartz DESIGNER: Monica Barrios NARRATOR: Bray Poor OTHER: Executive Producer: David Royle Executive Producer: Charles Poe Executive Producer: Graeme Duane Executive Producer: Tim Evans GFX and Animation: Adrian Landman , Prunelle Aman

COMPANY: A Maramedia Production for Thirteen Productions and BBC Studios in Association with WNET, PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Nigel Pope Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman Series Producer: Bill Murphy Series Producer: Roger Webb DIRECTOR: Justin Purefoy EDITOR: Pete Barden WRITER: Justin Puerfoy CINEMATOGRAPHER: Justin Purefoy, Lindsay McCrae SOUND EDITOR: Dubbing Editor: Jonny Crew SOUND MIXERS: Dubbing Mixer: Ben Peace Re-Recording Mixer: Ed Campbell MUSIC: Fraser Purdie EFFECTS: Colorist: Ian Ballantyne Online Editor: Neil Allan NARRATOR: Olga Merediz OTHER: Host: Arnaud Desbiez

(202) 261-0337 monica.barrios@smithsonianchannel.com

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HOW LIZARDS FIND THEIR WAY HOME SCIENTIST AT WORK

17-0187

HOW MOSQUITOES USE SIX NEEDLES TO SUCK YOUR BLOOD DEEP LOOK

17-0188

Educational / Institutional, Short

South Miami, Florida

San Francisco, CA

United States

5/1/17

6/7/16

8 minutes

3 minutes

These days most of us use smartphones or GPS computers to navigate from one place to another. If we want to get home, we just enter our address and voilˆ, our computer tells us how to get there. But how would we get home without the help of technology? Behavioral ecologist Manuel Leal is at El Verde Field Station in El Yunque National Park, Puerto Rico, trying to answer this question in lizards.

Seen up close, the anatomy of a mosquito bite is terrifying. The most dangerous animal in the world uses six needle-like mouth parts to saw into our skin, tap a blood vessel and sometimes leave a dangerous parting gift. Deep Look is a science video series that explores big science by going very, very small, from KQED and PBS Digital Studios. We use macro photography and microscopy in glorious 4K resolution, to see science up close... really, really close.

COMPANY: Day’s Edge Productions Howard Hughes Medical Institute, PRODUCER: Producer: Nathan Dappen Producer: Neil Losin Executive Producer: Denni Lui Post-Production Supervisor: Chris Vargas Line Producer: Lori Beane Assistant Producer: Kori Price DIRECTOR: Nathan Dappen EDITOR: Nathan Dappen WRITER: Nathan Dappen CINEMATOGRAPHER: Nathan Dappen Neil Losin SOUND EDITOR: Nathan Dappen SOUND MIXERS: Nathan Dappen SOUND RECORDISTS: Nathan Dappen Neil Losin Eric Bendick Rick Smith MUSIC: New West Studios Max de Wardener Sheldon Mirowitz DESIGNER: Kori Price NARRATOR: Manuel Leal Luisa Jain

COMPANY: KQED, PRODUCER: Gabriela Quiros EDITOR: Elliott Kennerson Kia Simon WRITER: Amy Standen Gabriela Quiros CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joshua Cassidy SOUND EDITOR: Elliott Kennerson MUSIC: Seth G. Samuel EFFECTS: Elliott Kennerson Kia Simon NARRATOR: Amy Standen OTHER: Series Producer: Craig Rosa Managing Editor: Paul Rogers Executive in Charge: Sue Ellen McCann, KQED Science

(208) 591-0852 kori.price@gmail.com www.daysedge.com

Micro-Movie

(415) 553-3367 crosa@kqed.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD8SmacBUcU

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HUNGER AT SEA THE HUNT

HUNTING THE HORNED HORSE

17-0189

17-0190

Original Music Score

Student & Emerging

Bristol,

San Antonio,

United Kingdom

United States

10/26/15

11/20/15

57 minutes

9 minutes

The open ocean is an immense wilderness that covers more than half the surface of our planet, yet for the most part it’s a watery desert, largely devoid of life. Predators face an endless search to find and catch food, yet these great tracks of ocean are home to some of the most remarkable hunters on the planet. Hunger at Sea follows blue whales, sharks, sea lions, frigate birds, dolphins and albatrosses to reveal the strategies they use to hunt for prey in the big blue.

The unicorn. A beloved symbol of purity, healing, and love in many cultures. This fantastical creature has been revered around the world for hundreds of years. But what could have happened if this fantasy was real? Would we protect this animal or love it to extinction? Hunting the Horned Horse is a short animated film about poaching and extinction that uses unicorns as an allegory for real animals.

COMPANY: Silverback Films, BBC, BBC WorldWide, BBC America, The Open University, CCTV9, NDR Naturfilm PRODUCER: Hugh Pearson, Executive Producer: Alastair Fothergill DIRECTOR: Hugh Pearson WRITER: Hugh Pearson, Alastair Fothergill SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Steven Price NARRATOR: Sir David Attenborough

DIRECTOR: Caitlin Bailey EDITOR: Caitlin Bailey NARRATOR: Stephanie Campbell

+44 901-179-927237 hal.hampson@silverbackfilms.tv www.silverbackfilms.tv/

(210) 269-1031 cbailey2290@gmail.com

HUNTWATCH

HURRICANE 3D

17-0191

17-0192

People & Nature, Impact, Editing, Writing

People & Nature, Audioscape, Visualization, Writing, Original Music Score

New York, NY

Brussels,

United States

Belgium

9/22/16

8/31/16

59 minutes

38 minutes

Huntwatch highlights the tumultuous history that is the East Coast Canadian commercial seal hunt. Forty plus years of ongoing activism, that included filming the hunt with an unblinking eye, brought images of the bloody ice floes to homes around the world. Garnering international headlines and sparking what some believe to be the start of the modern animal welfare movement, the hunt was almost brought to an end in the eighties. But by exploiting regional political tensions and blaming seals for decreasing fish stocks, the Canadian government continues to keep the East Coast seal hunt alive.

This is the true story of a 15,000 kilometer journey in the footsteps of one of the most devastating natural events on our planet: the Atlantic Hurricane. Our protagonist is both shatteringly destructive and vital to life on earth. A mere breeze at its conception, as it sweeps over the African Sahel it becomes a life-giving monsoon, before setting out across the Atlantic as a deepening depression. The hurricane is the film’s main character. The supporting cast - the men, women, plants and animals that it encounters on its journey and affects in some way, for better or for worse. Serene and exquisitely beautiful from space, at ground level in the face of the screaming wind, ‘Hurricane’ is nothing less than terrifying.

COMPANY: Discovery Channel, The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), PRODUCER: Kerry Branon, Richard Moos, Brant Backlund, David Kennedy, Azzedine Downes, Erica Martin, Shawna Moos, Ryan Harrington, John Hoffman DIRECTOR: Brant Backlund EDITOR: Brant Backlund, David Kennedy WRITER: Brant Backlund CINEMATOGRAPHER: Richard Moos SOUND MIXERS: Carmen Borgia SOUND RECORDISTS: Carmen Borgia MUSIC: Theo Green DESIGNER: Isaiah King NARRATOR: Ryan Reynolds

COMPANY: Ouragan Films, Climax Films Orange Studio Saint Thomas Productions PRODUCER: Jacqueline Farmer DIRECTOR: Cyril Barbançon Andrew Byatt Jacqueline Farmer MUSIC: Yann Tiersen NARRATOR: Jacqueline Farmer OTHER: Distributor: nWave Pictures Distribution

(818) 903-3375 tiffany@awardsinsider.com

(322) 796-7965 amilazzo@nwave.com www.hurricane.nwave.com

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I AM A RANGER

I AM OCEAN: HAWAII I AM OCEAN

17-0193

17-0194

Micro-Movie

Limited Series - Short

Cape Town,

Bozeman, MT

South Africa

United States

7/5/16

1/1/17

4 minutes

9 minutes

Rangers: the unsung heroes of conservation. In this film, we meet a plethora of different Rangers: the guards of Sudan, rangers in the field and antipoaching squads. This film explores their stories: What is the daily experience of a Ranger? Why did they become rangers? What challenges do they face? It hopes to shed light on the good work they do and give them the exposure they deserve.

I Am Ocean: Hawaii casts a spotlight on the world’s oceans through deeply personal stories of those we seldom hear from, yet whose lives are deeply impacted by each ebb and flow. Through the lens of a coral scientist working to protect Hawaiian reefs, to a cultural leader whose devotion to the Pacific ocean starts at the summit of Mauna Kea, to the leader of a outrigger paddling club who uses the canoe as a metaphor for conservation, we weave together stories that on the surface seem worlds apart, yet are threaded together by the same undercurrent of ocean stewardship.

COMPANY: Black Bean Productions, PRODUCER: Sam Suter DIRECTOR: James Suter EDITOR: Leon Visser CINEMATOGRAPHER: Oli Caldow OTHER: Camera Assistance: Keenan ‘K-Dog’ Ferguson, GoPro Hero: Sacha Specker

COMPANY: Ocean Media Institute, PRODUCER: Jeff Reed Gianna Savoie DIRECTOR: Jeff Reed Gianna Savoie EDITOR: Jeff Reed WRITER: Gianna Savoie CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff Reed SOUND EDITOR: Jeff Reed SOUND MIXERS: Jeff Reed SOUND RECORDISTS: Jeff Reed NARRATOR: Chad Wiggins Pua Case George Fry III

+27 081-700-4974 andrew@blackbeanproductions.com www.blackbeanproductions.com

(347) 678-4569 gianna@oceanmediainstitute.org www.oceanmediainstitute.org/iamhawaii

I PROTECT TIGERS

IBIOME-OCEAN

17-0195

17-0196

Micro-Movie

Interactive

Woking,

Toronto,

United Kingdom

Canada

6/14/17

3/23/17

1 minutes

0 minutes

Filmed in point of view style, this fast-paced campaign film interweaves the stories of three tiger protectors in very different parts of the world. The film shows that it doesn’t matter where you are, you can help protect tigers too.

iBiome-Ocean invites kids to explore the natural balance of ocean habitats, build diverse and intricate ecosystems, celebrate the rich diversity of sea life and study the human impact on our oceans. iBiome-Ocean is for educators and parents who champion sustainability, praise the beauty of our natural environments and appreciate our planet’s complex environmental challenges. iBiome-Ocean provides immersive, game-based learning that introduces kids to a cross section of ecological habitats and empowers them with the knowledge they need to become true environmental stewards. iBiome-Ocean is available online and on iOS tablets, and supports English, French, Spanish, German and Chinese.

COMPANY: WWF-UK, PRODUCER: Greg Armfield Amy Anderson DIRECTOR: Martin Stirling EDITOR: Kevin Konak CINEMATOGRAPHER: Carl Burke SOUND EDITOR: Jon Clarke SOUND MIXERS: Factory London SOUND RECORDISTS: Merlin Bonning EFFECTS: Coffee and TV London OTHER: Researcher: Sarah Wann Camera Assistant: Richard Savage Equipment Hire: One Stop With thanks to WWF-Russia and WWF-Bhutan

COMPANY: Springbay Studio Ltd., PRODUCER: Jane Ji EDITOR: Kim Fulton-Bennett, William Lou, Barbara Dixon WRITER: Isobel Orfi CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: Erica Procunier DESIGNER: Jane Ji NARRATOR: William Lou

+44 798-997-5426 aanderson@wwf.org.uk

(416) 389-1004 jane@springbaystudio.com www.springbaystudio.com

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ICELAND MOVING ART

IN THE GRIP OF THE SEASONS THE HUNT

17-0197

17-0198

Ecosystem

Los Angeles, CA

Bristol,

United States

United Kingdom

5/1/17

10/19/15

27 minutes

58 minutes

Traverse the glaciers and waterfalls that populate the landscape of Iceland as filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg captures the wonder and awe of this frozen yet verdant island.

In the Grip of the Seasons looks at the challenges of hunting in the Arctic, the most seasonal place on Earth. To a predator, seasonal change is a problem. It means that all the parameters of the hunt - the conditions, the strategies, the prey - change too. The only option for the Arctic’s top predators, the wolf, the Arctic fox and the polar bear, is to continually adapt to their changing world, exploiting the good times, and enduring the bad.

COMPANY: Moving Art, PRODUCER: Louie Schwartzberg, Elease Lui Stemp DIRECTOR: Louie Schwartzberg EDITOR: Annie Wilkes CINEMATOGRAPHER: Louie Schwartzberg, Alex Falk SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Hogni Egilsson OTHER: Post Production Supervisor: Courtney Mahler Music Supervisor: Michael Whalen

COMPANY: Silverback Films, BBC, BBC WorldWide, BBC America, The Open University, CCTV9, NDR Naturfilm PRODUCER: Jonnie Hughes, Executive Producer: Alastair Fothergill DIRECTOR: Jonnie Hughes WRITER: Jonnie Hughes, Alastair Fothergill NARRATOR: Sir David Attenborough

+1 323-436-2229 giles@movingart.com www.movingart.com

+44 011-799-27237 hal.hampson@silverbackfilms.tv www.silverbackfilms.tv/

IN THE PRESENCE OF ANIMALS

INCREDIBLE PREDATORS

17-0199

17-0200

360¡ Storytelling

Audioscape, Theatrical

Washington, District o

Bristol,

United States

United Kingdom

1/20/16

8/12/16

5 minutes

42 minutes

Experience wildlife as never before as you lift off amid a million-winged flutter of monarchs, forage alongside a great grizzly and feel the presence of massive bison on the move from inside the herd. Make eye contact with a jaguar, watch as a rainforest sloth hangs in the treetops and be present as a mother olive ridley turtle lays the next precious generation on a lonely beach. This is In The Presence of Animals and it will take you closer into the wild than ever before, alongside some of the most at-risk species on our planet.

Incredible Predators deconstructs the world of major predators as never before, taking an intimate look at the remarkable strategies they use to succeed. Advanced filming techniques expose the planet’s top predators in extraordinary footage, putting the audience right beside them as they hunt- on land, under the sea or in the air. Far from a film about the kill, instead the audience will be emotionally engaged with the key characters, learning how these supreme species must be at the very peak of performance to have any chance of success. Their backstory will be a key part of the narrative; to understand a cheetah’s dilemma you must meet her hungry cubs. Top predators occupy an apex position within the habitats they dominate and, alongside dramatic animal behavior, Incredible Predators reveals the unique relationship between predators and prey as a fundamental building block of ecology.

COMPANY: Condition One, DIRECTOR: Danfung Dennis, Casey Brown, Phil McNally OTHER: Key Collaborators: Jay Brown, Andrew Delpit, Chris McClanahan

COMPANY: Silverback Films, PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Niel Nightingale, Huw Cordey, Supervising Producer: Myles Connolly, Associate Producer: Fiona Charlton DIRECTOR: Alastair Fothergill WRITER: Alastair Fothergill CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: Kate Hopkins Tim Owens SOUND MIXERS: Graham Wild SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Composer: George Fenton Music: Philharmonia Orchestra NARRATOR: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

(703) 431-9252 de@conditionone.com www.conditionone.com/

+44 011-799-27237 hal.hampson@silverbackfilms.tv www.silverbackfilms.tv/

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INTO THE AMAZON AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

IRON JUNGLE - NATURE’S RETURN TO THE RUHR VALLEY

17-0201

17-0202

People & Nature

Changing Planet, Original Music Score

Boston, MA

Muenster,

United States

Germany

12/1/16

6/22/16

120 minutes

49 minutes

Into the Amazon tells the remarkable story of the perilous 1913 journey of Theodore Roosevelt and Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon into the dark and deadly heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon River.

For more than 150 years the Ruhr Area was Europe’s most extensive industrial zone. Mines and steelworks dominated the region, river systems collapsed, and skies were ash-grey. But over the last decades the area has been transformed. Many industries were shut down, and huge areas were left abandoned. A wide variety of animals returned to fill the vacuum; invading factory ruins and recolonizing badlands, artificial hills and lakes. This film not only tells the story of a unique comeback, it also reveals some stunning animal behavior. Above all it celebrates the power and capacity for adaptation of life itself.

PRODUCER: John Maggio, Hannah Olson, Senior Producer: Susan Bellows, Executive Producer: Mark Samels DIRECTOR: John Maggio EDITOR: George O’Donnell WRITER: John Maggio CINEMATOGRAPHER: Stephen McCarthy, Bryan Harvey SOUND EDITOR: Greg Smith, Supervising Sound Editor: Margaret Crimmins SOUND MIXERS: Tony Volante SOUND RECORDISTS: Mark Mandler, Zak Piper, Rob Lewis, Steve Bores MUSIC: Gary Lionelli EFFECTS: FX: Peluca, Dionisio Alves, Wagner Sandro NARRATOR: Oliver Platt, Alec Baldwin as Theodore Roosevelt, Wagner Moura as Candido Rondon, Jake Lacy as Kermit Roosevelt OTHER:

COMPANY: Light & Shadow GmbH, NDR Naturfilm doclights PRODUCER: Christian Baumeister, Susanne Lummer, Joern Roever DIRECTOR: Christian Baumeister EDITOR: Stefan Reiss WRITER: Beatrix Stoepel, Herbert Ostwald, Christian Baumeister, Patrick Makin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Christian Baumeister, Michael Riegler, Philipp Klein SOUND EDITOR: Alexander Weuffen SOUND MIXERS: Alexander Weuffen SOUND RECORDISTS: Kathleen Brenner MUSIC: Oliver Heuss EFFECTS: Stefan Reiss NARRATOR: Dan Wesker OTHER: Executive Producer: Gabriele Conze (WDR), Distributor: Albatross World Sales

(617) 300-2383 katy_morris@wgbh.org

+49 251-414-41670 petra@lightandshadow.tv www.lightandshadow.tv

ISLANDS IN TIME - A WILDLIFE ODYSSEY

17-0203

ISLANDS IN TIME - A WILDLIFE ODYSSEY: EP.02 BEWITCHED BY THE MOON

17-0204

Limited Series - Long

Vienna,

Austria

3/15/17

3/8/17

100 minutes

50 minutes

The islands of Southeast Asia are some of the most spectacular and diverse places on earth. They are home to the majestic, the beautiful and the downright bizarre. In the tropical forests that drape their rugged slopes, there are kangaroos that climb trees; pigs whose teeth grow through their heads. The biggest of cats rules, where rhinos have hair and birds hatch out of the sand.

Southeast Asia was born of fire and is powered by the sun. But there is another world, a parallel world, where the moon holds sway. It’s a world rarely seen and little understood. The influence of the moon is strongest on the many islands of Southeast Asia. Here, among the mangroves, and shallow seas, the moon reigns over her shadowy subjects. As the departing moon pulls on the water, the tide retreats, and Proboscis monkeys enter the coastal forest.

COMPANY: Terra Mater Factual Studios, Doclights/NDR Naturfilm National Geographic Channel PRODUCER: Paul Reddish (Series Producer + Ep.02) Matt Hamilton (Ep.03) DIRECTOR: Paul Reddish (Ep.02) Matt Hamilton (Ep.03) EDITOR: Peter Brownlee (Ep.02) Tim Coope (Ep.03) CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ep.02: Paul Stewart Ralph Bower Kevin Flay Ep.03: James Aldred Tim Shepherd Peter Nearhos Alex Sommer Ralph Bower Paul Stewart Kevin Flay MUSIC: Al Lethbridge NARRATOR: John Strapnel

COMPANY: Terra Mater Factual Studios, Doclights/NDR-Naturfilm National Geographic Channel PRODUCER: Paul Reddish, Series Producer DIRECTOR: Paul Reddish EDITOR: Peter Brownleev CINEMATOGRAPHER: Paul Stewart Ralph Bower Kevin Flay SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Al Lethbridge NARRATOR: John Shrapnel

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at/productions/islands-in-time/

Animal Behavior

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at/productions/islands-in-time/

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ISLANDS IN TIME - A WILDLIFE ODYSSEY: EP.03 RULED BY THE SUN ISLANDS IN TIME

IT AIN’T EASY BEING GREEN

17-0205

17-0206

Ecosystem, Visualization

Student & Emerging

Vienna,

Pittsburgh, PA

Austria

United States

3/15/17

12/30/17

50 minutes

37 minutes

There is one more force that has shaped Southeast Asia, one that today has the greatest influence over all life here. It makes snakes fly and apes sing. It turns plants into killers and jellyfish into farmers. It is the power of the tropical sun. Creatures as diverse as gibbons, great argus pheasants and draco lizards - they all live under the spell of the sun.

For decades, mysterious and prehistoric looking green iguanas in the U.S. Virgin Islands were a rare sight. Now their population is exploding out of control and it’s up to a bunch of islanders with radically different ideas to figure out what to do next! Tourists, scientists, and government administrators also dive into the madness, joining on-going efforts to figure out how the islands’ two and fourlegged residents can co-exist.

COMPANY: Terra Mater Factual Studios, Doclights/NDR-Naturfilm National Geographic Channel PRODUCER: Matt Hamilton Paul Reddish, Series Producer DIRECTOR: Matt Hamilton EDITOR: Tim Coope CINEMATOGRAPHER: James Aldred Tim Shepherd Peter Nearhos Alex Sommer Ralph Bower Paul Stewart Kevin Flay SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Al Lethbridge NARRATOR: John Shrapnel

COMPANY: Wider Angle Productions, PRODUCER: Crystal Fortwangler Jessica Bellas DIRECTOR: Crystal Fortwangler EDITOR: Crystal Fortwangler CINEMATOGRAPHER: William Stelzer Ziggy Livnat SOUND EDITOR: Crystal Fortwangler MUSIC: RC Sanders Attila Domos NARRATOR: Terri Nicole

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at/productions/islands-in-time/

(412) 742-3616 crystal@widerangleproductions.com http://widerangleproductions.com/films/it-aint-easy-being-green/

IT’S WONDERFUL TO BE HUMAN! - CHIMPANZEES DISCLOSE THE SECRETS OF EVOLUTION

17-0207

17-0208

Animal Behavior, People & Nature

Conservation

Sapporo,

Moscow,

Japan

Russia

4/10/17

3/1/16

48 minutes

87 minutes

‘Ayumu’, a chimpanzee from the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University who has learned words and numbers, is not only able to memorize a large set of numbers in an instant but also correctly choose them in ascending order. You can try the same test too at the Japan Monkey Center. People young and old challenge the test, but no one is as good as Ayumu. Are we perhaps inferior to chimpanzees? Not necessarily, but rather it is thought that humans acquired a ‘certain ability’ in exchange for this during the process of evolution. What could this wonderful ability be?

Ivory. A Crime Story, which took three years to shoot in more than 30 countries, is arguably one of the most condemning films ever made about the massacre of elephants in Africa. It fires arrows at a complex web of culprits, from China and Buddhist monks, to corrupt African high-officials, toothless NGOs and secretive Chinese businessmen, all building fortunes on an ever-increasing demand for ivory, which has brought one of the world’s most intelligent animals close to the brink of extinction. This investigative film is produced and written by Sergey Yastrzhembskiy, a career diplomat, who was the voice of the Kremlin under President Boris Yeltsin and served current President Vladimir Putin as special envoy to Brussels. Since leaving politics in 2008, Sergey Yastrzhembsky has dedicated his life to filmmaking.

COMPANY: CBC Television Co., LTD., PRODUCER: Shigeki Kabeya, Tamotsu Aso DIRECTOR: Miho Nakamura EDITOR: Yasuo Morita, Shingo Abe SOUND MIXERS: Jiro Miyazawa SOUND RECORDISTS: EFFECTS: Kazuo Morohashi

COMPANY: Yastrebfilm, PRODUCER: Sergey Yastrzhembskiy Olga Vershinina Leshan Lebasha DIRECTOR: Sergey Yastrzhembskiy EDITOR: Azat Grigoryan WRITER: Sergey Yastrzhembskiy CINEMATOGRAPHER: Sergey Vasilyev Nikolay Tarkhanov Elisbar Karavaev Yury Efremov Alexander Voloshin SOUND EDITOR: Vladimir Belyaev MUSIC: Marina Makarova DESIGNER: Dmitry Geller NARRATOR: Steven Bauer

+81 116-151-401 toshie@ti-comnet.com

IVORY. A CRIME STORY

+74 959-886-174 yastrebfilm@gmail.com www.ivorycrimestory.com

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JAGUAR VS. CROC

JAGUARS - BRAZIL’S SUPER CATS

17-0209

17-0210

Animal Behavior, Ecosystem

Impact, Conservation, People & Nature

Washington, District o

Bristol,

United States

United Kingdom

5/1/17

9/14/16

44 minutes

59 minutes

World-renowned wildlife photographer Steve Winter and cameraman Bertie Gregory capture the rarely seen, remarkable lives of jaguars in the Pantanal of Brazil. Follow a mother jaguar as she teaches her cub survival while a determined male jaguar, appropriately named Scarface, dives headfirst into the river to tackle the deadliest of opponents - a six-foot long caiman. Clever capybaras and playful giant otters stick with their family members to avoid being jaguar dinner.

Jaguars are South America’s supreme predator, but they are also one of the most elusive animals on the planet. This film follows a pioneering team in Brazil as they track and follow individual wild jaguars to gain amazing new insights into their lives. With jaguars increasingly under threat, every cat counts. So when two young jaguar cubs are tragically orphaned, the team needs to use all their newfound knowledge to help the cubs return to the wild.

COMPANY: National Geographic Studios, PRODUCER: Brian Lovett, Jeff Hasler, James Manfull, Steve Winter, Bertie Gregory, Pamela Caragol DIRECTOR: EDITOR: Julie Podolsky WRITER: James Manfull NARRATOR: Edward Marcoux

COMPANY: BBC Studios, National Geographic PRODUCER: Joe Stevens DIRECTOR: Joe Stevens EDITOR: Andi Campbell-Waite, Rupert Troskie CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mateo Willis, Joe Stevens, Mauricio Copetti, Barrie Britton, Ted Giffords, John Brown SOUND MIXERS: Matt Coster SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Al Lethbridge NARRATOR: David Attenborough OTHER: Series Editor: Roger Webb Edit Assistants: Alan Neal, Amber Eames Dubbing Editor: Harry Hills Colourist & online Editor: Tim Bolt Graphics: Danny Carr Fixer: Tacaca Filmes Script Editor: Holly Spearing Researcher: Guthrie Freeman, Sophie Meyjes, Anna Place Production Co-ordinators: Emily Duggan, Nikki Jones, Sarah Riches Production management assistant: Emma Cepek Production Managers: Helena Berglund, Wendhy Sierra Unit Manager: Kate Gorst For National Geographic: Jenny Apostol, Janet Han Vissering

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com

+44 775-357-0943 joe.r.stevens@googlemail.com

JAPAN’S NORTHERN WILDERNESS

JAWAI: A TALE OF HUMANS, LEOPARDS AND LANDSCAPES

17-0211

17-0212

Hosted or Presenter-led

People & Nature

Bristol,

Vienna,

United Kingdom

Austria

2/1/17

5/14/17

23 minutes

15 minutes

In their TV debut as a presenting duo, naturalist Steve Backshall and double Olympic gold medalist, Helen Glover, go on an exhilarating adventure, travelling a thousand kilometers through Japan’s northern highlands, discovering the deep bond between the Japanese and their extraordinary wildlife and landscapes. Together they track macaques and serows, discover ancient pilgrimage routes, stay at an island retreat attended by sacred monkeys and deer, go snow shoe trekking to Japan’s largest mud volcano and experience a centuries-old samurai hot spring bath. Before they leave, Helen gets the chance to train in the snow with the Tohoku University Rowing Club.

Rarely have I been moved that deeply by a travel experience as was the case when I visited the area of Jawai in Rajasthan, India. The raw beauty of the landscape, the inhabitants, the way they live their lives in harmony with the wildlife of this area, and how their deeply rooted culture and spiritual belief helped to conserve the biodiversity. This is one of the rare places on earth where wild leopards and humans live together in peace. I had less than 48 hours to experience the place, yet I was completely fascinated. This is a magical land an emotion which I am trying to convey in this film. I hope that it stays this way - hence a somewhat sad undertone.

COMPANY: BBC Earth Productions Ltd., BBC World News PRODUCER: Richard Max DIRECTOR: Richard Max EDITOR: Ross McFall Mark Robertson Daniel Bowen CINEMATOGRAPHER: Chris Vile SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: Andy Devine SOUND RECORDISTS: Percy Urgena NARRATOR: Lee Williams OTHER: Presenters: Steve Backshall, Helen Glover, Edit Producer: Simon Baxter, Field Producer: Hiroo Saso, Graphic Designer: Simon Lewis, Post Production: Films at 59, Assistant Producer: Oliver Clague, Researcher: Lillian Todd-Jones, Production Manager: Lesley Quinn, Head of Production: Laura Aviles, Executive Producer: Charlotte Jones

COMPANY: Gunther Machu, Gunther Machu PRODUCER: Gunther Machu DIRECTOR: Gunther Machu EDITOR: Gunther Machu WRITER: Gunther Machu CINEMATOGRAPHER: Gunther Machu SOUND EDITOR: Stefan Machu SOUND MIXERS: Stefan Machu SOUND RECORDISTS: Gunther Machu MUSIC: James Brett, Jody Jenkins, Neil Williams, Miles Bould, Rupert Pfaff EFFECTS: Gunther Machu DESIGNER: Gunther Machu NARRATOR: Peter Baker

(795) 839-8904 Annmarie.mcloughlin@bbc.com

+43 664-835-0208 gunthermachu@gmail.com www.vimeo.com/gunthermachu

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JOHN BISHOP’S GORILLA ADVENTURE

JOURNEY OF GIANTS

17-0213

17-0214

People & Nature

Educational / Institutional, Short

Bristol,

New York, NY

United Kingdom

United States

12/18/15

12/30/16

47 minutes

8 minutes

John Bishop comes face to face with Rwanda’s Mountain Gorillas, one of the world’s most endangered animals. While embedded with the Gorilla Doctors - a team of vets who treat the gorillas in their natural habitat - John discovers just what it takes to save this extraordinary species.

The Journey of Giants is a short film about one of the largest and most significant elephant translocations in human history. 500 elephants are being moved from two parks to help repopulate a third park, all within Malawi; and all parks are managed by the conservation NGO African Parks. This is a story of hope and restoration for Malawi’s elephants.

COMPANY: Tigress Productions, LOLA Entertainment PRODUCER: Producer: Sarah Peat Executive Producer: Dick Colthurst, John Bishop, Lisa Thomas DIRECTOR: Ben Duncan EDITOR: Deborah Williams CINEMATOGRAPHER: Filmed by: Ben Duncan Camera Operator: Julian Braatvedt SOUND EDITOR: Dubbing Editor: David Yapp SOUND MIXERS: Dubbing Mixer: Chris Domaille SOUND RECORDISTS: Richard Ngugi OTHER: Presenter: John Bishop

COMPANY: Green Renaissance, PRODUCER: African Parks DIRECTOR: Andrea Heydlauff EDITOR: Jacki Viviers CINEMATOGRAPHER: Warren Smart

+44 117-933-5600 travellingbadger@yahoo.co.uk www.tigressproductions.co.uk/productions/john-bishops-gorilla-adventure/

JOURNEY TO BAJA: A TALE OF THREE TRAVELERS

JUNGLE ANIMAL HOSPITAL NATURE

17-0215

17-0216

Educational / Institutional

Impact

Monterey, ca, California

New York, NY

United States

3/19/16

5/18/16

15 minutes

53 minutes

Journey to Baja: A Tale of Three Travelers follows the migrations of three animals that share one common trait: each travels to Baja California, the remote peninsula on Mexico’s west coast, to have their young. Presented daily at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s 266-seat auditorium, this 15-minute program is delivered by a live presenter who traces the journeys of gray whales, brown pelicans, and elephant seals make to Baja. This rich and satisfying story shares how people brought them back from the brink of extinction before-- and how we need to once again speak out to protect them from the impacts of a changing climate.

In the day-to-day drama taking place at one of the world’s wildest hospitals, a jungle vet, his girlfriend, and their team of volunteers take on dangerous and exciting challenges as they care for a cast of iconic endangered animals. In this vivid and compelling film, we follow the couple and their team through a year at ARCAS, a rescue center deep in the Guatemalan jungle, where on any given day they could be bottle-feeding a baby anteater or wrestling a crocodile. The jungle hospital is home to spider and howler monkeys, jaguars, coatis, crocs, deer, and a huge variety of colorful birds. Some animals arrive at the hospital from the pet trade. Other creatures have been injured or saved from harm. Some stay for a month, others for a day, and some, sadly, never return to the forest at all.

COMPANY: Monterey Bay Aquarium, PRODUCER: Christy Chamberlain EDITOR: Chris Siracuse, Sandra Falkowski WRITER: Christy Chamberlain, Mike Chamberlain, Jaci Tomulonis CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: Jim McKee SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Peppino D’Agostino EFFECTS: Andrew Wise

COMPANY: , Thirteen Productions LLC, BBC, WNET PRODUCER: Rob Sullivan Series Producer: Roger Webb Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman Series Producer: Bill Murphy DIRECTOR: Rob Sullivan EDITOR: Pete Brownlee CINEMATOGRAPHER: Photography: Rob Sullivan Michael Sanderson James Aldred Richar Lynch Sergio Izquierdo SOUND EDITOR: Dubbing Editor: Harry Hills SOUND MIXERS: Dubbing Mixer: Pete Howell Re-Recording Mixer: Ed Campbell SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Delicious Digital EFFECTS: Colorist and Online Editor: Tim Bolt Graphics: Burrell Durrant Hifle NARRATOR: Olga Merediz OTHER: Series Editor: Janet Hess

(831) 647-6849 cchamberlain@mbayaq.org

(917) 689-1641 andreah@african-parks.org www.african-parks.org

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KANGAROO ISLAND: LIFE ON THE EDGE

KILLER HORNETS

17-0217

17-0218

Student & Emerging

Animal Behavior

Brisbane, Queensland

Durban,

Australia

South Africa

4/1/16

4/5/16

25 minutes

46 minutes

Kangaroo Island: Life on the Edge reveals a largely forgotten world - one some speed past every day. Much of the wildlife on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island have to share their home with speeding steel projectiles - it is a dangerous and challenging environment. Narrated by a local woman, we learn what the Island’s creatures have to endure to survive. Starring the threatened Rosenburg’s Goanna, the iconic Kangaroo Island Kangaroo, and the tiny Hooded Plover.

Deep in the forests of Japan, a territorial war has been raging for millennia. Here, the Killer Hornet armies fight for the resources of their Kingdom. Every summer, the new Killer Queen must grow an empire and nurture her princesses into the future. But this season will see carnage never witnessed before.

COMPANY: Walking Story, NHNZ University of Otago PRODUCER: Samuel Chen DIRECTOR: Samuel Chen EDITOR: Samuel Chen WRITER: Samuel Chen CINEMATOGRAPHER: Samuel Chen SOUND EDITOR: Samuel Chen SOUND MIXERS: Samuel Chen SOUND RECORDISTS: Samuel Chen MUSIC: Samuel Chen Tashka Urban NARRATOR: Caddie Brain

COMPANY: Earth Touch, Smithsonian Networks, National Geographic Channels PRODUCER: Kira Ivanoff DIRECTOR: Graeme Duane EDITOR: Ruaan Botha WRITER: Kira Ivanoff CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: Dave Birch Tristan Horton SOUND MIXERS: Dave Birch SOUND RECORDISTS: NARRATOR: Ted Stewart OTHER: Grant Brokensha, Director of Photography

+61 042-163-6205 sam@walkingstory.com.au hwww.walkingstory.com.au/film-tv/2016/1/1/kangaroo-island-life-on-the-edge

KILLER WHALES - THE MEGA HUNT

KILLING GAMES: WILDLIFE IN THE CROSSHAIRS

17-0219

17-0220

Ecosystem, Editing

Impact, People & Nature, Educational / Institutional

London,

Larkspur, CA

United Kingdom

United States

12/1/15

4/1/17

84 minutes

30 minutes

An epic mega-hunt has been discovered in the waters of False Bay, South Africa, with six deadly and intelligent killer whales hunting 5,000 common dolphins. It’s an extraordinary annual spectacle with thousands of animals making the ocean boil with white water as they race across the bay. Following them is a team of experts determined to keep up, and for the first time, film this major event. Central to their quest is the goal of understanding why this highenergy, explosive event is happening here. They will employ the very latest in camera technology, from high speed cameras to aerial drones.

On any given weekend, some of America’s most iconic wildlife are massacred in wildlife killing contests, and prizes are awarded for killing the largest or most of a targeted species. Coyotes, bobcats, wolves and foxes fall prey to “hunters” as young as ten. These legally sanctioned contests ignore the critical role apex predators play in maintaining healthy ecosystems. In the groundbreaking expos_ KILLING GAMES, Project Coyote brings these shadowy contests to light and uncloaks this hidden war on wildlife, inspiring viewers to call on their state and local legislators to end these brutal contests where wild animals become living targets.

COMPANY: Table Mountain Films, PRODUCER: Joe Kennedy Katharina Pechel DIRECTOR: Joe Kennedy EDITOR: Ronette Van Der Walt WRITER: Joe Kennedy CINEMATOGRAPHER: Hansa Winshaw Mark Van Coller Dean Engela Tom McLeod Falk Eggert Morne Hardenberg Joe Kennedy Suzy Quasnichka SOUND EDITOR: Stef Albertyn Tim Pringle SOUND MIXERS: Stef Albertyn SOUND RECORDISTS: Henau Marais Sebastian Dunn MUSIC: Grant McLachlan NARRATOR: Craig Klein

COMPANY: Project Coyote, PRODUCER: Camilla H. Fox DIRECTOR: Camilla H. Fox EDITOR: Caroline Kraus Sarah Gorsline WRITER: Camilla H. Fox CINEMATOGRAPHER: Caroline Kraus SOUND EDITOR: Caroline Kraus Sarah Gorsline SOUND MIXERS: Erik Reimers Berkeley Sound Artists SOUND RECORDISTS: Caroline Kraus MUSIC: Lewis Richmond OTHER: Cast, Peter Coyote

+44 796-806-8382 joe@tablemountainfilms.com www.tablemountainfilms.com

+27 315-820-800 mreddy@earthtouchsa.com

(415) 945-3232 info@projectcoyote.org www.projectcoyote.org/killing-games-wildlife-crosshairs/

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KINGDOMS OF THE SKY KINGDOMS OF THE SKY

KRIEG’S STORY

17-0221

17-0222

Limited Series - Long

Engaging Youth

Arlington, VA

San Diego, CA

United States

6/30/17

10/4/16

106 minutes

7 minutes

Kingdoms of the Sky reveals the extraordinary animals and remarkable people who make a home on the iconic mountain ranges of the world: Himalaya, Rockies and Andes. The Rockies stretch 3000 miles and is home to cougar, wolverine, wolves, and grizzly. Daredevil wingsuit fliers jump from high peaks and Native Americans compete in breakneck horse races. The Himalaya is the highest mountain range on earth. Bizarre snub-nosed monkeys live in frozen forests. Tibetan monks perform ancient rituals high in the mountains whilst snow leopards prowl the mountain sides.

Krieg has cystic fibrosis and spends days or even weeks at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. Krieg’s mother reached out to us via social media to let us know how much Krieg and the whole family love watching the network while at the hospital. She was kind enough to allow me to tell their story and follow the family for a week. This story is about Krieg, the San Diego Zoo Kids TV network and how we strive to connect children and families to the world of animals, conservation programs and the outdoors. San Diego Zoo Kids commercial-free television channel just for children’s hospitals and Ronald McDonald Houses nationwide. Kids can virtually experience the world of animals, zoos, and aquariums while engaging in programming that takes their mind off their condition for a while, allowing them to relax, sleep better, and heal.

COMPANY: BBC Natural History Unit, PRODUCER: Executive Producer: James Honeyborne Series Producer: Steve Greenwood OTHER: PBS Executive in Charge: Bill Margol

COMPANY: San Diego Zoo Kids, PRODUCER: Lee Rieber DIRECTOR: Lee Rieber EDITOR: Lee Rieber WRITER: Lee Rieber, Kirstin Starr CINEMATOGRAPHER: Lee Rieber, Dustin Trayer, SOUND EDITOR: Lee Rieber SOUND MIXERS: Lee Rieber SOUND RECORDISTS: Lee Rieber MUSIC: Firstcom.com EFFECTS: Lee Rieber DESIGNER: Lee Rieber NARRATOR: Kirstin Starr OTHER: Lee Rieber

(703) 739-5392 akkim@pbs.org

(619) 990-8354 lrieber@sandiegozoo.org www.kids.sandiegozoo.org

LEMMING: THE LITTLE GIANT OF THE NORTH

17-0223

17-0224

Animal Behavior, Ecosystem, Visualization, Editing, Original Music Score, Writing

Limited Series - Short

Hamburg,

Oakland, CA

Germany

United States

3/1/17

8/31/16

50 minutes

20 minutes

They are small, they are angry, and every four years or so they appear in masses seemingly from nowhere. Meet the Norway lemming, perhaps the most misunderstood and mysterious animal of the Scandinavian mountains. The film follows the unfolding ecological thriller of the exploding lemming population that creates a domino effect in the entire Nordic ecosystem. It inevitably leads to a dramatic climax with the crash of the lemming population and then a sudden lack of prey for the predators.

From the nearly instantaneous slime attack of a velvet worm to the invisibly slow life cycle of a coral, we live in a world in motion, but much of it remains hidden because it happens too quickly or too slowly for us to see. Lens of Time breaks free from the limitations of human experience, time traveling to the secret realms inhabited by other organisms. Our guides are scientists who have developed special high speed video or time lapse photography techniques that unlock hidden natural worlds so we can witness behaviors and understand biological structures that have previously remained unseen.

COMPANY: Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm, Wild Tales Productions, NDR, ARTE, ORF, WDR, SVT PRODUCER: Simon Riedel, Zolt‡n T_r_k DIRECTOR: Zolt‡n T_r_k EDITOR: L‡szl— Hargittai WRITER: Narration Script: Bo Landin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jan Henriksson, Zolt‡n T_r_k SOUND MIXERS: Ola Eliasson SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Clemens Winterhalter NARRATOR: Nick Bolton OTHER: Commissioning Editor: Timo Grosspietsch, Commissioning Editor: Thorge Thomsen, Commissioning Editor: Gabriele Conze, Commissioning Editor: Andrew Solomon, Commissioning Editor: Henrik Ekman

COMPANY: Spine Films, California Academy of Sciences, bioGraphic PRODUCER: Amy Miller Josh Rosen DIRECTOR: Adrienne Calo Amy Miller EDITOR: Linda Peckham Jesse Spencer WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Owen Bissell SOUND EDITOR: Josh Rosen SOUND MIXERS: Josh Rosen SOUND RECORDISTS: Mario Cardenas Kyle McAuley Greg Miller Kevin Walker John Zecca MUSIC: Mark Adler EFFECTS: DESIGNER: picturebox Rose Kang Carlo Flores NARRATOR: OTHER: bioGraphic Editorial Director: Stephanie Stone, bioGraphic Editor-in-Chief: Steven Bedard

+49 406-688-5140 naturfilm@doclights.de www.doclights.de

LENS OF TIME LENS OF TIME

(415) 315-9757 amiller@spinefilms.com biographic.com

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LET THERE BE LIGHT

LIFE

17-0225

17-0226

Science in Nature

360¡ Storytelling

Montreal, Quebec

Bristol,

Canada

United Kingdom

3/15/17

7/22/17

80 minutes

3 minutes

In the south of France, scientists from 37 countries are building the most complex machine ever attempted: an artificial sun. If they get it right, it will illuminate the way to produce clean, cheap, abundant energy for millions of years. If they fail, it will be one of the biggest scientific failures of all time. Nuclear fusion has been the holy grail of energy for many decades now. It is the process that drives stars, the ultimate source of energy in the universe. The possibility that fusion might be achievable on Earth as an energy source has driven scientists to the edge of reason for almost a century.

“Life” and “Death” are two 360 virtual reality films created to promote the launch of the six hour-long episodes in the wildlife series “Savage Kingdom” by Nat Geo Wild. Filmed on location at the Savute National Park in Botswana, each film explores the themes of life and death in “the kingdom”. Guided through each film by the narration of Charles Dance, the audience will experience a full 360 view of some of the major filming locations, in addition to up-close interactions with wild animals and main characters featured in the televised programs.

COMPANY: EyeSteelFilm, PRODUCER: Bob Moore Mila Aung-Thwin DIRECTOR: Mila Aung-Thwin Van Royko EDITOR: Mila Aung-Thwin Gilda Pourjabar WRITER: Mila Aung-Thwin Bob Moore CINEMATOGRAPHER: Van Royko SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Trevor Anderson

COMPANY: Icon Films, NHFUB PRODUCER: Andie Clare DIRECTOR: James Bickersteth EDITOR: James Bickersteth CINEMATOGRAPHER: James Bickersteth NARRATOR: Charles Dance OTHER: Location Consultant and Coordinator for NHFUB: Richard Uren Executive Director of Digital Media for National Geographic: Matt Zymet Creative Director for Icon Films: Harry Marshall

+15 149-374-893 distribution@eyesteelfilm.com www.fusion.film/

+44 117-910-2008 harriet.exley@iconfilms.co.uk

LIFE IS ONE

LIFE OF PINE

17-0227

17-0228

Impact, Engaging Youth

Short

Paris,

Austin, Texas

France

United States

9/20/16

4/17/17

52 minutes

5 minutes

“Life is One” is the story of a return to life in the wild for three captive sun bear cubs in Indonesia. The story is told by the foster parent of these cubs who accompanied them to their independence. The viewer is placed in total immersion with the bears in the rainforest and discovers how beautiful, joyful and energetic they are. The film is a tribute to life on earth, a reminder that we are all connected and that we owe respect and compassion to those we share the planet with.

Professor Diana Six expresses her concern for the future of our forests. The mountain pine beetle has decimated millions of acres of pine forest in western North America while climate change has induced the largest insect outbreak on the planet. Her intense passion for nature has allowed her to view this problem in a unique way as she brings us on a journey to understand why some trees are affected more than others. Overall, she gives the audience a new perspective into how we should view our forests to help them adapt to a changing planet.

COMPANY: Tawak Pictures, PRODUCER: Christine Renaud DIRECTOR: Patrick Rouxel EDITOR: Patrick Rouxel WRITER: Patrick Rouxel CINEMATOGRAPHER: Patrick Rouxel SOUND EDITOR: Simon Apostolou SOUND MIXERS: Simon Apostolou MUSIC: Frederic Sanchez del Rio NARRATOR: Peter Egan

COMPANY: , Day’s Edge Productions PRODUCER: Todd Amacker, Chris O’Flaherty, Shireen Rahimi, Olivia Schmidt, Tim Treuer DIRECTOR: Todd Amacker, Chris O’Flaherty, Shireen Rahimi, Olivia Schmidt, Tim Treuer EDITOR: Chris O’Flaherty, Shireen Rahimi, Olivia Schmidt WRITER: Todd Amacker, Chris O’Flaherty, Shireen Rahimi, Olivia Schmidt, Tim Treuer CINEMATOGRAPHER: Chris O’Flaherty, Shireen Rahimi, Olivia Schmidt SOUND EDITOR: Chris O’Flaherty, Olivia Schmidt SOUND MIXERS: Chris O’Flaherty, Olivia Schmidt SOUND RECORDISTS: Todd Amacker, Chris O’Flaherty, Olivia Schmidt MUSIC: New West Studios EFFECTS: Todd Amacker, Chris O’Flaherty, Olivia Schmidt DESIGNER: Todd Amacker, Chris O’Flaherty, Shireen Rahimi, Olivia Schmidt, Tim Treuer NARRATOR: Diana Six OTHER: International Wildlife Film Festival, IWFF Filmmaker Labs; funds, gear, the University of Montana, Canon, Tangled Bank Studios, World Wildlife Fund, Day’s Edge Productions, Rob Whitehair, Cody Westheimer, Neil Losin, Nate Dappen.

+62 812-538-61489 patrickrouxel@hotmail.com www.patrickrouxel.com

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LIFE’S ROCKY START NOVA

LIMINAL

17-0229

17-0230

Science in Nature

Student & Emerging

Boston, MA

Bozeman, Montana

USA

United States

1/13/16

11/29/15

53 minutes

11 minutes

Four and a half billion years ago, the young Earth was a hellish place--a seething chaos of meteorite impacts, volcanoes belching noxious gases, and lightning flashing through a thin, torrid atmosphere. Then, in a process that has puzzled scientists for decades, life emerged. But how? NOVA joins mineralogist Robert Hazen as he journeys around the globe. From an ancient Moroccan market to the Australian Outback, he advances a startling and counterintuitive idea--that the rocks beneath our feet were not only essential to jump-starting life, but that microbial life helped give birth to hundreds of minerals we know and depend on today. It’s a theory of the co-evolution of Earth and life that is reshaping the grand-narrative of our planet’s story.

Liminal is a short documentary on how folklore can influence people’s interactions with the landscape. In Ireland, there are two types of seals: the common, or harbor, seal and the grey seal. While neither are currently threatened, it does not take much to tip the balance. Seals share the same environment that is under threat from over-fishing, climate change, and pollution. Liminal provides background information on the seals, and how folklore can reconnect people to landscape. In the words of Brendan Price, “Folklore is the history before the history books were written and it is how people regarded the natural world around them.”

COMPANY: A NOVA Production by Hamilton Land and Cattle, Inc for WGBH Boston.© 2016 WGBH Educational Foundation, PRODUCER: Doug Hamilton Jane Teeling Paula S. Apsell DIRECTOR: Doug Hamilton EDITOR: Rob Tinworth WRITER: Doug Hamilton CINEMATOGRAPHER: DESIGNER: Vanessa Ly

PRODUCER: Liz Wilk Caroline Baginski Florence Wilk Mary Pat Holtschlag Camille Pitts Kathleen Wilk Associate Producers: Ann Leslie Jones, Eileen Borkovich, Peggy Makc, John Campbell, Jed Quense, David Wilk DIRECTOR: Liz Wilk EDITOR: Liz Wilk CINEMATOGRAPHER: Steve Spence SOUND EDITOR: Chris O’Shaughnessy SOUND MIXERS: Chris O’Shaughnessy SOUND RECORDISTS: Liz Wilk MUSIC: Chris O’Shaughnessy DESIGNER: Animator: Liz Wilk OTHER: Inertviewees: Dr. Kelli Ann Malone, Bairbre Ni Fhloinn, Brendan Price

(617) 300-4316 vanessa_ly@wgbh.org http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/life-rocky-start.html

(708) 601-1394 elizabeth.wilk89@gmail.com www.lizwilkmedia.net/

LIONS OF WEST TEXAS

LIONS UNLEASHED

17-0231

17-0232

Animal Behavior, Short

Conservation

Austin, Texas

Durban,

United States

South Africa

6/1/17

10/7/16

8 minutes

46 minutes

Biologists at Borderlands Research Institute catch, collar, and follow mountain lions in search of an explanation of how they continue to persist in west Texas, an area where mountain lions can still be trapped, shot and harvested without regulation.

In Rwanda, a new era is dawning. Twenty-five years ago a brutal civil war stripped the country of its most iconic wildlife. They’ve worked hard to restore their pride and rejuvenate the land, but there’s still one piece of the puzzle missing: Lions.

PRODUCER: Ben Masters John Aldrich DIRECTOR: Ben Masters EDITOR: John Aldrich CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ben Masters, Jesse Story, John Aldrich SOUND MIXERS: William Springstead MUSIC: Shane Smith & The Saints

COMPANY: Earth Touch, Smithsonian Networks National Geographic Channels PRODUCER: Kira Ivanoff, Meredith Nutting DIRECTOR: Graeme Duane EDITOR: Ruaan Botha, James Allen Orr CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dale Hancock SOUND EDITOR: Nux Schwartz, Tristan Horton, Johan Prinsloo, Jono Green SOUND MIXERS: Dave Birch SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Brendan Jury NARRATOR: Ted Stewart OTHER: Alexander Sletten, Director of Photography

(806) 570-5782 benmasters88@gmail.com

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LIVING COASTLINES: THE NATIONAL AQUARIUM’S HENRY HALL PROGRAM

LIVING WITH PREDATORS THE HUNT

17-0233

17-0234

Micro-Movie

Conservation

Baltimore, MD

Bristol,

United States

United Kingdom

12/15/16

10/22/15

3 minutes

42 minutes

Every summer the National Aquarium leads Baltimore City school students on week-long camps up and down the east coast of the U.S. In this film, students travel along Maine’s coast - exploring tidal pools, boating through puffin habitats, climbing rocky coastlines, and coming face to face with local wildlife. In August 1982, the Aquarium established the Henry Hall Endowment Fund to provide free educational opportunities for students who attend or are graduates of the Baltimore City Public School System. Since then, awards totaling more than $900,000 have been provided to Baltimore City Public School middle school, high school, and college students through the Henry Hall Program. The program provides exciting excursions and educational and career opportunities for students interested in marine and environmental science. It also offers paid internships for college students and provides one-year $1,000 scholarships for studies in biology, engineering, environmental science, and aquatic science.

The final episode of the series visits the frontline of the conflict with the world’s top predators, meeting the scientists fighting to save them. Crossing five continents and combining landmark natural history footage with real-life human drama, we check the pulse of the earth’s iconic animals, including lions, tigers, polar bears and blue whales. With three-quarters of the planet’s carnivores now in decline, can people find ways to live with predators before they disappear forever?

COMPANY: National Aquarium, PRODUCER: David Coffey DIRECTOR: David Coffey EDITOR: David Coffey CINEMATOGRAPHER: David Coffey SOUND EDITOR: David Coffey SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: David Coffey NARRATOR: Shatera McNair

COMPANY: Silverback Films, BBC, BBC WorldWide, BBC America, The Open University, CCTV9, NDR Naturfilm PRODUCER: Rob Sullivan, Executive Producer: Alastair Fothergill DIRECTOR: Rob Sullivanv WRITER: Rob Sullivan, Alastair Fothergill, NARRATOR: Sir David Attenborough

(443) 846-2060 dcoffey@aqua.org www.aqua.org

+44 011-799-27237 hal.hampson@silverbackfilms.tv www.silverbackfilms.tv/

LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE

LOOKING FOR THE WILD

17-0235

17-0236

Conservation

Engaging Youth, Student & Emerging

Kiawah Island, SC

Madrid,

United States

Spain

11/11/15

8/11/16

15 minutes

70 minutes

The Loggerhead Sea Turtle mini documentary celebrates rather than explains these magnificent and ancient creatures. It explores myths, mysteries, romances and seafaring traditions - a touch of the 200 million years of history and successful life on this planet, brought together in an engaging experience that invites viewers to learn more about the endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtle. It shows the great devotion and respect that Kiawah residents feel for turtles who come ashore to build their nests, and demonstrates how we can care for the mothers and their hatchlings in the face of the dire threats they encounter.

Unai is a 10-years-old boy who travels with his family on an extraordinary journey around the world. His father, a nature photographer, is on a mission to find seven emblematic animals to photograph and communicate the delicate situation in which they find themselves. Following in his father’s footsteps for over a year, Unai shares experiences with his sister and his mother that convey an unconditional love for nature. Wolves, elephants, lions, bison, penguins, hornbills and crocodiles are the protagonists of this exciting journey across all continents.

COMPANY: Neal Communications, PRODUCER: Cynthia Neal, Donna Windham DIRECTOR: Cynthia Neal EDITOR: Scott Mele WRITER: Lex Hames CINEMATOGRAPHER: Chris Condor SOUND MIXERS: Patrick Wilson SOUND RECORDISTS: NARRATOR: Devin O’Day OTHER: Charlotte Hope, Scientific Advisor

COMPANY: Ohm Production, Televisi— de Catalunya PRODUCER: Quim Folguera DIRECTOR: Andoni Canela EDITOR: Roger Lleix‡ WRITER: Julio Mazarico, Meritxell Margarit y Unai Canela CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andoni Canela SOUND EDITOR: Carlos de Hita SOUND MIXERS: Carlos de Hita SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Albert Guinovart NARRATOR: Unai Canela

(843) 768-2029 jennifer@kiawahconservancy.org www.kiawahconservancy.org

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LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY: CONSERVING LAND, TRANSFORMING LIVES

LUMOS

17-0237

17-0238

People & Nature

Student & Emerging

Washington, DC

Bozeman, Montana

United States

12/20/16

4/27/16

7 minutes

8 minutes

Jwun Gamble and other Howard School interns are taking back Lookout Mountain from highly invasive species, creating hiking trails for families and individuals seeking fun outside. But it’s much more than land rejuvenation and trail building that’s gaining them national attention. This work is transforming lives. The students are participating in the Lookout Mountain Conservancy’s leadership program that results in 100% high school graduation rates in a part of Chattanooga where they are often lower than 50%. The program uses land conservation to heal, inspire, and connect people from all walks of life to the land and to each other.

Get lost in the wilderness with a storyteller as she describes her first encounter with the magical lights of glowworms.

COMPANY: Truth Be Told, Storytellers For Good Land Trust Alliance Lookout Mountain Conservancy PRODUCER: Storytellers For Good: Cara Jones, Truth Be Told: Ken Fisher DIRECTOR: Robert Aldrich Judith Anderson Robyn Carlton Marissa Hartzler EDITOR: Ken Fisher, Truth Be Told SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Anne Carol Mitchell OTHER: Jwun Gamble The Howard School Interns The Howard School

COMPANY: Jason Roehrig FIlms, Jason Roehrig Films PRODUCER: Jason Roehrig DIRECTOR: Jason Roehrig EDITOR: Jason Roehrig WRITER: Jason Roehrig, Annie White CINEMATOGRAPHER: Erik Rochner, Catherine Mullen, Hugo Sindelar, Jason Roehrig SOUND EDITOR: Annie White SOUND MIXERS: Annie White SOUND RECORDISTS: Annie White MUSIC: Kai Engel NARRATOR: Stephanie Campbell OTHER: Hazel Stubbs, Fern Stubbs

(202) 800-2225 raldrich@lta.org

(618) 670-6871 jasvanroe@gmail.com

MAGICAL MOORS

MAGNETISM: DEFENDING OUR PLANET, DEFINING THE COSMOS

17-0239

17-0240

Ecosystem, Audioscape, Original Music Score

Dorfen, Bavaria

Houston, TX

Germany

United States

9/1/15

3/17/17

93 minutes

24 minutes

Moors, bogs and wetlands can be found all over Europe. Everyone has heard about this habitat but most know little about it. Only 1% of the Middle European wetlands are still untouched. Gigantic amounts of carbohydrates are stored inside these wetlands, but knowing about this fact does not stop their destruction. Climate change and global warming are on everyone’s mindstopping the destruction of wetlands would be one great step towards the reduction of greenhouse gases. This film shows the beauty and the magic of moors and its message is clear: save and protect our last moors and wetlands.

Magnetism is a familiar word for a very misunderstood force - a force that is critical for life on Earth, for identifying dangers threatening technology, and for understanding the behavior of matter in the cosmos. Magnetism is everywhere: from magnetic fields surrounding nearby worlds to the red auroras on a distant brown dwarf; from magnetic field recombination causing Earth’s auroras to the navigation of animals and humans around the globe; and from maintaining Earth’s atmosphere to shielding Earth’s surface from cosmic rays and the solar wind.

COMPANY: Nautilusfilm GmbH - Natural History Germany, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Polyband Medien GmbH PRODUCER: Melanie Haft DIRECTOR: Jan Haft EDITOR: Jan Haft WRITER: Jan Haft CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jan Haft, Kay Ziesenhenne, Max Kolbl SOUND EDITOR: Oliver Gortz SOUND MIXERS: Oliver Gortz SOUND RECORDISTS: Jan Haft MUSIC: Jorg Magnus Pfeil, Siggi Mueller NARRATOR: Russell Boulter

COMPANY: Rice University, Evans and Sutherland, Houston Museum of Natural Science PRODUCER: Patricia Reiff DIRECTOR: Terence Murtagh, Carolyn Sumners EDITOR: Bryce Buchanan WRITER: Carolyn Sumners CINEMATOGRAPHER: Terence Murtagh, Marty Sisam SOUND MIXERS: ShaI Fishman SOUND RECORDISTS: Shai Fishman MUSIC: Shai Fishman DESIGNER: Tom Casey, Adam Barnes, Tony Butterfield, Don Davis NARRATOR: Jim Bratton OTHER: Paul Cassak, Andriy Nevidomskyy, NASA CCMC, NSF

+49 808-195-9663 info@nautilusfilm.com www.nautilusfilm.de

Educational / Institutional, Visualization

(713) 348-4634 reiff@rice.edfu www.mms.rice.edu/mms/mms_planetarium_show.php

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MAJESTIC MANATEES

MAKING AN ANCIENT FOREST

17-0241

17-0242

Hosted or Presenter-led

Ecosystem, Conservation, Science in Nature

San Diego, CA

Gratwein-Strassengel,

United States

Austria

3/7/17

6/30/15

3 minutes

52 minutes

Majestic Manatees explores the relationship between the picturesque habitat of Crystal River Florida and the Manatees that live within it. The adventurous nature of the story aims to ignite a sense of discovery and respect for the natural world. This story was designed for San Diego Zoo Kids, a commercialfree television channel just for children’s hospitals and Ronald McDonald Houses nationwide. Kids can virtually experience the world of animals, zoos, and aquariums while engaging in programming that takes their mind off their conditions - encouraging them to relax, sleep better and heal.

Forests are far more complex than previously imagined. This film travels deep into the remote forests of the Kalkalpen National Park in Austria - the largest area of wilderness in the Alps. Abandoned and unmanaged by man for close to a quarter of a century, the forest’s dramatic cycle of growth and decay now rules the landscape. What appears at first to be devastation and destruction is in fact part of the fundamental process of the forest’s regeneration and transformation back to its natural, primeval state, luring even the lynx to return ‘home’ after 115 years of absence.

COMPANY: San Diego Zoo Global (AKA San Diego Zoo Kids), PRODUCER: Dustin Trayer, Olivia Degn DIRECTOR: Olivia Degn, Dustin Trayer EDITOR: Dustin Trayer WRITER: Olivia Degn CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dustin Trayer SOUND EDITOR: Dustin Trayer SOUND MIXERS: Dustin Trayer SOUND RECORDISTS: Dustin Trayer MUSIC: FirstCom DESIGNER: Dustin Trayer NARRATOR: Olivia Degn OTHER: Crystal River Tour Guide: River Ventures Additional Footage: River Ventures

COMPANY: ScienceVision, PRODUCER: Michael Schlamberger DIRECTOR: Rita Schlamberger EDITOR: Andrew Naylor Omer Sacic WRITER: Rita Schlamberger Jan Hosek CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jiri Petr Michael Schlamberger SOUND EDITOR: Martin Rohrmoser SOUND MIXERS: Martin Rohrmoser SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Alexander Bresgen EFFECTS: Omer Sacic NARRATOR: Andrew Solomon

(619) 323-7023 odegn@sandiegozoo.org

+00 433-124-54366 anita@sciencevision.at www.sciencevision.at/index.php?id=472&L=2

MAKING WAVES: BATTLE FOR THE GREAT LAKES

17-0243

17-0244

Changing Planet

Hosted or Presenter-led

Joliet, IL

Bristol,

United States

United Kingdom

9/11/16

4/7/17

111 minutes

43 minutes

Making Waves: Battle for the Great Lakes takes viewers below the surface of the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem and into the middle of a complex war for survival. For two centuries, non-native species have been invading the Great Lakes, transforming the ecosystem from top to bottom and now costing the region hundreds of millions of dollars in control costs each year. Making Waves unravels the chronology of the invasion and joins researchers on the front lines as they combat invasive species and fight to restore the natural ecosystem in an effort to prevent a biological takeover of the Great Lakes.

On a remote lake in Malaysia, two men mysteriously vanish just hours apart. Amid rumors that a giant fish is on the loose, biologist and monster-hunter Jeremy Wade sets out to track down the possible culprit. Could the killer be an interloper from South America, as reports suggest, or is there a home-grown predator that fits the bill? A trail of evidence leads Jeremy into an ancient rainforest, where an old adversary lies in wait. It’s a beast with a gruesome rap sheet, but does this make it guilty of homicide?

COMPANY: Great Lakes Media, Kurtis Productions PRODUCER: Jessica Walsh DIRECTOR: Jessica Walsh, Brendan Walsh EDITOR: Brendan Walsh WRITER: Jessica Walsh, Brendan Walsh CINEMATOGRAPHER: Brendan Walsh SOUND MIXERS: Clay Bowman SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Gabriel Jaskowiak EFFECTS: Josh Bowen NARRATOR: Bill Kurtis OTHER: Narration Recordist: Suzanne McFalls

COMPANY: Icon Films, PRODUCER: Development Producer: Bess Manley, Series Producer: Andie Clare, Executive Producer: Harry Marshall, Executive Producer: Laura Marshall, Executive Producer: Nicholas White DIRECTOR: Steve Gooder EDITOR: Ross Hamilton CINEMATOGRAPHER: Duncan Fairs SOUND EDITOR: Roy Nor SOUND MIXERS: Andy Devine SOUND RECORDISTS: Danny Carey MUSIC: Timo Baker EFFECTS: Post Production: Films at 59, Graphics: Kiss My Pixel NARRATOR: Jeremy Wade OTHER: Production Coordinator: Sara Hill, Production Coordinator: Lucy Tucker, Junior Production Coordinator: Michael Rogers, Colorist: Christian Short, Online Editor: Chris Gunningham, Aerial Photography: Josh Forwood, Production Technical Assistant: Jahlani Clarence, Production Technical Assistant: Harry Palmer, Production Technical Assistant: Benjamin Jenkins, Location Manager: Jon Rees, Location Manager: Nila James, Researcher: Aditi Rajagopal, Executive Producer: Lisa Bosak Lucas, Supervising Producer: Patrick Keegan, Head of Development/VP: Kurt Tondorf, Director of Production: Carolyn Dodd

(815) 302-4128 jessica@greatlakesmedia.net www.makingwavesdocumentary.com

MALAYSIAN LAKE MONSTER RIVER MONSTERS

+44 117-910-2008 harriet.exley@iconfilms.co.uk

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MAN AMONG CHEETAHS

MARK EMERY’S AMERICAN WILDLIFE

17-0245

17-0246

Animal Behavior, Ecosystem, People & Nature, Hosted or Presenter-led

Limited Series - Short

Washington, District o

Silver Spring, MD

United States

5/1/17

5/23/16

44 minutes

25 minutes

The cheetah is the fastest animal on four legs. Reaching up to 78 miles per hour, these magnificent cats are difficult to keep up with ... and even more difficult to film. Join veteran wildlife filmmaker Bob Poole as he follows one special cheetah mother that will do everything in her power to protect her young cubs. The story reveals a powerful, intimate look at the realities of life in the African wilderness.

In Mark Emery’s American Wildlife, natural history filmmaker Mark Emery journeys from one extreme of the continent to the other; from the springs of southern Florida to Alaska’s pristine northern forests and tundra. On this trip, Mark chronicles wildlife in a style that is truly his own. This 5-episode series, shot in 4K, highlights the lazy summers of Alaskan brown bears, the serene life of fresh-water manatees, andÊthe mating season of white-tailed deer,ÊalongsideÊalligators’ hunting techniques and salmon runs.

COMPANY: National Geographic Studios, PRODUCER: Brian Lovett, Jeff Hasler, James Manfull, Erin Krozek, Pamela Caragol DIRECTOR: EDITOR: Julie Podolsky WRITER: James Manfull CINEMATOGRAPHER: Bob Poole SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: Rob Fritts SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

COMPANY: Mark Emery Films, For CuriosityStream PRODUCER: Mark Emery DIRECTOR: Mark Emery EDITOR: Drew Russ Jorge Mejia WRITER: Mark Emery CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mark Emery James Killion Roy Wood Daniel Zatz SOUND EDITOR: Tracy Collins SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Mark Emery Tracy Collins EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: Mark Emery OTHER:

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com

(301) 920-5909 Jorge.Franzini@curiositystream.com www.app.curiositystream.com/video/1575

MAX WAVE

MEDIEVAL MONSTERS

17-0247

17-0248

People & Nature

Student & Emerging

San Diego, CA

Bolton, Greater Ma

United States

United Kingdom

6/1/17

9/3/15

10 minutes

There is a battle happening along the banks of the Clark-Fork river. The proposed creation of a man-made wave has divided the surfer and environmental activist community in sleepy little town of Missoula, Montana. Will compromise be found, or will the dilapidated state of the river continue? Join surfer, scientist, and filmmaker Cliff Kapono as he travels to the middle of North America to find out what is Max Wave.

The New Forest of England has remained unchanged for centuries, and, while many of the country’s ancient beasts have long since vanished, here the creatures of old can still be found. This film captures their lives using macro, slow-motion and time-lapse techniques to reveal behaviors beyond the capabilities of the human eye. Dueling dragonflies, acid-firing ants and jousting stag beetles take center stage in this world of medieval monsters.

COMPANY: Cliff Kapono, PRODUCER: Cliff Kapono DIRECTOR: Cliff Kapono EDITOR: Cliff Kapono WRITER: Cliff Kapono CINEMATOGRAPHER: Cliff Kapono SOUND EDITOR: Cliff Kapono SOUND MIXERS: Cliff Kapono SOUND RECORDISTS: Cliff Kapono EFFECTS: Cliff Kapono DESIGNER: Cliff Kapono NARRATOR: Cliff Kapono

vPRODUCER: Oliver Mueller DIRECTOR: Oliver Mueller EDITOR: Oliver Mueller WRITER: Oliver Mueller, Robin Mueller CINEMATOGRAPHER: Oliver Mueller SOUND EDITOR: Oliver Mueller, Robin Mueller SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: Oliver Mueller, Robin Mueller MUSIC: Joseph Bell NARRATOR: Phillip Reynolds

(808) 333-1365 cliff@korduroy.tv

Evan Poland

+44 077-873-42889 oliver_mueller01@hotmail.com

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MEET THE HUMANS BASIC INSTINCTS

MEET THE REAL WOLF

17-0249

17-0250

Science in Nature

Micro-Movie, Engaging Youth

Bristol,

Bozeman, MT

United Kingdom

United States

4/13/17

6/15/17

60 minutes

3 minutes

Meet the Humans is an insightful and compelling popular science series which explores the science behind human behavior. In this episode, Dr. Michael Mosley invites ten singles on a dating weekend with a difference. He strips down the dating game to animal attraction and puts their very basic instincts to the test. With the help of a behavioral psychologist and a dating expert, he unravels the rules of attraction. We meet Grace who would like to find a lover not a friend and Dan, who believes materialism isn’t everything. Will our scientists predict who will find love?

What happens when fairy tales and reality collide? Throughout history, myths about the “big bad wolf” have generated fear and concern that creeps out of our storybooks and into the real world. By the 1950’s, wolves were pushed to the brink of extinction in the lower forty-eight and more was lost than just the wolf. Meet The Real Wolf introduces a new chapter where the apex predator becomes the protagonist, changing the narrative of the ecosystems they are rebuilding. We learn what happens when the wolf is no longer antagonized, but instead realized as the missing link, and the denouement to our story.

COMPANY: BBC Earth Productions Ltd, BBC Worldwide PRODUCER: Ian Osprey Steve Cole Vicki Lines Frank Smalley Edward Watkins Sophie Wells DIRECTOR: Thomas Stark Holland EDITOR: Dan Blackman SOUND MIXERS: Joe Siddons SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Carl Harms DESIGNER: Annmarie McLoughlin OTHER: Series Editor: Fiona Inskip Executive producers: Denise Seneviratne Michael Gunton Charlotte Jones Graphic Designer: Robin Littlewood Technical Manager: Chris Squelch Presenter: Michael Mosley Line Producer: Abigail Watts Head of Production: Laura Aviles

COMPANY: Grizzly Creek Films, Rocky Mountain Wolf Project Ted Turner Endangered Species Fund PRODUCER: Thomas Winston Avela Grenier Mike Phillips DIRECTOR: Thomas Winston Avela Grenier WRITER: Avela Grenier Thomas Winston SOUND EDITOR: Luke Scheeler and Jerico Studios SOUND MIXERS: Luke Scheeler and Jerico Studios MUSIC: Craig Minowa and Cloud Cult DESIGNER: Avela Grenier Andy Hahn Tammi Heneveld NARRATOR: Avela Grenier OTHER: Animator: Andy Hahn

(795) 839-8904 Annmarie.mcloughlin@bbc.com

(406) 579-6057 tom@grizzlycreekfilms.com www.grizzlycreekfilms.com

MEET WARRIORS ON A MISSION TO HELP LIONS AND HUMANS EXPEDITION RAW

17-0251

17-0252

Micro-Movie

Visualization

Washington, District o

Washington DC,

United States

4/25/17

6/22/16

3 minutes

44 minutes

Jeneria Lekilelei, a warrior from the Samburu tribe of Northern Kenya, has dedicated his life to wildlife conservation. In 2010 he founded Warrior Watch to encourage Samburu men to conserve lions. Since then, the local lion population has risen from 11 animals to 50. However, increased periods of drought in recent years force wildlife and people to compete for the same resources, oftentimes causing conflict. Watch as Lekilelei and his team fight to protect lions under the harshest conditions.

Dr. Neil Hammerschlag and his team of researchers are setting off on a quest to learn more about this mysterious shark, as well as search for the most elusive of them all--the massive Great Hammerhead--a shark that can grow up to 20-ft in length and can weigh over 1,000 pounds.

COMPANY: National Geographic, PRODUCER: Vanessa Serrao, Monica Pinzon, Sarah Joseph DIRECTOR: Vanessa Serrao EDITOR: Monica Pinzon CINEMATOGRAPHER: Owen Bissell OTHER: Associate Producers: Elaina Kimes, Yenee Wondafrash, Series Producer: Chris Mattle

COMPANY: Radley, LP for National Geographic Channels, PRODUCER: Brandon Hill, Christian Thompson, Marc Ostrick, Benjamin Grayson, Ashley Hoppin DIRECTOR: Brandon Hill, Marc Ostrick EDITOR: Dave Henry WRITER: Norm Anderson CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joe Romeiro SOUND MIXERS: Greg Ripes OTHER: Neil Hammerschlag

(202) 427-6986 Elaina.kimes@natgeo.com www.video.nationalgeographic.com/video/expedition-raw/170223-sciex-exraw-meet-warriors-on-a-missi

MEGA HAMMERHEAD

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com

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MEGETI - AFRICA’S LOST WOLF

MELTING ICE

17-0253

17-0254

Ecosystem, Animal Behavior, Writing

360¡ Storytelling

Gruenheide,

Washington, District o

Germany

United States

1/2/17

11/20/16

50 minutes

10 minutes

Megeti - Africa’s Lost Wolf tells the touching story of a lone Ethiopian wolf who lost her pack and is left to fend for herself, wandering across the unknown highlands on the ‘roof of Africa’, until suddenly the story takes a dramatic turn...

The health of the planet faces a precipice as global climate change continues to reshape the environment and destroy delicate ecosystems across the world. Join Al Gore on an immersive 3D-360 experience to the frontlines of climate change on the melting ice caps of Greenland. Ten years following Gore’s, ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ we will take a meditative journey from the melting ice caps and drifting icebergs of Greenland, to the streets of coastal U.S. cities under siege by storm surges and rising sea levels. ‘Melting Ice’ urges people to observe the effects of rising CO2 levels through the power of virtual reality. Experience the melt up close as bright blue rivers carve into gaping moulins, icebergs drift into the ocean, and coastal communities experience the brunt force of this expansive global melting epidemic.

COMPANY: Altayfilm, Doclights, Terra Mater PRODUCER: Yann Sochaczewski DIRECTOR: Yann Sochaczewski, Henry M. Mix EDITOR: Mirco Tribanek WRITER: Henry M. Mix CINEMATOGRAPHER: Yann Sochaczewski, Henry M. Mix, Pim Niesten, Philipp Klein MUSIC: Oliver Heuss NARRATOR: Colin Solman OTHER: Executive Producer: Britta Kiesewetter, Andrea Gastgeb

COMPANY: Condition One, PRODUCER: Participant Media DIRECTOR: Danfung Dennis NARRATOR: Al Gore

+49 163-184-8253 yann@altayfilm.com www.megeti.film

(703) 431-9252 de@conditionone.com www.conditionone.com

MELTING STARS

MEMOIRS OF ACACIA ROOTED

17-0255

17-0256

Short

Ecosystem, Visualization

Burnaby, BC

New York, New York

Canada

United States

1/23/17

5/9/17

15 minutes

48 minutes

Melting Stars unravels the mystery behind one of the most catastrophic species die offs in recorded history. In 2013 scuba divers off the West coast of British Columbia discovered that the star fish were dying in the millions and suffering horrific deaths. They were disintegrating into goo on the ocean floor and the environmental balance of the marine ecosystem was being changed. Soon the immensity of this epidemic came to light and what researchers had dubbed the Sea Star Wasting Syndrome was now effecting several star fish species all along the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Mexico. The virus was also discovered in preserved museum samples from the 1940’s. So what has changed? Melting Stars follows the clues on this marine mystery.

In southern Kalahari is an ancient camel thorn tree. With roots extending into reservoirs almost 200 feet beneath the desert’s surface, this majestic acacia has become its own oasis in an extremely arid climate, especially for the many creatures who live in its shadow and whose only water sources are plants. Explore this self-contained ecosystem and the species that call it home, from sociable weavers building their giant nests on its branches to cocktail ants operating a busy nursery out of its thorns. It’s a stunning portrait of a vital life source at the heart of an unforgiving landscape.

COMPANY: KGP Films, PRODUCER: Kate Green DIRECTOR: Kate Green EDITOR: Tyler F. Gamsby WRITER: Kate Green CINEMATOGRAPHER: Sarah Thomas Moffat SOUND EDITOR: Ricardo Ochoa SOUND RECORDISTS: Mark Barry MUSIC: Mario Vaira

COMPANY: Rooted Media, Blue Ant Media The Smithsonian Networks PRODUCER: Producer: Barend Van Der Watt Executive Producers: Dereck Joubert, Beverly Joubert EDITOR: Offline Editor: Henk Ekermans WRITER: Script: Henk Ekermans Research: Tamsyn Van Gelderen Scientific Advisor: Prof. Anne Rasa Scientific Advisor: Dr. Simon Van Noort CINEMATOGRAPHER: Director of Photography: Barend Van Der Watt Cinematography: Henk Ekermans SOUND EDITOR: Online Editor and Colorist: Baren Van Der Watt Rechord, Final Mix Frameline, Foley: Guy Steer SOUND MIXERS: Music Mixer: Gerhard Roux SOUND RECORDISTS: Barend Van Der Watt MUSIC: Antoni Schonken NARRATOR: Fiona Ramsay OTHER: Post Production: Frogfoot Films Production Accountant: Johann Koekemoer

(604) 710-1975 kate@kgpfilms.com www.facebook.com/meltingstarsdoc/

(212) 708-3254 christine.ricard@smithsonianchannel.com

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MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

MEXICO, EARTH’S WILDEST FESTIVAL: FORESTS OF THE MAYA

17-0257

17-0258

Changing Planet, Impact

Ecosystem

Boulder, Colorado

Bristol, Avon

United States

United Kingdom

10/21/15

4/17/17

15 minutes

59 minutes

Photographer James Balog, made famous by the film Chasing Ice, embarks on a new journey to understand climate change from the inside. His voyage of selfdiscovery takes him to Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii where he comes away with something far greater than a photograph.

In Mexico’s far south lies an unusual peninsula: The Yucatan. Swathed in a forest stretching for 50,000 square miles, this land was once ruled by the mighty Maya Civilization. The entire peninsula is a giant slab of limestone, almost a mile thick. Limestone is incredibly porous. It quickly soaks up any rain that falls, leaving very little surface water, making the formation of rivers virtually impossible. This film is a journey through the seasons in the forests of the Maya, exploring the ways in which animals and people have thrived in this unique ecosystem.

COMPANY: Earth Vision Institute, PRODUCER: James Balog DIRECTOR: Danny Schmidt EDITOR: Andy Adkins WRITER: Danny Schmidt, Andy Adkins CINEMATOGRAPHER: Danny Schmidt, Andrew Ackerman SOUND EDITOR: Coupe Studios SOUND RECORDISTS: Cherie Turbitt

COMPANY: BBC Natural History Unit, PBS PRODUCER: Evania Wright DIRECTOR: Evania Wright EDITOR: Adam Coates WRITER: Evania Wright CINEMATOGRAPHER: Barrie Brittain, Richard Kirby, Michael Madden, Rolf Steinmann, Toby Strong SOUND EDITOR: Kate Hopkins SOUND MIXERS: Andrew Wilson SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Michael Kruk EFFECTS: 422 South NARRATOR: Eluid Gabriel Poras OTHER: SP Patrick Morris, EP Tim Martin

(801) 674-0673 danny.john.schmidt@gmail.com www.vimeo.com/143623645 pw:air

+44 785-092-1207 evaniawright@gmail.com

MIGRATING BIRDS: SCOUTS OF DISTANT WORLDS

17-0259

17-0260

Animal Behavior

Animal Behavior, Conservation, People & Nature, Science in Nature, Visualization, Writing

Dortmund,

Seattle, WA

Germany

United States

5/31/16

3/1/16

90 minutes

45 minutes

Billions of birds perish every year while migrating, dying of hunger, exhaustion and environmental poisons. Predators attack them in the air and while they’re sleeping. But why do birds then go through the hardships of migration year after year? How has bird migration changed over the generations? How does a young stork know how to get to Africa, when it has never been there before? A road movie about the journeys of migrating birds: from the Arctic to Africa, from Siberia to the Serengeti, this film offers breathtaking aerials from the inventors of the bird«s eye perspective.

Mind of a Giant explores what it is like to be an elephant, as revealed by revolutionary new research. As scientists struggle to find out how many elephants are left in Africa, they discover intriguing new behavior. In order to survive their current crisis, the elephants are learning. We are discovering that elephants must be considered one of the most clever and complex creatures on the planet. They exhibit empathy, grief, joy, fear and revengefulness, but their complexity goes beyond emotion. They have self-awareness, can co-operate and pass on information, and adapt to solve problems in ways we never knew.

COMPANY: colourFIELD, PRODUCER: Petra Hofer, Freddie Rockenhaus DIRECTOR: Petra Hofer, Freddie Rockenhaus EDITOR: Johannes Fritsche WRITER: Petra Hofer, Freddie Rockenhaus CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tobias Kaufmann, Peter Thompson OTHER: Francesca D’Amicis Susanne Rostosky Kay Schlasse Friederike Schmidt-Vogt

COMPANY: Vulcan Productions, Off The Fence PRODUCER: Emre Izat Geoff Luck EDITOR: Jennie V‡zquez Alarcon WRITER: Emre Izat Geoff Luck CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dave Adams Sam Barton-Humphreys Tom Barton-Humphreys Simon Cox Mark Deeble Kris Denton Tjeerd Fonk Emre Izat Lee Jackson Andrew Knight Mitchell Bob Poole Erik Rochner Michael Sanderson Nina Schwendemann Howard Shack Richard Slater-Jones Navid Tansaz Skip Margetts, Cineflex Simon Werry, Cineflex SOUND EDITOR: Angela Groves SOUND MIXERS: Phil Jenkins, Re-recording Mixer SOUND RECORDISTS: Sebastian Dunn Oliver Machin Jabu Msomi MUSIC: Chris Beaty, Composer DESIGNER: Holey and Moley, Animated Graphics NARRATOR: Jeffrey Wright OTHER: Executive Producer: Paul G. Allen, Jody Allen, Carole Tomko, Ellen Windemuth, Rocky Collins Senior Supervising Producer: Hilary Sparrow

+49 231-912-3550 francesca@colourfield.de www.colourfield.de

MINDS OF GIANTS

+1 206-342-2074 davidw@vulcan.com www.vulcanproductions.com/our-work/the-minds-of-giants/

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MISSION CRITICAL: LEOPARDS AT THE DOOR

MISSION CRITICAL: ORANGUTAN ON THE EDGE

17-0261

17-0262

Conservation, Impact

Washington DC,

Washington, District o

United States

1/31/16

4/22/16

44 minutes

National Geographic photographer Steve Winter has spent his life working to save endangered big cats through his award winning pictures. Now he turns his lens on an elusive and deadly predator--the leopard. In this film, Steve brings sophisticated remote imagery equipment, not to the savannah or the jungle, but to one of the biggest and most crowded cities on the planet, India’s financial capital of Mumbai. Here, the urban sprawl is swallowing up a national park that’s home to at least 21 leopards. The leopards leave the park to stalk the city streets, sometimes hunting and killing humans. Nowhere else on Earth do apex predators live alongside such a crowded metropolis. Steve ventures deep into the beating heart of the city--to capture stunning imagery that shows how leopards and people can co-exist. Could Mumbai’s leopards be a model for how we can learn to live with these iconic creatures?

National Geographic photographer Tim Laman is on a mission to reveal new threats to wild orangutans and their rain forest homes. By trekking to remote locations and scaling massive trees, he documents the secret lives of our mysterious primate cousins, as deforestation and poaching threaten their very existence. His photographs tell the story of an orangutan mother raising her baby in the wild, until a tragic event changes their lives forever.

COMPANY: National Geographic WILD, PRODUCER: Jared Lipworth, Simon Boyce, Brooke Runnette, Tracy Rudolph Jackson DIRECTOR: EDITOR: Salvatore F. Vecchio, Andrea L. Barrick, Emmanuel Mairesse WRITER: Simon Boyce CINEMATOGRAPHER: Bertie Gregory SOUND MIXERS: Rob Fritts NARRATOR: Dan Nachtrab

COMPANY: National Geographic Studios, PRODUCER: Simon Boyce, Jared Lipworth, David Konschnik, Tracy Rudolph Jackson EDITOR: Barbara Burst WRITER: David Konschnik CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tim Laman SOUND MIXERS: Rob Fritts NARRATOR: Dan Nachtrab

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/mission-critical/episodes/orangutan-on-the-edge/

MISSION CRITICAL: SHARKS UNDER ATTACK

17-0263

17-0264

Conservation, Impact

Impact

Washington, District o

United States

5/22/16

12/18/16

44 minutes

Sharks as heroes? Instagram star and underwater photographer Brian Skerry is on a mission to change how you think about these magnificent predators. After three decades of capturing the world’s oceans on camera, Skerry believes that instead of being violent man-eaters, sharks are the kings of the oceans, and they allow the fragile ecosystems to function. He is on a mission to remind people that without sharks, our oceans are doomed.

The World’s Most Wanted Leopard follows wildlife photographer and filmmaker Adrian Steirn and his team as they set out across Azerbaijan in their quest to capture footage of the Caucasian Leopard, Europe’s last remaining indigenous leopard species and the largest sub-species of leopard in the world. To date, the cat has never been substantively documented in the wild on film, with only limited still images and partial sightings via video camera traps in existence from other Caucasus regions.

COMPANY: National Geographic Studios, PRODUCER: Simon Boyce, Jared Lipworth, Tracy Rudolph Jackson EDITOR: Steve Roessler, Toby Roberts WRITER: Simon Boyce CINEMATOGRAPHER: Simon Boyce SOUND MIXERS: Rob Fritts NARRATOR: Dan Nachtrab

COMPANY: Ginkgo Agency Production for National Geographic, PRODUCER: Adrian Steirn, Harriet Pratten, Nicola Howson DIRECTOR: Adrian Steirn EDITOR: Andy Netley, Benjamin Haskins CINEMATOGRAPHER: Gary Van Wyk SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: Jonathan Chiles, Hannes Burger SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: James Dorman

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/mission-critical/episodes/sharks-under-attack/

MISSION CRITICAL: THE WORLD’S MOST WANTED LEOPARD

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/mission-critical/episodes/the-worlds-most-wanted-leopard-

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MISSION CRITICAL: WILD GALAPAGOS

MISUNDERSTOOD PREDATORS TALES BY LIGHT

17-0265

17-0266

Conservation, Impact

Animal Behavior, People & Nature, Impact

Washington, District o

Annandale, NSW

United States

Australia

1/15/17

10/17/16

44 minutes

Join National Geographic’s Pristine Seas as they explore the exciting, complex, and unique waters of the Galapagos Islands...before it’s too late.

Eric Cheng’s love of the ocean has taken him all over the world. During the past 15 years he has dived and documented many of the planet’s most magnificent and mysterious marine organisms. This film looks at Eric’s focus on the animals that through mythology and popular culture have been misrepresented, even demonized, while exploring his mission to use photography to tell the true story of these animals before it’s too late.

COMPANY: National Geographic Studios, PRODUCER: Enric Sala, Neil Gelinas, Jenny Apostol EDITOR: Brian Newell WRITER: Brian Newell CINEMATOGRAPHER: Neil Gelinas, Manu San Felix SOUND MIXERS: Randy Matuszewski SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Oliver Schnee NARRATOR: Salvatore Vecchio

COMPANY: Untitled Film Works, Canon Australia PRODUCER: Abraham Joffe Jason McLean Louis Cooper Robinson Hamish Macdonald DIRECTOR: Abraham Joffe EDITOR: Lorna-Jean Bradley WRITER: Abraham Joffe CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dom West Blake Castle Abraham Joffe Toby De Jong SOUND EDITOR: Simon Lister Stuart St. Vincent Welch Dan Anthon James Martell SOUND MIXERS: Simon Lister Stuart St. Vincent Welch Dan Anthon James Martell SOUND RECORDISTS: Dom West Blake Castle Louis Cooper Robinson MUSIC: Adam Moses EFFECTS: Phil Soliman Keith Li NARRATOR: Sigrid Thornton OTHER: Colorist: Fred El-Harris

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/mission-critical/episodes/wild-galapagos-mission-critical

MOMENT

MOOSE: LIFE OF A TWIG EATER NATURE

17-0267

17-0268

Animal Behavior

Animal Behavior, Hosted or Presenter-led, Original Music Score, Editing

Seoul,

New York, NY

South Korea

United States

9/19/16

2/10/16

54 minutes

53 minutes

Everything is a blink in time- a moment. When we cross a huge mist lake, there are things we don’t know about. The Mandarin ducks raise their young in a tree by lake. A vinous-throated parrotbill feeds a cub three times bigger than herself. Every moment contains an eternity. When the wind blows on the lake, the fog dissipates. In the afternoon, a Goshawk that chases a rabbit. We do not know which is strong and which is weak. Everyone has their own moments and lives faithfully in that moment. These moments make eternity.

High up in Canada’s Rockies, by a crystal-clear lake rimmed with old-growth forest, a moose is born. At the best of times, the odds are stacked against this leggy 35-pounder surviving its first year; normally less than 50% do. But now populations across many parts of North America are in steep decline and scientists believe one of the reasons is that fewer moose calves are surviving their first year, so it has never been more important to understand what happens in the first year of a moose’s life. This stunningly intimate nature documentary, filmed over 13 months in the spectacular wilds of Jasper National Park, takes viewers deep inside the world of moose to experience a mother’s love and a calf’s first year of life up close and personal.

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

COMPANY: Twig Eaters INC in Association with Thirteen Productions LLS for WNET, PRODUCER: Producer: Susan Fleming Executive Producer for CBC: Sue Dando Senior Producer for CBC: Caroline Underwood Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman Series Producer: Bill Murphy DIRECTOR: Susan Fleming EDITOR: Roderick Deogrades WRITER: Siobhan Flanagan Susan Fleming CINEMATOGRAPHER: Hugo Kitching Joshua J. See Keith Brust Andrew Manske Chris Chanda SOUND EDITOR: Sound Editor: David Rose Dialogue Editory: Martin Gwynn Jones Foley Artist: Andy Malcom Foley Artist: Goro Koyama SOUND MIXERS: Re-Recording Mixer: Lou Solaksofki Re-Recording Mixer: Graham Rogers Foley Mixer: Jack Heeren Foley Mixer: Don White SOUND RECORDISTS: Hugo Kitching Peter Sawade MUSIC: Geoff Bennett Andre Hirz Mary Margaret O’Hara EFFECTS: Visual Effects: Sam Javanrouh Visual Effects: Helen Thatch Colorist: Jim Fleming DESIGNER: Graphic Design: Craig Scorchie NARRATOR: Hugo Kitching OTHER: Series Editor: Janet Hess

(822) 526-3974 mond@ebs.co.kr

+61 295-504-640 lj@untitledfilms.com.au www.untitledfilmworks.com.au/tales-by-light/

(212) 560-6889 burkej@thirteen.org

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MOSQUITO

MOVING ART: UNDERWATER MOVING ART

17-0269

17-0270

Changing Planet, Writing

Original Music Score

New York, NY

Valencia, CA

United States

6/12/17

11/2/15

62 minutes

26 minutes

Mosquito is a timely, in-depth look at this dangerous creature, how it is changing in unpredictable and unprecedented ways, and highlights how without an international coordinated effort, the world and its citizens are at risk for an historic pandemic. Shot on four continents, Mosquito features insights from world and health leaders including Bill Gates and former CDC Director Tom Frieden, as well as the intimate stories of the men, women, and children who are living in fear that the next bite could be a deadly one.

The wonder, mystery and majesty of the ocean’s creatures. An underwater, cinematic odyssey of the depts.

COMPANY: Yap Films for Discovery Channel, PRODUCER: Elizabeth Trojian, Elliott Halpern, John Hoffman, Jon Bardin DIRECTOR: Su Rynard EDITOR: Michele Francis, Steve Weslak WRITER: Mark Monroe CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mark Ellam SOUND RECORDISTS: Peter Sawade, Chris Miller, Huan Nguyen, Just Posthumus MUSIC: Tom Third

COMPANY: Moving Art Studio, PRODUCER: Louie Schwartzberg Michele Hall DIRECTOR: Howard Hall EDITOR: Howard Hall CINEMATOGRAPHER: Howard Hall SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Alan Williams OTHER: Netflix

(818) 903-3375 tiffany@awardsinsider.com

+1 661-263-8400 alan@alanwilliams.com

MOVING ART: WHALES AND DOLPHINS

17-0271

17-0272

Original Music Score

Engaging Youth

Valencia, CA

Portland, OR

United States

5/1/17

10/31/16

26 minutes

8 minutes

A breath-taking look at Whales and Dolphins, showcasing the wonder, mystery and majesty of these beautiful creatures.

On the island of Saipan, a young girl’s mysterious dream about a haggan, or green sea turtle, leads her to investigate the sea turtles that live around her home. Join her adventure to find turtles, which leads to a wonderful birthday wish. short version: A young island girl dreams of a mysterious haggan, or sea turtle, that sends her on a quest to investigate the sea turtles that nest and swim near her home.

COMPANY: Moving Art Studio, PRODUCER: Louie Schwartzberg Michele Hall DIRECTOR: Howard Hall EDITOR: Howard Hall CINEMATOGRAPHER: Howard Hall MUSIC: Alan Williams OTHER: Netflix

COMPANY: Sisbro Studios, Open Boat Films, PRODUCER: Stephani Gordon, Laura Sams, Rob Sams DIRECTOR: Laura Sams, Rob Sams EDITOR: Laura Sams, Rob Sams WRITER: Laura Sams, Rob Sams CINEMATOGRAPHER: Stephani Gordon SOUND EDITOR: Jason Wells NARRATOR: Kaya Rasa

+1 661-263-8400 alan@alanwilliams.com

MY HAGGAN DREAM

(503) 789-4202 stephani@openboatfilms.com www.facebook.com/myhaggandream/

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MYSTERIES IN YELLOWSTONE

MYSTERIES OF THE MEKONG: CHINA: THE JOURNEY BEGINS

17-0273

17-0274

Changing Planet, Science in Nature

Ecosystem

Washington, DC

London,

United States

United Kingdom

10/15/15

5/26/17

46 minutes

48 minutes

Yellowstone National Park is home to a vast array of landscapes and a huge diversity of animals, united in a fascinating ecosystem, one that is currently in severe trouble. The area once contained over 19,000 elk, but its numbers have plummeted by 80% in the last two decades. The mysterious decline has sparked many questions, and researchers are in a race to provide answers. Join them as they investigate a series of theories and suspects, from wolves to bears to trees to trout, in an attempt to solve this alarming puzzle.

A look at the spectacular wildlife in Yunnan Province China, this film follows the Mekong from its source high in the mountains down to tropical rainforest. On this journey, we meet a range of stunning creatures who have adapted to live at the extremes, from the furry snub nose who lives up in the canopy, to the mighty Bar Headed Goose who makes a death defying migration, to the elephants in the tropical forests that try to avoid collisions with humans. It is a truly breathtaking journey along the Mekong River, filmed in 4k.

COMPANY: SNI/SI Networks L.L.C, Taglicht Media Film Fernsehproduktion GmbH PRODUCER: Bernd Wilting DIRECTOR: Manfred Corrine EDITOR: Johannes Hiroshi Nakjima WRITER: Eleanor Grant Claudia Zenkert Manfred Corrine CINEMATOGRAPHER: Randy Wimberg SOUND MIXERS: Tonmontage SOUND RECORDISTS: Jeff Reed Jeff Doughtry Rick F. Smith MUSIC: Christian Albert Lemmer NARRATOR: John Beach OTHER: Executive Producers: David Royle, Joy Galane, Bernd Wilting, Gabrielle Conze

COMPANY: Antidote Productions, PRODUCER: Leila Monks, Eva Spielvogel, Lie Wei DIRECTOR: Xie Yubin EDITOR: Creda Wilson WRITER: Leila Monks CINEMATOGRAPHER: MUSIC: Bleeding Fingers NARRATOR: Leila Monks OTHER: Post Prod Supervisor: Tom Woodall Head of Production UK: Sarah Pipe Head of Production China: Patrick Carr

(202) 261-0337 monica.barrios@smithsonianchannel.com

+07 951-910-752 leila@antidoteproductions.co.uk

MYSTERIES OF THE RAINFOREST

NALEDI: ONE LITTLE ELEPHANT NATURE

17-0275

17-0276

Ecosystem, Science in Nature, Impact, Audioscape

Conservation, Impact

Washington, DC

New York, NY

United States

6/10/16

5/26/17

51 minutes

53 minutes

Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal is home to the most studied patch of rainforest on Earth. For a century, scientists have traveled here to understand the extraordinary biodiversity found in the forest. But the island is hit hard by El Ni–o. This typically lush rainforest is caught in the throes of a severe drought; it’s proving to be one of the driest years on record. Scientists can only watch and wait to see what this means for the plants and animals. Despite decades of research, there are still mysteries to uncover in this isolated patch of the rainforest.Ê

Defending the lives of Africa’s elephants from poachers and human development can be a thankless and desperate job for their caretakers and researchers. When an elephant orphan is in need of a new family, it changes everything. Born inside a rescue camp in the wilderness of Botswana, Naledi the Baby Elephant loses her mother and faces the world alone. It’s now up to a team of guardians to help save her life, urge her to survive, and help find her place in the herd. Join NATURE on a heartwarming journey from tragedy to triumph, as Naledi faces loss and rejection with the men who desperately race to defend her entire species while struggling to save her life.

COMPANY: SNI/SI Networks L.L.C, JWM Productions PRODUCER: Ciaran Flannery DIRECTOR: Ciarran Flannery EDITOR: Brian Millard WRITER: Ciaran Flannery CINEMATOGRAPHER: Benjamin Hamilton SOUND RECORDISTS: Michael Velasco MUSIC: Lenny Williams NARRATOR: Lloyd Sherr OTHER: Executive Producer: David Royle Executive Producer: Tria Thalman Executive Producer: Jason Williams Executive Producer: Bill Morgan Associate Producer: Francis Cordero Additional Camera: Corey Robinson

COMPANY: Vulcan Productions, Off the Fence PRODUCER: Co-Producer: Kate Bradbury Field Producer: Richard Slater-Jones EDITOR: Kris Kral CINEMATOGRAPHER: Sam Barton-Humphreys Tom Barton-Humphreys Kate Bradbury Mark Deeble Kris Denton Tjeerd Fonk Emre Izat Lee Jackson Geoff Luck Andrew Knight Mitchell Richard Slater-Jones Navid Tansaz SOUND EDITOR: Kate Hopkins Owen Peters Jonny Crew SOUND MIXERS: Foley Mixer: Phil Jenkins Re-Recording Mixer: Andrew Wilson SOUND RECORDISTS: Sebastian Dunn Oliver Machin Jabu Msomi EFFECTS: Colorists: Tony Osborne Christian Short DESIGNER: Foley Artist: Ben Jones Graphics: BDH OTHER: Series Editor: Janet Hess

(202) 261-0337 monica.barrios@smithsonianchannel.com

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NAME A ROACH

NAMIBIA - SANCTUARY OF GIANTS

17-0277

17-0278

Micro-Movie

Conservation

Bronx, NY

Vienna,

United States

Austria

1/24/17

12/14/16

1 minutes

50 minutes

Roses wilt, chocolates melt, but roaches are forever! This year, WCS kicked off its sixth annual Valentine’s Day Name A Roach Campaign. Created in 2011, the campaign allows people to name a Madagascar hissing cockroach in honor of a loved one (or not-so-loved one). This year’s offerings included a roach plush, a box of chocolates, and a digital certificate. Almost 4,000 certificates were sold in 30 different countries, all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The campaign was featured on Live with Kelly, the Today Show, and The Chew. The video was picked up internationally and helped the campaign raise a recordbreaking $97,000 for conservation.

Of all the countries of Africa there is one that wears a crown for wildlife: Namibia. But now properties and industries are slowly swallowing the land where Namibia’s wild animals roam and poaching is also on the rise. But with the threats comes hope: Namibian government experts, biologists and scientists have joined forces to develop simple, innovative strategies to stop the tide of destruction. Black rhinos, African elephants and cheetahs play major roles in this endeavor.

COMPANY: Wildlife Conservation Society, PRODUCER: Natalie Cash EDITOR: Jeff Morey WRITER: Natalie Cash, Christina Sirabian CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff Morey

COMPANY: Terra Mater Factual Studios, National Geographic Channel, Cosmos Factory, National Geographic Channel Cosmos Factory DIRECTOR: Harald Pokieser EDITOR: Michael Ranocha WRITER: Harald Pokieser Narration Script: Paul Reddish CINEMATOGRAPHER: Harald MittermŸller Dani Purer Francois Botha Frederik FŸssel Steffen Bohnert Mathias Lackner Michael Lang MUSIC: Andy Baum NARRATOR: Howard Nightingall Julie McCarthy OTHER:

(718) 220-7423 ncash@wcs.org bronxzoo.com/roach

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at/productions/namibia-sanctuary-of-giants/

NAOMI’S NIGHTMARES OF NATURE: KALAHARI SAFARI

17-0279

17-0280

Engaging Youth

Visualization, Educational / Institutional, People & Nature

Bristol, Bristol

Laguna Beach, CA

United Kingdom

United States

1/1/70

2/12/16

12 minutes

43 minutes

Naomi’s Nightmares of Nature is a wildlife series with bite! Like many kids, Naomi Wilkinson is nervous of anything that bites, stings or goes bump in the night. But our intrepid heroine doesn’t let her fears stop her - she and her trusty crew are out to investigate the truth behind the terror! But which will Naomi choose as her worst nightmare? Join her on an adventure of a lifetime to the Kalahari and find out!

Narrated by Academy Award¨ winner Robert Redford, National Parks Adventure is an immersive giant-screen experience that celebrates America’s natural heritage and the ecological wonders that belong to its citizens. Filmed in over 30 national parks, the film illuminates such iconic parks as Yosemite, Yellowstone, and the Everglades as well as lesser-known gems like Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan. Audiences journey through the parks with a trio of adventurers and revisit the historic camping trip where President Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir first envisioned a national park system. Released to coincide with the National Park Service Centennial, National Parks Adventure is a soulful reflection on what wilderness means to us all.

COMPANY: BBC Studios The Natural History Unit, PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

COMPANY: MacGillivray Freeman Films, PRODUCER: Shaun MacGillivray DIRECTOR: Greg MacGillivray EDITOR: Mark Fletcher, Jason E. Paul WRITER: Stephen Judson, Tim Cahill CINEMATOGRAPHER: Brad Ohlund, Ron Goodman SOUND EDITOR: Andrew DeCristofaro SOUND MIXERS: Ken Teaney, Marshall Garlington SOUND RECORDISTS: Matt Amick MUSIC: Steve Wood EFFECTS: Alan Markowitz NARRATOR: Robert Redford

4.41E+11 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk

NATIONAL PARKS ADVENTURE

(949) 494-1055 sbadheka@macfreefilms.com www.nationalparksadventure.com/

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NATURAL BORN CHAOS

NATURAL BORN HUSTLERS NATURE

17-0281

17-0282

Student & Emerging

Limited Series - Long

Freyung,

New York, NY

Germany

United States

9/5/16

1/13/16

12 minutes

106 minutes

The wild Bavarian Forest hides amazing wildlife and natural jewels that you wouldn’t expect to find in the middle of Europe. Amidst German civilization, wild animals can live thanks to a tiny insect with a big potential. For some, this insect is a pest, while for others, it is a blessing. In the national park of the Bavarian Forest nature undergoes constant change due to natural disasters which bring destruction as well as new life to the forest where wild animals can find a home - some making remarkable comebacks in recent years, like the elusive capercaillie and the formerly extinct Ural owl. Even so, Germany’s oldest national park is being threatened from the local resistance to the dead wood and to one of its insect inhabitants: the European spruce bark beetle.

A visit with the planet’s greatest animal hustlers. Meet the shape shifters, mimics, masters of disguise and illusion, cheats and sneaks in the animal world. From double-crossing cuttlefish to shady squirrels, bearded lady lions, and criminal monkeys, this series reveals the modus operandi of remarkable animals going to elaborate lengths to claw their way to the top.

COMPANY: Anneliese Possberg, Anneliese Possberg PRODUCER: Anneliese Possberg DIRECTOR: Anneliese Possberg CINEMATOGRAPHER: Anneliese Possberg MUSIC: Audio Network, Ltd. NARRATOR: Nick O. Williams

COMPANY: A BBC Production with PBS and Thirteen Productions LLC, PRODUCER: Producer: Gavin Boyland Executive Producer: Tim Scoones Series Producer: Holly Spearing Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman Series Producer: Bill Murphy DIRECTOR: Gavin Boyland EDITOR: Rupert Troskie Dave Pearce Tim Coope CINEMATOGRAPHER: Toby Strong Robin Cox SOUND EDITOR: Dubbing Editor: George Fry SOUND MIXERS: Dubbing Mixer: Graham Wild Dubbing Mixer: Paul Donovan Re-Recording Mixer: Ed Campbell SOUND RECORDISTS: Andrew Yarme Parker Brown Philip Myers MUSIC: Will Hyde EFFECTS: Graphics: Kiss My Pixel NARRATOR: Kevin Draine OTHER: Series Editor: Janet Hess

+49 175-991-4188 anna@possberg-media.com www.possberg-media.com

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NATURAL WORLD: MY CONGO NATURAL WORLD

17-0283

17-0284

Original Music Score, People & Nature

Engaging Youth, Hosted or Presenter-led

Bristol, Bristol

Washington, District o

United Kingdom

United States

1/1/70

5/18/16

58 minutes

6 minutes

Wildlife cameraman Vianet Djenguet returns to his beloved Congo to explore the extraordinary wildlife of this remarkable country. Far from being the dark heart of Africa, he reveals a vibrant, wonderful place full of surprising landscapes, incredible people and amazing animals. Vianet takes us from dramatic coasts to pristine rainforest on a wildlife voyage of discovery, meeting inquisitive baby chimpanzees, majestic forest elephants and elusive lowland gorillas. Seen through the eyes of one of its proudest sons, Vianet offer us a unique insight into his homeland.

“Nature Boom Time!” is an educational show about nature and the environment currently airing on Nat Geo WILD. The show follows Charlie, Kirby, and Patrick - three perpetually enthusiastic best friends - as they travel around the United States to learn about trees and what makes nature incredibly awesome. Science and history are explained with paper cutouts and goofy girl Casey back at headquarters!

COMPANY: A BBC Studios and THRITEEN Productions LLC production, PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER: Host: Vianet Djenguet

COMPANY: World By Charlie Productions, PRODUCER: Charlie Engelman, Kirby Engelman, Patrick Rahill DIRECTOR: Charlie Engelman WRITER: Charlie Engelman OTHER: Hosts: Charlie Engelman, Kirby Engelman, Patrick Rahill

4.41E+11 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk

NATURE BOOM TIME: SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/videos/nature-boom-time/

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NATURE WONDER LAND - REAR END DEFENSE: WOMBAT, AUSTRALIA

NATURE: MY CONGO NATURE

17-0285

17-0286

Animal Behavior

Hosted or Presenter-led

Tokyo,

New York, NY

Japan

United States

10/18/15

10/19/16

24 minutes

53 minutes

Wombats are unusual animals that live in Australia. They look like fluffy toys, but they have fearfully strong rear ends. When a wombat is threatened in its burrow, it can use its rump to crush its adversary’s skull. How does a wombat deploy this secret weapon? NHK thoroughly investigated the wombats’ world, even sending a snake-like robot camera into a burrow to study their life underground and witness a wombat’s rear-end defense.

Vianet Djenguet has lived half of his life in Europe, yet his heart still lies in his homeland, the Congo. As a successful wildlife cameraman, Vianet is returning to his roots to reveal the beauty and majesty of his country and the people within it. His journey will be one of self-discovery as he travels up the Congo River toward his ancestral home, meeting an abundance of weird and wonderful characters along the way, both animal and human. Finally, Vianet is able to give his beloved homeland the glorious spotlight it deserves and discovers an even deeper connection with this place than he could have ever imagined. “You haven’t really travelled until you experience a place like the Congo,” says Vianet.

COMPANY: NHK in association with NHK Enterprises, PRODUCER: Yasuhiro Adachi, Koichi Okumura DIRECTOR: Kazunori Watanabe EDITOR: Nobuyuki Miike CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ken Tsukakoshi SOUND RECORDISTS: Yuki Komatsu MUSIC: Hidekazu Uchiike

COMPANY: , Thirteen Productions LLC, BBC, WNET PRODUCER: Doug Mackay-Hope Series Producer: Roger Webb Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman Series Producer: Bill Murphy DIRECTOR: Dan Huertas, Doug Mackay-Hope EDITOR: Andy Netley Steve Barnes CINEMATOGRAPHER: Vianet D’Jenguet Graham MacFarlane SOUND EDITOR: Dubbing Editor: Harry Hills SOUND MIXERS: Dubbing Mixer: Matt Coster Re-Recording Mixer: Ed Campbell SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Lenny Williams Chris Biondo Mac Squier Vianet D’Jenguet EFFECTS: Graphics: Stephen Moverlery Colorist: Tim Bolt Online Editor: James Beynonv NARRATOR: Vianet D’Jenguet OTHER: Series Editor: Janet Hess

+81 354-554-339 m01614-festivals@li.nhk.or.jp

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NATURE’S MINIATURE MIRACLES NATURAL WORLD

17-0287

17-0288

Writing

Original Music Score

Bristol, Bristol

United Kingdom

1/1/17

1/1/16

59 minutes

60 minutes

It really is a big bad world out there. So what happens if you’re the little guy? This film tells the epic survival stories of the world’s smallest animals. To make a living, these tiny heroes have evolved extraordinary skills and achieved mind boggling feats. From the animal kingdom’s greatest artist to the tiny creatures that provide us with so much of the air we breathe, we discover what it takes to be a miniature miracle.

The animal kingdom possesses a fearsome arsenal: a variety of extreme weapons used in epic battles to gore, stab, crush and batter. But are they more than just instruments of deadly force? For Professor Doug Emlen, it has been his lifetime’s ambition to discover the secrets of nature’s arms races. He wants to find out what triggers them and what they can teach us about the most formidable weapons on Earth, our own.

COMPANY: BBC Studios, THRITEEN Productions LLC, PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

COMPANY: BBC Studios, NOVA, PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

4.41E+11 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk

NATURE’S WILDEST WEAPONS

4.41E+11 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk

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NATURE'S GREATEST TALENTS

NATURE'S GREATEST TALENTS: EP1 - SMART & SMARTER

17-0289

17-0290

Limited Series - Long

Editing, Writing

Vienna,

Austria

9/28/16

9/21/16

100 minutes

50 minutes

Clever, camouflaged or seductive - animals and plants are among nature’s greatest talents. This three-part natural history series portrays behavior, tricks and looks which have inspired some of our greatest inventions. Presenting wildlife from all over the world from a new perspective: ‘Nature’s Greatest Talents’ combines ‘The Art of Seduction’, nature’s ‘Masters of Disguise’ and tops it off with the ultimate question: Who is ‘Smart & Smarter’?

The animal kingdom is filled with creative solutions for staying safe, building homes or catching prey. And it’s not only the great big mammals that excel. Birds are also considered to be massively intelligent and insects can perform real miracles. Great Dusky Swifts take cover behind the water curtains of the Iguaçu Falls. Safe from harm, they cling to the bare rocks and dwell in their nests with an incomparable view. A smart security system is crucial to many animals. Army ants and their next of kin have taken self-security to the limit. They construct invincible walls using their own bodies as building materials. Smart minds think alike, or at least they are taught to do so. From their elders, Capuchin monkeys learn how to crack rock-hard palm nuts to extract their nutrition-rich core. Tool use is a feature of the very smart ones. Some even have personal tools that they carry around for their whole lives! Planet Earth is filled to bursting with animals capable of masterful deeds deserving of our awe and envy. Each and every one of them fits the title: Smart & Smarter!

COMPANY: Terra Mater Factual Studios, PRODUCER: Susanne Lummer EDITOR: Christian Stoppacher WRITER: Susanne Lummer CINEMATOGRAPHER: Episode 1 Photography: Christian Baumeister, Martyn Colbeck, Luc Farrell, Kevin Flay, Pete Hayns, Graham Horder, Justin Maguire, Harald MittermŸller, Mark Payne-Gill, Mike Potts, Michael Riegler, Alexander Sommer, Paul D. Stewart; Episode 2 Photography: Christian Baumeister, Rod Clarke, Luis de Maia, Rudolf Diesel, Christian Dimitrius, Martin Dohrn, Kevin Flay, Roland Gockel, Jan Haft, Jack Hynes, Michael Male, Udo Maurer, Ian McCarthy, Mark Payne-Gill, Otmar Penker, Mike Potts, Michael Riegler, Erik Sick, Boas Schwarz, Alexander Sommer, Nicolas J. Vereecken, Lawrence Wahba, John Waters, Kay Ziesenhenne SOUND EDITOR: Stefan K. Fiedler SOUND MIXERS: Stefan K. Fiedler MUSIC: Andreas Fabianek NARRATOR: Chris Morgan OTHER: Executive Producer: Sabine Holzer

COMPANY: Terra Mater Factual Studios, PRODUCER: Susanne Lummer EDITOR: Christian Stoppacher WRITER: Susanne Lummer CINEMATOGRAPHER: Photography: Christian Baumeister, Martyn Colbeck, Luc Farrell, Kevin Flay, Pete Hayns, Graham Horder, Justin Maguire, Harald MittermŸller, Mark Payne-Gill, Mike Potts, Michael Riegler, Alexander Sommer, Paul D. Stewart SOUND EDITOR: Stefan K. Fiedler SOUND MIXERS: Stefan K. Fiedler SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Andreas Fabianek NARRATOR: Chris Morgan OTHER: Executive Producer: Sabine Holzer

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at

NATURE'SGREATESTTALENTS:EP2-THEARTOFSEDUCTION

17-0291

17-0292

Editing, Writing

Ecosystem

Vienna,

Winscombe, Somerset

Austria

United Kingdom

9/28/16

2/4/16

50 minutes

59 minutes

A seducing look, an irresistible move, a sexy signal; in the animal world every species has their own flirtatious code to find the right mate. Success is only guaranteed if the seducer has done his homework and knows how to apply ‘The Art of Seduction.’ To avoid the dilemma of being left unheard the male torrent frog waves his hind legs in the air, a sure way to get the attention of the lady frogs. Male fiddler crabs have taken things one step further. They move their one enlarged claw, either alone or in sync with other males to impress the opposite sex. Males work hard to attract mates. And some females can be extremely demanding. The blue manikin won’t even consider choosing a partner who does not take part in a group performance of males to impress the feathers off her! But seduction is not all about light, sound, perfume or dance. Some must fight for their right to mate, like the giraffe and the red deer. What may seem like a game at first can turn into serious business in the blink of an eye. Seducers are well-advised to double-check, as appearances can be deceitful. Recklessness can have fatal consequences when what was supposed to be a romantic date turns into murder and mayhem. But what’s life without a little danger? COMPANY: Terra Mater Factual Studios, PRODUCER: Susanne Lummer EDITOR: Christian Stoppacher WRITER: Susanne Lummer CINEMATOGRAPHER: Photography: Christian Baumeister, Rod Clarke, Luis de Maia, Rudolf Diesel, Christian Dimitrius, Martin Dohrn, Kevin Flay, Roland Gockel, Jan Haft, Jack Hynes, Michael Male, Udo Maurer, Ian McCarthy, Mark Payne-Gill, Otmar Penker, Mike Potts, Michael Riegler, Erik Sick, Boas Schwarz, Alexander Sommer, Nicolas J. Vereecken, Lawrence Wahba, John Waters, Kay Ziesenhenne SOUND EDITOR: Stefan K. Fiedler SOUND MIXERS: Stefan K. Fiedler SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Andreas Fabianek NARRATOR: Chris Morgan OTHER: Executive Producer: Sabine Holzer +43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at

NEW ENGLAND EARTH’S GREATEST SPECTACLES

Beginning with a dormant twig in winter, this film beautifully develops to reveal the secrets behind New England’s spectacular fall. While an army of ants nurtures the soil, moose and sapsuckers battle with the trees for food, before chipmunks cache their seeds in preparation for winter. The landscape wouldn’t be so beautiful, nor the fall so colorful, without the tireless work of beavers and humans alike. But the characters that steal this show are the myriad ranks of caterpillars that exploit each season in different disguises. And behind it all, Nature’s vast sugar factories, the maples and oaks.

COMPANY: BBC, PRODUCER: Producer: Paul Williams, Paul Bradshaw Series Producer: Paul Bradshaw Executive Producer: Jo Shinner DIRECTOR: Paul Williams EDITOR: Andrew Mort WRITER: Paul Williams CINEMATOGRAPHER: Michael Male, Christian Munoz-Donoso, Christopher Georgia, Peter Abdu, Tim Shepherd, Moris Munoz Salas, David Wright. SOUND EDITOR: Harry Hills, Ben Wood SOUND MIXERS: Matt Coster SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: David Mitcham NARRATOR: Domhnall Gleeson OTHER: Colourist: Tim Bolt Graphic Design: Burrell Durrant Hifle Commissioning Editor: Lucinda Axelsson

+44 193-484-4954 paul@paulbradshawtv.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0702s77

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NEW SUNRISE ON EARTH

NEW ZEALAND - INTO THE ICE

17-0293

17-0294

Engaging Youth

360¡ Storytelling

S‹o Paulo, S‹o Paulo

Berlin,

Brasil

Germany

4/6/17

12/19/16

84 minutes

6 minutes

How does life awaken on Earth? The Sun and The Water, “father” and “mother” of life in our planet, invite you to follow an incredible journey of dawns in some of the most diverse corners of our planet. As Planet Earth spins around its axis, a new morning arrives and the sunrise reveals breathtaking landscapes, exotic animals and fearsome battles for life. That is what our story is about: the struggle for survival, from the inhospitable Desert in Baja California to the ruthless cycle of water in the Pantanal Wetlands, passing through Canadian Temperate Forests to Tropical Oceans and the African Savanna.

Climate change threatens New Zealand’s breathtaking nature. Here at the other end of the world glaciers meet marvelous beaches. But for how long? A team of scientists takes you on an immersive journey.

COMPANY: Canal Azul, 20th Century Fox PRODUCER: Ricardo Aidar DIRECTOR: Lawrence Wahba EDITOR: Tatiana Lohmann WRITER: Rubens Rewald, Rodolfo Moreno, Lawrence Wahba CINEMATOGRAPHER: Fre?de?ric Febvre, Lawrence Wahba Tatiana Lohmann, Nicolas Cailleret, Sylvain Garrasus, Humberto Bassanelli, Samuel Toutain, Mathieu Lelay, Yannick Cherel, Haroldo Palo Jr, Cristian Dimitrius Evandro, Marcel Fontana, Juan Maria Raggio SOUND EDITOR: Fabio Cardia SOUND MIXERS: Fabio Cardia SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Fabio Cardia DESIGNER: Audiovisualismo NARRATOR: Leticia Sabatella, Ailton Graça OTHER:

COMPANY: ATARA FILM GmbH, PRODUCER: Nicole Schink, Alexander Hasskerl DIRECTOR: Robert Morgenstern EDITOR: Simon Hohne SOUND MIXERS: Maximilian Buske SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Oliver Heuss, Boris Nielsen NARRATOR: Johannes Harth

+55 113-081-4017 renata@canalazul.net www.canalazulfilmes.com.br

+00 491-768-3082432 nicole@atara-film.com www.future.arte.tv/de/360deg-neuseelands-gletscher

NEW ZEALAND:EARTH'S MYTHICAL ISLANDS,CAST ADRIFT

17-0295

NEW ZEALAND: EARTH'S MYTHICAL ISLANDS, NEW ARRIVALS

17-0296

Ecosystem

Hamburg,

Germany

4/28/16

60 minutes

The first program features New Zealand’s most ancient and weirdest of species, and brings to life the story of how their spectacular home was formed as well as how its extreme isolation both protected and transformed them. Dinosaurlike reptiles still prowl here, insects have become giants, birds lose the power of flight, and the people who settled here developed their own unique culture. New Zealand, though beautiful and full of opportunity, is a dangerous and demanding place to live, rocked by earthquakes, volcanic activity and a wild and sometimes savage climate. So what are the challenges that life must overcome here?

This episode is seen through the eyes of the most charismatic and strangest creature alive in New Zealand today; a bizarre slow moving, flightless and nocturnal parrot called the Kakapo. We reveal the surprising, moving, and heart-warming story of the creation and formation of the country we see today. 80 million years of isolation ended when Polynesian explorers discovered New Zealand less than 800 years ago before Europeans reached it in the 17th Century. The human settlers brought a host of new animals and plants with them, including New Zealand’s famous sheep. This episode follows the changing fortunes of the landscape and the wildlife during this period.

COMPANY: Doclights GmbH, NDR Naturfilm, BBC Natural History Production, NDR, ARTE, Terra Mater, National Geographic PRODUCER: Mark Flowers, Britta Kiesewetter DIRECTOR: Mark Flowers, Robert Morgenstern EDITOR: Mark Fox WRITER: Richard Burke-Ward, Hazel Marshall CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mark MacEwen, Robert Morgenstern, Josh Wallace, Roger Munns, Justin Maguire, Hamish Trott, Christina Karliczek-Skoglund, Tom Walker, Pim Niesten, Moritz Katz SOUND MIXERS: Ben Peace SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Oliver Heuss NARRATOR: Sam Neill OTHER: Executive Producers: James Honeyborne,J_rn R_ver, Commissioning Editors: Lucinda Axelsson, Ralf Quibeldey, Kathrin Bronnert, Andrea Gastgeb

COMPANY: Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm, BBC Natural History Production, NDR, ARTE, TERRA MATER, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PRODUCER: Mark Flowers, Britta Kiesewetter DIRECTOR: Nick Easton, Mark Flowers, Robert Morgenstern EDITOR: Nick Carline WRITER: Richard Burke-Ward, Hazel Marshall CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tom Walker, Mark MacEwen, Robert Morgenstern, James Reardon SOUND MIXERS: Ben Peace SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Oliver Heuss: NARRATOR: Sam Neill OTHER: Executive Producer: James Honeyborne, Executive Producer: J_rn R_ver, Commissioning Editor: Lucinda Axelsson, Commissioning Editor: Ralf Quibeldey, Commissioning Editor: Kathrin Bronnert, Commissioning Editor: Andrea Gastgeb

+49 406-688-5140 naturfilm@doclights.de

Ecosystem, Conservation, People & Nature

+49 406-688-5140 naturfilm@doclights.de

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NEW ZEALAND: EARTH'S MYTHICAL ISLANDS, WILD EXTREMES

NIASSA

17-0297

17-0298

Ecosystem

Conservation

Hamburg, Hamburg

Cape Town,

Germany

South Africa

4/28/16

4/5/17

60 minutes

7 minutes

The second episode transports us into the wildest, most spectacular and demanding regions of New Zealand and showcases its magnificent mountains and Fiords. The challenge for life here is their home lies in the latitudes of the roaring forties, and much of the country feels the influence of Antarctica. Creatures have had to come up with radical solutions to survive, from deathdefying frozen insects, parrots who play in snow, daredevil ducklings who must feed in white water rapids, to sinister sneaky snails, and glacier scientists who can look into the future. This is the story of New Zealand’s natural extremes and its resilient wild pioneers.

Niassa is unlike any place on earth, an endangered reserve almost untouched by man’s encroachment, until now... This film follows the team fighting to end the poaching of elephants, and to educate and empower the local communities to live in harmony with the wildlife that borders their community. This film hopes to inspire change as well as educate it’s audience on the complex conservation challenges facing people working on the ground in Africa.

COMPANY: Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm, BBC Natural History Production, NDR, ARTE, TERRA MATER, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PRODUCER: Mark Flowers, Britta Kiesewetter DIRECTOR: Robert Morgenstern EDITOR: Angela Maddick WRITER: Hazel Marshall CINEMATOGRAPHER: Robert Morgenstern, Christina Karliczek-Skoglund, Alexander Hasskerl, Pim Niesten, James Reardon, Moritz Katz, Kilian Helmbrecht, Kai Miedendorp, Marc MacEwen SOUND MIXERS: Ben Peace SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Oliver Heuss NARRATOR: Sam Neill OTHER: Executive Producer: James Honeyborne, Executive Producer: J_rn R_ver, Commissioning Editor: Lucinda Axelsson, Commissioning Editor: Ralf Quibeldey, Commissioning Editor: Kathrin Bronnert, Commissioning Editor: Andrea Gastgeb

COMPANY: Black Bean Productions, PRODUCER: Sam Suter DIRECTOR: James Suter EDITOR: Lorien Byrne CINEMATOGRAPHER: Oli Caldow OTHER: Camera Assistant: Benjamin Malherbe, Online Editor: Leon Visser

+49 406-688-5140 naturfilm@doclights.de

+27 081-700-4974 andrew@blackbeanproductions.com www.blackbeanproductions.com

NO FRIENDS BUT THE MOUNTAINS

17-0299

17-0300

Student & Emerging

Short

Yorba Linda, CA

Brooklyn, NY

United States

8/18/16

3/1/17

33 minutes

12 minutes

No friends but the Mountains follows the journey of a Kurdish conservationist fighting to preserve the war torn environment of Iraq, in hopes to preserve the homeland of her childhood memories. Hana Raza, a Kurdish conservationist based in Northern Iraq, struggles to preserve the pristine nature of her homeland from the destructive effects of war and unregulated economic development. Her parents’ generation took up arms to fight the oppressive regime of Saddam Hussein in order that the Kurdish people could live in peace and freedom. But now that the Kurds have gained a modicum of independence, the very land that they had fought so hard to gain is in grave danger of selfexploitation and mismanagement.

High in Lake Titicaca in the Andes Mountains, a large and homely frog once thrived. But over-collecting for human consumption and pollution have devastated the Titicaca water frog -- which has a hard enough life as is, given its resemblance to a certain human sexual organ. In 2016, 10,000 frogs died all at once, and it wasn’t the first mass die-off this critically endangered species has experienced. This short film shines a new light on these under appreciated animals, showing their crucial role in the aquatic ecosystem and what’s at stake -- unless humans intervene.

DIRECTOR: Joosung Kwon EDITOR: Joosung Kwon, Bonnie Rae Brickman CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joosung Kwon, Benjamin Paul SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: Joosung Kwon MUSIC: Turku

PRODUCER: Jeff Reichert, Farihah Zaman DIRECTOR: Jeff Reichert, Farihah Zaman EDITOR: Ben Garchar CINEMATOGRAPHER: Spencer Worthley MUSIC: Michael Garofalo NARRATOR: Tania Aparecio

(714) 692-2014 JoosungKwon@gmail.com www.vimeo.com/187361230/0478a4a4c5

NOBODY LOVES ME

(917) 414-4043 jeffreichert9@gmail.com

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NUCLEAR SHARKS

OCEAN TRACKS

17-0301

17-0302

Ecosystem, Animal Behavior, Visualization

Interactive

Los Angeles, CA

Waltham, MA

United States

2/1/16

8/19/16

42 minutes

0 minutes

During the Cold War, little Bikini Atoll in the remote Marshall Islands was used as a nuclear testing ground. Everything was destroyed - but today, marine life abounds in and around the coral reefs of the once pristine atoll. Philippe and Ashlan Cousteau, biologist Luke Tipple, and a crew of explorers voyage into the southwest Pacific to witness Bikini for themselves, and try to discover where all the sharks have come from. They get their answer- but in the process, uncover a vast illegal fishing operation inside one of the largest shark sanctuaries in the world.

Ocean Tracks is a student-friendly interface designed for high school and undergraduate students that uses authentic scientific data from the Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP) Program, NOAA’s Global Drifter Program, and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at UC Santa Barbara. Students use the Ocean Tracks interface and accompanying curriculum modules to explore the migration patterns of large marine species-- making connections between animal movement patterns and characteristics of the ocean environment. In 2014, EDC’s Oceans of Data Institute received funding to test Ocean Tracks in community colleges and universities around the U.S. The Ocean Tracks interface and learning materials are freely available, and are in use in all 50 states as well as at least 85 countries worldwide.

COMPANY: Produced by Array Films for Discovery Channel, PRODUCER: Heather O’Neill, Patric Douglas, Philipe and Ashlan Cousteau, Lisa Bosak Lucas, Paul Gasek, John Hoffman DIRECTOR: Heather O’Neill EDITOR: Neil Broffman, Luke Fannin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Rich Brooks, Johnny Friday, Jeff Hutchens SOUND RECORDISTS: Cadell Cook, Steve Lack, Charles Sovek MUSIC: Patrick Kirst

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

(818) 903-3375 tiffany@awardsinsider.com

(617) 618-2767 lnordstrom@edc.org www.oceantracks.org

OCEAN VOICES

OCEAN WARRIORS OCEAN WARRIORS

17-0303

17-0304

Educational / Institutional

Limited Series - Long

Mexico City, Mexico Cit

New York, NY

Mexico

USA

8/1/16

12/4/16

90 minutes

86 minutes

“Ocean Voices” is a series of short documentaries that give life to the stories of 14 enigmatic regions of the Mexican seas; stories where science and tradition come together in the desire to preserve marine resources. These inspiring stories told by researchers and people from different communities, demonstrate that it is possible to live from the sea while protecting ecosystems.

From Executive Producers Robert Redford and Paul Allen, Animal Planet presents OCEAN WARRIORS, a gripping new series that propels viewers to the edge of a vast frontier and a battle critical to Earth’s survival. Impossible to control or police, the oceans that cover 71% of the planet’s surface and border 146 countries are home to a new breed of outlaw mercenaries who threaten not only our fisheries but the entire global marine ecosystem. A six-part series, OCEAN WARRIORS features unlikely heroes with a passion for justice as they track down these criminals in high-adrenaline missions.

COMPANY: Mares Mexicanos, Deep Earth Media, The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Carlos Slim Foundation, the Gulf of California Marine Program, The Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation. PRODUCER: Tania Escobar, Octavio Aburto DIRECTOR: Tania Escobar EDITOR: Ulises Fierro WRITER: Daniel Tavares, Gralia Acevedo, Alina Montero CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tania Escobar, Alfredo Barroso, Thor Morales. SOUND MIXERS: Raynier Hinojosa SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Alondra Fierro NARRATOR: Mar’a Sandoval

COMPANY: Ocean Warriors is a co-production between Animal Planet, Sundance Productions, Brick City TV and Vulcan Productions, PRODUCER: Robert Redford, Paul G. Allen, Mark Benjamin, Marc Levin, Laura Michalchyshyn, Pagan Danielle Harleman, David Casey, Jerry Decker, Peter Schmhul, Christopher Bryson, Yoav Attias, Nicholas Burnett, Katie Carpenter, Adam Schleifer, Carole Tomko, Jody Gottlieb, Rocky Collins, Patrick Keegan, Liz Bronstein DIRECTOR: Mark Benjamin, Marc Levin EDITOR: Peter Schmuhl, Anne Barliant, Daniel Coda CINEMATOGRAPHER: Yan Frame, Richard Gregory, Scott Stoneback, Clancy Walker, Carolina Castro, Thomas Backer, Peter Cheiklowski, Ben Logan, Sam Sielen SOUND MIXERS: Evan Benjamin SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Gregg Lehrman

+52 777-317-2990 tania.escobar.ori@gmail.com www.maresmexicanos.com

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OCEAN WARRIORS: ENFORCEMENT OCEAN WARRIORS

OCULUS CAT FLIGHT

17-0305

17-0306

Conservation, Impact, Audioscape, Visualization, Editing

Interactive

New York, NY

Bristol,

United States

United Kingdom

12/4/16

1/5/17

43 minutes

6 minutes

From Executive Producers Robert Redford and Paul Allen, Animal Planet presents Ocean Warriors, a gripping new series that propels viewers to the edge of a vast frontier and a battle critical to Earth’s survival. Impossible to control or police, the oceans that cover 71% of the planet’s surface and border 146 countries are home to a new breed of outlaw mercenaries who threaten not only our fisheries but the entire global marine ecosystem. A six-part series, Ocean Warriors features unlikely heroes with a passion for justice as they track down these criminals in high-adrenaline missions.

Created for Oculus Rift, Cat Flight is the story of a mother caracal and her kitten trying to find food in a desolate African desert. The mother’s hunting technique involves a monstrous leap that takes her well above human head height, then she tries to grab a bird in mid-flight. In a way that has never been attempted before, this VR experience mixes both real-life super slow motion footage and beautiful CGI animation to give an interactive and immersive insight into the life and adaptations of the caracal.

COMPANY: Animal Planet, Sundance Productions, Brick City TV, Vulcan Productions, PRODUCER: Robert Redford, Paul G. Allen, Mark Benjamin, Marc Levin, Laura Michalchyshyn, Pagan Danielle Harleman, David Casey, Jerry Decker, Peter Schmhul, Christopher Bryson, Yoav Attias, Nicholas Burnett, Katie Carpenter, Adam Schleifer, Carole Tomko, Jody Gottlieb, Rocky Collins, Patrick Keegan, Liz Bronstein DIRECTOR: Mark Benjamin, Marc Levin EDITOR: Peter Schmuhl, Anne Barliant, Daniel Coda CINEMATOGRAPHER: Yan Frame, Richard Gregory, Scott Stoneback, Clancy Walker, Carolina Castro, Thomas Backer, Peter Cheiklowski, Ben Logan, Sam Sielen SOUND MIXERS: Evan Benjamin SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Gregg Lehrman

COMPANY: BBC Earth Productions, DIRECTOR: Mitch Turnbull EDITOR: Dan Bowen, Mark Robertson CINEMATOGRAPHER: Richard Stegmann, Falk Eggert SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: Chris Domaille, George Fry NARRATOR: Adanna Oji OTHER: Assistant Producer, Nicola Brown Graphics, BDH Colourist, Tony Osborne Production Manager, Lesley Quinn Head of Production, Laura Aviles Executive Producer, Charlotte Jones

(818) 903-3375 tiffany@awardsinsider.com

+00 447-958-398904 Annmarie.mcloughlin@bbc.com

OCULUS OOGIE

OIL RIG ECOSYSTEM

17-0307

17-0308

Interactive

360¡ Storytelling

Bristol,

Bethesda, MD

United Kingdom

United States

1/5/17

9/16/16

6 minutes

3 minutes

Created for Oculus Rift, Oogie is a CGI game based on the life of an oogpister beetle. Taking control of Oogie, the player sets out across the South African desert in search of a mate. Oogie must kick away fierce ants, or eat them and use the acid to spray at predators later in the game. Across three levels, the player can also collect tokens to unlock BBC archive content that depicts how the oogpister beetle behaves in the wild. As Oogie looks for his ladylove, a documentary-style voiceover narrates his adventures as well as pointing out upcoming hazards.

Dive through an artificial ecosystem that’s developed below an aging oil platform and explore this forest of pipes that has become home to countless marine creatures.

COMPANY: BBC Earth Productions, DIRECTOR: Mitch Turnbull SOUND MIXERS: Chris Domaille, George Fry OTHER: Assistant Producer: Nicola Brown Production Manager: Lesley Quinn Head of Production: Laura Aviles Executive Producer: Charlotte Jones Game Developer: Play Nicely

COMPANY: Black Dot Films VR, National Geographic Partners PRODUCER: Erik Rochner, Max Salomon Executive Producer: Malvina Martin, Max Salomon, Matt Zymet DIRECTOR: Malvina Martin EDITOR: Max Salomon CINEMATOGRAPHER: Adam Ravetch

+01 179-747-872 Annmarie.mcloughlin@bbc.com

(202) 257-8390 malvina@blackdotfilms.com

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ONE HUNDRED DAYS OF SOLITUDE

OPERATION TENBOMA: GETTING LEFT OF KILL

17-0309

17-0310

People & Nature

Short

Pozuelo, Madrid

Yarmouth Port, MA

Spain

United States

4/8/16

6/1/16

93 minutes

8 minutes

Emulating writers and adventures such as Henry David Thoreau, Dick Proenneke or Sylvain Tesson, Jos_ D’az, a photographer and naturalist, embarks on a unique adventure: to live for a hundred days in a cabin in the Mountains of Redes Natural Park (Asturias) in complete self-sufficiency and solitude, without communication with the outside world. Jos_ will show us with rigor and truthfulness how it is still possible in our frantic world, to live in harmony with nature, questioning the so-called “progress” and pleading for a return to our roots, to the essential. He will have to fight to survive and also to keep his mental faculties intact, without being carried away by loneliness and isolation.

IFAW is partnering with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) on a groundbreaking anti-poaching strategy called Operation tenBoma, whose aim is to stop poachers before they kill elephants.

COMPANY: Wanda Films, PRODUCER: Jose Mar’a Morales DIRECTOR: Jose D’az EDITOR: Juan Barrero WRITER: Jose D’az CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jose D’az SOUND EDITOR: Carlos de Hita SOUND MIXERS: Ruben Carregal SOUND RECORDISTS: Carlos de Hita MUSIC: Pablo D’az NARRATOR: Jose D’az

COMPANY: International Fund for Animal Welfare, PRODUCER: Richard Moos DIRECTOR: Richard Moos EDITOR: Richard Moos WRITER: Richard Moos CINEMATOGRAPHER: Richard Moos SOUND EDITOR: Richard Moos SOUND MIXERS: Richard Moos SOUND RECORDISTS: Richard Moos EFFECTS: Richard Moos DESIGNER: Richard Moos NARRATOR: Faye Cuevas

+34 913-528-376 jmmorales@wanda.es www.wanda.es

(508) 744-2196 mlandis@ifaw.org www.ifaw.org/tenboma

OPERATION WHALE BRITAIN’S SHARKS

17-0311

17-0312

Hosted or Presenter-led

Engaging Youth

Chichester, West Susse

Bristol,

United Kingdom

3/7/16

4/22/16

46 minutes

20 minutes

In part 2 of ‘Operation Whale’, Ben Fogle and Ellie Harrison go in search of Britain’s sharks. Teaming up with scientists, they return the body of a humpback whale to the ocean to investigate how the death of one of these giants triggers a mass feeding event. Diving with 3 meter blue sharks, they witness the greatest gathering of sharks ever seen in UK waters. The series gives an enchanting look at 8 species of sharks, 6 whales and 5 more exotic creatures like swordfish and leatherback turtles visiting the UK’s shores. The project took 2 years to make.

Max, an African penguin, always thinks about food, but fishing fleets have depleted local fish stocks, so Max embarks on an adventure to find more. He swims into the unknown, avoids dangerous seals and escapes a storm before washing up in a strange land - a town. Max dodges traffic, scales stairs and even waddles across the beach. His antics lead him to the biggest shoal he’s ever seen. This UHD film was specially shot for the widest indoor screen in the world, complete with 4D effects; scent, wind and fog as well as two rear screens behind the audience.

COMPANY: Big Wave Productions Ltd, PRODUCER: Mark Woodward DIRECTOR: Mike Cunliffe EDITOR: Mike Cunliffe, Mark Woodward WRITER: Sarah Cunliffe, Mike Cunliffe, Mark Woodward CINEMATOGRAPHER: James Blake, Gavin Newman, Mike Pitts, Paul Williams SOUND EDITOR: Owen Peters SOUND MIXERS: Andrew Wilson SOUND RECORDISTS: EFFECTS: Nicholas Allan NARRATOR: Ben Fogle, Ellie Harrison OTHER: Presented By: Ellie Harrison, Ben Fogle, Executive Producer: Sarah Cunliffe, a Big Wave Production for ITV & Animal Planet

COMPANY: BBC Earth Productions, PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: Simon Baxter EDITOR: Mark Robertson CINEMATOGRAPHER: Robin Cox SOUND MIXERS: George Fry, Chris Domaille SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Timo Baker EFFECTS: Chris Gunningham OTHER: Focus Puller: Steve Cassidy Assistant Producer: Jo Haley Media Manager: Matt Harris Workflow Supervisor: Will Foxall Production Coordinator: Amy Ferrier PostProduction Manager: Miles Hall Series Producer: Ben Roy Head of Production: Laura Aviles Executive Producer: Charlotte Jones

+44 012-435-32531 sarahcunliffe@bigwavetv.com www.bigwavetv.com/productions/britains-sharks/

ORBI MAX THE HUNGRY PENGUIN

(795) 839-8904 Annmarie.mcloughlin@bbc.com

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ORBI THE MAGIC HUMMINGBIRD

OSLO’S WILD HEART

17-0313

17-0314

Visualization, Editing, Audioscape, Writing

People & Nature

Bristol,

Bergen,

United Kingdom

Norway

9/26/17

6/1/17

20 minutes

59 minutes

Hector the hummingbird longs to taste the sweet nectar from the precious bellflower, but is terrorized by a deadly bee army that guards it. So Hector sets off into the enchanted forest searching for help to reach his heart’s desire. On his adventures, he learns from exotic animals that everyone has a bit of magic inside of them- you just need to find it. This UHD film is built from hundreds of HD assets to fill the widest indoor screen in the world, complete with 4D effects; scent, wind, fog as well as two rear screens behind the audience.

Oslo’s Wild Heart is a spectacular and beautiful portrait of the wild animals of Oslo, a poetic cinematic experience questioning our idea of wilderness and how nature’s locals use the city in their own way. With the urban jungle of Norway’s capital city as a backdrop, the director guides us into a secret world where we experience dramatic, humorous and heart-warming moments together with our wild friends - a unique journey into the beating heart of Oslo.

COMPANY: BBC Earth Productions, PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: Laura Coates EDITOR: Mark Robertson CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: George Fry, Chris Domaille MUSIC: Timo Baker EFFECTS: Chris Gunningham DESIGNER: Annmarie McLoughlin NARRATOR: OTHER: Media Manager: Matt Harris Workflow Supervisor: Will Foxall Production Coordinator: Siobhan Profaska Post-Production Manager: Miles Hall Production Manager: Jo Boyle Series Producer: Ben Roy Head of Production: Laura Aviles Executive Producer: Charlotte Jones

COMPANY: Earthmedia Film, NRK PRODUCER: Elisabeth Kleppe DIRECTOR: James Ewen EDITOR: Jon Endre M¿rk WRITER: James Ewen CINEMATOGRAPHER: James Ewen SOUND EDITOR: Svenn Jacobsen SOUND MIXERS: Simon Ellegaard SOUND RECORDISTS: James Ewen MUSIC: Ginge DESIGNER: Mats Andersen NARRATOR: James Ewen

+07 958-398-904 Annmarie.mcloughlin@bbc.com

(479) 224-6985 elisabeth@aldeles.no www.facebook.com/unaturligeoslo/?fref=ts

OSTRICH - A LIFE ON THE RUN

OUR LAST REFUGE

17-0315

17-0316

Animal Behavior, Ecosystem, Visualization

Impact

Vienna,

Gallatin Gateway, MT

Austria

United States

2/17/16

1/10/17

50 minutes

25 minutes

The ostriches of Namibia face an annual challenge: choosing the exact right moment to breed. The birds must ensure their clutches hatch around the time of the rains. If the timing is wrong, food will be scarce and the chicks will die. If it’s right, then a new generation gets the chance of a life on the run.

Our Last Refuge tells the story of the Badger-Two Medicine, the sacred homeland of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana, and the decades-long struggle to protect it from oil and gas exploration. The film features voices from all sides of the struggle - Blackfeet elders, local conservationists, and even the law firm pushing for oil exploration. All together, they chronicle the epic saga of this unique landscape, stretching back millennia, and the current legal challenge, the outcome of which could determine the fate of sensitive and sacred lands nationwide. One of the highest profile conservation struggles in recent history, Our Last Refuge is the first in-depth telling of this critical story at a moment in time when the stakes are at their highest.

COMPANY: A Terra Mater Factual Studios production in co-production with National Geographic Channel produced by Mike Birkhead Associates, National Geographic Channel Mike Birkhead Associates PRODUCER: Mike Birkhead DIRECTOR: Mike Birkhead Martyn Colbeck EDITOR: Nigel Buck WRITER: Beth Jones CINEMATOGRAPHER: Martyn Colbeck MUSIC: James Barrett NARRATOR: Russell Boulter OTHER: Executive Producers: Ashley Hoppin for Nat.Geo Wild, Ivo Filatsch for TMFS, Sabine Holzer for TMFS

COMPANY: Kings Road Media, PRODUCER: Casey Perkins, Jennifer Ferenstein, Michael Jamison DIRECTOR: Daniel Glick EDITOR: Daniel Glick CINEMATOGRAPHER: Zane Clampett MUSIC: Roger Suen

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at/productions/ostrich-a-life-on-the-run/

(862) 215-9900 dg@kingsroadmedia.com www.ourlastrefuge.com

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OUTDOOR FAMILY FUN WITH PLUM

PANGOLIN

17-0317

17-0318

Interactive

Short

Boston, Massachuse

Washington, DC

United States

4/26/17

4/1/16

0 minutes

13 minutes

Outdoor Family Fun with Plum is a new app that helps families explore nature in their neighborhoods. It’s part of Plum Landing, a PBS KIDS environmental science project that helps 6 to 9-year-olds develop a love of planet Earth. The heart of the project is Plum, a cute purple alien who longs to experience nature. In this app, she sends families on missions to find, count, photograph, and talk about awesome things in nature-- like bugs, plants, shadows, and clouds. The app can be used anywhere, even in cities, proving that nature is all around-- you just have to look!

Pangolin is an intimate glimpse into the journey of a single pangolin; from the moment it is taken from the wild to its final destination in China. Filmed on location across three countries with the help of reformed poachers and wildlife enforcement officers, the film acts as a surrogate for an estimated hundred thousand pangolins that are poached and smuggled annually throughout Southeast Asia and Africa. PANGOLIN seeks to inform a broad audience about pangolins and the illegal trade they are central to, in order to address the very real danger that pangolins might be extinct before much of the world ever knew they existed. Filmed with minimal commentary to be as immersive as possible, PANGOLIN offers audiences the opportunity experience the life, death and afterlife of the most illegally trafficked mammal on the planet.

COMPANY: WGBH Children’s Media Team, PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

COMPANY: Coral & Oak Studios, PRODUCER: Katie Schuler DIRECTOR: Nick Rogacki, Katie Schuler EDITOR: Katie Schuler WRITER: Katie Schuler CINEMATOGRAPHER: Katie Schuler SOUND EDITOR: Ross Nelson SOUND MIXERS: Ross Nelson OTHER: Animator: Sean Gordon

(617) 300-3837 deborah_frank@wgbh.org www.pbskids.org/apps/outdoor-family-fun-with-plum.html

+1 202-351-1840 Katie@coralandoak.com www.coralandoak.com

PARIS: A WILD STORY

PASSION FOR PLANET

17-0319

17-0320

Ecosystem, People & Nature, Visualization, Writing

Student & Emerging, Theatrical, People & Nature

Paris,

Freiburg,

France

Germany

11/16/16

1/15/16

90 minutes

108 minutes

Paris: A Wild Story relates the destinies of animals that stroll through town in search of food, love and adventures while humans go about their daily lives. There exists a wild and unsung Paris that we do not suspect. Let’s take a walk on the city’s wild side, and set off in search of its secret tales.

Passion for Planet takes us on an adventure around the globe. In front of the most spectacular natural backdrops and wildlife observations, we dive into the universe of the world’s best wildlife filmmakers. Facing the pain of the destruction of the natural world, they now have to ask themselves: Can they save what they love? Passion for Planet is an allegory about growing up, as individuals, as a society and as a species. The film walks us from the innocence of childlike wonder, into the maturity of realizing our interdependency and thus overcoming our selfishness and devoting ourselves to the good of the greater whole.

COMPANY: Boreales, Winds, Terra Mater Factual Studios PRODUCER: Frederic Fougea Barthelemy Fougea DIRECTOR: Frederic Fougea EDITOR: Stephanie Pedelacq WRITER: Frederic Fougea Guillaume Poyet CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mathieu Giombini SOUND EDITOR: Sebastien Wera Anne Gibourg SOUND MIXERS: Fabien Devillers Rapha‘l Seydoux SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Pierre Adenot DESIGNER: Timothee Durel, Emilie Boutillier NARRATOR: Nathan Willcocks OTHER:

COMPANY: Àare u happy? films, INDI Film GmbH PRODUCER: Werner Schuessler, Arek Gielnik DIRECTOR: Werner Schuessler EDITOR: Annette Muff, Johanna Czakalla, Stine Munch WRITER: Werner Schuessler CINEMATOGRAPHER: Werner Schuessler SOUND EDITOR: Dominik Avenwedde SOUND MIXERS: Dominik Avenwedde, Peter Riegel SOUND RECORDISTS: Werner Schuessler, Moritz Sucker, Stephan Schneider MUSIC: Joerg Magnus Pfeil, Siggi Mueller, Patrick Puszko OTHER: Dramatical Consultant: Keith Cunningham

+33 140-543-150 ilibercier@boreales.com

+49 177-761-6263 werner@areuhappyfilms.com www.areuhappyfilms.com

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PATAGONIA: EARTH’S SECRET PARADISE: LIFE ON THE EDGE

PAVEL: I PROTECT TIGERS

17-0321

17-0322

Writing

Educational / Institutional

Bristol, Avon

Woking,

United Kingdom

9/1/15

6/14/17

52 minutes

4 minutes

This is the story of an immense coastline, 4,000 miles long. From the cold, fearsome waters of Cape Horn in the far south - where brave rockhopper penguins overcome huge challenges to raise their young - to the far north, witnessing gargantuan elephant seals battling for position in the heat of the desert. Orcas and sea lions must face each other to protect their young. People, too, have found ingenious ways to benefit from this awe-inspiring coastline.

Pavel Fomenko is a man of the wilderness and tiger protector with WWFRussia. This is his story. In the bitter extremes of the Russian Far East, where temperatures drop well below -30C in winter months, Pavel Fomenko spends weeks out in the forest, often alone. Pavel, or Pasha to his friends, was once a hunter and knows these forests like the back of his hand. Now he uses this knowledge as WWF-Russia’s Head of Rare Species Conservation, to help protect the endangered Amur Tiger, the biggest of the big cats.

COMPANY: BBC Natural History Unit, PRODUCER: Evania Wright DIRECTOR: Evania Wright EDITOR: Nick Carline WRITER: Evania Wright CINEMATOGRAPHER: Paul D. Stewart, Matthew Aeberhard, Barrie Brittain, Michael Pitts SOUND EDITOR: Kate Hopkins SOUND MIXERS: Ben Peace SOUND RECORDISTS: Sergio Cabrera MUSIC: Will Slater EFFECTS: BDH NARRATOR: Santiago Cabrera OTHER: SP Tuppence Stone, EP James Honeyborne

+44 785-092-1207 evaniawright@gmail.com

+44 798-997-5426 aanderson@wwf.org.uk

PERSON OF THE FOREST

PLANET EARTH II

17-0323

17-0324

Short, Student & Emerging

Limited Series - Long

Richmond, VA

Bristol, Bristol

United States

United Kingdom

2/9/17

11/6/16

16 minutes

118 minutes

In the vanishing lowland rainforests of Borneo, research is underway to uncover and understand the unique cultural behaviors in wild orangutans. There, photographer Tim Laman, researcher Cheryl Knott, and young explorer Robert Suro shed new light on the similarities between ourselves and our ancient ancestors, before it’s too late.

TBC for the series

COMPANY: Emerging Earth Films, PRODUCER: Melissa Lesh, Trevor Frost, Tim Laman DIRECTOR: Tim Laman, Melissa Lesh EDITOR: Melissa Lesh CINEMATOGRAPHER: Principal Cinematographers: Tim Laman, Trevor Frost, Robert Rodriguez Suro, Additional Cinematographers: Russell Laman, Tri Wahyu Susanto,Drone Pilot: Russell Laman SOUND EDITOR: Melissa Lesh OTHER: Cheryl Knott, Tim Laman, Robert Rodriguez Suro, Richard Wrangham, Endro Setiawan

COMPANY: BBC Studios, The Natural History Unit, PRODUCER: Elizabeth White (Islands) Emma Napper (Jungles) Cities (Fredi Devas) DIRECTOR: Elizabeth White (Islands) Emma Napper (Jungles) Cities (Fredi Devas) MUSIC: Hans Zimmer OTHER: Sir David Attenborough

(608) 609-6668 indialesh@gmail.com

+44 117-974-2111 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02544td

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PLANET EARTH II : GRASSLANDS 360

PLANET EARTH II : JUNGLES 360

17-0325

17-0326

360¡ Storytelling

Bristol, Bristol

United Kingdom

12/1/16

11/1/16

10 minutes

Navigate the darkness of night on the grasslands of Africa. With chilling 3D dynamic sounds of roars and footsteps - it’s clear you’re not alone out here...

Lurking in the jungles of Costa Rica are some extraordinary animals, but they’re masters of disguise. Can you spot them and find out more?

(117) 974-2111 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk www.youtu.be/0lvsHWXFFpo

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PLANET EARTH II: CITIES

PLANET EARTH II: DESERTS

17-0327

17-0328

Original Music Score, Visualization, People & Nature

Original Music Score

Santa Monica, CA

Bristol, Bristol

United States

United Kingdom

10/1/16

11/6/16

59 minutes

Experience the world from the viewpoint of animals themselves. From spellbinding wildlife spectacles to intimate encounters, Planet Earth II takes you closer than ever before. Cities are growing at a faster rate than any other habitat on Earth. They may seem an unlikely place for animals to thrive, but for the bold, this is a world of surprising opportunity. Leopards prowl the streets of Mumbai, peregrine falcons hunt amongst New York’s skyscrapers and a million starlings perform spectacular aerial dances over Rome. Many animals, however, are struggling to cope in the urban jungle. How will this cohabitation evolve?

In this episode we visit the world’s deserts: lands of extremes that pushes life to the limit. Animals here have developed ingenious ways of dealing with the hostile conditions - giving rise to the most incredible survival stories on Earth. A pride of desert lions are so hungry they risk hunting a giraffe several times their size, while male sand grouse fly nearly 200 kilometres each day from their nests to the nearest waterhole, simply to collect water for their chicks - and when they arrive there are predators waiting for them. And, never filmed before, a tiny bat takes on one of the world’s deadliest scorpions just to get a meal.

COMPANY: BBC Natural History Unit BBC Studios, BBC America PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Hans Zimmer Jacob Shea Jasha Klebe Bleeding Fingers Music EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

COMPANY: BBC Studios, The Natural History Unit, PRODUCER: Elizabeth White DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Hans Zimmer EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER: Sir David Attenborough

(310) 395-0408 stephanie@bleedingfingersmusic.com http://www.bbcearth.com/planetearth2

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PLANET EARTH II: GRASSLANDS

PLANET EARTH II: ISLANDS

17-0329

17-0330

Ecosystem, Animal Behavior, Visualization, Writing, Editing, Original Music Score, Original Music Score

Animal Behavior, Original Music Score

Bristol,

Bristol, Bristol

United Kingdom

9/21/16

11/6/16

60 minutes

59 minutes

Grasslands cover one-quarter of all land and support the vastest gatherings of wildlife. To survive here, animals must endure the most hostile seasonal changes on the planet. From Asia’s bizarre-looking saiga antelope to the giant anteaters of Brazil, grassland animals have adapted in extraordinary ways to cope with these extremes. In the flooded Okavango, lions take on formidable buffalo in epic battles, on the savannah, bee-eaters take advantage of elephants to help catch insects and, on the freezing northern tundra, caribou embark on the world’s greatest migrations shadowed by hungry Arctic wolves.

Remote islands offer sanctuary for some of the planet’s strangest and rarest creatures. The rare pygmy three-toed sloth enjoys a peaceful existence on an idyllic Caribbean island, while nesting albatross thrive in predator-free isolation.

COMPANY: BBC Natural History Unit, BBC America ZDF Tencent France T_l_visions PRODUCER: Chadden Hunter DIRECTOR: Chadden Hunter EDITOR: Nigel Buck WRITER: Chadden Hunter CINEMATOGRAPHER: Martyn Colbeck John Shier Alastair McEwan Mateo Willis Jonathan Jones Richard Uren Sandesh Kadur Brad Bestelink Michael Kelem Sophie Darlington SOUND EDITOR: Kate Hopkins SOUND MIXERS: Graham Wild SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Jacob Shea Jasha Klebe NARRATOR: Sir David Attenborough

COMPANY: BBC Studios, The Natural History Unit, PRODUCER: Elizabeth White MUSIC: Hans Zimmer OTHER: Sir David Attenborough

+44 782-680-8386 chaddenhunter@hotmail.com www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b084xk6m

+44 117-974-2111 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02544td

PLANET EARTH II: JUNGLES

PLANET EARTH II: MOUNTAINS

17-0331

17-0332

Animal Behavior, Visualization, Editing, Audioscape, Original Music Score

Animal Behavior, Ecosystem, Original Music Score

Bristol,

Bristol, Bristol

United Kingdom

11/20/16

11/13/16

57 minutes

59 minutes

Jungles provide the richest habitats on the planet- mysterious worlds of high drama where extraordinary animals attempt to survive in the most competitive place on earth. Flooded forests are home to caiman-hunting jaguars and a species of dolphin only discovered by scientists in 2014. Tiny ninja frogs fight off wasps and the jungle night conceals strange fungi and glow-in-the-dark creatures never filmed before. New filming techniques take us right into the heart of this 3D world and reveal birds of paradise and beautiful indri lemurs in a new way.

The great mountain ranges are some of the planet’s most spectacular landscapes, but they are unforgiving places to live in, and only a few animals have what it takes to live at extreme altitude. Mountain animals are amongst the most elusive in the world, and this film provides unique and intimate glimpses into their secretive lives.

COMPANY: BBC, PRODUCER: Emma Napper DIRECTOR: Emma Napper EDITOR: Nigel Buck, Assistant Film Editor: Jack Roberts CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tom Crowley Mark MacEwen John Brown John Aichison Tim Laman Alastair MacEwen Gavin Thurston Mark Payne-Gill Michael Sanderson Robin Cox Paul Stewart Stephen Axford SOUND EDITOR: Kate Hokpins SOUND MIXERS: Graham Wild SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Hans Zimmer Jacob Shea Jasha Klebe NARRATOR: David Attenborough OTHER: Researchers: Charlotte Bostock, Maddie Close, Paul Thompson, PC: Cleone Fox, PM: Mandy Knight, Series Producer: Tom Hugh-Jones, Executive Producer: Mike Gunton

COMPANY: BBC Studios, The Natural History Unit, PRODUCER: Justin Anderson DIRECTOR: Justin Anderson MUSIC: Hans Zimmer NARRATOR: Sir David Attenborough OTHER: Executive Producer Michael Gunton

+44 796-667-4853 emma.napper@bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b083wt7z

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POISONING PARADISE

PUERTO RICO:ISLAND OF ENCHANTMENT BBC NATURAL WORLD

17-0333

17-0334

Impact

Ecosystem, People & Nature

Beverly Hills, CA

Bristol,

United States

United Kingdom

2/17/17

2/2/17

60 minutes

59 minutes

Journey to the seemingly idyllic world of Native Hawaiians, where communities are surrounded by experimental test sites and pesticides sprayed upwind of their neighborhoods. Poisoning Paradise details the ongoing struggle to advance bold new legislation governing the fate of their island home. In an attempt to diversify an economy that was overly reliant on tourism, policymakers in both Hawaii and Washington, D.C. encouraged the world’s largest biotech companies to utilize Kauai’s favorable climate and fertile soil to test genetically engineered seeds and crops. Corporations including Syngenta, Pioneer DuPont, BASF, and Dow Agrosciences have since applied hundreds of tons of Restricted Use (RU) pesticides on thousands of acres across the Garden Island’s West Side, the traditional homeland of an indigenous and disenfranchised population. Interviews with local residents, scientists, and healthcare professionals reveal the hardships and ecological dangers of intensive and continuous pesticide applications and the environmental injustice thrust upon people living in one of the most sacred, biologically unique and diverse locations on earth.

David Attenborough tells the revealing story of this Caribbean island’s exotic but vulnerable wildlife. A team of conservation champions are making it their mission to save the most precious species. We see how Puerto Rican Parrots, Manatees, and Turtles are today making a comeback.

COMPANY: New Leaf Productions, Inc., PRODUCER: Keely Shaye Brosnan Teresa Tico Executive Producer: Pierce Brosnan DIRECTOR: Keely Shaye Brosnan Teresa Tico EDITOR: Noah Sher

COMPANY: Windfall Films Wet, PRODUCER: Charollotte Lisane DIRECTOR: Peter Fison EDITOR: Rick Holbrook WRITER: Peter Fison CINEMATOGRAPHER: George Woodcock NARRATOR: David Attenborough OTHER: Production Manger: Marie Coyne, Executive Producer: David Dugan

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Max Frauchiger, Mario Furloni,William Maheras, Mike May, Danny Miller, Bill Paris, Jenna Rosher, Troy Smith SOUND EDITOR: Earl Martin SOUND MIXERS: Earl Martin SOUND RECORDISTS: Andy Giner

(310) 457-1288 Assistant@piercebrosnan.com www.poisoningparadise.com

+44 784-906-8119 peterfison@hotmail.co.uk

QUEEN OF THE HUNT

QUEST FOR CUBS-POLAR BEAR TOWN

17-0335

17-0336

Animal Behavior

People & Nature

Amsterdam,

Washington, DC

The Netherlands

United States

11/1/16

2/18/16

50 minutes

46 minutes

Stunning sequences reveal a cheetah’s moving journey from birth to adulthood. Cheetahs are known for being the world’s fastest land mammal and a skilled hunter, but it suffers threats from other animals. Young cheetahs often fall prey to other big cats and their catch is regularly taken by other predators. We follow cubs from different families, from birth to maturity, watching how they spend their first year learning valuable survival lessons from their mothers and practicing hunting techniques alongside the playful games of youth. This breathtaking documentary captures the serenity, power and vulnerability of these wonderful animals.

What if you shared your town once a year with 1,000 polar bears? That’s what happens every fall in Churchill, Manitoba, when bears migrate through town heading to Hudson Bay. Tourists from around the world come to see it for themselves, and it’s up to veteran guides and conservation officers to protect the bears and the people. In this episode, as polar bear season comes to a close, three teams head off on far-flung expeditions in search of denning sites where polar bear mothers give birth and cubs emerge for the first time.

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: Executive producer: Justin Bodle, Evert van den Bos, Rodika Zmikhnovskaya, Producer: Jochem van Rijs DIRECTOR: Alan Miller, Jochem van Rijs EDITOR: Alan Miller WRITER: Alan Miller CINEMATOGRAPHER: Nick Ball SOUND RECORDISTS: Bazil Kessy, Jochem van Rijs MUSIC: Audio Network NARRATOR: Simon Shrimpton-Smith OTHER: Wildlife specialist: Bazil Kessy, Colour Grader: Remi Lindenhovius, VFX: Robin Hancock, Post Production: A-sound.com, Degrot.com

COMPANY: SNI/SI Networks L.L.C, Merit Motion Pictures, Earth Touch PRODUCER: Terry Mialkowsky DIRECTOR: Mike Bodnarchuk OTHER: Executive Producer: David Royle Executive Producer: Charles Poe Executive Producer: Phil Fairclough Co-Executive Producer: Ed Fields Supervising Producers: Ed Hatton, Nady Blicq

+31 654-987-506 evert@ncf-nl.com www.ncfww.nl

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RAINBOW CROW

RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN

17-0337

17-0338

360¡ Storytelling

Conservation, Original Music Score

Redwood City, CA

New York, NY

United States

12/29/17

12/1/16

5 minutes

85 minutes

“The One Who Creates Everything by Thinking” decides to think up a new spirit to make things more interesting down on Earth, so she thinks up “The Spirit of the Seasons”. This new spirit is none other than YOU. As the Spirit of the Seasons, you discover that with a wave of your hands the trees become flush with succulent green leaves and the flowers bloom in all their glory. Moth and Skunk are out foraging when they discover the flowers you just created. Moth is eager for some nectar and Skunk is after the delicious petals. They compete good-naturedly for the blossoms, but when they hear a beautiful song wafting through the trees, they stop in their tracks. There’s only one creature with a voice so mellifluous - Rainbow Crow. The pair decides to sneak up and spy on Crow to better hear his beautiful song. But you, the Spirit of the Seasons, also have the ability to bring back Winter and you are giddy with your newly discovered powers. As you wave your hands the plants wither, the snow piles up and the once carefree animals realize that it’s getting bone-chillingly cold- that their very lives are in danger. They need a hero. They need Rainbow Crow.

From the Montana Rockies to the Kansas wheat fields and the Gulf of Mexico, families who work the land and sea are crossing political divides to find unexpected ways to protect the natural resources vital to their livelihoods. Narrated by Tom Brokaw, Rancher, Farmer, Fiserman is the next chapter of conservation heroism, deep in America’s heartland.

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

COMPANY: McGee Media in association with The Public Good Projects for Discovery Channel, PRODUCER: Beth Aala, Susan Froemke, Miriam Horn, John Hoffman, Dyllan McGee, Alexandra Moss, Jon Bardin, Deborah Clancy Porfido DIRECTOR: Susan Froemke, John Hoffman, Beth Aala EDITOR: Kathleen Dougherty, Flavia de Souza, Jen Fineran WRITER: Jack Youngelson (Based on the book by Miriam Horn) CINEMATOGRAPHER: Bob Richman, Buddy Squires, Thorsten Thielow, Gene Sentz SOUND EDITOR: Tony Pipitone, Dedrick Sarzaba, Kurt Cruz SOUND MIXERS: Ken Hahn SOUND RECORDISTS: Peter Miller, Roger Phenix, Jay Fisher MUSIC: Nathan Halpern DESIGNER: Molly Schwartz NARRATOR: Tom Brokaw

(650) 232-7162 media@baobabvr.com

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RANGER AND LEOPARD

RARE: CREATURES OF THE PHOTO ARK

17-0339

17-0340

People & Nature

Limited Series - Long

Tehran, Tehran

Brighton,

Iran

United States

5/27/17

6/16/17

53 minutes

108 minutes

Halvani, a hard-working ranger, hears about the presence of a Persian Leopard in an area under his protection in Isfahan, a city in central Iran. Nobody has spotted any Persian Leopard there for about forty years, but Halvani suspects that they may still be there. On his mission to discover the leopard, he faces many problems.

Join National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore as he travels all over the world in search of nature’s rarest animals. From lemurs to lizards, he’s here to photograph creatures found nowhere else on the planet, and add them to his Photo Ark.

COMPANY: Wildlife Pictures Institute, PRODUCER: Fathollah Amiri DIRECTOR: Fathollah Amiri EDITOR: Mostafa Gandomkar WRITER: Fathollah Amiri CINEMATOGRAPHER: Nima Asgari SOUND MIXERS: Ehsan Afsharian SOUND RECORDISTS: Amir Abbasi, Alireza Talebi MUSIC: Babak Mirzakhani

COMPANY: WGBH Boston, So World Media, LLC National Geographic Channel PRODUCER: Stella Cha, Chun-Wei Yi, John Bredar, Laurie Donnelly DIRECTOR: Chun-Wei Yi EDITOR: Chun-Wei Yi, Benjamin Reichman, Alexander Hayes WRITER: Stella Cha, Chen-Wei Yi CINEMATOGRAPHER: Erin Harvey, Scott Mouat SOUND MIXERS: Jim Sullivan SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Lenny Williams, Chris Biondo EFFECTS: Chris Fournelle NARRATOR: Joel Sartore

+98 216-636-3519 info@wildlifepictures.ir www.wildlifepictures.ir

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RARE: CREATURES OF THE PHOTO ARK: EPISODE 1

RARE: CREATURES OF THE PHOTO ARK: EPISODE 2

17-0341

17-0342

Changing Planet, Impact, Original Music Score

Impact

Brighton,

United States

6/16/17

54 minutes

Join National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore as he travels to Madagascar to photograph rare creatures for his Photo Ark. Driving across 1,000 miles, Joel’s main goal is to find the acrobatic Decken’s sifaka, a species of lemur found nowhere else. Next, Joel hops down to the Florida Keys, where rising sea levels pose a real threat to animals and people. Joel is on a mission to photograph the endangered Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit. But before Joel can photograph it, the biologists studying it have to catch one, and that’s easier said than done. Ê

In Spain, National Geographic photographer Joel meets the people who have brought the Iberian lynx back from less than 100 in 2002 to over 500 today. But scientists working in China might be too late for the Yangtze giant softshell turtle--Joel witnesses an attempt to artificially inseminate the last known female on the planet to save the species. He’s also arranged to capture the South China tiger, perhaps his only chance to shoot the world’s rarest tiger subspecies. He goes to great lengths to make this picture happen, even locking himself into an enclosure without an escape hatch.

COMPANY: WGBH Boston, So World Media, LLC National Geographic Channel PRODUCER: Stella Cha, Chun-Wei Yi, John Bredar, Laurie Donnelly DIRECTOR: Chun-Wei Yi EDITOR: Chun-Wei Yi, Benjamin Reichman, Alexander Hayes WRITER: Stella Cha, Chun-Wei Yi CINEMATOGRAPHER: Erin Harvey, Scott Mouat SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: Jim Sullivan SOUND RECORDISTS: Rodrigo Salvatierra MUSIC: Lenny Williams, Chris Biondo EFFECTS: Chris Fournelle DESIGNER: NARRATOR: Joel Sartore OTHER:

COMPANY: WGBH Boston, So World Media, LLC National Geographic Channel PRODUCER: Stella Cha, Chun-Wei Yi, John Bredar, Laurie Donnelly DIRECTOR: Chun-Wei Yi EDITOR: Chun-Wei Yi, Benjamin Reichman, Alexander Hayes WRITER: Stella Cha, Chun-Wei Yi CINEMATOGRAPHER: Erin Harvey, Scott Mouat SOUND MIXERS: Jim Sullivan MUSIC: Lenny Williams, Chris Biondo EFFECTS: Chris Fournelle NARRATOR: Joel Sartore

(617) 300-2495 john_bredar@wgbh.org https://wgbh-2.wistia.com/medias/q7m31sqd8a

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RARE: CREATURES OF THE PHOTO ARK: EPISODE 3

17-0343

17-0344

Conservation, Changing Planet, Impact, Hosted or Presenter-led

Animal Behavior, Writing

Brighton,

New York, NY

United States

6/16/17

9/1/16

54 minutes

87 minutes

National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore is in search of animals...at the expense of his family’s vacation. As the Sartores pinball across Europe’s zoos, the Photo Ark reaches a milestone when Joel photographs his 5000th species, the Persian leopard, in Budapest. In the Czech Republic and in one of the series’ most poignant moments, Joel photographs the rarest rhinoceros in the world. Joel’s got one more hike-he’d-rather-not-hike in him, this time in New Zealand’s wild South Island.ÊOn the heels of boarding the world’s only flightless parrot-the k?k?p?--Joel tags along on a Rowi kiwi egg rescue.

Inspired by Robert Sullivan’s New York Times bestseller, Rats goes beneath the surface to explore the lives of man’s greatest parasite. Morgan Spurlock unveils a new form of horror storytelling; journeying around the world, bringing viewers face to face with rats while delving into our complicated relationship with these creatures.

COMPANY: WGBH Boston, So World Media, LLC; National Geographic Channel PRODUCER: Stella Cha, Chun-Wei Yi, John Bredar, Laurie Donnelly DIRECTOR: Chun-Wei Yi EDITOR: Chun-Wei Yi, Benjamin Reichman, Alexander Hayes WRITER: Stella Cha, Chun-Wei Yi CINEMATOGRAPHER: Erin Harvey, Scott Mouat SOUND MIXERS: Jim Sullivan SOUND RECORDISTS: Rodrigo Salvatierra MUSIC: Lenny Williams, Chris Biondo EFFECTS: Chris Fournelle NARRATOR: Joel Sartore OTHER:

COMPANY: Discovery presents RATS produced by Warrior Poets, Dakota Films Ltd. Submarine Entertainment PRODUCER: David Koh, Josh Braun, Dan Braun, Stanley Buchthal, John Hoffman, Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock, Suzanne Hillinger, Alexandra Moss, Ryan Harrington, Stacey Kleiger, Craig Spurlock, Robert Sullivan DIRECTOR: Morgan Spurlock EDITOR: Pierre Takal WRITER: Morgan Spurlock, Jeremy Chilnick CINEMATOGRAPHER: Luca Del Puppo SOUND EDITOR: Lewis Goldstein SOUND MIXERS: Jason Todd SOUND RECORDISTS: Tom Ryan MUSIC: Pierre Takal DESIGNER: Michael Mizrahi

(617) 300-2495 john_bredar@wgbh.org https://wgbh-2.wistia.com/medias/gwvra6n3q3

RATS

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RED SKY ON THE BLACK ISLE

RED WOLF REVIVAL

17-0345

17-0346

Student & Emerging

Conservation, Educational / Institutional

Bristol, North Some

Washington, DC

United Kingdom

United States

9/15/15

1/8/16

12 minutes

24 minutes

In 2014, 22 birds of prey were found dead in one small area of the Black Isle in Scotland. This is the biggest wildlife crime in the UK to date, affecting a species that has already been wiped out in the country by humans once before. The community was outraged and the red kite went from being an iconic species for the area to being an innocent totem for wildlife crime. One year later, the case remains unsolved. However, locals are making sure that this tragedy is not forgotten.

Red Wolf Revival tells the story of the last remaining wild population of red wolves. Centered on the historic recovery effort in Eastern North Carolina, the film documents the multifaceted struggle to reintroduce one of the rarest animals on earth in the face of cultural, economic, and biological challenges in North Carolina and explores why the species is once again at risk of becoming extinct in the wild.

COMPANY: UWE (student production), DIRECTOR: Lisa Marley SOUND MIXERS: Charlotte Barnes NARRATOR: Lisa Marley

COMPANY: Nestbox Collective, PRODUCER: Roshan Patel, Madison McClintock, Susannah Smith DIRECTOR: Roshan Patel EDITOR: Roshan Patel CINEMATOGRAPHER: Roshan Patel, Madison McClintock SOUND EDITOR: Roshan Patel SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: Roshan Patel, Madison McClintock MUSIC: The Lone Bellow EFFECTS: Madison McClintock

+44 725-999-388 lkmarley91@gmail.com www.lisamarley.co.uk/

(571) 345-8875 roshcpatel@gmail.com www.redwolfrevival.org

REMEMBER WHEN?

RESCUED BABY ELLIE

17-0347

17-0348

Micro-Movie

Conservation, Short

Boulder, CO

Durban,

United States

South Africa

7/20/16

1/14/16

3 minutes

4 minutes

Re-imagining the conservation conversation through questions asked by a young girl. Remember when you were young? Did you play outside? Did you explore? What makes you remember? World Wildlife Fund and Natural Habitat Adventures have teamed up with Maser Films, Pongo Media and King Tide Motion Pictures to remind us all why nature is worth protecting.

Everyone loves a canine companion, and this baby elephant is no exception! The tiny pachyderm arrived at the Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage in South Africa after being rejected by his herd. Critically ill, the youngster had very little chance of survival. But thanks to round-the-clock care from sanctuary staff, and a bit of help from a special canine companion, the baby elephant is on the road to a full recovery.

COMPANY: Andy Maser Films, Pongo Media Productions, King Tide Motion Pictures PRODUCER: Jenny Nichols, Andy Maser, Hayden Peters DIRECTOR: Jenny Nichols, Andy Maser, Hayden Peters EDITOR: Hayden Peters NARRATOR: Laura Eagle

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

(703) 901-7009 jenny@pongomediaproductions.com www.worldwildlife.org/videos/remember-when

+27 315-820-800 mreddy@earthtouchsa.com

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RESCUING TIGERS

RESILIENCE: FISH EAGLES OF NAIVASHA

17-0349

17-0350

360¡ Storytelling

People & Nature

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Boise, Idaho

United States

6/1/17

3/15/17

11 minutes

42 minutes

There are 7,000 tigers in the United States, more than exist in the wild in the rest of the world. This is the result of unrestricted tiger breeding for cubs to be displayed and handled at fairs, malls and roadside petting zoos . By the time the cubs are 4 months old, they are too dangerous to contain and wind up living out the rest of their lives in substandard facilities or worse. Rescuing Tigers is the story of some of the lucky ones who are transported away from a tiger mill to a true sanctuary. Remember, when the money stops, the petting stops.

Lake Naivasha holds the largest population of African Fish Eagles in the world and has undergone severe environmental and human-caused changes over the last 100 years. Threats include water abstraction, a growing human population, alien species, degradation, and overfishing and contamination. Despite this, the lake has an unshakable resilience that continues to support a thriving eagle population. Dr Munir Virani, a Kenyan born scientist, has been studying the eagles at Naivasha for over 20 years and takes us through a fascinating journey through the lens of the eagles to show how they have survived through periods of strife.

COMPANY: Condition One VR, PRODUCER: Chris Hegedus Casey Brown Frazer Pennebaker DIRECTOR: Danfung Dennis Chris Hegedus EDITOR: Ryan Miller CINEMATOGRAPHER: Director of Cinematography: Christian Serge SOUND EDITOR: Ryan Miller SOUND MIXERS: Ryan Miller SOUND RECORDISTS: Ryan Miller NARRATOR: Tim Mather OTHER: Narration Editor: Jeremy Mather Associate Producer: Nate Pennebaker Cub Petting Acting Scene: The Mowery Family Technical Engineering: Jay Brown, Andrew Delpit Post Production Manager: Andrew Clark Compositor: Jake Stephens, Luis Artigas, Kelsey Elias, Jacob Martinez

COMPANY: Aga Khan Graduate School of Media and Communication, PRODUCER: Andrew Tkach DIRECTOR: Munir Virani EDITOR: Kiran Ghadge WRITER: Munir Virani CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kiran Ghadge, Munir Virani, Nick Dunlop SOUND EDITOR: Kiran Ghadge SOUND MIXERS: Kiran Ghadge SOUND RECORDISTS: Irfan Kassam MUSIC: Audionetworks EFFECTS: Kiran Ghadge DESIGNER: Kiran Ghadge NARRATOR: Munir Virani OTHER: Andrew Tkach

(212) 496-9195 frazer@phfilms.com

(208) 362-3716 virani.munir@peregrinefund.org

RESTORING PARADISE - AN AMERICAN STORY

17-0351

17-0352

Limited Series - Long

People & Nature

Paris,

France

6/1/17

100 minutes

50 minutes

How a tiny group of islands, just 25 miles off the coast of Los Angeles, California become a crucible for the re-imagining of our relationship with nature? The Channel Islands are known to biologists as the ÇGala?pagosÈ of North America, to archaeologists as the site of the oldest human remains on the continent. While the political history of the Channel Islands mirrors that of mainland California, there have been huge differences in terms of natural evolution. It is an island paradise that was found, lost and, in a rare ecological battle of bravery and bloodshed, regained.

Just 25 miles off the coast of Los Angeles are the Channel Islands. A tiny group of islands that epitomize the relationship between man and his environment. The Channel Islands are known to biologists as the Gala?pagos of North America, to archaeologists as the site of the oldest human remains on the continent. The Chumash settled down more than 15 000 years ago in this garden of Eden full of resources and with no predators until the arrival of Europeans.

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

+33 153-250-305 mverstraetepro@gmail.com

RESTORING PARADISE - AN AMERICAN STORY: PARADISE RESTORING PARADISE

+33 153-250-305 mverstraetepro@gmail.com

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RESTORING PARADISE - AN AMERICAN STORY: THE GREAT RESTORATION

RETURN OF THE SPIDER MONKEYS

17-0353

17-0354

Conservation

Student & Emerging, Impact, Conservation

Paris,

Wassenaar,

France

Netherlands

6/1/17

6/14/16

50 minutes

44 minutes

Just 25 miles off the coast of Los Angeles are the Channel Islands. A tiny group of islands that epitomize the relationship between man and his environment. After centuries of intense exploitation, the marine and terrestrial ecosystems have been devastated. To bring back the paradise once lost, a massive restoration plan is designed. But it is subject to many controversies...

A female black-handed spider monkey named Infinity was stolen from the Guatemalan jungle as a baby. Now it is time for her to return to the Maya rainforest. After a 7-year rehabilitation, she is ready to return to the wild. But this time she is not alone. She joins a makeshift group of orphaned monkeys and her newborn baby. Climb into the canopy life of these spider monkeys from a perspective never seen before. Will mother and child survive their newfound freedom?

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

COMPANY: Ateles Films, PRODUCER: Michael Sanderson DIRECTOR: Michael Sanderson EDITOR: Michael Sanderson WRITER: Michael Sanderson CINEMATOGRAPHER: Michael Sanderson SOUND EDITOR: Angela Groves SOUND MIXERS: Phil Jenkins SOUND RECORDISTS: Ana Luisa Santos MUSIC: Friends of the Family NARRATOR: Hayley Atwell OTHER: Assistant Producer: Ana Luisa Santos

+33 153-250-305 mverstraetepro@gmail.com

+31 611-804-843 michael@ateles.org www.ateles.org/return-of-the-spider-monkeys

RETURN TO DZANGA

RETURN TO SHANGRI-LA

17-0355

17-0356

Short

Bronx, NY

Malibu, CA

United States

3/18/16

12/1/16

12 minutes

20 minutes

Andrea Turkalo, one of the world’s foremost experts on forest elephants, has studied elephants in the Central African Republic’s Dzanga Bai for the past 25 years. After a massacre in 2013, Turkalo was forced to flee the site. She returned after more than a year away and has been observing the animals trying to piece together which animals were killed and which ones survived. This video tells the story of her return.

In 1999 five intrepid adventurers journeyed deep into Tibet to find the real life model for James Hilton’s Shangri-La from the best-selling 1933 book “Lost Horizon”, and the 1937 Academy Award-winning Frank Capra film. Two years ago, we decided to return over a dangerous route to see how it had changed in the ensuing years, and what we found surprised us.

COMPANY: Wildlife Conservation Society, PRODUCER: Natalie Cash EDITOR: Natalie Cash CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andrea Turkalo, Todd McGrain, Mike Fay SOUND RECORDISTS: Andrea Turkalo, Todd McGrain MUSIC: Audio Network NARRATOR: Andrea Turkalo

COMPANY: Jambeyang Films, PRODUCER: Ted Vaill DIRECTOR: Ted Vaill EDITOR: Victor Deras and Joe Greco WRITER: Ted Vaill CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ted Vaill and Victor Deras SOUND EDITOR: Victor Deras SOUND MIXERS: Victor Deras SOUND RECORDISTS: Victor Deras MUSIC: Li Na NARRATOR: Ted Vaill OTHER: Peter Klika, Zhang Jiyue, Su Yi, and Duncan Burke, fellow adventurers

(718) 220-7423 ncash@wcs.org www.wcs.org/wildcards/posts/return-to-dzanga

(310) 456-3504 Tedvaill@aol.com

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RISE OF THE WARRIOR APES

RIVER BATTLEFRONT

17-0357

17-0358

Animal Behavior, Science in Nature, Impact, Audioscape, Visualization, Editing, Original Music Score

Animal Behavior

Bristol,

Amsterdam,

United Kingdom

The Netherlands

2/1/17

12/1/16

85 minutes

50 minutes

Rise of the Warrior Apes tells the 25 year story of the rise of the largest and most powerful troop of chimps ever known - the formidable Ngogo community in Uganda. The story is told entirely from the perspective of the scientists who have lived alongside them for a quarter of a century.

In East Africa, two mighty giants share a home: the hippopotamus and the Nile crocodile. Both creatures need water and during the dry season when wet spaces are at a premium and tensions run high. The crocs dig caves as shelters in the riverbank. They are the largest predators to show this unique behavior to avoid dehydration. Baby crocodiles are under threat from their own species. Hatchlings provide a tasty snack for crocodiles and mother crocs struggle to contain their babies. With visceral battle scenes as well as moving glimpses into their more gentle moments, River Battlefront is a gripping watch.

COMPANY: Keo Films, PRODUCER: James Reed DIRECTOR: James Reed EDITOR: Sam Rogers WRITER: James Reed CINEMATOGRAPHER: Benjamin Sadd Bill Wallauer David Watts SOUND EDITOR: Wounded Buffalo SOUND MIXERS: Ben Peace SOUND RECORDISTS: Kristin Mosher Ed Anderson MUSIC: Will Goodchild EFFECTS: Robin Littlewood OTHER: Executive Producers: Helen Hawkin, Liz Brach, Matt Cole

PRODUCER: Executive producer, Evert van den Bos Executive producer, Justin Bodle Executive producer, Rodika Zmikhnovskaya Producer, Jochem van Rijs DIRECTOR: Alan Miller, Jochem van Rijs EDITOR: Alan Miller WRITER: Alan Miller CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andrew Anderson SOUND RECORDISTS: Bazil Kessy MUSIC: Audio Network NARRATOR: Simon Shrimpton-Smith OTHER: Wildlife Specialist: Bazil Kessy, Colour Grader: Erik van den Heuvel, VFX: Robin Hancock, Post Production: A-sound.com, Degrot.com

+44 078-301-29226 jamesreed1979@hotmail.com

+31 654-987-506 evert@ncf-nl.com www.ncfww.nl

RIVER IN THE SKY

RIVER MONSTERS: KILLERS FROM THE ABYSS

17-0359

17-0360

Ecosystem

Hosted or Presenter-led

Vienna,

New York, NY

Austria

United States

12/16/15

4/23/17

50 minutes

90 minutes

Brazil has a river that is bigger than the Amazon. Yet until recently it was unknown, and even now it remains invisible. Where is this remarkable river? It is a River in the sky! And it is essential for all life in Brazil for it provides water to the grasslands and the farmers’ fields, and fills the reservoirs that provide water for more than half the inhabitants of this vibrant country. The River in the Sky is critical for Giant Anteaters on the plains of the Cerrado, for Jaguars in swamps of the Pantanal and for monkeys and macaws in the tropical rainforests.

River Monsters has followed Jeremy Wade’s life-long quest to find finned killers and discover which are predators, which are victims, and which are the stuff of myth and legend. Since 2008, Wade has reeled in some of the rarest, most elusive and most dangerous creatures lurking beneath the water’s surface. Season nine of River Monsters is Wade’s final chance to make his way to unexplored regions to pursue the last remaining cases in his file, to track down the few monster fish that have eluded him- and to settle some scores.

COMPANY: Terra Mater Factual Studios, PRODUCER: Paul Reddish Andrea Gastgeb EDITOR: Martin Elsbury Christian Stoppacher WRITER: Paul Reddish CINEMATOGRAPHER: Alexander Sommer Philipp Klein Michael Riegler Christian Baumeister Rudolf Diesel Cristian Dimitrius Ian McCarthy Rod Clarke Jack Hynes SOUND MIXERS: Stefan K. Fiedler MUSIC: Roman Kariolou Johannes Ratheiser NARRATOR: Howard Nightingall

COMPANY: Icon Films Ltd. and Animal Planet, PRODUCER: Andie Clare, Harry Marshall, Laura Marshall, Nicolas White, Patrick Keegan, Lisa Bosak Lucas DIRECTOR: Stephen Shearman, George Pagliero, Alex Parkinson, Steve Gooder EDITOR: Adam Coates, Darren Flaxstone, Simon Pearce, Ross Hamilton WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ross Hamilton, Duncan Fairs, Rory McGuinness, Florian Graner, Laurence Hamilton-Baillie, Devon Stephens, Richard Kruger, Ossian Bacon, Dan Tavers, Alex Holden, Jahlani Clarence, Jon Stubbs, Stuart Trowell, Chris Stitchman, Milan Maxtone-Graham, Josh Forwood SOUND EDITOR: George Fry, Roy Noy, David Yapp SOUND MIXERS: Adam Palmer, Paul Donovan, Brian Moseley, Andy Devine SOUND RECORDISTS: Danny Carey, Hilton Auffray, Nick Walker MUSIC: Timo Baker NARRATOR: Jeremy Wade OTHER: Jeremy Wade

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at/productions/river-in-the-sky/

(818) 903-3375 tiffany@awardsinsider.com

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RUFFED GROUSE

RUNNING WILD

17-0361

17-0362

Educational / Institutional

Impact, Educational / Institutional, Short

Harrisburg, PA

Fort Collins, Colorado

United States

1/27/17

1/1/16

9 minutes

7 minutes

Lisa Williams’ innovation, leadership, and coalition-building brought together state agencies, conservation organizations, and the public to document Pennsylvania’s state bird is being negatively affected by West Nile Virus. After the study was completed, the findings in the lab were then tested on wild grouse. Lisa rallied hundreds of hunters across the state to send in blood samples when they harvested a grouse. This work, still ongoing, has documented that some grouse infected with WNV do survive. Population modeling in conjunction with Penn State University has provided additional insight into the interactive effects of WNV and habitat loss and will help the Game Commission and other natural resource agencies more efficiently direct limited habitat funding to those areas where grouse populations will benefit most.

The wolverine is a rugged and resourceful animal that lives in isolated arctic and alpine regions of North America. When a wolverine was photographed in Utah’s Uinta Mountains, scientists installed remote-baited camera stations across 80 miles to learn whether the notoriously ferocious carnivores are expanding their range. Who better to tend the cameras than ultra runners? Able to travel great distances through the mountains quickly and lightly, runners check the cameras, change the batteries and refill the bait in the hopes that they can be part of a scientific discovery.

COMPANY: Pennsylvania Game Commission, EDITOR: Tracy Graziano WRITER: Tracy Graziano CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tracy Graziano, Hal Korber OTHER: Lisa Williams

COMPANY: Danny Schmidt Films LLC, National Geographic Adventure Scientists PRODUCER: Danny Schmidt Gregg Treinish DIRECTOR: Danny Schmidt EDITOR: Danny Schmidt CINEMATOGRAPHER: Danny Schmidt Rick Smith Reid Morth Garret Smith OTHER: Mike Q. Kautz

(717) 787-4250 tgraziano@pa.gov www.pgc.pa.gov

(801) 674-0673 danny.john.schmidt@gmail.com

SABA: THE UNSPOILED QUEEN

17-0364

Animal Behavior

Student & Emerging

Normanton, West Yorks

Washington, DC

United Kingdom

United States

2/1/16

3/15/17

60 minutes

18 minutes

On a Yorkshire lake in June, a mute swan has a nest hidden among the willow trees. Her partner is missing and she is left to cope alone. Filmed over four days, beginning as the eggs start to hatch. The cygnets break free and after resting a while at the nest, they take to the water. A swan and her cygnets tell their story.

Can you imagine how far we could go if everyone came together to protect our natural world? Saba: The Unspoiled Queen shows that when a community comes together to protect their home, anything can be done. Come along as we meet local Sabans whose keen understanding of the natural world combined with their passion for their home has and will continue to preserve their natural treasures in a time where climate change threatens everything they stand for.

PRODUCER: Giles Barkley DIRECTOR: Giles Barkley

COMPANY: Nick Zachar Productions, PRODUCER: Nick Zachar DIRECTOR: Nick Zachar EDITOR: Shayna Muller WRITER: Shayna Muller, Nick Zachar CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ross Godwin, Nick Zachar SOUND EDITOR: Nick Zachar SOUND MIXERS: Nick Zachar SOUND RECORDISTS: Susan Billings EFFECTS: Shayna Muller NARRATOR: Ross Huguet OTHER: Cheri Waterfield, Fixer

+44 792-641-2551 giles_barkley@yahoo.co.uk www.imagiles.com

17-0363

(515) 240-2978 n.zachar.nz@gmail.com www.sabadocumentary.com

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SACRED NATURE TALES BY LIGHT

SAFARI LIVE

17-0365

17-0366

Conservation, Hosted or Presenter-led

Limited Series - Long

Annandale, NSW

Washington, District o

Australia

United States

10/17/16

1/1/17

44 minutes

360 minutes

Jonathan and Angela Scott are award-winning wildlife photographers who live and work in Kenya. This film explores Jonathan and Angela’s work in the Masai Mara, cataloging the challenges the national reserve, its community and its unique wildlife face in a modern context. With its fate hanging in the balance, will the reserve survive into the future?

Nat Geo WILD’s Safari LIVE gives viewers a front row seat to safari rides in South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park. Cross African safari off your bucket list by joining our safari guides in the African bush and interact with them in real time on Twitter as they get up close and personal with South Africa’s most incredible animals -- such as herds of elephants, packs of endangered wild dogs, prides of lions, cheetahs, leopards, and hyenas, among many others.

COMPANY: Untitled Film Works, Canon Australia PRODUCER: Abraham Joffe Jason McLean Louis Cooper Robinson Hamish Macdonald DIRECTOR: Abraham Joffe EDITOR: Lorna-Jean Bradley WRITER: Abraham Joffe CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dom West Blake Castle Abraham Joffe Toby De Jong SOUND EDITOR: Simon Lister Stuart St. Vincent Welch Dan Anthon James Martell SOUND MIXERS: Simon Lister Stuart St. Vincent Welch Dan Anthon James Martell SOUND RECORDISTS: Jenefer Walker Dom West Blake Castle MUSIC: Blair Joscelyne EFFECTS: Phil Soliman Keith Li NARRATOR: Sigrid Thornton OTHER: Colourist: Fred El-Harris

COMPANY: WildEarth Media for National Geographic, PRODUCER: Graham Wallington, Emily Wallington, Geraldine Kent, Drew Jones DIRECTOR: Kirsten McLennan-Smith EDITOR: Alan Hynes, Xander Foster CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeandre Gerding OTHER: Host: James Hendry

+61 295-504-640 lj@untitledfilms.com.au www.untitledfilmworks.com.au/tales-by-light/

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SAFARI LIVE: SUNDAY JANUARY 22ND

17-0367

17-0368

Animal Behavior

360¡ Storytelling

Washington, District o

Bristol,

United States

United Kingdom

1/1/17

6/13/17

100 minutes

13 minutes

Biome Productions, in partnership with Wild Earth, has created a unique 360 film utilizing the well established safariLIVE brand. ‘safariLIVE 360 Dawn till Dark’ brings the audience closer to the action than ever before. Viewers are able to ‘hop aboard’ a real game drive with their favorite safariLIVE presenters; on the hunt for lions the viewer will discover some of Africa’s most iconic and thrilling wildlife, within their natural landscapes, in the most intimate way possible. Established National Geographic presenters Jamie Paterson & Brent Leo-Smith will take the audience into the heart of the African Bush, coming face to face with Hosana the leopard, Mphomo the lion and other beloved animal characters along the way.

COMPANY: Biome Productions, WildEarth PRODUCER: Josh Arbon, Sam Rowley, Rollo Wood, Ted Savile DIRECTOR: Graham Wallington, Anthony de Unger, Emily Wallington CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: Josh Arbon SOUND MIXERS: Josh Arbon SOUND RECORDISTS: Josh Arbon OTHER: Presenters: Brent Leo-Smith, Jamie Paterson

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com

SAFARI LIVE 360: A DAY IN DJUMA

+44 078-912-21482 ted@biomeproductions.co.uk www.biomeproductions.co.uk

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SANJAY GUBBI WHITLEY AWARDS 2017

SAVAGE KINGDOM SAVAGE KINGDOM

17-0369

17-0370

Educational / Institutional

Limited Series - Long

Bristol,

Washington DC,

United Kingdom

United States

5/18/17

11/25/16

3 minutes

88 minutes

Icon Films is proud to partner with the Whitley Fund for Nature, a charity that supports outstanding wildlife conservationists working in the developing world. Since 2013 Icon Films has produced short films about the Whitley Award winners. 2017 winner Sanjay Gubbi has been fighting to protect India’s tigers for over 30 years, risking life and limb on the front lines of big cat conservation. Working closely with the local people and the Indian government, his tireless work has secured thousands of acres of protected area for one of the world’s most endangered species.

Two thousand square miles of remote African savanna, an ancient land governed by competing clans of ruthlessly proficient predators - Lions, Leopards, Hyenas and Wild Dogs. Their survival depends on the giant herds of powerful prey - Buffalo, Elephant and Zebra - who have roamed Savute in search of sustenance, season after season, millennium after millennium. Each day is a life and death struggle - animal against animal, animal against nature. This season in Savute, who will survive?

COMPANY: Icon Films, PRODUCER: Jonny Young, Executive Producer DIRECTOR: Trevor Manning EDITOR: Chris Stitchman Ben Jenkins CINEMATOGRAPHER: Saravana Kumar SOUND MIXERS: Brian Moseley NARRATOR: Sir David Attenborough OTHER: Production Manager: Phoebe Sinclair PC Researcher: Caitlin Williams Production Technical Assistant: Harry Palmer Additional Footage from Ukiah Studio: Elizabeth Watson Aditional Footage: Udayan Borthakur

COMPANY: Icon Films, Natural History Film Unit Botswana for National Geographic Channel, PRODUCER: Brad Bestelink, Harry Marshall, Laura Marshall, Dominic Weston, Ashley Hoppin DIRECTOR: Brad Bestelink EDITOR: Rupert Troskie WRITER: Brad Bestelink, Harry Marshall, Dominic Weston, Andy Mitchell CINEMATOGRAPHER: Brad Bestelink, Richard Uren, Cameron McGrath, Grant Brokensha, Lawrence Drotsky, Alex Cooke SOUND MIXERS: Paul Donovan SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Bleeding Fingers NARRATOR: Charles Dance

+44 117-910-2008 harriet.exley@iconfilms.co.uk

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SAVAGE KINGDOM: LEOPARD ROCK SAVAGE KINGDOM

17-0371

17-0372

Audioscape, Visualization, Editing, Writing, Original Music Score

Animal Behavior

Washington, DC

United States

11/25/16

44 minutes

Two thousand square miles of remote African savanna - this ancient land is governed by competing clans of ruthlessly proficient predators: lions, leopards, hyenas and wild dogs. Their survival depends on the giant herds of powerful prey - buffalo, elephant and zebra - who have roamed Savute in search of sustenance, season after season, millennium after millennium. Each day is a life and death struggle: animal against animal, animal against nature. This season in Savute, who will survive?

COMPANY: Icon Films, Natural History Film Unit Botswana for National Geographic Channels, PRODUCER: Brad Bestelink, Harry Marshall, Laura Marshall, Dominic Weston, Ashley Hoppin DIRECTOR: Brad Bestelink EDITOR: Rupert Troskie WRITER: Brad Bestelink, Harry Marshall, Dominic Weston, Andy Mitchell CINEMATOGRAPHER: Brad Bestelink, Richard Uren, Cameron McGrath, Grant Brokensha, Lawrence Drotsky, Alex Cooke SOUND MIXERS: Paul Donovan SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Bleeding Fingers NARRATOR: Charles Dance

COMPANY: Icon Films, Natural History Film Unit Botswana for National Geographic Channels PRODUCER: Brad Bestelink, Harry Marshall, Laura Marshall, Dominic Weston, Ashley Hoppin DIRECTOR: Brad Bestelink EDITOR: Rupert Troskie WRITER: Brad Bestelink, Harry Marshall, Dominic Weston, Andy Mitchell CINEMATOGRAPHER: Brad Bestelink, Richard Uren, Cameron McGrath, Grant Brokensha, Lawrence Drotsky, Alex Cooke SOUND MIXERS: Paul Donovan SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Bleeding Fingers NARRATOR: Charles Dance

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SAVAGE KINGDOM: MOTHER OF LIONS

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SAVING JAMAICA BAY

SAVING THE ELEPHANT

17-0373

17-0374

Impact

Conservation

Sunnyside, NY

Oakland, CA

United States

1/1/16

8/1/16

77 minutes

55 minutes

Saving Jamaica Bay tells the story of how one community--led by a family with roots in the area stretching back more than 100 years--fought the government and overcame Hurricane Sandy to clean up and restore the largest open space in New York City, which had become a dumping ground for garbage, sewage, and bullet-riddled mobsters. Narrated by actress Susan Sarandon, the film also symbolizes efforts to preserve nature, combat climate change and invest in neglected national parks.

“Saving the Elephant” is a film directed by Nancy Filippi and written by Emmy award-winning Reuben Maness, both of Oakland Zoo. Saving the Elephant took nearly two years to make and focuses on the ivory crisis in Africa as well as here in the United States. Narrated by Emmy award-winning Liam Mayclem, Saving the Elephant reveals the elephant family in detail and the importance of seeing them as individuals rather than mere populations. The story-line is revealing, informative and inspiring, featuring some of the world’s greatest elephant researchers and advocates. As the story unfolds viewers will better understand what they can do to help save the elephants that are left in the world today.

COMPANY: Grounded Truth Productions, PRODUCER: Daniel Hendrick DIRECTOR: David Sigal EDITOR: Trevor Laurence WRITER: Daniel Hendrick CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: David Wilson SOUND MIXERS: David Wilson SOUND RECORDISTS: David Wilson MUSIC: Jonathan Sheffer NARRATOR: Susan Sarandon

PRODUCER: Reuben Maness DIRECTOR: Nancy Filippi EDITOR: Reuben Maness, Jeff Erzin WRITER: Reuben Maness CINEMATOGRAPHER: Nancy Filippi, Reuben Maness MUSIC: OBT Music NARRATOR: Liam Mayclem

(917) 207-8715 danhendrick11104@gmail.com www.savingjamaicabay.com

(510) 632-9525 rmaness@oaklandzoo.org www.oaklandzoo.org/savingtheelephant.php

SEA OF HOPE: AMERICA’S UNDERWATER TREASURES

17-0375

17-0376

Ecosystem, Visualization

Limited Series - Short

Washington, District o

New York, New York

United States

1/15/17

5/15/17

44 minutes

7 minutes

“Sea of Hope” follows ocean legend Sylvia Earle, renowned underwater National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry, writer Max Kennedy and their crew of teenage aquanauts on a year-long quest to deploy science and photography to inspire President Obama to establish new Blue Parks to protect essential habitats across an unseen American Wilderness.

When debilitated sea turtles are found on the shores of South Carolina, staff veterinarian Shane Boylan is called at all hours of the day and night. His passionate team at the South Carolina Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rescue Center works tirelessly through the summer to save all types of endangered sea turtles who arrive with pierced shells, damaged lungs, fish-hook injuries, and all sorts of daily emergencies caused by both natural and human forces. Join the Center’s dedicated staff on their high-stakes mission to bring these embattled species back to safety during one of the busiest seasons of the year.

COMPANY: True Blue Films for National Geographic Channels, PRODUCER: Robert Nixon, Sarah Guinan Nixon, John Bridgeland, Allan Butler DIRECTOR: Robert Nixon EDITOR: Asako Ushio WRITER: Robert Nixon, Gary Parker CINEMATOGRAPHER: Damien Drake, Bryce Groark SOUND MIXERS: Juan Bertran, Jeremy Zunk NARRATOR: Max Kennedy OTHER:

COMPANY: The Smithsonian Networks, PRODUCER: Executive Producers: Joseph Giraldi, Tria Thalman Supervising Producer: Gina Hutchinson Producer: Anisa Peters Associate Producers: Ashley Brown, Russel Hawkins Production Assistant: Jordana Snider Production Manager: Amy Boyce DIRECTOR: EDITOR: Katy Andres WRITER: Anisa Peters CINEMATOGRAPHER: Director of Photography: Scott Snider Additional Camera: Jonathan Cummings EFFECTS: Aurelie Beatly, GraphicsNARRATOR: Jody Flader OTHER: Bill Stephen, Post Production Services

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/sea-of-hope-americas-underwater-treasures/

SEA TURTLE RESCUE

(212) 708-3254 christine.ricard@smithsonianchannel.com https://smithsonianearthtv.com/programs/sea-turtle-rescue/

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SEA URCHINS PULL THEMSELVES INSIDE OUT TO BE REBORN DEEP LOOK

SEARCH FOR THE SUPER BATTERY NOVA

17-0377

17-0378

Micro-Movie

Hosted or Presenter-led

San Francisco, CA

Boston, MA

United States

8/23/16

2/1/17

3 minutes

53 minutes

Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations in nature. Deep Look is a science video series that explores big science by going very, very small, from KQED and PBS Digital Studios. We use macro photography and microscopy in glorious 4K resolution, to see science up close... really, really close.

We live in an age when technological innovation seems to be limitlessly soaring, but for all the satisfying speed with which our gadgets have improved, many of them share a frustrating weakness: the batteries. Though they have improved in last century, batteries remain finicky, bulky, expensive, toxic, and maddeningly short-lived. The quest is on for a “super battery,” and the stakes in this hunt are much higher than just the phone in your pocket. With climate change looming, electric cars and renewable energy sources like wind and solar power could hold the keys to a greener future- if we can engineer the perfect battery. Join host David Pogue as he explores the hidden world of energy storage, from the power-- and danger-- of the lithium-ion batteries we use today, to the bold innovations that could one day charge our world.

COMPANY: KQED, PRODUCER: Joshua Cassidy EDITOR: Kia Simon WRITER: Amy Standen Joshua Cassidy CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joshua Cassidy SOUND EDITOR: Joshua Cassidy Elliott Kennerson SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Seth G. Samuel EFFECTS: Kia Simon NARRATOR: Amy Standen OTHER: Series Producer: Craig Rosa Managing Editor: Paul Rogers Executive in Charge: Sue Ellen McCann, KQED Science

COMPANY: Big House Productions for WGBH Boston, PRODUCER: Daniel McCabe Chris Schmidt Paula S. Apsell Cara Feinberg DIRECTOR: Daniel McCabe EDITOR: Daniel McCabe WRITER: Daniel McCabe DESIGNER: Vanessa Ly NARRATOR: David Pogue

(415) 553-3367 crosa@kqed.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak2xqH5h0YY

(617) 300-4316 vanessa_ly@wgbh.org www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/super-battery.html

SECRET EARTH: YELLOWSTONE SUPERVOLCANO

17-0379

17-0380

Hosted or Presenter-led

Impact

Bozeman, MT

Esperance, Western Au

United States

Australia

12/1/15

4/28/17

43 minutes

80 minutes

Craig Beals - Montana’s Teacher of the Year - is on a lifelong mission to explore and reveal the planet’s most surprising secrets with real world expeditions and innovative experiments. In “Secret Earth: Yellowstone Supervolcano”, he digs into the brand new science beneath Yellowstone National Park. Craig’s quest to understand the hidden potential of the huge magma chambers fueling Yellowstone takes audiences up in the air, underwater, and into billowing clouds of ash.

Clinging to life in the Western Australian wilderness, lives a bird so critically endangered that there are just 150 remaining. The Western Ground Parrot faces many hurdles to survive. Wildfires, climate change, habitat loss and feral animal predation all threaten the species. Yet there’s hope! Two teams of scientists are battling to restore numbers. The Department of Parks & Wildlife are working the field to protect the wild population, while specialists at Perth Zoo are desperately trying to establish a breeding program. But in 2015 wildfires tore across the landscape, destroying 90% of their habitat. In the aftermath, can this extraordinary parrot avert extinction?

COMPANY: Grizzly Creek Films, PRODUCER: Avela Grenier DIRECTOR: Thomas Winston EDITOR: Stefanie Watkins WRITER: Eric Bendick Shasta Grenier CINEMATOGRAPHER: Rick Smith Jeff Reed Thomas Winston SOUND MIXERS: Richard Achor John Clarke SOUND RECORDISTS: Michael Suarez NARRATOR: Jeremiah Slovarp OTHER: Host: Craig Beals

COMPANY: Riggs Australia, PRODUCER: Jennene Riggs DIRECTOR: Jennene Riggs EDITOR: John Carozzi Dave Riggs Jennene Riggs WRITER: Jennene Riggs CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jennene Riggs Mark Zollweg SOUND EDITOR: Ric Curtin SOUND MIXERS: Ric Curtin SOUND RECORDISTS: Jennene Riggs Anna Morcombe Samuel Richards MUSIC: Ash Gibson Greig EFFECTS: Glenn Martin NARRATOR: Roz Hammond

+1 406-219-0045 tom@grizzlycreekfilms.com www.grizzlycreekfilms.com

SECRETS AT SUNRISE

+61 477-046-570 riggsnparis@westnet.com.au www.secretsatsunrise.com

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SECRETS OF THE LONGLEAF PINE

SECRETS OF THE RAINFOREST

17-0381

17-0382

Ecosystem, Conservation, Visualization, Editing, Original Music Score, Writing

Limited Series - Short

Atlanta, GA

New York, New York

United States

10/21/15

11/23/15

56 minutes

5 minutes

“Secrets of the Longleaf Pine” is a documentary about Longleaf Pine tree ecosystem that once existed in the Coastal Plain from Southern Virginia to East Texas. The Longleaf Pine forest was once 90 million acres and now has been restored to 4 million acres. This forest system is one of the most bio-diverse places in the Northern Hemisphere. The program shows the viewer an incredible habitat right here in the United States. The animals profiled in the program are the Red Cockaded Woodpecker, Gopher Tortoise, Eastern Indigo Snake and the Florida Harvester Ant.

The biodiversity of the Panamanian rainforest is richly complex, and researchers are only beginning to unravel its ecological mysteries. Armies of spider monkeys, howlers, and capuchins leap through the canopy; scores of frogs and ants patrol the forest floor; and elusive kinkajous and ocelots emerge cautiously at night. But the ecosystem itself faces grave challenges. Because of El Ni–o, this typically lush rainforest is caught in the throes of a severe drought, leading to one of the driest years on record. Watch as the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute works to understand and conserve this diverse natural treasure.

COMPANY: Red Sky Production, PRODUCER: Greg Pope, Rhett Turner DIRECTOR: Greg Pope, Rhett Turner EDITOR: Greg Pope WRITER: Greg Pope CINEMATOGRAPHER: Rhett Turner SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: Chris Fogg SOUND RECORDISTS: Greg Pope MUSIC: Adam Walek NARRATOR: Paul Christie

COMPANY: Pioneer Studios Production, The Smithsonian Networks PRODUCER: Series Producer: Ben Hamilton Associate Producer: Katina Rajunov EDITOR: Ben Hamilton Patrick Huber WRITER: Ben Hamilton CINEMATOGRAPHER: Camera: Ben Hamilton Additional Camera: Corey Robinson SOUND MIXERS: Sounds Design: Andy Dollerson SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Jake Owen Andy Dollerson NARRATOR: Ann Dewig OTHER: Post Production Services: Milkhaus Post Production Services: Do Sounds

(404) 875-8102 rhett.turner@mindspring.com www.longleafpine.org/

(212) 708-3254 christine.ricard@smithsonianchannel.com

SEED DISPERSAL AND HABITAT FRAGMENTATION

17-0383

17-0384

Educational / Institutional

Student & Emerging

Chevy Chase, MD

Mumbai,

United States

India

6/7/17

10/8/16

8 minutes

11 minutes

As the tropical forests of Colombia are cleared for farmland and cattle ranches, the remaining patches of forest become fewer, smaller and further apart from each other threatening the survival of the animals that live there, including brown spider monkeys. Brown spider monkeys are critical seed dispersers and as their numbers decrease the forest is less able to regenerate. Andres Link and Carolina Urbina Malo of Los Andes University in Colombia are identifying the seeds that spider monkeys disperse to better understand the monkeys’ role in the forest and to predict which plants will be most affected by fragmentation. Once the seeds have been catalogued, Link and colleagues replant them to create corridors between isolated patches of forest.

Born and brought up in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas, jigmet Dadul is one of the world’s best snow leopard spotters. Along with the Snow Leopard Conservancy in India, he is on a constant mission to protect one of the world’s most elusive predators from dying out. His goal now, is to find these ghost cats in areas that are unprotected and undocumented, in an effort to determine their numbers. With the help of a passionate group of researchers and spotters, Jigmet’s team battles snow storms, sub zero temperatures, and the constant uncertainties that the Himalayas bring with them.

COMPANY: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Danny Schmidt, Executive Producer: Dennis Liu DIRECTOR: Danny Schmidt EDITOR: Danny Schmidt WRITER: Danny Schmidt, Andy Adkins, Additional Writing: Laura Bonetta, Additional Writing: David Elisco CINEMATOGRAPHER: Federico Pardo, Rick Fx Smith, Danny Schmidt SOUND RECORDISTS: Joshua Smith, Rick Fx Smith MUSIC: New West Studios, Inc. NARRATOR: Luisa Jain OTHER: Scientific Consultant: Kevin McLean, Scientific Consultant: Andres Link, Video Post Production Facility: Floating Point Studios, Line Producer: Lori Beane, Post Production: Chris Vargas, Special Thanks: Proyecto Primates, Borrowlenses.com, Lowepro, Cartoni Camera Supports, Leatherman

COMPANY: University of the West of England, PRODUCER: Eshika Fyzee DIRECTOR: Eshika Fyzee EDITOR: Eshika Fyzee WRITER: Eshika Fyzee CINEMATOGRAPHER: Eshika Fyzee, Dheeraj Aithal SOUND EDITOR: Rob Prynne, Michele Caruso SOUND MIXERS: Rob Prynne, Michele Caruso SOUND RECORDISTS: Eshika Fyzee MUSIC: Domenico Erri, Pre-title: Jeremy Soule DESIGNER: Eshika Fyzee NARRATOR: Peter Venn OTHER: Jigmet Dadul

(301) 215-8783 schultzc@hhmi.org www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/seed-dispersal-and-habitat-fragmentation

SEEKING SNOW

+91 900-484-9962 eshika.fyzee04@gmail.com

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SELECTION FOR TUSKLESS ELEPHANTS

SENSES OF DANGER - HOW ANIMALS CAN SAVE THE WORLD

17-0385

17-0386

Short

Animal Behavior

Chevy Chase, MD

Mainz, RLP

United States

Germany

9/23/16

5/21/15

7 minutes

52 minutes

Most African elephants have tusks, but about 2 to 6% of females and even fewer males never grow them. The proportion of tuskless elephants has increased in some populations. A reason may be that poachers target elephants with large tusks, thus selecting for tuskless elephants who are more likely toÊsurvive, mate, and pass on their genes. Dr. Joyce Poole found that over 50% of older females in Gorongosa National Park, who survived a period of heavy poaching, and 33% of younger females, born after this period, were tuskless.

Since the advent of the 21st century, devastating earthquakes, deadly tsunamis, powerful volcanic eruptions, destructive hurricanes and massive forest fires have become increasingly regular occurrences around the world. On every level, humanity appears to be under threat by unexpected natural disasters. Yet despite our huge leaps in technology, we’ve been unable to predict catastrophes like the recent ones in Japan, Haiti and Indonesia, which all resulted in a massive loss of life. In our quest to develop new ways of predicting natural disasters, the world seems to be running out of time.

COMPANY: Off The Fence, Gorongosa Media Project, Howard Hughes Medical Institute PRODUCER: Carla Rebai Supervising Producer: Emre Izat EDITOR: Jos Verduyn Lunel WRITER: Carla Rebai Laura Bonetta David Elisco CINEMATOGRAPHER: John Mans Bob Poole Carla Rebai SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Audio Network NARRATOR: Emre Izat OTHER: Executive Producer: Dennis Liu Scientific Consultant: Joyce Poole Special Thanks: James Bryne ElephantVoices Dominique DeMille HHMI Educational Media Group

COMPANY: OTF in association with ZDF, ZDFneo, PRODUCER: Ralf Blasius, Ole Gurr, Ellen Windemuth (OTF) DIRECTOR: Ralf Blasius CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ricardo Esteban Garzon Mesa, Conan Fitzpatrick NARRATOR: Phillip Bretherton OTHER: Additional Camera: Ross Isaacs, Sound Design: Peer Hoffmann, Fabian Helpenstein, Visual Effects: Garrit Pieper, Ciaran Ryan

(301) 215-8783 schultzc@hhmi.org www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/selection-tuskless-elephants

+49 613-170-12205 anaya.m@zdf.de www.presseportal.zdf.de/pm/terra-x-der-sechste-sinn-der-tiere/

SHADOWING THE WHITE DEER

SHARK--A 4-D EXPERIENCE¨

17-0387

17-0388

People & Nature

Short

Stoughton, Wisconsin

Valencia, CA

United States

4/1/17

4/17/17

59 minutes

12 minutes

Shadowing the White Deer is a documentary about a rarely seen population of albino deer that dwell in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The film’s time frame spans over two years as we follow seasoned wildlife photographer, Jeff Richter, deep into the north woods in search of an albino fawn. The story explores the deer’s history, behaviors and unique ability to evoke a spiritual connection to the natural world.

Come face to face with some of the world’s most strange and mysterious shark species. These extraordinarily intelligent underwater giants each exhibit unique behaviors to navigate their ever-changing environment. Essential to the fragile balance of our ocean’s health, Shark: A 4-D Experience¨ explores the complex nature of these magnificent creatures’ survival instincts. Stunning 3-D and special effects place you right in the middle of the action as sharks reveal their hidden traits while roaming an eerily beautiful underwater landscape.

COMPANY: Root River Films, Nature’s Press PRODUCER: Tess Bergeson-Gallun, Jeff Richter DIRECTOR: Tess Bergeson-Gallun EDITOR: Tess Bergeson-Gallun WRITER: Tess Bergeson-Gallun CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff Richter SOUND EDITOR: Tess Bergeson-Gallun SOUND RECORDISTS: Jeff Richter MUSIC: Charlie Richter, various ccmixter.org musicians EFFECTS: Tess Bergeson-Gallun OTHER: Story Concept: Jeff Richter

COMPANY: BBC, SimEx-Iwerks PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Michael Gunton, Executive Producer: Neil Nightingale, Executive Producer: Georgina Anderson, Producer: Steve Greenwood, Executive Producer: Richard Needham, Producer: Mike Frueh DIRECTOR: Director: Steve Greenwood, Director: Mark Merrall EDITOR: Editor: Matt Meech, Editor: Mark Merrall CINEMATOGRAPHER: Hugh Miller, Morne Hardenberg, Adam Ravetch, Didier Noirot, Mark Macewen, Michael Pitts, Andy B. Casagrande IV, David McKay, Charles Maxwell, Johnny Rogers, Richard Wollocombe, Richard Fitzpatrick, Joe Romeiro, James R.D. Scott SOUND EDITOR: Sound Designer: Grant McAlpine SOUND MIXERS: Re-recording Mixer: Grant McAlpine SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Will Slater NARRATOR: Paul McGann OTHER: Conversion Supervisor: Andre Robichaud, Rotoscoping: John Petteys, Rotoscoping: Limin Shao, Rotoscoping: Tareq Sattar

(608) 719-9964 tess@rootriverfilms.com www.naturespressbooks.com/, www.rootriverfilms.com

(818) 262-4720 mmerrall@iwerks.com www.simex-iwerks.com

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SHELF LIFE SHELF LIFE

SHUKLAPHANTA, THE OTHER WILD NEPAL

17-0389

17-0390

Limited Series - Short

People & Nature

New York, NY

Paris,

United States

France

12/21/15

6/30/16

22 minutes

52 minutes

Shelf Life is a collection for curious minds-- opening doors, pulling out drawers, and taking the lids off some of the incredible, rarely-seen items in the American Museum of Natural History. This is a video series that dives deep into the Museum’s research collection to discover the past, present, and future of its approximately 33 million artifacts and specimens. Shelf Life’s episodes emphasize the value of scientific collections and explore big-picture themes through the fascinating stories of particular specimens, and the people who work with them.

The Shuklaphanta Reserve is the first national park created in Nepal in 1973. This area is exceptional on many accounts including its diverse landscapes, hundreds of animal species- 22 of which are critically endangered. It may look like a mix of Europe and Africa yet we are truly in the heart of Asia. The reserve is a small paradise located in the western part of the country. Despite human pressure, it has managed to strive and offer the wildlife a safe haven. However, the fragile cohabitation between man and animal is a daily struggle for associations and park rangers who must raise awareness and educate the people about the advantages of co-existing with Nature. If the nearby inhabitants’ quality of life improves, the need to plunder the forest will diminish and the kingdom of Shuklaphanta will be able to look forward to a bright future.

PRODUCER: Erin Chapman DIRECTOR: Erin Chapman CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND MIXERS: Erin Chapman EFFECTS: Jason Drakeford DESIGNER: Jason Drakeford NARRATOR: OTHER: Executive Producer: Eugenia Levenson

COMPANY: Ampersand, Spicee Ushuaia TV Wapi PRODUCER: Gilles Thion, Jean Dufour DIRECTOR: Fabien Lemaire EDITOR: David Fernandes NARRATOR: Cedric Allard OTHER:

(212) 769-5629 echapman@amnh.org www.amnh.org/shelf-life

+33 144-111-234 sparet@ampersand.fr www.facebook.com/shuklaphantafilm/

SIXTEEN LEGS

SKY RIVER OF THE HIMALAYAS

17-0391

17-0392

Animal Behavior, Original Music Score, Editing, Visualization, Audioscape, Student & Emerging, Hosted or Presenter-led, Educational / Institutional, Science in Nature, Ecosystem, Writing

Limited Series - Long

Sandy Bay, TAS

Vienna,

Australia

Austria

1/15/17

6/14/17

101 minutes

52 minutes

Giant prehistoric spiders the size of dinner plates seek kinky love in the dark. As the world descends into the next period of global mass extinction, a message of hope comes from an unlikely hero: a creature, often unfairly reviled, that has survived prior mass extinctions and climatic change in a magical ecosystem hidden beneath the World Heritage mountains of one of the world’s last great wildernesses. With spectacular imagery and a dark-fantasy twist, this realworld “Charlotte’s Web” capitalizes on master story-teller Neil Gaiman’s global popularity to bring a story of stability and solitude into our world of rapid change.

The Brahmaputra is one of Asia’s and the world’s biggest rivers. This series is the first to document its entire length from its icy and hidden source, the Angsi glacier in Tibet, to the tropical Gulf of Bengal, Bangladesh, where it forms the world’s largest coastal delta by uniting with its biggest tributaries, the Ganges and the Meghna. Through deep submarine canyons, its massive flow of water, silt and sand continues out into the Indian Ocean for another 3.000 kilometers. The Brahmaputra’s main channel runs through South Tibet, North-East India and Bangladesh, but its vast network of tributaries also drains parts of Bhutan and Nepal. A geographical riddle until the early twentieth century, this huge and complex river system is still hardly familiar or even completely unknown to a general public. Shaped by India’s collision with Asia, linking contrasting climates from the Third Pole to the tropics, a stunning diversity of eco-systems and a multitude of cultures, this unique river sums up our entire planet.

COMPANY: Bookend Enterprises Pty. Ltd., PRODUCER: Niall Doran DIRECTOR: Niall Doran Justin Smith EDITOR: Justin Smith WRITER: Niall Doran Craig Wellington Neil Gaiman CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joe Shemesh SOUND EDITOR: Mike Gissing SOUND MIXERS: Mike Gissing SOUND RECORDISTS: Toby Armbruster George Goerss MUSIC: Dean Stevenson Kate Miller-Heidke NARRATOR: Nicole Farrow

COMPANY: Pre-tv dreiD.at EOS, ORF, ARTE France, ZDF, CCTV, Pre-tv, EOS PRODUCER: Executive Producers: Nikolaus Wisiak Lukas Kogler Sun Shuyun DIRECTOR: Klaus Feichtenberger, Jeremy Hogarth, Heinz Leger EDITOR: Klaus Feichtenberger, Jeremy Hogarth, Heinz Leger WRITER: Klaus Feichtenberger, Jeremy Hogarth, Heinz Leger

+61 409-222-133 nd@bookendtrust.com www.sixteenlegs.com

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SKY RIVER OF THE HIMALAYAS - FROM THE PLAINS TO THE OCEAN

17-0393

SKY RIVER OF THE HIMALAYAS - FROM THE SOURCE TO THE GORGE

17-0394

Ecosystem, People & Nature

Ecosystem, Visualization, Original Music Score, Writing

Vienna,

Austria

6/14/17

52 minutes

Along the lower course of the Brahmaputra, as it nears and merges with the ocean, the usual definitions of a river, of land, coast and ocean are lost. The delta is a liquid landscape, changing continuously with the tides, the seasons, with the ongoing movements of the earth. Part of the biggest marshland on the planet is flooded for months each year, and part of the populations actually lives on, and not by, the river. Rising sea levels are contending with new deposits of sediment from rapidly rising and eroding mountains. The Brahmaputra carries the biggest sediment load on the planet; it has already dumped several times the volume of today’s Himalaya in the biggest delta on earth. While in Episode 2 we see wildlife and people struggling through the annual drought. Episode 3 tells of how the inhabitants of river islands and mangrove forests have learned to live with masses of water.

The Brahmaputra’s upper course on the Tibetan plateau is called Yarlung-Tsangpo -- “Holy Water from the Highest Peak”. The highest river in the world first spills from a glacial lake at 5.200 meters. The Angsi glacier has been identified as the Brahmaputra’s source as late as 2011. Running east for 1.700 kilometres, the Yarlung-Tsangpo follows the suture where India and Asia first collided 50 million years ago. It cuts through ancient sea-floor lifted from the ocean that once separated the two continents. It gathers not only all the waters coming down the northern slopes of the Central Himalaya but also enormous volumes of silt and sand eroding from rising peaks. It was the rising mountains that forced many species to adapt to high altitude and a harsh climate, and it was the river that created habitable land for wildlife and, eventually, humans. In a dramatic turn, the Yarlung-Tsangpo breaks through the eastern Himalaya and thunders down several thousand meters through the planet’s biggest gorge, thus linking the high, cold Tibetan plateau with the steamy sprawling plains of India.

COMPANY: Pre-tv EOS dreiD.at, ORF,ARTE France, ZDF, CCTV, Pre-tv, EOS PRODUCER: Executive Producers: Nikolaus Wisiak Lukas Kogler Sun Shuyun DIRECTOR: Heinz Leger EDITOR: Martin Biribauer WRITER: Heinz Leger CINEMATOGRAPHER: Director of Photography: Harald MittermŸller Additional Photography: Dietrich Heller Tanmoy Ghosh Areal Photography: Alexander Kaiser Assistant to Cameramen: Ingemar Arnold Eva MittermŸller SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Erwin Kiennast EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: Klaus Feichtenberger OTHER:

COMPANY: pre-tv dreiD.at EOS, (ORF/ARTE France/ZDF/CCTV/EOS) PRODUCER: EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PRE TV Nikolaus Wisiak EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DREID.AT Lukas Kogler EXECUTIVE PRODUCER EOS FILMS Sun Shuyun DIRECTOR: KLAUS FEICHTENBERGER EDITOR: Martin Biribauer CO-EDITOR Michaela MŸllner ASSISTANT EDITOR Andrea Unterweger Ingrid Edtmeier-Winkler WRITER: Klaus Feichtenberger CINEMATOGRAPHER: DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Hubert Doppler Zhao Dong AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY Hans Hornberger ASSISTANT TO CAMERAMAN Hans Hornberger Ingemar Arnold SOUND EDITOR: Bernhard Zorzi MUSIC: Erwin Kiennast DESIGNER: Lee Niederkofler NARRATOR: Klaus Feichtenberger

+00 431-878-7813186 ronja.scherzinger@orf.at

SKY RIVER OF THE HIMALAYAS -FROM THE FOREST TO THE PLAINS

17-0395

17-0396

Ecosystem, Audioscape, Editing

Micro-Movie

Vienna,

Bronx, NY

Austria

United States

6/14/17

4/1/17

52 minutes

1 minutes

Along its course through dramatically changing landscapes, climates and nations, the Brahmaputra keeps changing its name. In the narrow, green, wet southern foothills where the river leaves the Great Gorge of the Yarlung-Tsangpo, the locals call it Siang, but when it turns back east, forming a giant U, hugging the Central Himalaya, it becomes the Brahmaputra- a braided lowland river meandering across wide plains of sediment. Tributaries from the southern flanks of the mountains cross habitats of changing altitude, from 6,000 to 200 meters, with different wildlife occupying the various stages, making this region a global hotspot of biodiversity. Run-off is massive during the summer monsoon when the land receives the highest rainfall on earth but in winter the rivers depend on meltwater from glaciers. This annual cycle of extreme drought and massive floods drives the rhythm of life for both the people and the wildlife along the main river: elephants, rhinos, various monkeys and waterfowl. Episode 2 tells the story of the long wait for the rains of the summer monsoon and how people and wildlife cope with the dry half of the annual extremes.

For April Fools Day, WCS launched an emergency campaign to tackle one of the most critical conservation issues of our time: keeping sloths dry. After decades of intense study, our research teams determined that rain occurs in rainforests. All. The. Time. The sloths that live in these wet rainforests move too slowly to stay dry. And, what’s more, almost no sloths own raincoats, or even miniature, sloth-sized umbrellas. Every day, sloths from across South and Central America reach critical levels of moisture saturation, ranging from lightly damp to hopelessly soaked. But with the support of our advocates, we have the power to sort of stop it.

COMPANY: Pre-TV EOS dreiD.at, ORF, ARTE France, ZDF, CCTV, Pre-tv, EOS PRODUCER: Executive Producers: Nikolaus Wisiak Lukas Kogler Sun Shuyun DIRECTOR: Jeremy Hogarth EDITOR: Lukas Kogler WRITER: Jeremy Hogarth CINEMATOGRAPHER: Director of Photography: Rolando Menardi Additional Photography: Zhao Dong Johannes Petscher Aerial Photography: Kalyan Varma SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Erwin Kiennast NARRATOR: Klaus Feichtenberger

COMPANY: Wildlife Conservation Society, PRODUCER: Natalie Cash EDITOR: Natalie Cash WRITER: Christina Sirabian CINEMATOGRAPHER: EFFECTS: Jeff Morey OTHER: Footage: Shutterstock

+00 431-878-7813186 ronja.scherzinger@orf.at

SLICKERS FOR SLOTHS

(718) 220-7423 ncash@wcs.org www.secure3.convio.net/wcs/site/Donation2;?df_id=11382&11382.donation=form1

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SNOW CHICK NATURE

SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS KEYSTONE SPECIES AND TROPHIC ACTIVE

17-0397

17-0398

Animal Behavior

Educational / Institutional

New York, NY

Oakland, California

United States

2/24/16

5/3/16

53 minutes

20 minutes

During two months of blizzards and frigid temperatures dipping to -80 degrees, each male Emperor penguin who breeds in Antarctica must nurture and protect a single egg that harbors his offspring. But once the eggs hatch by midwinter, these dads are ready to move on to their next stage of parenting. Snow Chick imagines the story of the youngest and last chick of the colony to emerge from his shell and the challenges he encounters growing up in the world’s most extreme nursery.

In the 1960s, Robert Paine changed the face of modern ecology by conducting a new kind of experiment and coining the terms “Keystone Species” and “Trophic Cascade”. His work expanded on the ‘food webs’ concept and introduced the idea that not all organisms in a food web are equal in terms of their impact on the varieties and numbers of other organisms. Thanks to his seminal work, scientists have completely changed the way they approach population restoration projects, and they’ve learned that large predators are generally much more important than previously imagined.

COMPANY: John Downer Productions, Thirteen Productions LLC, BBC, WNET, PRODUCER: Producer: John Downer, Matthew Gordon, Philip Dalton Series Producer: Bill MurphyExecutive Producer: Lucinda Axelsson, Fred Kaufman DIRECTOR: John Downer EDITOR: Imogen Pollard CINEMATOGRAPHER: Frederique Olivier SOUND EDITOR: Dubbing Editor: Paul Cowgill SOUND MIXERS: Dubbing Mixer: Peter Davies Re-Recording Mixer: Ed Campbell SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Will Gregory EFFECTS: Colorist: Anna Fuller Online Editor: Daniel Beare NARRATOR: Kate Winslet OTHER: Series Editor: Janet Hess

COMPANY: Spine Films, HHMI BioInteractive PRODUCER: Amy Miller Josh Rosen DIRECTOR: Josh Rosen EDITOR: Quinn Costello CINEMATOGRAPHER: Owen Bissell SOUND RECORDISTS: Kevin Walker MUSIC: Mark Adler DESIGNER: Crazybridge Studios, Shizuka Aoki, Anatomize NARRATOR: Sean B. Carroll OTHER: Executive Producer: Sean B. Carroll

+1 212-560-6889 burkej@thirteen.org

(415) 315-9757 amiller@spinefilms.com www.spinefilms.com

SONIC SEA

SONS OF ENKAI

17-0399

17-0400

Science in Nature, Audioscape, Visualization, Original Music Score

People & Nature

New York, NY

San Lorenzo del Escorial,

United States

Spain

5/19/16

4/1/17

61 minutes

84 minutes

Everywhere on Earth songs of life can be heard. This is even more apparent deep down in the darkness of the sea, where whales and other marine life depend on sound to mate, find food, migrate, raise their young and defend against predators. Yet, their symphony of life is being disrupted by the industrialized noise that has become commonplace in our oceans today--with tragic and deadly costs. Created in partnership with NRDC and IFAW, Sonic Sea travels beneath the ocean’s surface to uncover the damaging consequences of increased ocean noise pollution and what can be done to stop it.

An intimate look to the relationship between man and nature in one of the most iconic wild places on Earth: The Maasai Mara, Kenya. A Maasai warrior guides us through the epic natural events and spectacular wildlife with which he shares his land and reflects on our connection with the natural world.

COMPANY: Discovery Channel presents a film by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Imaginary Forces in association with the International Fund for Animal Welfare and Diamond Docs, PRODUCER: Michelle Dougherty, Daniel Hinerfeld, Peter Frankfurt, Chip Houghton, Joel Reynolds, Jon Bardin, John Hoffman DIRECTOR: Michelle Dougherty, Daniel Hinerfeld EDITOR: Christopher S. Johnson WRITER: Mark Monroe CINEMATOGRAPHER: Stacy Toyama, Daren Vinson Crawford, Alec Boehm, Todd Duym, Dan Kanes, Michael Epple, George Lyon, Tristan Bayer, Stephen McCarthy, Stein Inge Pederson SOUND EDITOR: Christopher Bonis, Ryan Briley SOUND MIXERS: Jonathan Wales, Alexander Verbitskiy SOUND RECORDISTS: Greg Miller, Trokon Nagbe, Len Schmitz, Susan Bryant, Isaac Derfel, Marc Ryan, Calm Davidson, Noah Alexander, Tim Korn, Mia Forrest MUSIC: Heitor Pereira DESIGNER: Joan Lau, Arisu Kashiwagi, MJ Kang, Wes Yang, Charles Khoury, My Tran, Rob Bolick, Annie Liao, Ryan Massiah, Katherine Liang, Peggy Oei, Joseph Ahn, Zach Eastburg, Peter Lee, Hannah Kim, Lisa Chen, Esther Park, Alexis Lim, Charles Wang NARRATOR: Rachel McAdams OTHER: Sound Design: Trevor Gates, Ron Aston

COMPANY: NaturaHD Films, Salvator Proyectos PRODUCER: Nacho Ruiz,Alberto Saiz,Jorge Alesanco, Mariola Liberal DIRECTOR: Nacho Ruiz EDITOR: Nacho Ruiz WRITER: Marcos Nœ–ez,Nacho Ruiz CINEMATOGRAPHER: Alberto Saiz, Nacho Ruiz, Jorge Alesanco SOUND EDITOR: Nerio Guti_rrez SOUND MIXERS: Nerio Guti_rrez,Germ‡n Guti_rrez,Alejandro Navas SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Eduardo Arbide,Henry Saiz, Luis M.Deltell EFFECTS: F‡leg Pag_s DESIGNER: Alberto Saiz NARRATOR: Gibson Ndaiga

(818) 903-3375 tiffany@awardsinsider.com

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SOUL OF THE CAT

SOUL OF THE ELEPHANT NATURE

17-0401

17-0402

Animal Behavior, Ecosystem, Writing, Editing

Animal Behavior, Conservation, Audioscape, Visualization, Editing, Original Music Score, Writing

Washington, DC

New York, NY

United States

2/22/17

10/14/15

44 minutes

53 minutes

Explore the parallels and deep similarities between the domestic cat and lions and leopards and other big cats in the wild today. We look at the hunting behavior, the stages of the hunt, the bonding, marking mating and all the rituals that make our cats so fascinating as perfect and miniature reflections of these great cats. In the end, we realize that there are more similarities between the big cats that we fear and revere and the small lion on our laps than there are differences.

Ironically, every dead elephant with its ivory intact is a reason to celebrate. It means an elephant died of natural causes, not bullets, snares or poison, and a soul was allowed to be celebrated and mourned by its herd. Award-winning filmmakers, Dereck and Beverly Joubert start with the remains of two bull elephants and through a series of key flashbacks, look at the lives they would have led, the dramas they may have seen, their great migrations for water with their families, and their encounters with lions and hyenas. This film, shot over two years, will be an intimate look at elephants through the lens of perhaps the greatest storytellers of natural history.

COMPANY: Wildlife Films for National Geographic, PRODUCER: Beverly Joubert, Dereck Joubert, Ashley Hoppin EDITOR: Candice Odgers S.A.G.E WRITER: Dereck Joubert CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dereck Joubert SOUND EDITOR: Candice Odgers S.A.G.E SOUND MIXERS: Beverly Joubert and Johan Theron MUSIC: JB Arthur NARRATOR: Dereck Joubert

COMPANY: , Wildlife Films, Thirteen Productions LLC,Terra Mater Factual Studios PRODUCER: Beverly Joubert Dereck Joubert Co-Executive Producers: Ivo Filatsch Sabine Holzer Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman Series Producer: Bill Murphy EDITOR: Candice Odgers S.A.G.E WRITER: Dereck Joubert CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dereck Joubert SOUND EDITOR: Sound Production and Design: Beverly Joubert Sound Editor: Candice Odgers Foley:Ron Nell Foley: Val Nell SOUND MIXERS: Sound Mixer: Vaughan Phillips Re-Recording Mixer: Ed Campbell SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: JB Arthur EFFECTS: Colorist: Graham Cooke NARRATOR: Beverly Joubert, Dereck Joubert OTHER: Series Producer: Janet Hess

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com www.channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/big-cat-week/episodes/soul-of-the-cat/

SOULS OF THE VERMILION SEA

SOUTH AFRICA - CLASH OF CURRENTS

17-0403

17-0404

Conservation, Visualization

Ecosystem

Boise, ID

Hamburg,

United States

Germany

4/22/17

3/1/16

28 minutes

50 minutes

In the Northernmost corner of the Gulf of California in Mexico, several small fishing communities are facing a crisis. The black market for the swim bladder of an endangered fish called the totoaba is putting these communities and the surrounding marine ecosystem at risk. One species is threatened with extinction if this illegal totoaba fishing continues - Mexico’s endemic porpoise, the vaquita.

Nowhere else on earth do Africa and Antarctica so impressively come together as they do at South Africa’s Cape. It’s a place where cold-loving penguins live alongside desert-dwelling ostriches, and which is similarly home to surfing sea snails and live-bearing chameleons. The Cape Peninsula marks the point where two mighty ocean currents collide: the icy, nutrient-rich Benguela current and the warm Agulhas from the tropics. Penguins even breed on the beach not far from Cape Town because they love the ice-cold waters rich in fish. However, once a year they have to go ashore - and therefore into the heat - to mate.

COMPANY: Wild Lens, PRODUCER: Sean Bogle, Matthew Podolsky DIRECTOR: Sean Bogle, Matthew Podolsky EDITOR: Matthew Podolsky WRITER: Matthew Podolsky, Emily Bender CINEMATOGRAPHER: Sean Bogle, Matthew Podolsky, Brenda Razo, Joey Leibrecht, Dhruv Tikekar SOUND MIXERS: Steve Fulton, AudioLab Studio SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Greg Willis NARRATOR: Anna Serradilla OTHER: Animation by: Chin Li Zhi

COMPANY: Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm; Blue Planet Film, NDR, BR, RBB, Terra Mater Factual Studios, National Geographic Wild PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Susanne Lummer, Producer: Heike Grebe DIRECTOR: Thomas Behrend EDITOR: Mirco Tribanek WRITER: Steven Zorn CINEMATOGRAPHER: Thomas Behrend, Michael Riegler, Mirco Tribanek SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: Sven-Michael Bluhm SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Oliver Heuss NARRATOR: Erik Thompson OTHER: Executive Producer: Ashley Hoppin, Commissioning Editor: Ralph Quibeldey, Commissioning Editor: Bernd Strobel, Commissioning Editor: Ute Beutler, Commissioning: Editor Andrea Gastgeb

(208) 297-6536 matthew@wildlensinc.org www.vaquitafilm.com

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SPILLOVER--ZIKA, EBOLA & BEYOND

SPINY FOREST OF MADAGASCAR

17-0405

17-0406

Science in Nature, Changing Planet, Visualization

Educational / Institutional, Engaging Youth

Chevy Chase, MD

San Diego, Ca

United States

7/25/16

11/1/17

56 minutes

3 minutes

Zika. Ebola. MERS. These are viruses that ‘spill over’ from animals and infect humans. In the last half-century the number of spillover viruses has quadrupled. But typically, people learn about outbreaks as sudden disconnected flare ups. These viruses, however, have much in common: where they come from, how they attack, and how they can be controlled. By telling deeply human stories of disease victims and health care workers, “Spillover - Zika, Ebola & Beyond” goes beyond the headlines to convey important, usable information about spillover viruses at a time when viewers need it most.

Take a brief look into one of the worlds most unique ecosystems: the spiny forest of Madagascar. Lear about octopus trees, baobabs and the creatures that live among them.

COMPANY: A Tangled Bank Studios, LLC production in association with Barrat Media, LLC for PBS, PRODUCER: Executive Producer: David Elisco, Producer: James Barrat, Line Producer: Lori Beane, Coordinating Producer: Frank Verock, Associate Producer: Erin Hurm DIRECTOR: James Barrat EDITOR: Emmanuel Mairesse WRITER: James Barrat CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jim Ball, Scott Carrithers, Neve Cunningham, Michael Duff, Rene Heijnen SOUND RECORDISTS: Glenn Bates, Matt Fletcher, Alex Jennings, Joel Sartori, Adam Toy, Ivar Trentelman, Brian Whitlock MUSIC: Anton Sanko NARRATOR: James Barrat OTHER: Executive In Charge: Sean B. Carroll, Tangled Bank Studios, Executive Director: Dennis Liu, Managing Director: Anne Tarrant, Director of Production: Heather Forbes Art Director: Fabian de Kok-Mercado, Animation and Visual FX: Jellyfish Pictures, Senior Researcher: Laura Helft Researchers: Andrew Masterson, Aileen O’Hearn, Executive PBS: Bill Gardner

COMPANY: San Diego Zoo Kids, San Diego Zoo Global PRODUCER: Debra Erickson, Olivia Degn DIRECTOR: Dustin Trayer EDITOR: Dustin Trayer WRITER: Olivia Degn CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dustin Trayer NARRATOR: Oliva Degn

(301) 215-8860 davisw@tangledbankstudios.org www.pbs.org/spillover

(619) 717-0275 dtrayer@sandiegozoo.org

SPIRIT BEAR WILD KRATTS

SPIRIT OF THE BULL

17-0407

17-0408

Science in Nature, Engaging Youth

People & Nature, Conservation, Ecosystem

Ottawa, Ontario

Indianapolis, IN

Canada

United States

7/31/15

1/15/16

27 minutes

75 minutes

When the Wild Kratts head out looking for Black bears, Aviva keeps seeing a fleeting glimpse of what she thinks is a ghostly white bear. The gang soon realizes that they have stumbled across the rare Spirit Bear of the Northern Pacific. But celebration turns to dismay when they encounter new villain, Ms. Paisley Paver, CEO of Pave Nature Incorporated, and discover her plans to turn the island into a Mega Storage facility.

This is the story of a brutal and blood-thirsty fighting bull named “El Toron”. Though a famous matador eventually felled the mighty beast, El Toron’s story of blood, blades and freedom has become legend. Born and bred for aggression, the bloodline of the native Spanish bull found in El Toron lives on today in his offspring, many of whom still battle merciless matadors in bullfighting arenas throughout Mexico. Strangely, this ferocious bloodline can also be found in the tranquil mountain regions in the interior of Mexico where direct descendants of El Toron now roam in peaceful wild herds. Nearly 80 years ago, the news of El Toron’s death caused such a distraction to ranch hands that they left the herd unattended. The bulls escaped from captivity to re-establish themselves as the wild, free and majestic creatures they were created to be.

COMPANY: WK 4 Productions Inc., PRODUCER: Martin Kratt, Chris Kratt, Cheryl Knapp, Vince Commisso, Steven Jarosz DIRECTOR: Chris Kratt, Chris Roy EDITOR: Tai Zimmer, Ryan Hanson WRITER: Chris Kratt CINEMATOGRAPHER: Petr Cikhart SOUND EDITOR: Kyle Peters, Ryan Ongaro SOUND MIXERS: Richard Spence Thomas SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Pure West DESIGNER: Alan Stewart, Erika Worthylake

COMPANY: Ultimate Outdoors TV LLC, PRODUCER: Edwin Brochin DIRECTOR: Edwin Brochin EDITOR: Rob Mcgreevy, Brandon Brungard WRITER: Edwin Brochin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Paco De La Garza Balli SOUND EDITOR: Rob Mcgreevy NARRATOR: Esteban Silva OTHER: Thomas Fraley

(416) 809-0739 knappco@rogers.com

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SPRING - SEASON OF EXTREMES HIGHLANDS SCOTLAND’S WILD HEART

SPRINGTIME STORIES

17-0409

17-0410

Original Music Score, Editing

Ecosystem

Glasgow,

Heidelberg,

Scotland

Germany

1/31/16

7/15/16

59 minutes

52 minutes

Spring is the most unpredictable of seasons in the Highlands. It’s all about timing. Red squirrels, osprey, roe deer and dippers make the most of this fleeting opportunity to raise a family. In the Caledonian pine forest, capercaillie perform a striking display to compete for breeding rights while, on the forest floor, a timberman beetle searches for a mate with antennae four times the length of its body. In the Moray Firth, a pod of bottlenose dolphins gathers to feed on the spring run of salmon; it’s a bounty but only if they can swallow it. Narrated by Ewan McGregor.

Spring is a time of new beginnings and new life. The world is bursting with joie de vivre, and the sheer force of nature is never more tangible than during this season. In forests, fields, meadows and gardens, nature awakens from her icy winter sleep. The world takes on color again. The magic of spring in all its glory is the focus of this film. Unusual animal stories- some humorous, some dramaticcreate a very special springtime feel. Upbeat, amusing and exciting, the film illustrates vividly that spring in Germany is the loveliest season of all.

COMPANY: Maramedia LTD, PRODUCER: Jackie Savery, Nigel Pope, Verity White, Simon Williams DIRECTOR: Nigel Pope EDITOR: Nick Carline, Neil Allan CINEMATOGRAPHER: Lindsay McCrae, Neil Anderson, Raymond Besant, Kevin Flay, Fergus Gill, Graham Hatherley, Jim Manthorpe, Mike Penman, Justin Purefoy, Dave Tarvit, Cover Image: L.Campbell SOUND EDITOR: Max Bygrave, Mitch Dorf SOUND MIXERS: Ben Peace MUSIC: Simon Ashdown, Donald Shaw NARRATOR: Ewan McGregor

COMPANY: Marco Polo Film AG, PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Annette Scheurich Mi-Yong Brehm Moritz Mayerle DIRECTOR: Annette Scheurich EDITOR: Andreas Tiletzek CINEMATOGRAPHER: Alexandra und Steffen Sailer Marlen Hundertmark Klaus Scheurich Ulrich Haufe Hartmut Idler Boas Schwarz SOUND MIXERS: Sound Design & Mix: Oliver Engelhardt Sound Effects: Wilmont Schulze SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Georg Reichelt NARRATOR: Susan Tackenberg

+44 144-406-770 info@maramedia.co.uk www.maramedia.co.uk

+49 622-140-0780 meike@marco-polo-film.de

SPRINGWATCH IN JAPAN: CHERRY BLOSSOM

17-0411

17-0412

Hosted or Presenter-led

Limited Series - Long

Bristol, Bristol

New York, NY

United Kingdom

United States

1/1/70

2/1/17

60 minutes

108 minutes

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and James Wong join the lively cherry blossom celebrations taking place across Japan this spring. The blossom, or sakura, is one of the world’s most stunning seasonal wonders, with blankets of pink flowers sweeping across the country. Whilst James looks at the history of this famous festival, Chris and Michaela discover the wildlife that live alongside the blossom. All three even find themselves partying with the crowds of Japanese ‘blossom watchers’.

In the most innovative series that Nature has ever presented, Spy in the Wild employs over 30 animatronic cameras disguised as animals to secretly record behavior in the wild. These “spy cameras” reveal animals as having emotions and behavior similar to humans - specifically, a capacity to love, grieve, deceive, cooperate, and invent. Featured spy creatures include a spy hippo, spy cobra, spy sloth, spy orangutan, spy bushbaby, spy warthog, and many more. The robotic look-alikes infiltrate the natural world to film surprising behavior

pRODUCER: Rowan Crawford DIRECTOR: Karen Thomas OTHER: Presenter: Chris Packham Presenter: Michaela Strachan Presenter: James Wong

COMPANY: John Downer Production, BBC, PBS, Thirteen Productions LLC, PRODUCER: Producer: John Downer Series Producer: Philip Dalton, Matthew Gordon, Robert Pilley, Bill Murphy Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman DIRECTOR: John Downer EDITOR: Stuart Napier Imogen Pollard CINEMATOGRAPHER: Photography: Rod Clarke Richard Jones Micahel W Richards Frederique Olivier Neil Rettig Stephen Downer Brain McClatchy Thomas Miller Specialist Camera Team: Huw Williams Hiatt Evans Jeremy Parr Geoffrey Bell Malcolm Beard Karl Gllivan Matthew Goodman Adam Wright SOUND EDITOR: Dubbing Editor: Paul Cowgill Dubbing Editor: Owen Shirley SOUND MIXERS: Dubbing Mixer: Peter Davies Re-Recording Mixer: Ed Campbell MUSIC: Will Gregory EFFECTS: Colorists: Ann Fuller-Clarke, Christian Short Online Editor: Daniel Beare Graphics: Anna Fuller-Clarke DESIGNER: Animatronics: John Nolan Studios Robotics: Masahiro Ishida NARRATOR: Brain Unger OTHER: Series Editor: Janet Hess

4.41E+11 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk

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SPY IN THE WILD - FRIENDSHIP

SPY IN THE WILD - LOVE

17-0413

17-0414

Science in Nature, Editing

Original Music Score, Animal Behavior, Science in Nature, Visualization

Bristol,

United Kingdom

1/26/17

2/10/17

58 minutes

The animatronic Spy Creatures are on an extraordinary mission as they discover how friendships are a vital part of animal societies. Spy Wolf Cub joins a pack of arctic wolves where a real cub’s survival depends on friendships in one of the harshest environments in the world. Spy Warthog meets some real warthogs and discovers the extraordinary relationship they have with mongoose. Chimpanzees take a bath in a jungle pool and show us that their social life is as sophisticated as our own.

To discover just how like us animals really are, animatronic Spy Creatures infiltrate the animal world to explore their complex emotions. Spy Pup is immersed in wild dog life to explore their maternal love and Spy Chick discovers the extraordinary devotion of hornbills as a mother is imprisoned for the sake of her brood. In a thought-provoking scene a chimpanzee shows empathy as he finds an abandoned genet kitten and adopts it as his pet.

COMPANY: John Downer Productions, BBC Worldwide and WNET/Thirteen New York PRODUCER: John Downer Series Producer: Philip Dalton Series Producer, Matthew Gordon Series Producer, Rob Pilley DIRECTOR: John Downer EDITOR: Stuart Napier Imogen Pollard CINEMATOGRAPHER: Rod Clarke Philip Dalton Richard Jones Simon Niblett Neil Rettig Michael W Richards MUSIC: Will Gregory NARRATOR: David Tennant

COMPANY: John Downer Productions, BBC Worldwide, WNET/Thirteen New York PRODUCER: John Downer Series Producer: Philip Dalton, Matthew Gordon, Rob Pilley DIRECTOR: John Downer EDITOR: Stuart Napier Imogen Pollard CINEMATOGRAPHER: Richard Jones Michael W Richards Frederique Olivier Neil Rettig Stephen Downer MUSIC: Will Gregory NARRATOR: David Tennant

+00 441-179-238088 Helen.Drew@jdp.co.uk www.jdp.co.uk/programmes/spy-in-the-wild

+44 117-923-8088 jdp@jdp.co.uk www.jdp.co.uk/programmes/spy-in-the-wild

SPY IN THE WILD: INTELLIGENCE NATURE

17-0415

17-0416

Animal Behavior, Editing

Audioscape, Visualization, Editing

New York, NY

Hoedspruit, Limpopo

United States

South Africa

2/8/17

11/22/16

54 minutes

44 minutes

In a landscape where rain is rare, violent and short-lived, Africa’s Big Cats lead a predictable life, masters of the dry terrain they’re adapted to. But for a few months, intense storms transform their world, shattering their routine. They don’t have the luxury to wait out the rain. They must hunt or starve. While risks are as high as ever, so too is opportunity - for those that seize it. Storm Cats is an intimate portrayal of lion and cheetah families, pushed to the edge by nature’s raw power. Only those that can adapt will survive.

COMPANY: John Downer Production, BBC, PBS, Thirteen Productions LLC, PRODUCER: Producer: John Downer Series Producer: Philip Dalton, Matthew Gordon, Robert Pilley, Bill Murphy Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman DIRECTOR: John Downer EDITOR: Stuart Napier Imogen Pollard CINEMATOGRAPHER: Photography: Rod Clarke Stephen Downer Richard Jones Brian McClatchy Thomas Miller Frederique Olivier Michael W Richards Specialist Camera Team: Huw Williams Karl Gallivan Matthew Goodman Adam Wright SOUND EDITOR: Dubbing Editors: Paul Cowgill Owen Shirley SOUND MIXERS: Dubbing Mixer: Pater Davies Re-Recording Mixer: Ed Campbell SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Will Gregory EFFECTS: Colorist: Christan Short Graphics: Anna Fuller-Clarke Online Editor: Daniel Beare DESIGNER: Animatronics: John Nolan Studios Robotics: Masahiro Ishida NARRATOR: Brian Unger OTHER: Series Editor: Janet Hess

COMPANY: Hat Creek Productions (Pty) Ltd, National Geographic Channels PRODUCER: Adrian Bailey Robyn Keene-Young DIRECTOR: Adrian Bailey EDITOR: Adrian Bailey WRITER: Robyn Keene-Young CINEMATOGRAPHER: Adrian Bailey Kim Wolhuter Heinrich van den Berg SOUND EDITOR: Adrian Bailey Mark Phillips SOUND MIXERS: Vaughan Phillips SOUND RECORDISTS: Robyn Keene-Young Adrian Bailey MUSIC: Alan Lazar NARRATOR: Huey Morgan

(212) 560-6889 burkej@thirteen.org

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+27 157-930-772 adrian@roadmedia.co.za www.roadmedia.co.za

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STORY OF THE WILD

SUDAN: THE LAST OF THE RHINOS NATURAL WORLD

17-0417

17-0418

Micro-Movie

Conservation

Toledo, OH

Bristol, Bristol

United States

United Kingdom

3/10/17

5/31/16

3 minutes

59 minutes

Filmed over the span of five weeks and in four different African countries, Story of the Wild follows filmmakers Alex Goetz and Justin Grubb’s adventure and passion for wildlife. Spending their time living out of a safari truck, these young filmmakers search for Africa’s most iconic species, with the goal to inspire viewers to make a positive change for conservation.

The remarkable story of 43-year-old Sudan, the very last male northern white rhino on the planet. At the young age of 3, Sudan was snatched from his mother’s side in Central Africa. He became a prized exhibit in a zoo behind the Iron Curtain while the rest of his kind was poached to extinction in the wild. Today, Sudan has become an unwitting celebrity and the focus of a desperate eleventh hour battle to save his sub-species. This astonishing modern day fable is told through the international cast of characters who’ve been involved in Sudan’s life, for better and for worse.

COMPANY: Running Wild Media, PRODUCER: Justin Grubb DIRECTOR: Alex Goetz EDITOR: Alex Goetz WRITER: Justin Grubb CINEMATOGRAPHER: Alex Goetz, Justin Grubb NARRATOR: Justin Grubb OTHER: Production Assistant: Danielle Therrien

COMPANY: BBC Studios, THRITEEN Productions LLC, PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

(440) 371-0554 alexmgoetz@gmail.com www.runningwild.media

4.41E+11 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk

SUMMER-THEGREATESTRACEHIGHLANDS-SCOTLAND’S WILDHEART

17-0419

17-0420

Audioscape

Animal Behavior, Editing, Writing, Original Music Score, Visualization

Glasgow,

New York, NY

Scotland

United States

1/29/16

10/12/16

59 minutes

53 minutes

Scoured by ice and weathered by storms, the Scottish Highlands cover 20,000 miles of rugged coastline, lochs and mountains. Narrated by Ewan McGregor, this landmark series gives a beautiful portrait of the wildlife that is thriving in this unforgiving place. By midsummer, the sun rules here for nearly 18 hours a day. For the animals of the Highlands, it’s a race to raise their offspring before the nights close in and the storms arrive. As summer draws to an end, the guillemot chicks of Handa Island face a death-defying leap as they tumble to the sea, fledging from 400-foot cliffs.

With high speed camerawork and breakthrough new science, we enter the fast-paced world of hummingbirds as never before. Speed is their middle name. Their lives are moving faster than the eye can see. They possess natural born super powers that enable them to fly backwards, upside-down, and float in mid-air. For the first time, we see them mate, lay eggs, fight, and raise families in intimate detail. They are great athletes, tender mothers, brave in combat, and up for any challenge. They are Super Hummingbirds, the smallest, most brilliant birds on earth.

COMPANY: Maramedia LTD, PRODUCER: Jackie Savery, Nigel Pope, Peter Bassett, Verity White, Simon Williams DIRECTOR: Jackie Savery EDITOR: Pete Barden, Neil Allan CINEMATOGRAPHER: Lindsay McCrae, Raymond Besant, Neil Anderson, Kevin Flay, Fergus Gill, Jim Manthorpe, Mike Penman, Justin Purefoy, Dave Tarvit, White Tail Films SOUND EDITOR: Kate Hopkins, Mitch Dorf SOUND MIXERS: Ben Peace SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Simon Ashdown, Donald Shaw NARRATOR: Ewan McGregor

COMPANY: Coneflower Productions, Thirteen Productions for WNET, PRODUCER: Ann Johnson Prum Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman Series Producer: Bill Murphy EDITOR: Jim Isler WRITER: Janet Hess CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mark Carroll Ann Johnson Prum Andrew Wegst Additional Cinematography: Nathan Dappen Neil Lossin SOUND MIXERS: Re-Recording Mixer: Ed Campbell SOUND RECORDISTS: Sound Design: Michael Gochanour Sound Design: Jim Isler MUSIC: Composer: Lenny Williams Composter: Chris Biondo EFFECTS: Colorist: Troy Thompson Colorist: Christopher Young Visual Effects Artist: Justin Crowell NARRATOR: Patricia Clarkson OTHER: Series Editor: Janet Hess

+44 144-406-770 info@maramedia.co.uk www.maramedia.co.uk

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SUPER SNAKES

SUPERNATURE:WILD FLYERS

17-0421

17-0422

Animal Behavior

Visualization

San Sebastin de los Reyes, Madrid

Arlington, VA

Spain

United States

4/9/17

6/30/16

50 minutes

53 minutes

In some religions snakes represent wisdom or immortality, while in others they’re evil incarnate. One way or another, these animals are present in every culture on Earth, and we’ve attributed incredible powers to them: some are just myths, but others are quite real. Snakes can deceive their prey and confuse their predators. They are able to kill in a second with their venom, or with sheer strength. They know how to become invisible, they can survive for years without eating and, without legs, they can walk, swim and climb trees. They can even fly...

Conquering the skies is one of nature’s greatest achievements. However, if you thought only birds defied gravity, you’re in for a surprise. Across the planet an extraordinary range of animals do something we can only dream of - take to the air. Some spend their whole lives airborne while others only visit, but they all have one thing in common: they only survive by taking to the air. With the help of some specially trained animals, the latest filming technology and special effect techniques, we’ll reveal the brand new science that explain how animals take to the skies.

COMPANY: Genera Doc Wild Life, Amprods PRODUCER: Alvaro Mendoza DIRECTOR: Alvaro Mendoza EDITOR: Pedro Linares WRITER: Alvaro Mendoza CINEMATOGRAPHER: Pablo Valdivieso SOUND EDITOR: Pedro Linares SOUND MIXERS: Jaime Fernandez SOUND RECORDISTS: Ferando Gomez MUSIC: Eric Foinquinos EFFECTS: Luciano Rodriguez DESIGNER: Alfonso Puerta NARRATOR: Stephen Hughes OTHER:

COMPANY: A BBC Production with PBS, PRODUCER: Simon Bell EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Tim Scoones Vanessa Berlowitz SERIES PRODUCER James Brickell DIRECTOR: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Richard Cook Kevin Flay Jonathan Jones Mark MacEwen Peter McCowen Mark Payne-Gill SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Will Hyde OTHER: PBS Executive in Charge: Bill Gardner

+34 916-589-779 mendozas.alvaro@gmail.com www.vimeo.com/208508415 password:sus

(703) 739-5392 akkim@pbs.org www.pbs.org/program/super-nature-wild-flyers

SURROUNDED BY WILD ELEPHANTS

17-0423

17-0424

360¡ Storytelling

Educational / Institutional

Los Angeles, CA

The Plains, Virginia

United States

2/23/16

3/18/17

3 minutes

7 minutes

From the vast open plains of the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania Africa, Digital Domain, one of the leading providers of immersive experiences, invites audiences to experience the grandeur of walking among the largest land mammals on earth -- from the comfort of their living rooms. This special 360¡ video transports viewers to the African elephant’s breathtaking, indigenous environment, providing a first-person view as a herd of elephants gracefully approach. Immersive 360¡ audio and high definition video simulate the proximity of the herd, allowing audiences to truly appreciate the majesty of the African elephant’s stature.

The domestic cat is often a beloved pet, but it’s also a major threat to birds and other wildlife. Every year in the United States, cats kill well over 1 billion birds. Wildlife rehabilitators are on the frontlines caring for injured birds and giving them a chance to be wild again.

COMPANY: Digital Domain, CINEMATOGRAPHER: Artur Gajda OTHER: Artur Gajda

PRODUCER: American Bird Conservancy Aditi Desai Grant Sizemore DIRECTOR: Aditi Desai EDITOR: Aditi Desai Nasreen Alkhateeb CINEMATOGRAPHER: Aditi Desai

+1 310-664-3372 tetrault@d2.com

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SURVIVING THE WILD: CATS & BIRDS

(973) 919-0109 adesai@abcbirds.org www.abcbirds.org/program/cats-indoors/

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SUZY & THE SIMPLE MAN

TAGGING BUMBLE BEES TO STUDY THEIR MOVEMENTS SCIENTIST AT WORK

17-0425

17-0426

People & Nature

Educational / Institutional

Moore Park, NSW

South Miami, FL

Australia

United States

6/1/16

5/18/16

91 minutes

6 minutes

Suzy & the Simple Man is an environmental love story about sustainability and the cycle of life. Eight years in the making, this intimate, funny and uplifting film features Suzy and her adventurer husband, Jon Muir, who live a simple life off the grid - growing organic fruit and vegetables and caring for their chooks and sheep. But the simple life is never as easy as it seems. When all seems perfect, life takes an unexpected turn. With bravery and conviction, Suzy and Jon confront perhaps their greatest challenge yet, and consider taking the road less traveled.

Graduate student, Jeremy Hemberger, designs an experiment to study the foraging behavior of bumble bees in different habitats. Are some habitats better for bumble bees than others? Does it depend on the number or type of flowers that are available or some other factor? To answer these questions, Jeremy designed a system for measuring the length of bumble bee’s foraging trips. He attached radio frequency identification tags to several bumblebees in a colony and then set up an array of detectors in their nest to record the bees comings and goings.

COMPANY: Shark Island Productions Pty Ltd, PRODUCER: Ian Darling, Mary Macrae DIRECTOR: Suzan Muir, Jon Muir, Ian Darling EDITOR: Sally Fryer SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Paul Charlier OTHER: Sound Design: Paul Charlier

COMPANY: Day’s Edge Productions Howard Hughes Medical Institute, PRODUCER: Neil Losin, Clay Bolt, Nathan Dappen, Executive Producer: Dennis Lui, PostProduction Supervisor: Chris Vargas, Production Manager: Lorri Garcia-Cottrell, Assistant Producer: Kori Price DIRECTOR: Neil Losin Morgan Heim WRITER: Neil Losin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Neil Losin Morgan Heim SOUND EDITOR: Neil Losin SOUND MIXERS: Neil Losin SOUND RECORDISTS: Neil Losin MUSIC: New West Studios NARRATOR: Clay Bolt OTHER: Advisors: Laura Bonetta, Jeremy Hemberger

+61 228-353-3623 marymacrae@sharkisland.com.au www.sharkisland.com.au

(208) 591-0852 kori.price@gmail.com www.daysedge.com

TALE OF A LAKE

TALES BY LIGHT SEASON 2

17-0427

17-0428

Animal Behavior, Ecosystem, Writing, Original Music Score, Visualization

Limited Series - Long

Helsinki,

Annandale, NSW

Finland

Australia

1/15/16

10/17/16

76 minutes

90 minutes

Tale of a Lake is a film about the thousands of lakes that Finland is known for. It takes the viewers on an unprecedented adventure, ranging from the crystal clear springs all the way to the basins of the big lakes. It opens a whole new world of underwater nature for the viewers, and tells about the many old tales and beliefs in the land of thousands of lakes. The story of the film is told through tales that are based around the myths, legends and old beliefs that are part of the Finnish mythology.

Tales By Light follows extraordinary photographers on their quest to change perceptions through their art. These extraordinary artists know that the right image can speak volumes and have the power to make a difference to the fate of the precious ecosystems and wildlife of our natural world.

COMPANY: MRP Matila Rohr Productions, PRODUCER: Marko Rohr DIRECTOR: Marko Rohr, Kim Saarniluoto EDITOR: Kim Saarniluoto WRITER: Antti Tuuri, Marko Rohr CINEMATOGRAPHER: Teemu Liakka SOUND EDITOR: Juha Hakanen MUSIC: Panu Aaltio NARRATOR: Jonathan Hutchings

COMPANY: Untitled Film Works, Canon Australia PRODUCER: Abraham Joffe Jason McLean Louis Cooper Robinson Hamish Macdonald DIRECTOR: Abraham Joffe EDITOR: Lorna-Jean Bradley WRITER: Abraham Joffe CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dom West Blake Castle Abraham Joffe Toby De Jong SOUND EDITOR: Simon Lister Stuart St. Vincent Welch Dan Anthon James Martell SOUND MIXERS: Simon Lister Stuart St. Vincent Welch Dan Anthon James Martell SOUND RECORDISTS: Jenefer Walker Dom West Blake Castle Louis Cooper Robinson MUSIC: Blair Joscelyne Adam Moses EFFECTS: Phil Soliman Keith Li NARRATOR: Sigrid Thornton OTHER: Colorist: Fred El-Harris

+35 850-547-8767 joonas.kauppinen@matilarohr.com www.matilarohr.com

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+61 295-504-640 lj@untitledfilms.com.au www.untitledfilmworks.com.au/tales-by-light/

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TERRA X OUR FASCINATING PLANET - ARABIA: ENCHANTED KINGDOM BETWEEN THE WORLDS

THE AMAZING SHAPES OF AMMONITES

17-0429

17-0430

People & Nature

Micro-Movie

Mainz, RLP

New York, NY

Germany

United States

3/5/17

6/17/16

43 minutes

3 minutes

Terra X Our Fascinating Planet Arabia: a region in which myths were born, but where life is confronted with harsh reality. Dirk Steffens immerses himself in the fairy-tale world of A Thousand and One Nights. Not only the mysterious Arabian Nights, but also the scorchingly hot days tell a thousand and one fascinating stories. Stories of endless sand dunes, green oases, precious frankincense, curious unicorns and unfathomable caves.

When you think of an ammonite, you probably think of a spiral-shelled sea creature. But in fact, this was just one of the many shapes that ammonites took. As part of Science Friday’s 2016 Cephalopod Week, the American Museum of Natural History shows the great range of shapes these ancient cephalopods once took. Museum Curator, Neil Landman, explains how this array of shapes once confounded evolutionary biologists, and why this variety is actually a great example of how evolution works.

COMPANY: ZDF, PRODUCER: Florian Rehm DIRECTOR: Tobias Schultes, Jasmina Neudecker EDITOR: Maria Zimmermann CINEMATOGRAPHER: Oliver Roetz OTHER: Animation: Paul bewegt, PRO in Space: Nikolai Holzach, Managing Editor: ZDF, Christiane G_tz-Sobel

PRODUCER: Lee Stevens DIRECTOR: Lee Stevens OTHER: Executive Producer: Eugenia Levenson

+49 613-170-12055 anaya.m@zdf.de

(212) 769-5629 echapman@amnh.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvgqwX2gF0g

THE AQUATIC WORLD WITH PHILIPPE COUSTEAU

17-0431

17-0432

Limited Series - Short

Interactive, Impact

New York, New York

Bergen,

United States

Norway

12/15/16

7/26/16

6 minutes

48 minutes

Philippe Cousteau, explorer of seas and grandson of esteemed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, takes viewers on a journey to explore the surprising elements beneath the ocean’s surface.

When you set foot on Horn¿ya at the northern tip of Norway, 100.000 seabirds welcome you. But the lively and noisy bird cliff, hide the fact that the seabirds are fewer in number each year. This summer NRK broadcast live from the island for 7 weeks. In daily live TV-programs and 24/7 web streams, we engage in the seabirds struggle to survive, and to get their chicks in the air. By following individual birds the whole summer, tell their stories, and put them in to the larger picture, we hope to raise awareness about what is happening in our seabird colonies.

COMPANY: Great Big Story, PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: Philippe Cousteau OTHER:

COMPANY: NRK, Nordvision, SVT Sweeden, DR - Denmark, RUV Iceland, YLE Finland PRODUCER: Terje Dale, Nils Arne Sabo DIRECTOR: Trond Lillealtern, Hallgrim Hals, Lasse Wallace EDITOR: ¯yvind Fallet, Therese G. Pisani, Dag Henrik Klausen WRITER: Jenny Duesund, Asle Hella, Astrid Rommetveit, Sindre Skrede CINEMATOGRAPHER: John Arnt N¿stdal, Per Jarle Heggdalsvik, Torgeir Beck Lande, James Ewen, Stein hage, Alrik Velsvik, ¯ivind Enggrav, NRK Drone,Jan Benkholdt SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: Ruth F¿lstad, Trond Baugst¿ SOUND RECORDISTS: DESIGNER: Kristin Breivik, Marius LundgŒrd,Glen Imrie, Marco Vaglieri,Synne Gjul Jan Erik BrŒthen NARRATOR: Trond Berg, Ingrid Olderbakk,Helge S¿fteland, Hanne Cecilia Aas OTHER: Technical team: Ivar Sundal, Christian Haraldsen, Anders N¿kling, Erling Johnsen, Magne Sivertsen, Simen W. Stordahl, Yngve Langeland, Tore Zacariassen, Rune Endre larsen, Thomas Berglund, Steinar Apalnes

(212) 275-8492 eric.gonzalez@turner.com www.greatbigstory.com

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THE BIRD CLIFF

+00 479-014-4179 nils.arne.sabo@nrk.no www.nrk.no/piip

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THE BIRD MAN

THE BOY AND THE LAST RHINO

17-0433

17-0434

People & Nature

Micro-Movie

Chennai,

Cape Town,

India

South Africa

7/31/15

9/22/16

3 minutes

1 minutes

In a fast moving world with little time for acts of kindness, the inspiring story of Mr. Sekar will make you rethink it all. As a simple camera mechanic living in a crowded street in Chennai, India, he has been feeding parrots on his terrace as a random act of kindness that started 15 years ago. Today 4000 parrots visit his terrace every morning and evening. He spends nearly 40% of his income to feed them every day. Watch the film to find what drives him to do this and what makes him The Birdman!

A short film capturing the ease and shock with which we could lose megafauna such as the rhino in Africa if we don’t act now. It features one of the last three northern white rhinos on earth.

COMPANY: Big Short Films, Studio A PRODUCER: Amarnath Rameshbabu DIRECTOR: Maverick Prem EDITOR: Vinodh RJ CINEMATOGRAPHER: Arvind, Maveerman SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Capoproduction.com DESIGNER: Israel Davidson NARRATOR: Sekar

COMPANY: Black Bean Productions, PRODUCER: Samantha Suter DIRECTOR: James Suter EDITOR: Leon Visser WRITER: Andrew Gibbs CINEMATOGRAPHER: Oli Caldow SOUND RECORDISTS: OTHER: Camera Assistant: Keenan ‘K-Dog’ Ferguson,GoPro Hero: Sacha Specker

+91 729-992-2881 stories@bigshortfilms.com www.bigshortfilms.com/

+27 081-700-4974 andrew@blackbeanproductions.com www.blackbeanproductions.com

THE BUTTERFLY TREES

THE CANARY ISLANDS

17-0435

17-0436

Conservation, People & Nature, Student & Emerging, Educational / Institutional, Theatrical

Limited Series - Long

Louisville, KY

Vienna, Vienna

United States

Austria

8/15/17

12/6/16

83 minutes

100 minutes

The Butterfly Trees captures the long distance journey of the eastern monarch butterflies on their epic migration from the forested shores of Southern Canada to the rare oyamel fir trees of Central Mexico. Told through the eyes of filmmaker Kay Milam, the film weaves together a wondrous tapestry of stunning visuals, passion for nature and the eclectic mix of the people for whom these butterflies have become a magnificent obsession. Part science, part adventure, and part love story, The Butterfly Trees is a captivating reflection of the profound mysteries of the natural world and the ties that irremovably connect us all.

Part I: Currents of Life- Wind and Water transported pioneer seeds, insects and animals to the isolated landmasses, defined the diversity and distribution of life and created microclimates to which many species adapted, some evolving unique features to survive in these lands. Encounters with eccentric birds and with majestic whales! Part II: Life on the Edge highlights the ability to survive under the impacts of the modern world, and explores the islands’ natural history, focusing on the fragile balance of life on the edge of extinction in raw landscapes of spectacular beauty. Here, one lizard species was saved by baby seagulls!

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: Kay Milam DIRECTOR: Kay Milam EDITOR: David Crites WRITER: Kay MIlam CINEMATOGRAPHER: Carlos Diaz Munos Jeff Saunders Robert Armstrong SOUND EDITOR: David Crites SOUND MIXERS: David Crites SOUND RECORDISTS: Geoff Maxwell Mark Mostad Sergio San Miguel Bruce Cameron Susan Garduno Argueta EFFECTS: David Crites NARRATOR: Kay Milam OTHER: Co-Producer: Robin Burke Additional Writing: Alanna Nash Associate Producer: Cheyne Moses Associate Producer: Courtney Novak Production Coordinator: Yadir Sanchez

COMPANY: ScienceVision, ScienceVision, ORF, NDR, ORF-Enterprise, DR, SVT PRODUCER: Rita Schlamberger Michael Schlamberger DIRECTOR: Michael Schlamberger EDITOR: Omer Sacic WRITER: John Dutton, Michael Schlamberger CINEMATOGRAPHER: Michael Schlamberger, Pedro Felipe Acosta, Mario Cater, Ji?’ Petr Underwater Photography: Rafa Herrero Massieu Aerial Camera: Aleksandar Pejovic, David Rodriguez SOUND MIXERS: Martin Rohrmoser SOUND RECORDISTS: DESIGNER: Lee Niederkofler NARRATOR: Andrew Solomon

(502) 494-3767 thebutterflytrees@gmail.com thebutterflytrees@gmail.com

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+18 787-814-129 ronja.scherzinger@orf.at www.contentsales.orf.at/

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THE CANARY ISLANDS -WORLD OF THE FIRE MOUNTAINS

THE CAT THAT CHANGED AMERICA

17-0437

17-0438

Animal Behavior, Ecosystem, Audioscape, Visualization, Original Music Score

Conservation, People & Nature, Impact

Vienna, Vienna

Bristol,

Austria

United Kingdom

12/6/16

1/1/17

90 minutes

50 minutes

These are the Canary Islands - isolated in the Atlantic Ocean off the North-west coast of Africa. Each island is unique with a diversity of terrain and climate - temperate coastlines, scorching deserts, tropical rainforests and frozen, snowcapped mountains. With features of a small continent, supporting one of the richest and most diverse ranges of native species on the planet.

P22 is the most famous mountain lion in the world, living in Griffith Park, right in the heart of Los Angeles. He was born in the Santa Monica Mountains, and crossed two of the busiest freeways in America, the 405 and the 101, before he settled in the park. Yet P22 is now trapped, hemmed in by freeways and urban sprawl, with little chance of ever finding a mate. Now a new documentary film explores his plight and the development of the wildlife crossing at Liberty Canyon in Los Angeles. Angelenos and local conservationists alike are battling to help P22 and the mountain lions of the Santa Monica Mountains, as they try to raise $50 million dollars, while facing resistance from public ignorance and the spread of poisonous rodenticides.

COMPANY: ScienceVision, ScienceVision, ORF, NDR, ORF-Enterprise, DR, SVT PRODUCER: Rita Schlamberger Michael Schlamberger DIRECTOR: Michael Schlamberger EDITOR: Omer Sacic WRITER: John Dutton Michael Schlamberger CINEMATOGRAPHER: Michael Schlamberger, Pedro Felipe Acosta, Mario Cater, Ji?’ Petr Underwater Photography: Rafa Herrero Massieu Aerial Camera: Aleksandar Pejovic,David Rodriguez SOUND MIXERS: Martin Rohrmoser SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: David Mitcham Jan‡?ek Philharmonic Ostrava DESIGNER: Lee Niederkofler NARRATOR: Andrew Solomon

COMPANY: Sabana Films, PRODUCER: Tony Lee DIRECTOR: Tony Lee EDITOR: Alex Berry, Richard Vaux, Matt Ward CINEMATOGRAPHER: Alex Rapaport MUSIC: Gianluca Cucchiara

+00 431-878-7814129 ronja.scherzinger@orf.at www.contentsales.orf.at/

+44 781-472-0133 tonyleemoral@gmail.com www.thecatthatchangedamerica.com

THE CHEETAH CHILDREN NATURE

THE CHORUS OF COLORADO

17-0439

17-0440

Animal Behavior, Writing, Visualization

Micro-Movie

New York, NY

Bozeman, MT

United States

6/14/17

1/1/17

53 minutes

2 minutes

Life on the African plains is a constant struggle, but for a single mother rearing her offspring, the odds seem to be stacked against them. An inspiring tale about motherhood and family as we follow a cheetah family on the grasslands. The mother is completely on her own, protecting her two newborn cubs and teaching them how to hunt some of the continent’s fastest game. Watch as the cubs explore the world around them and discover their place on the savannah. Over time, the two inquisitive cubs develop into brave and successful predators ensuring their species will survive another generation.

Colorado is truly a land of plenty - with a song all its own. The Chorus of Colorado is an anthem that reverberates from majestic peaks to red rock canyons, bustling cities to tranquil mountain towns. Heard in the brewery, the stadium, or even in the wide open spaces of the backcountry, it’s a chorus that hums with life. But listen carefully: one voice has gone missing. A note that rang through the mountains for eons has disappeared. Now, it’s time to bring this voice home.

COMPANY: Hat Creek Productions, Mavela Media Production, Thirteen Productions LLC, BBC Studios, WNET, PRODUCER: Producer: Adrain Bailey Producer: Kim Wolhuter Executive Producer: Tim Martin Series Producer: Roger Webb Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman Series Producer: Bill Murphy DIRECTOR: Robyn Keene-Young EDITOR: Matt Meech WRITER: Robyn Keene-Young CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kim Wolhuter SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: Dubbing Mixer: Vaughan Phillips Re-Recording Mixer: Ed Campbell SOUND RECORDISTS: Derek Solomon MUSIC: Alan Lazar EFFECTS: Colorist: Graham Cooke NARRATOR: Chris Morgan OTHER: Series Editor: Janet Hess

COMPANY: Grizzly Creek Films, PRODUCER: Thomas Winston Eric Bendick DIRECTOR: Thomas Winston Eric Bendick EDITOR: Roshan Patel Eric Bendick CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff Redd Thomas Winston Ronan Donovan Danny Schmidt Eric Bendick

+1 212-560-6889 burkej@thirteen.org

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+1 406-219-0045 tom@grizzlycreekfilms.com www.grizzlycreekfilms.com

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THE CLICK EFFECT

THE COLORADO

17-0441

17-0442

360¡ Storytelling

Changing Planet, Original Music Score

University Place, WA

Brooklyn, NY

United States

4/9/16

5/16/16

7 minutes

90 minutes

The Click Effect is a live-action, immersive VR experience, which follows two renegade marine science researchers as they attempt to free-dive a hundred feet below the ocean’s surface in a single breath to capture the “click” communication of dolphins and sperm whales - the world’s largest predators. It is one of the first VR films to be shot almost entirely underwater and includes never seen before 360 footage of face-to-face encounters with bottlenose dolphin, pilot whales, humpback whales, and giant sperm whale. The Click Effect was the first virtual reality film published as part of The New York Times Op-Docs series.

For five million years, the Colorado has carved some of the most majestic landscapes on the planet. It has also become the lifeline of a vast portion of North America, providing the water that sustains nearly forty million people, half a dozen major cities, and an immense agricultural empire. Because of these demands, the river is so overused and over-promised that it no longer nourishes its delta. The Colorado takes us on an epic journey through the prehistoric settlements of the region, the period of European exploration, the dam-building era, modern industrial agriculture and immigration, and the impact of climate change.

COMPANY: Verse and Annapurna Pictures, Within, Here Be Dragons PRODUCER: Bill Medsker, Tamsin Glasson DIRECTOR: Sandy Smolan EDITOR: Dan Oberle WRITER: James Nestor CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kate Wurzbacher MUSIC: Mckenzie Stuppert OTHER: Co-Creators: Sandy Smolan, James Nestor

COMPANY: VisionIntoArt, PRODUCER: Murat Eyuboglu, Paola Prestini, Courtenay Casey DIRECTOR: Murat Eyuboglu EDITOR: David Sarno WRITER: William deBuys, Murat Eyuboglu CINEMATOGRAPHER: Murat Eyuboglu, Sylvestre Campe SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: Ryan Kelly MUSIC: John Luther Adams, William Brittelle, Glenn Kotche, Shara Nova, Paola Prestini NARRATOR: Mark Rylance OTHER: Vocals: Roomful of Teeth, Cello: Jeffrey Zeigler, Percussion: Glenn Kotche

(323) 363-3814 Sandysmolan@mac.com www.within.com

(917) 544-1386 2007murat@gmail.com www.projectcolorado.com

THE DARK SIDE OF THE SUN

THE DASSIE - A SOUTH AFRICAN SURVIVAL SPECIALIST

17-0443

17-0444

Science in Nature

Student & Emerging

New York, NY

Heidelberg,

United States

Germany

2/1/17

3/15/17

42 minutes

52 minutes

Featuring scientists and engineers from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, NOAA, and AURA, The Dark Side of the Sun spotlights how scientists are working to understand our brightest star and protect against its potential to devastate modern civilization. Narrated by Grammy¨- and Emmy¨-winning and Oscar¨-nominated artist Sting and directed by twice Oscar¨-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn (“My Architect,”) and award winning filmmaker Paul Bozymowski, the film offers unprecedented access to two cutting edge projects, including the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), that will put us on the brink of solving the sun’s mysteries.

They’re small, cute and rather special- rock hyraxes, also known as dassies. Visitors of the South African coastline marvel at their heart-stopping capers among the rocks, cheerfully ignoring the plunging chasms below. They may look like groundhogs, but their closest taxonomic relatives are actually the elephant and the manatee. And that’s not the only odd thing about them.

COMPANY: RadicalMedia, PRODUCER: Dave O’Connor, Jon Kamen, Justin Wilkes, Matt Mountain, Nathaniel Kahn, Christy Wegener, Andrea Berman, Alexandra Moss, John Hoffman DIRECTOR: Nathaniel Kahn, Paul Bozymowski EDITOR: Joshua L. Pearson, Emmett Adler, Andrew Hassell WRITER: Nathaniel Kahn, Paul Bozymowski CINEMATOGRAPHER: Bob Richman SOUND RECORDISTS: Eddie O’Connor, Allastair Johnson, Aaron Delgrosso, Dustin Bath MUSIC: Roger Goula, Sarah Saturday, Joshua L. Pearson, Poppy Ackroyd, Eric Hillman, Beau Sorenson DESIGNER: Jonathan Leong NARRATOR: Sting

COMPANY: Marco Polo Film AG, PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Annette Scheurich Mi-Yong Brehm Verena Lemmer DIRECTOR: Marlen Hundertmark EDITOR: Marlen Hundertmark Andreas Tiletzek WRITER: Marlen Hundertmark Annette Scheurich CINEMATOGRAPHER: Marlen Hundertmark Boas Schwarz SOUND MIXERS: Sound Design & Mix: Oliver Engelhardt Sound Effects: Wilmont Schulze MUSIC: Georg Reichelt NARRATOR: Susan Tackenberg

(818) 903-3375 tiffany@awardsinsider.com

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+49 622-140-0780 meike@marco-polo-film.de

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THE DRILLS OF AFI MOUNTAIN

THE FORGOTTEN COAST

17-0445

17-0446

Student & Emerging

Conservation, People & Nature, Impact, Ecosystem

Bristol, Bristol

Bozeman, MT

United Kingdom

United States

9/14/15

11/18/15

11 minutes

56 minutes

In Nigeria’s last primary rainforest, the drill monkey is rapidly losing its home. As the walls close in, one group of conservationists are about to attempt the largest captive primate release ever with 200 drills to be released.

Following in the footsteps of a wandering Florida black bear, three friends leave civilization and enter a lost American wilderness on a rugged thousandmile journey by foot, paddle, and bike. Traversing Florida’s vast and seldom seen “Forgotten Coast,” the expedition encounters stunning and rare wildlife including black bears, manatees, alligators, ancient river fish, and endangered woodpeckers - all living within a fragile wildlife corridor stretching from the Everglades to the Florida-Alabama border. The expedition has inspired a growing statewide movement to conserve and permanently protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor. Winner of the Suncoast Emmy for documentary in 2016, The Forgotten Coast is now airing nationally on PBS.

COMPANY: University of the West of England, PRODUCER: Tom Richards DIRECTOR: Tom Richards EDITOR: Tom Richards WRITER: Tom Richards CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jason Mulvaney, Aditi Rajagopal, Tom Richards SOUND EDITOR: Tom Richards SOUND MIXERS: Tom Richards SOUND RECORDISTS: Tom Richards MUSIC: Jonathan Hamer EFFECTS: Tom Richards NARRATOR: Tom Richards

COMPANY: Grizzly Creek Films, PRODUCER: Producer: Eric Bendick Executive Producer: Thomas Winston DIRECTOR: Eric Bendick EDITOR: Stefanie Watkins WRITER: Eric Bendick CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff Reed Rick Smith Thomas Winston Eric Bendick SOUND EDITOR: Stefanie Watkins Richard Achor SOUND MIXERS: Richard Achor SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Lord Huron DESIGNER: Graphics: Ed Watkins OTHER: Featuring: Joe Guthrie Mallory Dimmitt Carlton Ward Jr.

+44 783-345-3359 t.j.richards@me.com www.tomrichardswildlife.com

+1 401-474-6161 ebendick@gmail.com www.pbs.org/show/forgotten-coast/

THE GIANT’S GUARDIAN

THE GREAT AMAZON THE GREAT AMAZON

17-0447

17-0448

Student & Emerging

Limited Series - Long

Dunedin,

Tokyo,

New Zealand

Japan

6/7/16

4/10/16

17 minutes

98 minutes

It’s rare, enormous, and it stinks. It’s the giant Rafflesia; the largest flower in the world. Being the biggest doesn’t make you the toughest - the Rafflesia is at risk; it’s being threatened by global warming and human impact. But there is one man who is helping; Marius Garbin, has devoted his life to the conservation and of this big, beautiful beast - and he’s succeeded against all the odds.

The Amazon River is home to a wide variety of unique fish. NHK spent over two years exploring the dense jungle to closely follow the Amazon’s stunning underwater creatures with 4K cameras. Captured on camera is very rare footage of electric eels hunting prey, energetic images of the Amazon river dolphin attacking a school of fish, and a unique sight of local fishermen catching a gigantic 2-meter shark-like catfish. Come and unveil the drama of the legendary fish in the most magnificent river on Earth.

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: Ana Terry DIRECTOR: Ana Terry EDITOR: Ana Terry WRITER: Ana Terry CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ana Terry, Don Hunter, Martin Ahiman SOUND EDITOR: Ana Terry SOUND RECORDISTS: Ana Terry MUSIC: Chris Giddes NARRATOR: Karen Elliot, Jeremy Anderson

COMPANY: NHK in association with NHK Enterprises in cooperation with Off the Fence, Amazon Touch, Mandra Filmes PRODUCER: Shinichi Murata, Atsushi Saito, Keisuke Onoda, Allison Bean DIRECTOR: Satoshi Okabe, Paul Dennys EDITOR: Takako Sugiyama, Bronwyn Harvey CINEMATOGRAPHER: Norio Nakanishi, Shu Saito, Junya Miyake SOUND RECORDISTS: Naotaka Doi NARRATOR: Peter Venn

+00 678-735-4122 ana@anaterry.co.nz

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THE GREAT AMAZON : MONKEY ENIGMA

THE GREAT AMAZON: SECRETS OF THE MIGHTY RIVER

17-0449

17-0450

Impact, Editing

Animal Behavior, Ecosystem

Tokyo,

Japan

6/12/16

4/10/16

49 minutes

The Amazon rainforest is a luscious jungle wonderland, a treasure trove of many unidentified animals. The jungle is long on anecdotes about various legendary creatures, in particular the primate “Mono Grande”. “Does the Mono Grande really exist?” Driven by the desire to find out, NHK crew thrusts deep into the jungle, encountering exotic monkeys on the way. After over 100 days of desperate exploration, the crew finally meets up with an enormous monkey! But is it the legendary Mono Grande they are after...?

COMPANY: NHK in association with NHK Enterprises in cooperation with Off the Fence, PRODUCER: Shinichi Murata,Atsushi Saito,Allison Bean DIRECTOR: Yuki Tadokoro,Paul Dennys EDITOR: Masataka Shimoyamada,Bronwyn Harvey CINEMATOGRAPHER: Daisuke Hongo,Satoshi Hasegawa, Chihiro Ito SOUND RECORDISTS: Naotaka Doi NARRATOR: Peter Venn OTHER:

COMPANY: NHK in association with NHK Enterprises in cooperation with Off the Fence, Amazon Touch, Mandra Filmes PRODUCER: Shinichi Murata, Atsushi Saito, Keisuke Onoda, Allison Bean DIRECTOR: Satoshi Okabe, Paul Dennys EDITOR: Takako Sugiyama, Bronwyn Harvey WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Norio Nakanishi, Shu Saito, Junya Miyake SOUND RECORDISTS: Naotaka Doi NARRATOR: Peter Venn

+81 354-554-339 m01614-festivals@li.nhk.or.jp

THE GREAT POLAR BEAR FEAST

THE GROUPER MYSTERY

17-0451

17-0452

Changing Planet

Animal Behavior

Arlington, VA

Meudon,

United States

France

5/31/17

7/11/15

54 minutes

52 minutes

Every September, normally solitary polar bears gather in large numbers at Kaktovic, Alaska. They wait for the feast left for them by the local Inupiat Tribe residence - the bone pile on the shore from the traditional Bowhead Whale cull. With more polar bears turning up every year, scientists want to discover the reason. Todd Atwood, the lead polar bear scientist for the U.S. Geological Survey, estimates a 40% decline in the polar bears around the South Beaufort Sea since 2006. As the search for untapped fossil fuels and climate change, how will the polar bear adapt to this new world?

Each year, thousands of groupers gather in the southern pass of Fakarava, followed by hundreds of sharks. The photographer, diver and biologist Laurent Ballesta and his team wanted to understand why the fish come to spawn in such a challenging pace. They engaged scientific protocols and a 24 hour dive record.

COMPANY: An AGB Films Limited and Renegade Pictures (UK) Limited production, Nanook Films Limited Filmmakers Collaborative, Inc. for PBS Channel 4 Television PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Alan Hayling Producers: Jo Young, Livia Simoka DIRECTOR: Nick Clarke Powell Andrew Graham Brown EDITOR: Mark Summers Andrew Chastney CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andrew Graham Brown Max Jourdan Arthur C Smith III Pete Allibone Ethan Edwards Nicole Gormley NARRATOR: Eric Meyers OTHER: PBS Executive in Charge: Bill Gardner

COMPANY: ARTE, Andromede Oceanologie, PRODUCER: Jacques Hinstin DIRECTOR: Gil Kebaili EDITOR: Denis Batadiere WRITER: Lauent Ballesta, Gil Kebaili CINEMATOGRAPHER: Yanick Gentil, Manuel LeFevre, Gil Kebaili SOUND EDITOR: Simon Dubois SOUND MIXERS: Simon Dubois MUSIC: Stephane Lopez

(703) 739-5392 akkim@pbs.org www.pbs.org/program/great-polar-bear-feast

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(017) 543-7410 melanie@lgbprod.fr

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THE GRUMBLE BEE

THE GUARDIAN OF KINABALU

17-0453

17-0454

Student & Emerging, Engaging Youth

People & Nature

Bristol,

Port Chalmers, Otago

England

New Zealand

9/13/16

4/28/17

11 minutes

52 minutes

Celebrating his 85th birthday, we join The Grumble Bee as he looks back over his life. He takes us on a journey where we experience his highs and lows, and the disappointment he has endured in his ever-changing world. Through his eyes we capture the changing landscape of Britain and witness how the growing human population has greatly impacted this old and cynical bee. Is there no hope for the bumblebees’ future, or is a hero about to emerge? Through this children’s film, we discover that little acts of kindness can go a long way.

Borneo’s Mount Kinabalu, the highest mountain in South East Asia, is the most biologically diverse place on Earth. In 2015, it was the epicenter of a deadly earthquake that killed 18 climbers. The Kadazan Dusun locals maintain that the earthquake was caused by the disrespectful behavior of climbers who angered the spirits of the mountain. One such local, Alim Biun, has been protecting the mountain and keeping the spirits happy for 40 years but, facing mandatory retirement, he is worried about Mount Kinabalu’s future and that of its incredible range of animals and plants. He needs to find a successor.

COMPANY: Ben Morris-French Productions, PRODUCER: Ben Morris-French DIRECTOR: Ben Morris-French EDITOR: Ben Morris-French NARRATOR: George French OTHER: Additional Photography: Robert Glowacky, Tom Cozens

COMPANY: Nature’s Voices, PRODUCER: Lloyd Spencer Davis Wiebke Finkler DIRECTOR: Lloyd Spencer Davis Wiebke Finkler EDITOR: Wiebke Finkler WRITER: Lloyd Spencer Davis CINEMATOGRAPHER: Robert Brown Wiebke Finkler Lloyd Spencer Davis SOUND EDITOR: L. Glen Wiebke Finkler SOUND MIXERS: L. Glen MUSIC: Leyton EFFECTS: Dr Karsten Schneider, BurningFish Productions DESIGNER: Dr Karsten Schneider, BurningFish Productions NARRATOR: Brian Beresford OTHER: Executive Producer: Ghazally Ismail Scientific Consultant: Ghazally Ismail

+00 447-595-031928 benjamin-morris@hotmail.co.uk www.vimeo.com/benmorrisfrench/thegrumblebee

(021) 617-176 lloyd@naturesvoices.com www.naturesvoices.com/filmmaking/

THE HEALING LIZARD

THE HEALTH OF OUR OCEANS

17-0455

17-0456

Short, Student & Emerging

Short

Bristol,

Silver Spring, MD

United Kingdom

United States

2/15/17

3/25/16

12 minutes

15 minutes

In the heart of South America lies a land of contrasts and ancient traditions Bolivia. High up in its mountains, lives a tiny lizard. A whole culture is about to be revealed through this incredible reptile. The Healing Lizard highlights the fragile relationship that exists between nature, tradition and culture, showing the various elements of its complex interaction, which needs to find a balance in order to achieve sustainability. Having the lizard as a common thread, the story is told through three different characters; a biologist, a subsistence farmer and a traditional healer. Each reveals a different perspective of one reality. Science, nature, tradition, belief, faith and culture, are some of the themes that this film explores. Equilibrium and harmony is what a traditional cultures are trying to find, but what happens when harmony and balance breaks down? The Healing Lizard is an engaging and visually stunning film that embarks on a complex journey, told through the story of a tiny creature.

A perfect storm of ignorance and exploitation is pushing our oceans to the brink of collapse. Technology is allowing us to plunder the sea like never before. But it’s also providing unprecedented insight that could be critical to our survival. Renowned marine biologist Dr. Sylvia Earle reveals why the dual threats of overfishing and ocean pollution could have a devastating impact on mankind, and the urgent steps that need to be taken to turn the tide before it’s too late.

COMPANY: Independent, University of the West of England PRODUCER: Fernanda Prudencio, Andoro Chahin DIRECTOR: Fernanda Prudencio EDITOR: Fernanda Prudencio WRITER: Fernanda Prudencio, Nicholas Williams CINEMATOGRAPHER: Fernanda Prudencio SOUND EDITOR: Fernanda Prudencio SOUND MIXERS: Michele Caruso, Robert Prynne SOUND RECORDISTS: Andoro Chahin, Claudia Prudencio MUSIC: Carlos Gutierrez, Audio Network DESIGNER: Ignacio Prudencio NARRATOR: Nicholas Williams OTHER: Camera assistants: Mateo Caballero, Silvana Baltz Drone operator: Gabriel Mamani Contributors: Francisco Apaza, Mauricio Ocampo & Andrea de Choque Stills Photographer: Mateo Cabellero, Claudia Prudencio

COMPANY: CuriosityStream, PRODUCER: Rob Burk DIRECTOR: EDITOR: Patrice Shannon WRITER: Rob Burk CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dennis Boni NARRATOR: Craig Sechler OTHER: Executive VP Content: Steve Burns Executive in Charge: Elizabeth Hendricks North

+44 775-412-1367 prudencio.fernanda@gmail.com

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THE HIGH DIVIDE

THE HUDSON, A RIVER AT RISK

17-0457

17-0458

Short

Limited Series - Short

Bozeman, Montana

Stone Ridge, NY

United States

10/2/16

10/1/16

16 minutes

29 minutes

They say THE HIGH DIVIDE is the place where America is cut in two. Then again, it may be where everything comes together. It was once called “the big empty” but it’s bursting at the seams with deep forests, streams brimming with trout, meadows flush with grizzlies and wildflowers, and peaks so vast they stretch all the way to the horizon. It’s also full of people. People who love the land. Cowboys who love salmon. Range riders who shepherd cattle and carnivores. Generation after generation stewarding land and water. These are the voices of the new pioneers. This original film celebrates the confluence of a wild place, its visionary people, and a mission to preserve and restore the backbone of the American West.

The recent boom in American drilling for oil and gas has created new risks no one predicted. Most of that fossil fuel production is headed for export, and thus must be moved to the coastlines via road, rail and seas. One result is that the Hudson River has become an energy highway, transporting twenty-five percent of the oil and gas from the Midwest down its length by train, barge and pipeline. The result in the Hudson Valley, the birthplace of the American environmental movement, is that all of the region’s bears all the risk.

COMPANY: Grizzly Creek Films, PRODUCER: Eric Bendick Thomas Winston DIRECTOR: Eric Bendick EDITOR: Roshan Patel Eric Bendick WRITER: Eric Bendick CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff Reed Roshan Patel Eric Bendick SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: Jeff Reed SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Mutual Benefit NARRATOR: Merrill Beyeler

COMPANY: Oceans 8 Films, PRODUCER: Jon Bowermaster DIRECTOR: Jon Bowermaster EDITOR: Devin Pickering, Chris Rahm CINEMATOGRAPHER: Chris Rahm, Devin Pickering MUSIC: Devin Pickering, Joe Maggio, Ike Shaw

(401) 474-6161 ebendick@gmail.com www.facebook.com/thehighdivide/

(914) 720-0642 jon@oceans8films.com www.oceans8films.com

THE HUNT

THE HUNT: NOWHERE TO HIDE THE HUNT

17-0459

17-0460

Limited Series - Long

Writing

Bristol,

Bristol, Avon

United Kingdom

10/19/15

10/23/15

116 minutes

50 minutes

The contests between predators and prey are the most dramatic events in nature. The Hardest Challenge reveals the extraordinary range of techniques predators use to catch their prey- from a leopard using all its powers of stealth to stalk impala in broad daylight to wild dogs, whose tactic is to wear down their prey over long distances; from Nile crocodiles, the Planet’s most patient predators, to killer whales who use teamwork and intelligence to take on humpback whales. But even with these finely tuned strategies, the outcome is far from certain. Surprisingly, most predators fail most of the time. In the Grip of the Seasons looks at the challenges of hunting in the Arctic, the most seasonal place on Earth. To a predator, seasonal change is a problem. It means that all the parameters of the hunt - the conditions, the strategies, the prey - change too. The only option for the Arctic’s top predators, the wolf, the Arctic fox and the polar bear, is to continually adapt to their changing world, exploiting the good times, and enduring the bad.

The eternal arms race between predator and prey is shaped by the habitat in which they live. More than half of the land on Earth is deserts or grasslands. Predators of these open habitats may be able to find their prey, but it works both ways - the prey can often see them coming. In a world of strategy and counter-strategy, when there’s nowhere to hide, little is left to chance, and the tactics of the hunt are seen in their sharpest relief.

COMPANY: Silverback Films, BBC, BBC WorldWide, BBC America, The Open University, CCTV9, NDR Naturfilm PRODUCER: Huw Cordey, Jonnie Hughes, Executive Producer: Alastair Fothergill DIRECTOR: Huw Cordey, Jonnie Hughes WRITER: Huw Cordey, Jonnie Hughes, Alastair Fothergill NARRATOR: Sir David Attenborough

COMPANY: Silverback Films, Silverback Films BBC Natural History Unit The Open University BBC Worldwide BBC America CCTV-9 NDR Naturfilm PRODUCER: Producer: Ellen Husain Series Producer: Huw Cordey Executive producer: Alastait Fothergill DIRECTOR: Ellen Husain EDITOR: Dave Pierce Same Rogers (Making Of) CINEMATOGRAPHER: John Aitchison Robin Cox Sophie Darlington Jonathan Jones Simon King Alastair MacEwen Jamie McPherson John Shier NARRATOR: Sir David Attenborough OTHER: Assistant Producers: Sophie Lanfear, Mandi Stark Researchers: Ilaira Mallalieu, Elisabeth Oakham, Hannah Smith Production Co-Ordinator: Tara Knowles Production Manager: Jenni Collie Head of Production: Jane Hamlin Film Editor: Dave Pearce Making of Editor: Sam Rogers Technical Manager: Dan Clamp Digital Imaging Technicians: Darren Clementson, Charles Dyer Online Editor: Franz Ketterer Sound Editor: Kate Hopkins Dubbing Mixer: Graham Wild Colourist: Adam Inglis Graphic Design: Burrell Durrant Hifle Music By: Steven Price Music Performed By: BBC Concert Orchestra With Thanks To: BBC Motion Gallery / Getty Images Femke Broekhuis Paul Brehem Emas National Park Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority Gobabeb Training and Research Centre Peter Hawkes Sammy Munene Margie Peixoto Claudio Sillero Dylan and Theresa Smith Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge T3Media Tswalu Kalahari Reserve U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Paul van Schalkwyk Photography

+44 011-799-27237 hal.hampson@silverbackfilms.tv www.silverbackfilms.tv/

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+44 779-569-1127 ellenhusain.media@gmail.com http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06rdnnk

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THE HUNT: THE HARDEST CHALLENGE

THE IVORY GAME

17-0461

17-0462

Animal Behavior, Visualization, Writing

Theatrical, Impact, Conservation, Audioscape, Visualization, Editing, Original Music Score, Writing

Bristol,

Vienna,

United Kingdom

Austria

10/19/15

6/14/16

58 minutes

112 minutes

The Ivory Game is an undercover feature-documentary, set to expose the dark world of ivory trafficking. The African elephant faces extinction as poachers wreak slaughter in pursuit of the ‘white gold’ of ivory. Award-winning director Richard Ladkani and Academy Award¨ nominated director Kief Davidson filmed undercover for 16 months with intelligence organizations, undercover activists, frontline rangers and conservationists, to infiltrate the corrupt global network of ivory trafficking. A torch-bearing film, The Ivory Game will inspire both outrage and hope.

COMPANY: Silverback Films, BBC, BBC WorldWide, BBC America, The Open University, CCTV9, NDR Naturfilm PRODUCER: Huw Cordey, Executive Producer: Alastair Fothergill DIRECTOR: Huw Cordey WRITER: Huw Cordey, Alastair Fothergill NARRATOR: Sir David Attenborough

COMPANY: A Netflix Documentary Terra Mater Film Studios Vulcan Productions in association with Malaika Pictures in association with Appian Way, A Netflix Documentary Terra Mater Film Studios Vulcan Productions in association with Malaika Pictures in association with Appian Way PRODUCER: Walter Koehler Kief Davidson Wolfgang Knoepfler DIRECTOR: Richard Ladkani Kief Davidson EDITOR: Verena SChoenauer CINEMATOGRAPHER: Directory of Photography: Richard Ladkani SOUND EDITOR: Sound Designer: Bernhard Zorzi SOUND MIXERS: Sound Post-Production Studio: Blautoene SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: H. Scott Salinas OTHER: Executive Producers: Leonardo di Caprio Jennifer Davisson, Joanne Reay, Dinah Czezik-Mueller, Paul G. Allen, Carole Tomko, Jody Gottlieb, Adam Del Deo, Jason Spingarn-Koff, Lisa Nishimura, Featuring (in order of appearance): Elisifa Ngowi, Craig Miller, Andrea Crosta, Hongxiang Huang, Ofir Drori, Ian Craig, Georgina Kamanga, Location Sound: Location Sound

+44 011-799-27237 hal.hampson@silverbackfilms.tv www.silverbackfilms.tv/

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at/cinema/the-ivory-game/

THE LAST ANIMALS

THE LAST BUFFALO

17-0463

17-0464

Impact

Conservation, People & Nature

Los Angeles, CA

Washington, DC

United States

3/16/17

6/15/16

92 minutes

51 minutes

The Last Animals is a story about an extraordinary group of people who go to all lengths to save the planet’s last animals. The documentary follows the conservationists, scientists and activists battling poachers and transnational trafficking syndicates to protect elephants and rhinos from extinction. From Africa’s front lines to behind the scenes in Asian markets, to the United States, the film takes an intense look at the global response to this slaughter and the desperate measures to genetically rescue the northern white rhinos who are on the very edge of extinction.

The Last Buffalo tells the remarkable story of the near extinction and rescue of the American Bison through the eyes of William T. Hornaday, chief taxidermist at the Smithsonian Institution, the man who set out to hunt the last few buffalo and ended up helping to save them from extinction.

COMPANY: Atlas Films, Foxtail Entertainment, The British Film Company, Diamond Docs PRODUCER: Kate Brooks, Stephanie Soechtig DIRECTOR: Kate Brooks EDITOR: Brian Anton, Brian Lazarte, Consulting Editor: Doug Blush WRITER: Kate Brooks, Mark Monroe CINEMATOGRAPHER: Longo, Ruben O’Malley, Jared Moosy, Jon Poggio STEFAN SCHERPEREL, ANDREW THOMPSON, RYAN YOUNGBLOOD SOUND MIXERS: George Foulgham SOUND RECORDISTS: Joel Barham, Ednah Bonareri, Peter Eason, Sm Kashefi, Scott Selman MUSIC: Composed by Paloma Estevez, Original Music by Emmanuel Jal EFFECTS: Tom Foster, Kim Tea Hak DESIGNER: Motion Designer: Joe Vaccarino NARRATOR: Kate Brooks

COMPANY: SNI/SI Networks L.L.C, Warehouse 51 Productions LTD PRODUCER: Steve Nicholls DIRECTOR: Steve Nicholls EDITOR: Paul Kiff WRITER: Victoria Coules CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kevin Flay MUSIC: Steven Faux NARRATOR: Tom Clarke-Hill OTHER: Executive Producers: David Royle, Joy Galane, Carl Hall

(575) 571-5918 kate@katebrooks.com www.thelastanimals.com

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THE LAST NORTHERN WHITE RHINO

THE LAST PIG

17-0465

17-0466

360¡ Storytelling

Educational / Institutional, People & Nature, Editing, Visualization

Cape Town,

Brewster, MA

South Africa

United States

6/8/16

2/8/17

5 minutes

54 minutes

Get up close and personal with the last three northern white rhinos in the world in this virtual reality video. Find out more about the northern white rhinos living at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy and what is being done to help grow their populations. Unfortunately, shortly after this video was filmed, the young southern white rhino, Ringo Starr passed away. During his short life, Ringo inspired many and helped raise awareness for rhinos in Africa.

The Last Pig is a lyrical meditation on what it means to be a sentient creature with the power to kill. Deeply immersive, the film follows a farmer through his final year of slaughtering pigs. As the seasons pass, the farmer admits his admiration for the pigs - and his growing conflict over “peddling in death.” Deeply personal, the film unfolds unhurriedly, often in real time, asking the viewer to stop...and experience: the gaze of a pig, the trust, the steel-hooked slaughterhouse, and the ghosts. The film invites the viewer to contemplate our dominion over others.

COMPANY: Black Bean Productions, PRODUCER: Sam Suter DIRECTOR: James Suter EDITOR: Leon Visser CINEMATOGRAPHER: Oli Caldow OTHER: Camera Assistant: Keenan ‘K-Dog’ Ferguson, GoPro Hero: Sacha Specker, Sound Engineer: Gareth Wharton

COMPANY: Piggy Films, LLC, PRODUCER: Allison Argo, Joseph Brunette DIRECTOR: Allison Argo EDITOR: Allison Argo, David Kennedy CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joseph Brunette SOUND MIXERS: David Hurley SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Giovanni Spinelli DESIGNER: Allison Argo

+27 081-700-4974 andrew@blackbeanproductions.com www.blackbeanproductions.com

+1 508-240-0006 argofilms@gmail.com www.thelastpig.com

THE LEGACY

THE LEGEND OF AKAM

17-0467

17-0468

Conservation

Theatrical, Writing, Original Music Score

Cabo San lucas, Baja Calif

Marseille, PACA

Mexico

France

7/19/16

4/23/17

4 minutes

87 minutes

It has taken only fifty years to destroy dozens of healthy and thriving marine ecosystems due to overfishing and pollution. Many species have vanished from their natural habitats. Almost twenty years ago the pacific manta ray was forced to leave its home in the Gulf of California, but it has found a new one in a Mexican archipelago - after it was declared a protected area. The short film “The Legacy” shows how endangered species can recover - if we give them a chance.

Akam is a caiman. He crosses the Great Kingdom in search of Zoa, a princess he has fallen in love with. In the Invisible Kingdom, the love they share is curtailed by the birth of little-ones. In her eyes he no longer counts, and he wishes to devour them but changes his mind when he learns that they are his own children. He banishes himself to spare Zoa and encounters some creatures who teach him of the existence and the virtues of family, and that everything happens for a reason. The little-ones are surrounded by all their enemies, but just as they are about to be devoured, Akam returns to save them.

COMPANY: Erick Higuera Marine Photography, PRODUCER: Erick Higuera DIRECTOR: Erick Higuera, Erendira Valle EDITOR: Erick Higuera WRITER: Erendira Valle CINEMATOGRAPHER: MUSIC: ForestCreation DESIGNER: Erick Higuera NARRATOR: Joe Romeiro OTHER:

COMPANY: Image Images Production, PRODUCER: Pierre Meynadier DIRECTOR: Pierre Meynadier EDITOR: Charlotte Gockel, Pierre Meynadier, Van Cong Vu WRITER: Pierre Meynadier CINEMATOGRAPHER: Pierre Maynadier, Van Cong Vu SOUND EDITOR: Jerome Alexandre SOUND MIXERS: Jerome Alexandre SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Bruno Vouillon, Sacha Menu EFFECTS: Pierre Meynadier NARRATOR: Romane Portail, Kaycie Chase, Paul Borne, Patrick Borg, Michel ELIAS, Odile SCHMIDT, Pierre-Alain De Garrigues

+52 161-211-71258 jerickhr@gmail.com

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THE LESSER CAUCASUS

THE LIONS RULE

17-0469

17-0470

Ecosystem, Original Music Score

Limited Series - Long

Gruenheide,

Vienna,

Germany

Austria

1/4/16

6/14/17

48 minutes

100 minutes

The Caucasus mountains mark a magical boundary between Europe and Asia. This documentary dives into the wild mountain landscape with its unique flora and fauna and captivates views from the very first minute.

The saga of three lion families linked together by a strange, charmed place. A beautiful oasis on the Mwagusi River in Tanzania where there is always water. It is called the Glade. The Glade is the territory of two old lionesses and their cubs. This small pride can bring down an adult giraffe - a remarkable skill. A Baobab forest spreads out beyond the Glade, the territory of the Baobab pride. They are also adroit giraffe hunters but it is the prides’ size that is special - they are the largest in all of Ruaha. The third pride are drifters - lean, mean and ruthless. They are the Njaa. They follow the buffalo herds. The herd is their territory and they are experts in the dark art of the buffalo kill. When destiny conspires to bring the prides together it is all out war. Lions Rule is a bewitching saga that unfolds in a place where animal behavior is unusual, sometimes bizarre. Here, lions lay down with baboons, lions kill giraffes, giraffes mourn their dead and buffaloes fight back. As the series unfolds we discover that it is not just the water of the Glade that connects the lion prides...

COMPANY: Altayfilm, Doclights PRODUCER: Henry M. Mix DIRECTOR: Henry M. Mix EDITOR: Katrin DŸcker-Eckloff WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Henry M. Mix, Igor Byshnev, Alexander Sommer, Axel Gebauer, Ernst Sasse, Moshe Alpert, Hans-Peter Kuttler SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Steffen Kaltschmid NARRATOR: Colin Soleman OTHER: Executive Producer: Tom Synnatzschke

COMPANY: A Terra Mater Factual Studios Production in association with Shibumi Films in Coproduction with Doclights/ NDR Naturfilm and National Geographic Channel, Shibumi Films Doclights/ NDR Naturfilm National Geographic Channel PRODUCER: Owen Pruemm DIRECTOR: Owen Pruemm EDITOR: Andrew Chastney, Steve Barnes WRITER: Ruth Berry CINEMATOGRAPHER: Owen Pruemm SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: Stefan K. Fiedler SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Sarah Class OTHER: Susanne Lummer, Sabine Holzer - Executive Producers

+49 160-637-2770 henry@altayfilm.com www.altay.film

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at http://www.terramater.at/productions/the-lions-rule/

THE LIONS RULE - EP.01: DEATH IN THE GLADE

17-0471

17-0472

Animal Behavior, Visualization, Writing, Editing

Animal Behavior, Visualization, Original Music Score

Vienna,

Austria

6/14/17

50 minutes

Eight years of filming delivers an extraordinary tale set in the wilderness of Ruaha, in a place called the Glade. The Glade is a paradise. Even in the hottest summer there is always water. This bounty spawns strange relationships - like the pact between a baboon and a lion family who, against all natural instincts, live in harmony. But peace is shattered when thousands of buffalo arrive in the Glade to drink. They are being followed by two hungry lions. The Glade becomes a war zone. Before this day is over there will be tragedy. But even more trouble is on the horizon.

Strangers are on their way - a coalition of dangerous rogue males on the trail of the buffalo. But the prides around the Glade are engrossed in other dramas. The Glade pride lionesses fearlessly outrun an adult giraffe and take him down with the help of another pride. Success for the lions and the photographer - the very first giraffe takedown ever to be filmed! The victorious prides feast together, unaware that a third pride is watching. The leader is not interested in food - she has violence in mind. And all the while, the rogue males draw closer.

COMPANY: Terra Mater Factual Studios, Shibumi Films Doclights/NDR Naturfilm National Geographic Channel PRODUCER: Owen Pruemm DIRECTOR: Owen Pruemm EDITOR: Andrew Chastney, Steve Barnes WRITER: Ruth Berry CINEMATOGRAPHER: Owen Pruemm SOUND MIXERS: Stefan K. Fiedler SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Sarah Class OTHER: Executive Producers: Susanne Lummer, Sabine Holzer

COMPANY: Terra Mater Factual Studios, Shibumi Films Doclights/NDR Naturfilm National Geographic Channel PRODUCER: Owen Pruemm DIRECTOR: Owen Pruemm EDITOR: Steve Barnes, Andrew Chastney WRITER: Ruth Berry CINEMATOGRAPHER: Owen Pruemm SOUND MIXERS: Stefan K. Fiedler MUSIC: Sarah Class OTHER: Executive Producers: Susanne Lummer, Sabine Holzer

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at/productions/the-lions-rule/

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THE LIONS RULE - EP.02: HUNTING GIANT

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THE MINI MANTAS OF MARIA

THE MYSTERY OF THE FEATHERED DRAGONS THE NEW PREHISTORY

17-0473

17-0474

360¡ Storytelling

Science in Nature, Visualization

Colwyn Bay, Conwy

Marseille,

United Kingdom

France

9/20/16

9/26/16

6 minutes

52 minutes

Join marine biologist Ana Sobral as she tells the story of her love of Santa Maria island in the Azores and her desire to the save the elusive mobula rays that visit its underwater mountains. This immersive virtual reality experience follows Ana above and below the waves as she studies these endangered rays and shows why they are worthy of global protection. A 360 film that was instrumental in an international effort to gain protective legislation for these endangered animals.

How did birds evolve? How did feathers and flight appear? After a century of silence, these questions were raised again at the beginning of the 21st century when numerous species of beautifully preserved feathered dinosaur fossils were discovered in Liaoning, China. During this paleontological investigation, each new fossil helps to complete the puzzle of the transition from dinosaurs to birds.

COMPANY: , Conservation Media Group (CMG) PRODUCER: Danny Copeland DIRECTOR: Danny Copeland EDITOR: Danny Copeland NARRATOR: Ana Filipa Sobral OTHER: Production Assistant: David Diley, Production Assistant: Maya Satangelo, Production Assistant: Shawn Heinrichs, Local Fixer: Ana Filipa Sobral, Local Fixer: Jorge Botelho Conservation Media Group, Manta Trust, Manta Catalog Azores, Save Our Seas Foundation, Exposure Labs, Paul G. Allen Foundation

COMPANY: Saint Thomas Productions, Arte France PRODUCER: Bertrand Loyer DIRECTOR: Emma Baus Bertrand Loyer EDITOR: Remi Dumas WRITER: Emma Baus Bertrand Loyer CINEMATOGRAPHER: Yoan Cart Benoit Demarle Jean-Charles Granjon Hanru Reyneke SOUND EDITOR: Florent Fournier-Sicre Nicolas Titeux SOUND MIXERS: Florent Fournier-Sicre SOUND RECORDISTS: Philippe Chalouni MUSIC: Samuel Safa EFFECTS: François Mourre NARRATOR: James Faulkner

+44 789-510-5076 danny@dannyunderwater.com

+33 495-068-068 a.cheminee@saint-thomas.net

THE NOORDERPLANTSOEN

THE NUCLEAR OPTION NOVA

17-0475

17-0476

Student & Emerging

Conservation

Groningen,

Boston, MA

The Netherlands

United States

8/9/15

1/11/17

32 minutes

53 minutes

The Noorderplantsoen represents the green heart of Groningen city in The Netherlands. The park offers citizens ease and joy and is a home to many animals. Most visitors are unaware of how nature takes its course right at their doorstep. Animals that have adapted now thrive in our cities and allow us a peek into their life history. The urban environment is just as wild as any other and the animals are confronted with its coherent ordeals. This film is about the survival of the common moorhen, the coot and other inhabitants of the park, taking some quite unexpected turns.

Five years after the earthquake and tsunami that triggered the unprecedented trio of meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, scientists and engineers are struggling to control an ongoing crisis. What’s next for Fukushima? What’s next for Japan? And what’s next for a world that seems determined to jettison one of our most important carbon-free sources of energy? Despite the catastrophe-- and the ongoing risks associated with nuclear energy-- a new generation of nuclear power seems poised to emerge from the ashes of Fukushima. NOVA investigates how the realities of climate change, the inherent limitations of renewable energy sources, and the optimism and enthusiasm of a new generation of nuclear engineers is looking for ways to reinvent nuclear technology, all while the most recent disaster is still being managed. What are the lessons learned from Fukushima? And with all of nuclear’s inherent dangers, how might it be possible to build a safe nuclear future?

COMPANY: Hilco Jansma, Hilco Jansma PRODUCER: Hilco Jansma DIRECTOR: Hilco Jansma EDITOR: Hilco Jansma WRITER: Hilco Jansma CINEMATOGRAPHER: Hilco Jansma SOUND EDITOR: Hilco Jansma SOUND MIXERS: Renger Koning SOUND RECORDISTS: Hilco Jansma MUSIC: Audio Network EFFECTS: Hilco Jansma DESIGNER: Hilco Jansma NARRATOR: Rene Scharenborg

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: Miles O’Brien Will Toubman Chris Schmidt DIRECTOR: Miles O’Brien EDITOR: Brian Truglio WRITER: Miles O’Brien DESIGNER: Vanessa Ly OTHER: Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell

+00 316-141-52270 hilcojansma@hotmail.com www.hilcojansma.com

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(617) 300-4316 vanessa_ly@wgbh.org www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/the-nuclear-option.html

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THE PACIFIC FISHER FORGOTTEN BUT NOT GONE

THE PERMIAN ANCIENT EARTH

17-0477

17-0478

Short

Visualization, Writing

South Miami, Florida

Silver Spring, md

United States

5/23/17

3/8/17

8 minutes

14 minutes

After decades of fur trapping and habitat loss, fisher populations have bounced back across northern North America-- but an isolated population of fishers, known as the Pacific fisher, has continued to decline in the Washington, Oregon, and California for a few reasons. Here is a story about why the Endangered Species Act hasn’t been able to protect this creature.

Our planet has suffered from at least five mass extinctions, periods when large number of species died out simultaneously or within a short time frame. Scientists today are still researching the causes of the first extinctions that resulted in a “reset” on planet Earth, allowing new species to rise, including the human race. Ancient Earth sheds light on the kind of life that existed on three of these early periods, allowing us to glimpse into the species that thrived during those times. Journey back 250 million years to explore the Permian, Triassic, and Cretaceous eras.

COMPANY: Day’s Edge Productions, EDITOR: Morgan Heim WRITER: Morgan Heim CINEMATOGRAPHER: Morgan Heim, Nathan Dappen, Additional Footage: Neil Losin, USDA Forest Service, Integral Ecology Research Center, Conservation Northwest, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, Public.Resource.Org, Wikimedia Commons SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Our Many Stars New West Studios Rimskymusic Olive Musique Emmett Cooke DESIGNER: Kori Price OTHER: Mourad Gabriel Kathryn Purcell Craig Thompson Edward Murphy Noah Greenwald

COMPANY: PixelDust for CuriosityStream, PRODUCER: Chad Cohen Elizabeth Andrade DIRECTOR: Ricardo Andrade EDITOR: Mark Andrade Rico Andrade Salvatore Vecchio WRITER: Eleanor Grant Chad Cohen CINEMATOGRAPHER: Hossam Aboul Magd Uri Shwartz MUSIC: Mark Andrade EFFECTS: Jordan Chedalavada Aditi Vengurlekar Chris Rodriguez Henry Bernstein Jason Starbird-Tierney Joon He-Chang Taylor Arnold NARRATOR: Salvatore Vecchio OTHER: CGI Supervisor: Samar Shool VFX Producer: Elizabeth Andrade Character Lead Animator: Andy Hencken Production Manager: Flavia Lanata Research: Whitney Beer-Kerr Executive Producer: Rob Burk Executive VP Content: Steve Burns Executive in Charge: Elizabeth Hendricks North

(208) 591-0852 kori.price@gmail.com www.daysedge.com

(301) 920-5909 Jorge.Franzini@curiositystream.com www.app.curiositystream.com/video/1797

THE RACE TO SAVE THE AMUR FALCON

17-0479

17-0480

Impact

Animal Behavior, Engaging Youth

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

St. P_lten, Nieder_st

India

Austria

9/26/16

5/3/16

20 minutes

52 minutes

In the state of Nagaland, in India’s far northeast, a small team of conservationists discovered something that was both enthralling and alarming. In the winter of 2012, they stumbled upon a vast congregation of Amur falcons around a remote reservoir. Simultaneously, they also witnessed local hunters capture and slaughter tens of thousands of the little raptors for consumption. This is the story of the investigation that followed, and the campaign that was launched to save the migrating falcons.

There is hardly another country in the world with fewer snake species than Austria, with the exception of the permanently cold regions and a few islands. Nonetheless, Austria is home to water and tree snakes and even a miniconstrictor, and rumors and cliches about killer snakes still abound. With unprecedented, spectacular imagery, The Secret Life of Snakes defends these fascinating creatures and dispels stereotypical fears.

COMPANY: Shekar Dattatri, PRODUCER: Shekar Dattatri DIRECTOR: Shekar Dattatri EDITOR: Shekar Dattatri, K. Ramnath Chndrasekhar WRITER: Shekar Dattatri CINEMATOGRAPHER: Shshank Dalvi, Wnmi Konyak, Limthure Yimchunger, Sandesh Kadur, K. Ramnath Chndrasekhar, Nitye Sood, Rita Banerji, Shilpi Sharma, Bano Haralu SOUND EDITOR: Shekar Dattatri, K. Ramnath Chndrasekhar SOUND MIXERS: Si Shravanam SOUND RECORDISTS: NARRATOR: Bao Haralu, Ramki Sreenivasan,

COMPANY: Power of Earth Productions, ORF Universum PRODUCER: Kurt MŸndl Power of Earth Productions TV & Film Produktions GesmbH. DIRECTOR: Kurt MŸndl EDITOR: Kurt MŸndl WRITER: Kurt MŸndl CINEMATOGRAPHER: Franz Cee Kurt MŸndl Eva und Helmut Pum Dieter und Dorli Manhart SOUND EDITOR: Franz Cee EFFECTS: Oliver Schwinn NARRATOR: Andrew Solomon

+91 984-101-5997 shekar.dattatri@gmail.com www.shekardattatri.com

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THE SECRET LIFE OF SNAKES

+43 274-223-022 avicularia@aon.at

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THE SHAPE OF A RIVER

THE SHARKS OF THE SULU SEA

17-0481

17-0482

Educational / Institutional

Bozeman, MT

Dumaguete,

United States

Philippines

3/1/17

6/11/17

12 minutes

13 minutes

Carving its way from farmland to badland, the Yellowstone River is a shapeshifter, coursing through the landscape as the very lifeblood of Montana. The Shape of a River casts the story of the mighty Yellowstone through the eyes of those whose lives intersect deeply. Through them, we find a river that is fierce yet fragile, robust yet at risk. At its core, this film celebrates the Yellowstone River as both partner and provider, ever-shaping the land and lives of those along its course and binding us to the very spirit of wildness.

A team of scientists travel to a remote atoll in the Philippines to find and study some of the last remaining sharks in the Coral Triangle. In this episode they investigate if whale sharks are swimming from the Philippines into the South China Sea, where they are at risk of exploitation. What will the team’s findings mean for the future of the species?

COMPANY: Ocean Media Institute, Montana Aquatic Resources Services PRODUCER: Gianna Savoie Jeff Reed DIRECTOR: Jeff Reed Gianna Savoie EDITOR: Jeff Reed WRITER: Gianna Savoie CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff Reed (DP) SOUND EDITOR: Jeff Reed SOUND MIXERS: Jeff Reed SOUND RECORDISTS: Kipjaz Savoie Roshan Patel DESIGNER: Jeff Reed OTHER: Additional Cinematographers: Kipjaz Savoie, Roshan Patel, Emmy Luenemann Production Assistant: Emmy Luenemann

COMPANY: Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, PRODUCER: Sally Snow Diana Scalfati DIRECTOR: Sally Snow EDITOR: Sally Snow Diana Scalfati WRITER: Sally Snow CINEMATOGRAPHER: Steve De Neef Diana Scalfati SOUND EDITOR: Diana Scalfati SOUND MIXERS: Diana Scalfati SOUND RECORDISTS: Diana Scalfati Sally Snow MUSIC: The 129ers Kevin MacLeod EFFECTS: Sally Snow, Caitlin Bailey Zhaolifang from Vecteezy. NARRATOR: Sally Snow OTHER: Aerial Photography: Simon Pierce, Alessandro Ponzo, Andrei Voinigescu Additional Footage: Ryan Murray, Alessandro Ponzo, Chris Rohner, Andrei Voinigescu

(347) 678-4569 gianna@oceanmediainstitute.org www.oceanmediainstitute.org/soar

+63 977-218-512 s.snow@lamave.org www.lamave.org

THE SILENT DEATH OF THE LIONS PLANET E

17-0483

17-0484

Conservation

Student & Emerging

55127 Mainz,

Seoul,

Germany

South Korea

1/31/16

2/7/17

29 minutes

45 minutes

The king of the beasts is going through a difficult time. In recent decades lion numbers have dropped by 90 percent and they’ve already gone extinct in fifteen countries. But the rapid decline of wild lion populations is barely noticed by the general public. Has the king of the beasts come to the end of the road? Tanzania is one of the last strongholds of lions. Here, an international team of scientists and conservationists are going down new avenues to protect the last lions together with the Maasai. They investigate how lions cope inside and outside protected areas to find a solution: how can these big cats survive in the 21st century?

“If you see a forest and you don’t hear any gibbon, this is a dead forest.” -Primatologist Warren Brockelman Humans belong to a group called anthropoids. Gibbons have the most human-like traits among the anthropoids. Gibbons are the only apes capable to sing like humans and communicate through their songs. This film documents an unprecedented attempt to investigate the musicality of multiple species of wild gibbons - siamang the white-handed gibbon and the javan gibbon - surviving in the South-East Asians habitats. The story of Asian Ape unfolds in this documentary with their songs in various situations.

COMPANY: ZDF, PRODUCER: ZDF DIRECTOR: Axel Gomille EDITOR: Ute Ruebesamen WRITER: Axel Gomille CINEMATOGRAPHER: Michael Habermehl, Axel Gomille SOUND MIXERS: Bruno Hebestreit SOUND RECORDISTS: Kerstin Luxenhofer NARRATOR: Steven Charles

COMPANY: Korea Educational Broadcasting System(EBS), PRODUCER: Dongkwan Kim DIRECTOR: Pyeongsoon Choi EDITOR: Gyungdeok Seo WRITER: Misoo Kim, Seulki Jung CINEMATOGRAPHER: Changyeol Lee, Yong Kim SOUND EDITOR: Hyungwoo Jo SOUND MIXERS: Heejung Kang SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Misung Lee NARRATOR: Josh Schwartzentruber

+49 613-170-12055 Anaya.M@zdf.de www.planet-e.zdf.de

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THE SINGING APE, GIBBON

+82 2526-3974 mond@ebs.co.kr

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THE SNOW GUARDIAN

THE SPAWN TIDE

17-0485

17-0486

Micro-Movie

South Miami, Florida

Washington, DC

United States

10/3/16

6/15/17

5 minutes

4 minutes

For 40 years, Billy Barr has lived alone in small cabin in one of the coldest places in the United States- the ghost town of Gothic, Colorado. With no goal of proving anything, or even knowledge that the climate was changing, Billy started collecting data about snowpack to pass the time in his isolated part of the world. When climate researchers at the Gothic-based Rocky Mountain Biological Lab discovered Billy’s decades of detailed records, they uncovered clear and compelling evidence of climate change. As someone who has had to learn to survive in such a harsh environment, billy shares some advice about how to move forward on our changing planet.

Each year, millions of horseshoe crabs migrate to Delaware Bay on the full and new moons of May and June. This short depicts one of these “spawn tides” in which the beach fills, for a brief moment, with this living fossil.

COMPANY: Day’s Edge Productions, PRODUCER: Neil Losin, Nathan Dappen, Morgan Heim, Assistant Producer: Kori Price DIRECTOR: Morgan Heim EDITOR: Morgan Heim WRITER: Morgan Heim CINEMATOGRAPHER: Morgan Heim Neil Losin Kori Price DESIGNER: Kori Price NARRATOR: Morgan Heim OTHER: Special Thanks to: Billy Barr, Jane Zelikova, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

PRODUCER: Roshan Patel DIRECTOR: Roshan Patel EDITOR: Roshan Patel CINEMATOGRAPHER: Roshan Patel SOUND EDITOR: Roshan Patel SOUND MIXERS: Roshan Patel SOUND RECORDISTS: Roshan Patel EFFECTS: Roshan Patel

(208) 591-0852 kori.price@gmail.com www.daysedge.com

(571) 345-8875 roshcpatel@gmail.com

THE STORY OF CATS NATURE

THE SUPER SALMON

17-0487

17-0488

Limited Series - Long

Impact, Educational / Institutional, Editing

New York, NY

Anchorage, AK

United States

11/2/16

5/10/16

107 minutes

25 minutes

Cats are among the most feared and revered creatures on the planet. Their power, strength, and enigmatic nature have fascinated us for centuries. They’ve dominated human culture since the dawn of civilization. They are one of the most studied mammals in the world, yet only now is their real identity being understood - from their incredible hunting abilities, to their unique physiology and remarkable behaviors. With nearly 40 different species, thriving in almost any environment, the cat is the greatest predator since the dinosaurs. Using the latest camera technology and working with leading scientists, we are able to tell their story like never before. Join NATURE in this epic two-part event as we journey across the globe tracking down the origins of these diverse creatures. Go from the rainforests, to the Savannah, to the mountain peaks all the way into the comfort of our homes. Get an in-depth look at this unique species and the evolutionary tricks and adaptations that truly make a cat, a cat.

A salmon in Alaska makes an unlikely journey on “the Mount Everest of rivers” - the Susitna - as residents consider the costs/benefits of a governmentproposed mega-dam. A humorous, emotional, and ultimately powerful story of learning to recognize what we love and when to fight for it.

COMPANY: Plimsoll Productions, Thirteen Productions LLC, WNET, PRODUCER: Anwar Mamon Executive Producers: Martha Holmes Andrew Jackson Fred Kaufman Series Producers: Sam Hodgson Bill Murphy DIRECTOR: Anwar Mamon EDITOR: Rob Davies Glenn Rainton CINEMATOGRAPHER: Johnny Rogers Pete Hayns Mat Thompson Matt Norman Neil Anderson Luke Barnett SOUND EDITOR: Ian Bown SOUND MIXERS: Graham Wild Re-Recording: Mixsw SOUND RECORDISTS: Sebastian Dunn Nick Allinson Andy Hawley Parker Brown EFFECTS: Colorist & Online Editor: Simon Bland DESIGNER: Graphics: Shop NARRATOR: Nora Young OTHER: Series Editor: Janet Hess

COMPANY: Alaskanist Stories, PRODUCER: Ryan Peterson DIRECTOR: Ryan Peterson EDITOR: Ryan Peterson CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ryan Peterson, Travis Rummel, Matt Stoecker, Joshua Foreman, Killian & Riley Sump, Anson Fogel DESIGNER: Ryan Peterson NARRATOR: OTHER: Animation: Drew Christie Graphic Effects: Barry Thompson

(212) 560-6889 burkej@thirteen.org

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THE TIGER MAFIA

THE TIGERS OF SCOTLAND

17-0489

17-0490

Conservation

Conservation, Writing, Student & Emerging

Nanyuki, Rift Valle

Stalybridge,

Kenya

United Kingdom

9/30/16

7/31/17

100 minutes

60 minutes

In 2014 the Animal Planet cable and satellite channel did a survey of 50,000 viewers in 73 countries to determine the world’s favourite animal. The tiger came out on top with a hand full more votes than the ever popular dolphin. The dog, the horse, and the elephant all made it into the top 10, but none of the other chosen creatures on the list is now speed bred or factory farmed to be sold for its body parts. That plight is exclusive to the tiger and the demand for other big cats derivatives.

The Tigers of Scotland is a feature length documentary, narrated by Iain Glen, about the Scottish Wildcat. Scottish Wildcats are the UK’s only remaining cat species and are among the rarest mammals in the world. Bringing knowledge of their existence and awareness of their status to a wider audience is crucial to facilitating their survival. This film aims to tell the entire story about these cats: the beautiful Scottish Highlands which they call home, the lore and myths surrounding them, their critically endangered, near extinct status and the conservation efforts being undertaken to save them - before it’s too late.

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: Karl Ammann Klaus Sparwasser Phillip Hattingh DIRECTOR: Karl Ammann EDITOR: Stuart Smith Tilman von Hein Nick Cockayne WRITER: Karl Ammann Nick Cockayne Klaus Sparwasser CINEMATOGRAPHER: Karl Ammann Jochen Blum Steve Couri Phil Hattingh JJ Kelly Klaus Sparwasser Serge Vasiliev SOUND EDITOR: Floris Brand SOUND MIXERS: Floris Brand SOUND RECORDISTS: Tilman von Hein Iris Sparwasser Kyle Hattingh EFFECTS: Andrew Kayser NARRATOR: Derek Watts

COMPANY: Wild Films Ltd, PRODUCER: Leanne Gater, Alex Stone DIRECTOR: Leanne Gater EDITOR: Pawel Pracz WRITER: John Rice CINEMATOGRAPHER: Leanne Gater, Alex Stone SOUND EDITOR: Andrew Layfield SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Sophie Mapplebeck NARRATOR: Iain Glen

+44 780-173-0284 karl@karlammann.ch www.thetigermafia.co/

+44 078-544-89061 leanne@wildfilms.co.uk www.tigersofscotland.com

THE TREES DON’T TALK ANYMORE

THE UPSIDE DOWN TREE

17-0491

17-0492

Educational / Institutional

Conservation

San Diego, CA

Harare,

United States

Zimbabwe

6/15/17

1/1/70

25 minutes

58 minutes

A hidden culture deep in the Peruvian Amazon navigates the modernization of their changing world.

The African Baobab is one of the largest living things in the world, an icon of the African landscape. It is the world’s biggest flowering plant and the largest succulent plant on earth. The Baobab is associated with myths and legends, and many African peoples believe it to be the home of ancestral spirits. The tree is important to indigenous people as a source of food, fibre and medicine and is now being hailed as an African ‘superfruit’ and as a ‘dryland crop for the future’. This one hour film is a fascinating history and overview of the remarkable Baobab.

COMPANY: , Diatom Productions PRODUCER: Lina Collado Kyle McBurnie Shelby Johnson Kevin Floerke Brett Garner DIRECTOR: Kyle McBurnie Andres Melo EDITOR: Kyle McBurnie Andres Melo CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kyle McBurnie Andres Melo SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Jorge Palacios OTHER: Associate Producer: Rick Elkus Associate Producer: Alex Warham Associate Producer: Greg Czer Associate Producer: Denise Czer

COMPANY: Camera Africa Productions, PRODUCER: Ralph Stutchbury DIRECTOR: Ralph Stutchbury EDITOR: Ralph Stutchbury WRITER: Ralph Stutchbury CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ralph Stutchbury SOUND EDITOR: Ross Brownlee Walker MUSIC: Final Mix Online NARRATOR: David Vickery

(650) 773-7547 kylemcburnie@gmail.com http://manuproject.com/

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+26 304-776-240 ralph@camera-africa.co.zw

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THE WATER BROTHERS

THE WATER BROTHERS: FLYING RIVERS

17-0493

17-0494

Limited Series - Long

Impact

Toronto, Ontario

Canada

3/3/17

50 minutes

25 minutes

The Water Brothers is a groundbreaking documentary series which takes viewers across the globe exploring some of the most pressing water stories of our time. The brothers are passionate about how water connects us all and how we can best protect it. Alex and Tyler challenge viewers to ask questions and think about the choices they can make as consumers. They remind us that now, more than ever, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to have science-based content to help us understand the world around us in order to better protect our most valuable resource- water.

In Sao Paulo, Brazil a record-breaking mega-drought has crippled the city and deforestation is thought to be one of the leading causes of the water shortages. The Brothers travel to the Amazon to bring home the powerful message of what happens to the water cycle when too many trees are removed, and meet with innovative farmers and indigenous communities who are trying to protect forests while maintaining high productivity and combating the growing threat of forest fires.

COMPANY: SK Films, PRODUCER: Jonathan Barker, Wendy MacKeigan, Tyler Mifflin DIRECTOR: Tyler Mifflin, Alex Mifflin EDITOR: Steve Guise WRITER: Alex Mifflin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tyler Mifflin, Alex Mifflin SOUND EDITOR: Mach Sound Studio SOUND MIXERS: Mach Sound Studio EFFECTS: Thought Cafe NARRATOR: Alex Mifflin, Tyler Mifflin

(416) 367-0440 agarcia@skfilms.ca www.thewaterbrothers.ca

THE WATER BROTHERS: OCEAN SPIES

17-0495

17-0496

Conservation

Changing Planet, Hosted or Presenter-led

Toronto, Ontario

Canada

3/17/17

3/24/17

25 minutes

One of the greatest crimes against nature plays out daily on the high seas. Outlaw vessels are participating in illegal fishing on an industrial scale. Globally, 1 in 5 fish are caught illegally, undermining marine conservation efforts and robbing developing countries of their precious food. The brothers travel to Palau to see this destruction firsthand, while also learning about the newest spy and surveillance technology to help combat this massive problem.

Canada is home to over 1 million lakes and one of the largest freshwater supplies in the entire world, but scientists are discovering that these vast freshwater resources, and the ecosystems they support, are increasingly at risk due to the effects of climate change. From changing rainfall patterns, to reduced snowpack, melting mountain glaciers and warming lakes, Canada is more vulnerable to climate change than many of us assume.

COMPANY: SK Films, PRODUCER: Jonathan Barker, Wendy MacKeigan, Tyler Mifflin DIRECTOR: Tyler Mifflin, Alex Mifflin EDITOR: Steve Guise WRITER: Alex Mifflin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tyler Mifflin, Alex Mifflin SOUND EDITOR: Mach Sound Studio SOUND MIXERS: Mach Sound Studio SOUND RECORDISTS: EFFECTS: Thought Cafe NARRATOR: Alex Mifflin, Tyler Mifflin

COMPANY: SK Films, PRODUCER: Jonathan Barker, Wendy MacKeigan, and Tyler Mifflin DIRECTOR: Tyler Mifflin, Alex Mifflin EDITOR: Steve Guise WRITER: Alex Mifflin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tyler Mifflin, Alex Mifflin, Nathan Cohen SOUND EDITOR: Mach Sound Studio SOUND MIXERS: Mach Sound Studio EFFECTS: Thought Cafe NARRATOR: Alex Mifflin, Tyler Mifflin

(416) 367-0440 agarcia@skfilms.ca www.thewaterbrothers.ca

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THE WATER BROTHERS: ON THIN ICE

(416) 367-0440 agarcia@skfilms.ca www.thewaterbrothers.ca

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THE WHISKER SEEKER

THE WORLD’S MOST WANTED LEOPARD

17-0497

17-0498

Ecosystem, Conservation, People & Nature

Conservation, Hosted or Presenter-led

Fishers, Indiana

London,

United States

United Kingdom

5/5/17

9/1/16

75 minutes

49 minutes

Join Captain Brochin as he travels the world to put his professional angling experience to the test against the worlds most formidable opponents: the whisker fish or catfish species. He also brings to the surface the issues revolving around commercial fishing, illegal harvest and the conservation needs of these apex predators in their natural environment. They are the sharks of freshwater...

This documentary follows wildlife photographer Adrian SteirnÊand his team in their quest to capture footage of the critically endangered Caucasian Leopard,Êthought to be Europe’s last remaining indigenous leopard, in Azerbaijan. Led by Babakhan, an intriguing character known as the Leopard Man, they embark on a physically and mentally challenging journey through sub-tropical semi-desert heat and freezing winters in the isolated Hirkan National Park. A network of camera traps in carefully targeted locations provided eyes on the huge territory inhabited by the elusive Caucasian Leopard. With conditions tough and jeopardy high, this film documents their journey.

COMPANY: Ultimate Outdoors TV LLC, PRODUCER: Eddie Brochin DIRECTOR: Eddie Brochin EDITOR: Rob Mcgreevy WRITER: Eddie Brochin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Thomas Fraley SOUND RECORDISTS: Edwin Brochin

COMPANY: Ginkgo Agency, PRODUCER: Harriet Pratten DIRECTOR: Adrian Steirn EDITOR: Andy Netley, Benjamin Haskins SOUND RECORDISTS: Jonathan Chiles MUSIC: James Dorman NARRATOR: Adrian Steirn OTHER: Executive Producers: Nicola Howson, Adrian Steirn, Co-producers: Andy Ellis, Michael Hawthorn

(317) 709-2235 eb@eddiebrochinproductions.com www.thewhiskerseeker.com

+44 788-140-3806 georgina@nicolahowson.com

THE ZOO: THE HUMANY PENGUIN

THEIR LAND: LAST OF THE CARIBOU HERD

17-0499

17-0500

Engaging Youth

Short

Bristol, Bristol

Vancouver, BC

United Kingdom

Canada

1/1/17

6/23/17

12 minutes

10 minutes

After being hand-reared, Yoyo the penguin is confused; he thinks he’s a human. Thanks to his identity crisis, he doesn’t fit into either the human or penguin world, and just when it looks like things can’t get much worse, all of his feathers start falling out. Cast away as a ugly misfit. all hope seems lost. However, what appears a curse turns out to be a blessing in disguise when Yoyo returns to Penguin Beach completely transformed.

Caribou populations across Canada are in deep trouble. In the South Peace region of Northern British Columbia, logging, oil and gas exploration, and coal mining have significantly altered the landscape, opening up the forest and pushing mountain caribou away from their traditional range. Most of the herds now only have a handful of animals surviving. In the face of imminent extinction, First Nations communities are taking extreme measures to save their last caribou herds.

COMPANY: BBC Studios The Natural History Unit, PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

COMPANY: Wilderness Committee, PRODUCER: Isabelle Groc, Mike McKinlay, Gwen Barlee DIRECTOR: Isabelle Groc, Mike Mckinlay EDITOR: Mike McKinlay, George Faulker WRITER: Isabelle Groc CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mike McKinlay, George Faulkner SOUND EDITOR: Mark Lazeski SOUND MIXERS: Mark Lazeski SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Mark Lazeski EFFECTS:

4.41E+11 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk

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THINK LIKE A SCIENTIST THINK LIKE A SCIENTIST

THROUGH THE WORMHOLE WITH MORGAN FREEMAN: CAN WE HACK THE PLANET?

17-0501

17-0502

Limited Series - Short

Science in Nature

South Miami, FL

New York, NY

United States

4/1/16

5/9/17

21 minutes

44 minutes

Think Like A Scientist films tackle a wide range of scientific topics, using the perspectives of both scientists and non-scientists to tell the story.

Unless we can turn the planet’s problems into solutions, humanity may be coming to an end. Scientists are unlocking the secrets of nature to tame the elements, harness energy, and even control life. Can we hack the planet to save humanity?

COMPANY: Day’s Edge Productions Howard Hughes Medical Institute, PRODUCER: Neil Losin, Nathan Dappen, Sean B. Carroll, Dennis Lui, Executive Producers: Laura Bonetta, Post-Production Supervisor: Chris Vargas, Production Manager: Lorri GarciaCottrell, Line Producer: Heather Forbes, Assistant Producer:Kori Price, Assistant Producer EDITOR: Neil Losin Nathan Dappen CINEMATOGRAPHER: Off the Fence Gorgongosa Media Project Nathaniel Child Neil Losin Nathan Dappen SOUND EDITOR: Neil Losin Nathan Dappen SOUND MIXERS: Neil Losin Nathan Dappen SOUND RECORDISTS: Neil Losin Nathan Dappen MUSIC: Peter Silberman Anamog Balmorhea Jacob Montague Jenny Mayhem Lost Harmonies New West Studios Ryan Taubert Adam Bokesch Tony Anderson NARRATOR: Rob Pringle Greg Carr Krista Schlyer Jon Beckmann Pardis Sabeti Lina Mosis OTHER: Advisors: Sean B. Carroll, Laura Bonetta, Laura Helft, David Elisco

COMPANY: Revelations Entertainment Production, Science Channel, Science Channel PRODUCER: Lori McCreary, Morgan Freeman, James Younger, Neil Laird, Jessica Conway, Adam Feinstein, Erika Schroeder, Andy DeJohn, Lara Acaster, Tracy Mercer, Kelly Mendelsohn, Lindsey Foster Blumberg EDITOR: Paul Marengo CINEMATOGRAPHER: Brandon Kelly, Mauricio Franco de Carvahalo, Steve Robson, Andrew Begg, David Goulding, Geordin Zee, Wes Dorman SOUND EDITOR: Gary Gegan SOUND MIXERS: Rick Ash SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea EFFECTS: Adam Simpson, Dan Schmit NARRATOR: Morgan Freeman

(208) 591-0852 kori.price@gmail.com www.daysedge.com

(818) 903-3375 tiffany@awardsinsider.com

TIGERS AND HUMANS

TIME FOR THE GRIZZLY?

17-0503

17-0504

People & Nature

Short, Conservation

Moscow,

Bellingham, WA

Russia

United States

12/1/16

1/31/17

52 minutes

14 minutes

Poaching is one of the main threats to the survival of the Amur tiger in Russia. High demand in China for the skins of these rare animals, which number less than 540 in the wild, and their parts, used in traditional medicine, incites poachers to kill up to 20 animals annually. For many years state and public organizations in Russia and China have been fighting against this terrible phenomenon. What was the result of their efforts? Are tigers still in danger of becoming extinct? Who is to be blamed? To answer these questions, the filmmakers of Tigers and Humans went to the Far East to conduct their own investigation, which revealed all parts of the criminal chain, and helped to evaluate the effectiveness of the Amur tiger conservation measures taken in Russia and China.

The North Cascades Ecosystem is home to the only remaining grizzly bear population on the West Coast of the contiguous United States. Although grizzlies have lived in the North Cascades for thousands of years, biologists estimate that fewer than 10 remain today, making it the most at-risk bear population in North America. After decades of research, the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other agencies have released proposals to support recovery of this iconic species. This is welcome news, and a historic conservation opportunity. But just how do we restore these magnificent animals? Follow the story of grizzly bear recovery in Montana’s Cabinet Mountains, through the lens of Ecologist and bear expert Chris Morgan. Grizzly recovery in the Cabinet Mountains, done through science and community involvement, could serve as a model for the North Cascades.

COMPANY: Yastrebfilm, PRODUCER: Sergey Yastrzhembskiy, Olga Vershinina DIRECTOR: Sergey Yastrzhembskiy EDITOR: Kirill Sakharnov WRITER: Vladimir Belyaev CINEMATOGRAPHER: Sergey Vasiliev, Nikolay Tarkhanov, Elisbar Karavaev, Yury Efremov SOUND EDITOR: Vladimir Belyaev MUSIC: Marina Makarova NARRATOR: Sergey Chonishvili

COMPANY: Chris Morgan Wildlife, Wildlife Media PRODUCER: Brenda Phillips, Chris Morgan DIRECTOR: Chris Morgan EDITOR: Doug Lyons, Brenda Phillips WRITER: Chris Morgan CINEMATOGRAPHER: Brenda Phillips SOUND EDITOR: David Brown, Spinner Audio Assistant Sound Editor: James Bretz SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: Brenda Phillips NARRATOR: Chris Morgan OTHER: Production Advisor: Jennifer Senkler Field Production Assistant: Abbie Miller Production Assistance: Darcy Riggins-Schmidt, Alan Lacy, Jenni Minier Motion Graphics: Doug Lyons Legal Counsel: Mike Blaha Transcriptions: Sam Morgan

+74 959-886-174 yastrebfilm@gmail.com www.yastrebfilm.com

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TO SKIN A CAT

TO THE ORCAS WITH LOVE

17-0505

17-0506

Conservation

People & Nature

Durban, KwaZulu Na

Huntsville, Ontario

South Africa

Canada

6/4/16

6/1/17

75 minutes

55 minutes

SAFTA-award-winning film about a man aiming to halt the alarming decline in southern Africa’s leopard populations due to a widespread skin trade. Traditionally only Zulu royals have been allowed to wear leopard skins, however the Shembe Church, a four million strong religious group, has adopted the skins into their ceremonial outfit. TheÊdemand for leopard skins is now unsustainable, law enforcement is helpless to police this trade and so Panthera’s Tristan Dickerson travels from the heart of the African bush to the centre of Shembe and ZuluÊculture and beyond to China, seeking a solution benefitting all parties.

A filmmaker’s relationship with orcas inspires her to restore a loving relationship with herself and this remarkable planet. This is a story about the whales and the people who live with them and care deeply about them and the human connection to our natural world. Stories of personal connections with orcas and beautiful cinematography featuring B.C.’s resident orcas provide an uplifting contrast to the environmental challenges we face. Hear from Canadian environmentalist and CBC Broadcaster, David Suzuki, as well as biologist and director of Sharkwater, Rob Stewart, whale researchers Alexandra Morton and Paul Spong, native elders, and others who have stories to share about their connection to these whales. Viewers will come to understand the importance of the personal choices we make; it becomes clear that what we do to nature, we do to ourselves.

COMPANY: Scholars & Gentlemen, Panthera PRODUCER: Jacobus van Heerden Russel Hlongwane DIRECTOR: Colwyn Thomas Greg Lomas EDITOR: Colwyn Thomas Devin Carter WRITER: Colwyn Thomas CINEMATOGRAPHER: Colwyn Thomas Greg Lomas Devin Carter Jim Reynolds SOUND EDITOR: Tristan Horton SOUND MIXERS: Tristan Horton SOUND RECORDISTS: Tristan Horton MUSIC: Chris Letcher DESIGNER: Greg Lomas OTHER: Grade: Ndumiso Nguni Animation: Pocket

COMPANY: Natalie Lucier Productions, PRODUCER: Natalie Lucier Todd Lucier DIRECTOR: Natalie Lucier EDITOR: Jeremy Munce WRITER: Natalie Lucier Todd Lucier CINEMATOGRAPHER: Natalie Lucier NARRATOR: Natalie Lucier

+27 826-143-122 production@scholarsandgentlemen.co.za www.toskinacat.org

(705) 571-5776 natalielucier@gmail.com

TOAD PEOPLE

TOUCAN NATION

17-0507

17-0508

Educational / Institutional

Impact

Vancouver, BC

New York, NY

Canada

United States

11/30/17

8/2/16

76 minutes

42 minutes

Toad People is a story about hope, community and the struggle to save the western toad. In British Columbia, toads are on the decline because of habitat loss,Êfragmentation, and roadkill. Different families work together to save the toads as they undertake their annual migration from the wetland habitat where they breed to the forest where they spend most of their lives. Toad People is not just about toads, but about residents who care about species at risk in their backyards and help restore the fragile connections between communities and the natural world.

Animal Planet presents Toucan Nation, the story of Grecia, a toucan in Costa Rica whose unconscionable abuse sparked international outrage and inspired a national animal welfare campaign. Seeking to right a wrong and improve the life of this helpless bird after half of his beak was torn from his face, animal rescuers and veterinarians enlist a team of volunteer experts tasked with replacing Grecia’s beak as Costa Ricans rally to implement penalties for animal cruelty.

COMPANY: Wilderness Committee, PRODUCER: Isabelle Groc, Mike McKinlay, Gwen Barlee DIRECTOR: Isabelle Groc, Mike McKinlay EDITOR: Mike McKinlay, George Faulkner WRITER: Isabelle Groc CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mike McKinlay SOUND EDITOR: Mark Lazeski SOUND MIXERS: Mark Lazeski MUSIC: Mark Lazeski

COMPANY: Heredia Pictures, LLC for Animal Planet, PRODUCER: Paula Heredia, Larry Garvin, Spencer B. Haber, Alexandra Moss, John Hoffman DIRECTOR: Paula Heredia EDITOR: Paula Heredia, Dahlia Fischbein SOUND EDITOR: Amelia Underwood SOUND MIXERS: Zach McNees SOUND RECORDISTS: Erick Vargas, Nano Fernandez MUSIC: Daniel Freiberg

(604) 816-6903 isabelle.groc@gmail.com www.toadpeople.org

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(818) 903-3375 tiffany@awardsinsider.com

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TRANSLUCENT WONDERS SECRETS OF THE RAINFOREST

TRIBE VERSUS PRIDE

17-0509

17-0510

Micro-Movie

People & Nature, Editing, Writing, Visualization, Conservation, Impact

New York, New York

Vienna,

United States

Austria

11/23/15

6/10/17

5 minutes

53 minutes

When glass frogs emerge during the rainy season, researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute follow their migration out of the Panamanian forest and along streams. These translucent frogs are a mystery to experts, who are starting to track their behavior, from their dramatic forest canopy descent to their rare mating rituals. Scientists now also have a better grasp on the environmental threats that confront this endangered creature and how research can help preserve its delicate ecosystem. Shot in 4K, this short film is a compelling look at one of the most unusual amphibians on the planet.

For thousands of years, Kenya’s Maasai people had an ancient ritual: to prove their skills and courage, young men ventured out into the Savannah to find and kill a lion... But due to habitat loss, poaching and hunting, today there only 20,000 lions left in Africa. As a means to stop the falling lion numbers, the Maasai decided to change their culture: instead of killing lions, the young men now compete in a different physical test: athletics. In 2008, the Maasai Olympics were founded, taking place in Kenya biannually. This way, bravery can still be expressed; while the lion may continue to roam the African savannahs...

COMPANY: Pioneer Studios, The Smithsonian Networks PRODUCER: Series Producer: Ben Hamilton, Associate Producer: Katina Rajunov DIRECTOR: EDITOR: Ben Hamilton Patrick Huber WRITER: Ben Hamilton CINEMATOGRAPHER: Camera: Ben Hamilton Additional Camera: Corey Robinson SOUND MIXERS: Sound Design: Andy Dollerson MUSIC: Jake Owen Andy Dollerson NARRATOR: Ann Dewig OTHER: Post Production Services: Milkhaus Post Production Services: Do Sounds

COMPANY: Terra Mater Factual Studios, Wildlife Films, Terra Mater Factual Studios, Wildlife Films PRODUCER: Beverly Joubert, Dereck Joubert DIRECTOR: Dereck Joubert EDITOR: Jolene van Antwerp WRITER: Dereck Joubert CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dereck Joubert, James Boone, Michael Yelseth, Taylor Turner

(212) 708-3254 christine.ricard@smithsonianchannel.com

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at

TRIBES, PREDATORS & ME: ANACONDA PEOPLE OF THE AMAZON

17-0511

17-0512

People & Nature, Hosted or Presenter-led

Educational / Institutional

Bristol, Bristol

South Miami, FL

United Kingdom

United States

12/27/16

5/5/17

59 minutes

10 minutes

Gordon Buchanan joins a Waorani tribal family in Ecuador’s Amazon jungle as they search for giant anacondas. The tribe knows this remote rainforest and its spectacular wildlife better than anyone else. They teach Gordon their secrets for surviving here, using blow pipes and sharpened sticks to hunt monkeys and wild pigs. But his greatest challenge is to help them catch and release a massive anaconda, an animal of spiritual importance that could hold the key to their future.

Salt marshes were once considered examples of bottom-up regulation in which the ecosystem is determined by abiotic factors and nutrient availability. Ecologist Dr. Brian Silliman observed that the salt marsh was often covered with snails--what were they eating? Through a series of cage experiments, Dr. Silliman demonstrated that the snails control the amount of marsh grass by facilitating fungal infection. He also showed that blue crabs control the number of snails and therefore protect the marsh grass from overgrazing. This is an excellent example of confronting a long-held theory with data in order to improve and refine our understanding of the natural world.

COMPANY: BBC Studios The Natural History Unit, BBC Worldwide PRODUCER: Rachael Kinley Patrick Evans DIRECTOR: Rachael Kinley OTHER: Presenter: Gordon Buchanan Series Producer: Ted Oakes Executive Producer: Tim Martin

COMPANY: Day’s Edge Productions Howard Hughes Medical Institute, PRODUCER: Morgan Heim, Executive Producer and Post-Production Supervisor: Dennis Lui, Production Managers: Chris Vargas, Lorri Garcia-Cottrell, Assistant Producer: Kori Price DIRECTOR: Morgan Heim EDITOR: Morgan Heim WRITER: Mark Nielsen Morgan Heim Laura Bonetta CINEMATOGRAPHER: Morgan Heim Kori Price SOUND EDITOR: Morgan Heim SOUND MIXERS: Morgan Heim SOUND RECORDISTS: Morgan Heim MUSIC: New West Studios NARRATOR: Brian Silliman OTHER: Advisor: Brian Silliman, Special Thanks to: Brent Hughes, Qiang He, Joseph Morton, North Carolina Coastal Federation, HHMI Education Media Team, Duke University Marine Lab

(117) 974-2111 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03l23sv

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TROPHIC CASCADES IN A SALT MARSH ECOSYSTEM SCIENTIST AT WOEK

(208) 591-0852 kori.price@gmail.com www.daysedge.com

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TROPHY

TURTLE HERO - A COLD BLOODED PASSION

17-0513

17-0514

Impact

Impact, Conservation, People & Nature, Science in Nature

Vancouver, British Co

Vienna, Vienna

Canada

Austria

11/1/16

11/22/16

30 minutes

52 minutes

Each year, thousands of grizzlies are killed worldwide for entertainment. Diving deep into the controversy across Canada and the United States, Trophy asks: can we truly justify killing these animals for sport?

Like any young boy Peter Praschag loved animals and wanted a pet, but not a cat or a dog. His passion was for cold-blooded reptiles, his only interest was turtles. Today he is a world expert on freshwater turtles. One turtle has become an obsession: not only is it the largest freshwater turtle on the planet, it is also probably the rarest animal on Earth. Only three Yangtze Soft-shell turtles are positively known to exist. A male and a female in China, another adult in a small lake in Central Hanoi, while strong evidence suggests there may be another in a lake to the north. With assistance from experts Peter hopes to capture that individual, and he may yet help to save another species from extinction! Turtles live in a half-world between land and water, and their evolutionary history stretches back over two hundred million years. They survived cataclysmic extinction events, and have outlived the dinosaurs. Today some are amongst the most endangered vertebrates on earth.

COMPANY: Lush Cosmetics, PRODUCER: Tricia Stevens, Carleen Pickard DIRECTOR: Inder Nirwan EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

COMPANY: dreiD.at, ORF, ARTE, BR, dreiD.at, ORF-Enterprise, Cinestyria, Stadt Graz, BMBF PRODUCER: Lukas Kogler DIRECTOR: Jeremy Hogarth EDITOR: Alexandra Herzog WRITER: Jeremy Hogarth CINEMATOGRAPHER: Rolando MenardiJohannes P_tscher Zhao Dong SOUND MIXERS: Christofer Frank SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Stefan Schrupp DESIGNER: Ronja Scherzinger NARRATOR: Andrew Solomon

(778) 986-5627 inirwan@lush.com www.trophyfilm.com

+43 187-878-14129 ronja.scherzinger@orf.at

ULIN

UNDER THE CANOPY

17-0515

17-0516

People & Nature

360¡ Storytelling

London, London

Arlington, VA

United Kingdom

United States

10/14/16

1/20/17

17 minutes

11 minutes

In the middle of the well-known and over-exploited island of Borneo, benefiting from an unexpected level of protection from both a river restricting access and a curse respected for centuries by local communities, a surprisingly rich forested ecosystem has survived- Until now.

The Amazon rainforest gives us air we need to survive and is our best hope in a time of climate change. With its second virtual reality film, Conservation International invites you to plunge through the forest canopy, meet Amazonia’s stunningly abundant wildlife and explore the jungle with Kamanja, a wise member of an indigenous community, which is uniquely able to protect such a vital place. A truly immersive experience, Under the Canopy lets you breathe in the world’s largest rainforest and see first-hand how protecting this forest means protecting our future.

COMPANY: Environmental Investigation Agency, PRODUCER: Leo Plunkett, Tomasz Johnson DIRECTOR: Leo Plunkett EDITOR: Leo Plunkett SOUND EDITOR: George Godwin MUSIC: Tom Adams

COMPANY: , Conservation International, Jaunt VR PRODUCER: Jennifer Shoemaker DIRECTOR: Patrick Meegan EDITOR: Duncan Shepherd CINEMATOGRAPHER: C_line Tricart SOUND RECORDISTS: Benedict Green, Joel Douek, Ecco VR MUSIC: Joel Douek, Ecco VR DESIGNER: Noah Mooney NARRATOR: Kamanja Panashekung, Lee Pace OTHER: Lead actor: Kamanja Panashekung Executive Producers: M. Sanjayan, Meg Goldthwaite, Tom Vance, Scott Gemmell, Will Villota Associate Producer: John Martin Business Development: Jamie Cross, Conservation International Drone/Cablecam Operator: Davis Dilillo, Aether Films First Assistant Camera: Cael Liakos-Gilbert Second Assistant Camera: Ryan Houchin Rope Access Specialist: Tim Fogg, Pam Fogg Grip: Gary Wilkins Assistant Editor: Brian Zwiener Post Production Supervisor: Lucas Wilson Technical Production Coordinator: Bob Zucker VR Colorist: Dave Franks Compositing Supervisor: Jerry Sells Lead Compositor: Jasper M. Baltzersen Additional Compositing: MachinEyes, SBL

+44 207-354-7985 chrismilnes@eia-international.org

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(703) 341-2440 eharrigan@conservation.org www.conservation.org/canopy

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UNSEEN ENEMY

UNTAMED WITH FILIPE DEANDRADE

17-0517

17-0518

People & Nature

Limited Series - Short

New York, NY

Washington, DC

United States

3/15/17

10/5/16

97 minutes

5 minutes

Population growth, mass urbanization, deforestation, climate change and increased travel have dramatically increased the risk that familiar zoonotic diseases will spread and mutate, and new ones will emerge. Unseen Enemy examines this increased threat of pandemics in the 21st century, looking at the recent epidemics of Ebola, Influenza, and Zika. It not only looks at the danger we face but also at the important roles we can all play in the fight against pandemics. In the 21st century, we are all connected. And that connection is either incredibly dangerous or a powerful force for good. It is our choice which of those becomes true.

Follow Filipe and his two best friends as they travel the United States in search of the most diverse, iconic and unexpected animal species this country has to offer.

COMPANY: Sierra/Tango Productions, Vulcan Productions, ARTE, WDR PRODUCER: Rogger Lopez Janet Tobias Peter Klein Michael Ehrenzweig DIRECTOR: Janet Tobias EDITOR: Erin Barnett WRITER: Janet Tobias CINEMATOGRAPHER: Cesar Charlone Zac Nicholson SOUND EDITOR: Allan Zaleski, MPSE SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: John Piscitello NARRATOR: Jeffrey Wright

COMPANY: Comfort Theory, PRODUCER: McKenzie Barney, Meghan Cassin, Chris Albert, Geoff Daniels DIRECTOR: Filipe DeAndrade, Brian Moghari EDITOR: Brian Moghari WRITER: Filipe DeAndrade, McKenzie Barney CINEMATOGRAPHER: Filipe DeAndrade, Brian Moghari SOUND MIXERS: Nick Nylen OTHER: Presenter: Filipe DeAndrade

(646) 476-7109 rogger@sierratangoproductions.com www.takesallofus.com

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com www.channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/untamed-with-filipe-deandrade/

VALEN’S REEF

VAMZI - CRADLE OF CORAL

17-0519

17-0520

360¡ Storytelling

Conservation

Arlington, VA

Uppsala,

United States

Sweden

6/8/16

4/21/16

8 minutes

52 minutes

Valen’s Reef is a touching, immersive virtual reality film that shares the wonders of some of Earth’s most beautiful reefs through the eyes of West Papuan fisherman-turned-coral-reef-scientist and conservationist Ronald Mambrasar and his 8-year-old son, Valen. Together, they take viewers on an underwater journey among the region’s stunning sea life, including manta rays and sharks. Ronald shares how his people have reclaimed their ancestral waters, creating one of the world’s most successful community-based marine conservation projects. Valen’s Reef was created by Conservation International in collaboration with Here Be Dragons and with support from The Tiffany & Co. Foundation.

Vamizi is the largest island in the Quirimbas Archipelago. Its relative isolation from mainland Mozambique has preserved its natural beauty and wildlife. It has magnificent coral reefs and is a unique breeding ground for whales, dolphins, turtles and sharks. This reef is also the only place in East Africa where “mass spawning” has been observed among corals, which means they are healthy and help other corals, near and far, to reproduce and grow as well as stabilize the ecosystems around it. However, this fragile realm is under threat. Accompanied by stunning imagery from renowned National Geographic photographer, Mattias Klum, we follow a team of scientists from around the world as they fight to stop the damage before it starts.

COMPANY: Here Be Dragons, Finch PRODUCER: Patrick Milling Smith, Samantha Storr, Sach Baylin Stern DIRECTOR: Imraan Ismail EDITOR: Ting Poo CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kate Wurzbacher SOUND RECORDISTS: Lee Kelly MUSIC: McKenzie Stubbert EFFECTS: 3D Paint/FX DESIGNER: Noah Mooney NARRATOR: Ronald Mambrasar OTHER: Executive Producers: Will Villota, Meg Goldthwaite Associate Producer: John Martin Business Development: Jamie Cross Finch Executive Producer: Corey Esse Finch Producer: Emma Lawrence Post Producer: Susan Applegate Production Coordinator: Llana Lazar Underwater Camera OP: Lee Kelly Finch VR Technician: Albert Woffenden Key Grip: James Hopwood 1st Assistant Director: Richard McGrath

COMPANY: Mattias Klum Tierra Grande, PRODUCER: Maryanne Culpepper DIRECTOR: Mattias Klum EDITOR: Bjorn Tjornberg WRITER: Maryanne Culpepper CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mattias Klum, Bjorn Tjornberg, Eric Borjeson, Ola Hogberg SOUND EDITOR: Ola Elisasson SOUND MIXERS: Ola Eliasson SOUND RECORDISTS: Ola Eliasson MUSIC: Jan Lekemark NARRATOR: Mattias Klum OTHER: Made possible thanks to: Martin & Fiona Andersson

(703) 341-2440 eharrigan@conservation.org www.conservation.org/reef

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(461) 815-0303 bella@tierragrande.se www.cradleofcoral.com

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VANISHING

VANISHING KINGS VANISHING KINGS

17-0521

17-0522

Impact

Limited Series - Long

New York, NY

Vienna, Vienna

United States

Austria

11/15/15

5/24/17

8 minutes

104 minutes

What began as project to keep busy while his wife recovered from cancer, Joel Sartore, National Geographic photographer, has now set out to document and photograph every species living in zoos around the world. It is his life’s mission to capture the depth and beauty of earths diversity before it is too late. In this time of what scientist are calling the 6th mass extinction, Sartore knows that the only chance for some of these species is for people to see and hear their voices now so efforts can be made to save them. Through his photographs, exhibitions and speeches he is bringing awareness to the fragility of life on the planet.

A lioness and her daughters hold the key to the survival of Namibia’s rare desert lions: two years ago they gave birth to five male cubs, and through the hardships of the desert and without a pride male, they are raising them to independence, showing them how to hunt both the smallest and the largest prey - even giraffes. But in a desperate, brave and spectacular attack on a giraffe, the elderly matriarch is injured and subsequently dies of her wounds. Now her two daughters must finish the education of the five sons before they grow too big to be fed. Filming over more than two years, we see the secret lives of desert lions as they roam the rugged mountains, majestic sand dunes, gravel plains, scrublands, and even the beaches of Namibia’s Skeleton coast. In this place of constant danger, everlasting hunger and thirst, and inevitable suffering, five young lions must conquer the desert and establish their own kingdom.

COMPANY: CBS Sunday Morning, PRODUCER: Jason Sacca David Bhagat EDITOR: David Bhagat WRITER: Martha Teichner CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mike Hernandez MUSIC: Cody Westheimer, New West Studios NARRATOR: Martha Teichner OTHER: Correspondent: Martha Teichner Executive Producer: Rand Morrison

COMPANY: Interspot Film, ORF, Interspot Film, ARTE, Smithsonian Networks, Into Nature Productions, Boksdocs PRODUCER: Niki Klingohr DIRECTOR: Will Steenkamp, Lianne Steenkamp EDITOR: Alan Miller G.B.F.T.E. WRITER: Allan Miller Will Steenkamp Lianne Steenkamp CINEMATOGRAPHER: Lianne Steenkamp, Additional Camera & Sound WILL STEENKAMP SOUND RECORDISTS: Micael Ploderl MUSIC: Roman Karilou Johannes Arnold Ratheiser NARRATOR: Sudan Kush

(212) 975-7869 bag@cbsnews.com

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VANISHING KINGS II - DESERT LION LEGACY

17-0523

17-0524

Animal Behavior, Conservation, People & Nature, Impact, Audioscape, Visualization, Editing, Original Music Score, Writing

Student & Emerging

Vienna, Vienna

Arlington, VA

Austria

United States

5/24/17

5/1/16

52 minutes

22 minutes

In the ancient Namib Desert, a young adult male lion roams across the desolate, barren plains. He is one of only a few desert-adapted male lions remaining and forms part of a small population that survives in this relentless world. Wandering through the desert all alone, he has just started the journey of a lifetime... Somehow he has ended up in a place far away from home and is desperate to find his brothers, who went missing a few days ago. Tullamore was born in the Hoanib Valley, together with four other male cubs. They were raised by their three mothers and became known as the ‘Five Musketeers’. Their father, who was one of the last adult males at the time, was killed by rural farmers when they were young. And with so few adult males remaining in the desert the survival of the Musketeers was key to the population, but raising a cohort of male cubs proved to be quite a challenge for the lionesses. The young males were boisterous and rough, and in no rush to grow up. But thanks to the great care and protection of their mothers, the five of them survived to sub-adulthood.

Georgie is a professional fisherman, but he hopes for a better future for his children. Living off of the lagoons of Mauritius no longer sustainable. While his father raised eleven children from working as a full-time fisherman, Georgie is the father of two and works three jobs to make ends meet. He understands the importance of a healthy ocean and urges the fishing community to work with policy-makers to protect their marine resources. In the voice of fishers, the film provides solutions for the sustainable management of Mauritian lagoons.

COMPANY: Interspot Film, ORF, Interspot Film, ARTE, Smithsonian Networks, Into Nature Productions, Boksdocs PRODUCER: Niki Klingohr DIRECTOR: Will Steenkamp, Lianne Steenkamp EDITOR: Alan Miller G.B.F.T.E. WRITER: Alan Miller Will Steenkamp Lianne Steenkamp CINEMATOGRAPHER: Lianne Steenkamp Additional Camera & Sound WILL STEENKAMP SOUND RECORDISTS: Michael Ploderl MUSIC: Roman Karilou Johannes Arnold Ratheiser NARRATOR: Sudan Kush

COMPANY: Vey nou Lagon Ltd., PRODUCER: Vanina Harel Zara Currimjee DIRECTOR: Vanina Harel Zara Currimjee EDITOR: Jon Rabaud WRITER: Vanina Harel CINEMATOGRAPHER: Azim Moolan G_rald Rambert Flying Freaks SOUND MIXERS: Jeremy Guyre Otthouse Audio SOUND RECORDISTS: Vanina Harel MUSIC: Eric Triton and Vit Polak NARRATOR: Eric Triton

+00 431-878-7814129 ronja.scherzinger@orf.at www.contentsales.orf.at/

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VEY NOU LAGON

(323) 203-9952 vaninaharel@gmail.com www.veynoulagon.com

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VICTORIAN REBEL - MARIANNE NORTH

VIVA PUERTO RICO NATURE

17-0525

17-0526

People & Nature, Science in Nature

Conservation, Impact

Washington, DC

New York, NY

United States

4/18/16

4/12/17

46 minutes

53 minutes

Over 800 paintings of flora from around the world decorate the walls of the Marianne North Gallery of London’s Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, each one a testament to the extraordinary life of the woman who painted them. In the late 1800s, Marianne North traveled to the far corners of the world, paintbrush in hand, in search of exotic botanical life. Her artistry and vision impressed top scientists and her rebellious spirit continues to inspire women to this day. Join us as we celebrate the life and adventures of this gifted Victorian trailblazer.

Puerto Rico is a tropical island infused with unique natural wonders, but special native wildlife is threatened with extinction. Meet the charismatic scientists dedicated to restoring Puerto Rico’s rich biological heritage- manatees, parrots, and turtles. Viva Puerto Rico follows these conservation heroes in three indepth stories: the restoration of wild flocks of Puerto Rican parrots, the careful cultivation and protection of endangered Leatherback turtles, and the rescue and rehabilitation of manatees in Puerto Rican waters. Through the Caribbean islanders’ collective efforts behind breeding programs, rehabilitation, and protected zones, Puerto Rico’s precious wildlife is making a comeback.

COMPANY: SNI/SI Networks L.L.C, Blink Films, Warner Sisters PRODUCER: Irene Antoniades DIRECTOR: Irene Antoniades EDITOR: Bjorn Johnson CINEMATOGRAPHER: Paul Woodd-Walker SOUND MIXERS: Joe Cochrane Phitz Hearne SOUND RECORDISTS: Grant Lawson Fauzan Lukman Sam Nightingale MUSIC: Matthew Slater Josey Olney OTHER: Presenter: Emilia Fox Executive Producers: David Royle Joy Galane Jack Andrews Lavinia Warner Dan Oliver Dan Chambers Additional Camera: Chris Bairstow Jacob Larys

COMPANY: Windfall Films West, WNET PRODUCER: Producer: Charlotte Lathane Executive Producer: David Dugan Series Producer: Roger Webb Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman Series Producer: Bill Murphy DIRECTOR: Peter Fison EDITOR: Rick Holbrook WRITER: Peter Fison CINEMATOGRAPHER: Director of Photography: George Woodcock Aerial Photography: Airlenspr SOUND MIXERS: Re-Recording Mixer: Ed Campbell EFFECTS: Graphics: Blair Harrower NARRATOR: Jimmy Smits OTHER: Series Producer: Janet Hess

(202) 261-0337 monica.barrios@smithsonianchannel.com

(212) 560-6889 burkej@thirteen.org

WAGHOBA - PROVIDER, DESTROYER, DEITY

17-0527

17-0528

Student & Emerging

Animal Behavior

BANGALORE, KARNATAKA

Mainz, RLP

India

Germany

6/1/16

3/23/16

18 minutes

45 minutes

The tiger plays the dual role of giver and destroyer across the Indian landscape, kindling a spectrum of emotions. This documentary focuses on the deep connection between man and tiger in India, where they coexist together in the same terrain - like never before. Malaika travels to the heart of her country to uncover this relationship and unravels the stark contrast in human emotion towards the tiger. Waghoba tells the story of the Modern Indian tiger in its everchanging context through the lens of the communities that share their home with the tiger.

In part one of a two part series, Wandering Wolves documents wolves who have become a prime object for behavioral research throughout Europe. This is the story of three extraordinary migrators. Slavko covers a distance of more than 1,000 kilometres, from Slovenia across the Austrian Alps well into Northern Italy. Alan sets out from Eastern Germany and finally reaches the border of Belarus. Ligabue migrates from Parma in Northern Italy to the French Alps. What urges single specimens of the European wolf to undertake such highly dangerous journeys?

COMPANY: Felis Creations Pvt Ltd, PRODUCER: Sandesh Kadur DIRECTOR: Malaika Vaz EDITOR: Nitye Sood WRITER: Malaika Vaz CINEMATOGRAPHER: Nitye Sood SOUND EDITOR: Nitye Sood SOUND MIXERS: Prajwal Pai SOUND RECORDISTS: Prajwal Pai MUSIC: Prajwal Pai EFFECTS: George Thengummoottil NARRATOR: Malaika Vaz

COMPANY: ifage, PRODUCER: Volker Schmidt-Sondermann, Jessica Demirkaya DIRECTOR: Volker Schmidt-Sondermann EDITOR: Ulrich Stein WRITER: Volker Schmidt-Sondermann CINEMATOGRAPHER: Marc Francke, Alexander Hein, Erik Schimschar, Gotz Walter NARRATOR: Dietmar Wunder OTHER: Co-Author: Jorg Wagner, Camera Assistance: Mike Diehhenn, Martin Lechtschewski, Holger Rex, Maximilian Schecker, Audio: Tobias Engelhard, Sean Lovelace, Philipp Podlich “Wolvesparactice”: HORKAI Animal Training Center, Music: Matthias Rehfeldt, Contract Manufacturing: ZDF with the collaboration of Arte

+00 919-980-506446 nityesood@gmail.com http://www.felis.in/Waghoba

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WANDERING WOLVES PART 1 AND PART 2

+49 613-170-12205 anaya.m@zdf.de

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WANTED: GRIZZLY BEARS?

WAR OF SPACE

17-0529

17-0530

Short, Conservation

Micro-Movie, People & Nature

Bellingham, WA

Indianapolis, IN

United States

2/21/16

1/1/16

8 minutes

5 minutes

Wanted: Grizzly Bears? is an entertaining short-film about (you guessed it!) grizzly bears. Capturing their beauty and intrigue while delving into people’s feelings and misconceptions of these mighty North American natives whose numbers are dwindling. This film is a timely and touching piece as many communities struggle with wildlife management issues. It is produced by bear biologist, TV host and ecologist Chris Morgan, who says “a healthy population of grizzly bears helps everything from ecosystems to economies. When more people are open to learning about these complex, intelligent animals, the likelihood we can do something very special for them goes up exponentially.”

As human and elephant populations increase across the Serengeti ecosystem, the Maasai Mara region of Kenya is struggling with room for both to exist peacefully. Conflict is daily and sometimes deadly. The human population in the Maasai Mara region of Africa has grown by 7% per year for the last 16 years; three times the national average of 2.5%. This is pushing more and more people into elephant rangelands, which leads to Human-Elephant Conflict. More people living in the Maasai Mara also means the takeover of more land used for farming and infrastructural developments like roads, railways and pipelines. Most of the land, traditionally home to elephants, has been separated into title deeds given to individuals and privatized. Herds of elephants have trouble reaching food and water sources and their options are more limited with the livestock grazing on the same grasses they rely upon for food. If this grazing by livestock continues to go unchecked it will lead to widespread soil erosion having a devastating impact on the grass growth and ecosystem in the future. A group of dedicated rangers is working to find a way to end the war of space.

COMPANY: Chris Morgan Wildlife, Wildlife Media PRODUCER: Brenda Phillips, Chris Morgan DIRECTOR: Chris Morgan EDITOR: Doug Lyons, Brenda Phillips WRITER: Chris Morgan, Aaron Straight CINEMATOGRAPHER: Directors of Photography: Brenda Phillips, Aaron Straight SOUND EDITOR: David Brown, Spinner Audio SOUND RECORDISTS: James Bretz NARRATOR: Chris Morgan OTHER: Drone Operator: Aaron Straight Time Lapse Photography: Brandon Sawaya Production Assistant: Darcy Riggins-Schmidt Motion graphics: Doug Lyons Behind the scenes camera: Brandon Sawaya

COMPANY: Mays Entertainment, LLC, ESCAPE Foundation PRODUCER: Trey Fehsenfeld, Matt Mays, Heather Grisham, Lauryn Zimmerman DIRECTOR: Matt Mays EDITOR: Andrew Birkhead, Bill Baker WRITER: Matt Mays, Jack Vaughn CINEMATOGRAPHER: Matt Mays, Joe Sailer, Bob Poole SOUND MIXERS: Kent Vernon SOUND RECORDISTS: Matt Mays EFFECTS: Jeff Cooney DESIGNER: Courtney Fehsenfeld NARRATOR: Saba Douglas-Hamilton OTHER: Pilot: Harry Dye, Researcher: Zoe Need

(360) 734-6060 darcy@chrismorganwildlife.org www.grizzlybearfilm.org/

(317) 341-3357 matt@maysentertainment.com www.maysentertainment.com

WATER & POWER: A CALIFORNIA HEIST

17-0531

17-0532

Conservation, Impact, Editing

Short, Engaging Youth

Washington, District o

Corvallis, OR

United States

3/14/17

6/15/17

79 minutes

16 minutes

Water & Power: A California Heist tells the story of how a handful of water barons gained control of the state’s most precious resource, while drought left local homeowners with dry wells.

Follow the path of water from the rainforests of Puerto Rico’s El Yunque National Forest to the coastal communities that rely on fresh water... and discover one of the world’s most amazing water treatment (eco)systems.

COMPANY: Jigsaw Productions for National Geographic, PRODUCER: Ted Gesing, Stacey Offman, Erica Sashin, Lynne Kirby, Alex Gibney, Marina Zenovich, Richard Perello, Isaac Bolden, Kevin Tao Mohs, Tim Pastore DIRECTOR: Marina Zenovich EDITOR: Pax Wassermannn Aaron Yanes CINEMATOGRAPHER: Sam Painter Thorsten Thielow SOUND EDITOR: Larry Herman, Tony Volante SOUND MIXERS: David Mitlyng, Akash Singh, Jim Choi, Bryan Baeta, David Coulter, Jose Araujo, Ori Rendler, Dan Timmons, Steve “Major” Giammaria, Tony Volante SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Justin Melland EFFECTS: Evan Benjamin

COMPANY: Freshwaters Illustrated, PRODUCER: Jeremy Monroe DIRECTOR: Jeremy Monroe, David Herasimtschuk EDITOR: David Herasimtschuk WRITER: Jeremy Monroe CINEMATOGRAPHER: David Herasimtschuk Jeremy Monroe SOUND EDITOR: Matt Kellam SOUND MIXERS: Matt Kellam SOUND RECORDISTS: Matt Kellam

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/water-and-power-a-california-heist/

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WATER FROM THE MOUNTAIN (AGUA DE EL YUNQUE)

(541) 224-2204 jeremy@freshwatersillustrated.org www.freshwatersillustrated.org

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WE OWE THE OCEAN

WE STAND FOR WILDLIFE

17-0533

17-0534

Micro-Movie

Redfern, NSW

Bronx, NY

Australia

United States

3/15/17

6/9/16

3 minutes

2 minutes

We Owe the Ocean summarizes the importance of the ocean in keeping our planet healthy and the challenges our ocean faces because of the pressures of human activity including overfishing, development and climate change. The short film is part of a campaign to build a global movement of ocean guardians and to be used in education curricula.

As human beings, we connect to nature with a force as strong as the pull of gravity. We depend on nature. Zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, national parks, the conservation movement-- indeed, the Wildlife Conservation Society-were all created with a desire to maintain and strengthen that connection. Saving wildlife is our history and our future. In this campaign video, WCS renews its commitment to the protection of the world’s wildlife.

COMPANY: Northern Pictures, PRODUCER: Karina Holden, Sarah Beard DIRECTOR: Karina Holden EDITOR: Andre Prunetti WRITER: Tonya Ward CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jon Shaw

COMPANY: Wildlife Conservation Society, PRODUCER: Natalie Cash DIRECTOR: EDITOR: Jeff Morey WRITER: Natalie Cash CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jacob Steinberg, Andy Casagrande, Graham Harris, Jeff Morey, Mark Petersson, David Rochkind MUSIC: Terry Devine-King, Audio Network NARRATOR: Robert Simone, StudioCenter OTHER: Aerial Photography: Mark Petersson

+61 458-301-559 karina@northernpictures.com.au www.bluethefilm.org

(718) 220-7423 ncash@wcs.org www.wcs.org

WEIRD BUT TRUE!

WHAT MAKES US HUMAN: LEARNING FROM CHIMPANZEES

17-0535

17-0536

Engaging Youth, Hosted or Presenter-led

People & Nature, Science in Nature

Washington, District o

Tokyo,

United States

Japan

10/29/16

5/5/16

22 minutes

52 minutes

Weird But True! is an educational series aimed to inspire kids and their families to explore the weird and curious world around them. It encourages viewers to be inquisitive, imaginative, and to discover the answers to everyday questions, like: Why do storms form? How do our senses work? What’s the difference between asteroids and comets? Through a blend of stand-ups, skits, crafts, and on-location expeditions, the show weaves together a patchwork of storytelling devices combined to create a series the entire family can enjoy. Hosted by real-life siblings Charlie & Kirby Engelman, Weird But True! crisscrosses the country in search of the most engaging locations and segments to appeal to viewers across the United States. Along with each amazing field trip, the series incorporates weird but true facts to emphasize that learning can be fun for all ages. This show goes from STEM to STEAM by relying heavily on the arts to illustrate science-related topics in fun, unexpected ways. Each episode strikes a balance between creative storytelling, and action-packed field expeditions.

“What are humans, really?” To answer this question, the “Ai-Project” led by Dr. Tetsuro Matsuzawa from the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University compares humans with our closest living mammal, the chimpanzee. The project was launched in 1978 by trying to teach Ai the chimpanzee words and math, and has achieved a series of worldwide discoveries. Notably, Ai’s son showed a far better ability than humans to instantly memorize numbers. The experiment results caused Matsuzawa to question what abilities humans may have lost and what other abilities we may have advanced. His 38-year-long study has revealed what makes us human.

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: Steve Rotfeld, Stephanie Wolf, Charlie Engelman, Nathan Moore, Tracy Rudolph Jackson DIRECTOR: EDITOR: Mike Varga, Jocelyn Tarquini, Art Citron, Anthony Leone WRITER: Charlie Engelman CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jesse Groening SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER: Hosts: Charlie Engelman and Kirby Engelman

COMPANY: NHK in association with NHK Enterprises and ANC Productions, PRODUCER: Hiroyuki Wakamatsu, Koichi Okumura DIRECTOR: Miho Nakamura EDITOR: Hideo Taguchi, Chiyoko Murayama WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Hiroshi Yanase SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: Hideyuki Maekawa, Naoko Osuga MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: Laura Moran OTHER:

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/adventure_pass/weird-but-true/

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+81 354-554-339 m01614-festivals@li.nhk.or.jp

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WHEN BALLOONS FLY

WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT

17-0537

17-0538

Micro-Movie

Student & Emerging

Campbells Creek,

Bristol, Bath and N

Australia

United Kingdom

6/14/17

9/14/15

4 minutes

10 minutes

Balloons can be fun, but they don’t belong outside.

We live in a world with over 1 billion cars, 2 billion headlights, in which two thirds of the population can’t truly see the starry night sky. But the hopeful blinking of the Milky Way is mirrored by some beetles on earth: glowworms. Not only are they an affirmation of aesthetic selection, but also represent a number of insects struggling to stay alive because of a largely underestimated pollutant- light. This film tells their story, their almost poetic embodiment of the thing that is killing them, along with the story of the people fighting to keep their magic alive.

COMPANY: , PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

vPRODUCER: Aditi Rajagopal DIRECTOR: Aditi Rajagopal EDITOR: Aditi Rajagopal WRITER: Aditi Rajagopal CINEMATOGRAPHER: Aditi Rajagopal, Gavin Shand SOUND EDITOR: Aditi Rajagopal SOUND MIXERS: Aditi Rajagopal SOUND RECORDISTS: Aditi Rajagopal, Gary Smith MUSIC: Audio Network, Neelesh Mandalapu EFFECTS: Aditi Rajagopal NARRATOR: Jayne Edwards

+61 354-721-954 jilli.rose@zoho.com www.zoo.org.au/get-involved/act-for-wildlife/balloons

+44 739-889-3177 aditi.r89@gmail.com

WHITE WOLF OF THE CANYON PACK

17-0539

17-0540

Animal Behavior

People & Nature, Theatrical

Lubbock, Texas

Cologne,

United States

Germany

2/17/17

6/30/17

52 minutes

97 minutes

For ten years two wolf packs, both led by white alpha females, have struggled to survive in Yellowstone’s Hayden Valley. White Wolf’s Hayden packs are the first to den in Hayden Valley in over 80 years. Although the valley is rich in prey for eight months of the year, the harsh winters drive most elk and bison to lower elevations and the wolves must follow. The two programs follow the packs as they raise their young, defend their kills from grizzly bears and fight off intruding wolf packs.

Who owns nature? Are we as humans nature’s protectors or its destroyers? In the heart of our western civilization, we enter a world that doesn’t seem to fit to our contemporary age. Mountain goats, bellowing stags, a pack of wolves, forest rangers, farmers, wildlife biologists, hunting opponents and hunters: they are all protagonists in a dramatic alpine play. How should humans deal with nature and wild animals today? The film initiates a social discourse and thought process about us and our role in nature.

COMPANY: Trailwood Films & Media, Landis Wildlife Films PRODUCER: Dale Johnson, Bob Landis DIRECTOR: Bob Landis EDITOR: Dale Johnson WRITER: Ilona Popper, Dale Johnson, Bob Landis CINEMATOGRAPHER: Bob Landis SOUND MIXERS: Dale Johnson MUSIC: New West Studios NARRATOR: Travis Voice Services

COMPANY: Broadview Pictures, PRODUCER: Leopold Hoesch DIRECTOR: Alice Agneskirchner EDITOR: Andre Hammesfahr (BFS) WRITER: Alice Agneskirchner CINEMATOGRAPHER: Johannes Imdahl (BVK), Owen PrŸmm MUSIC: Gert Wilden Jr. NARRATOR: Steve Hudson

(806) 224-5868 dale@trailwoodfilms.com

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WHO OWNS NATURE?

+49 221-579-6430 anke.schleicher@broadview.tv

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WHY IS GREENLAND MELTING?

WHY THE LION CALLS

17-0541

17-0542

360¡ Storytelling

People & Nature, Short

Boston, Massachuse

New York, NY

United States

6/1/17

6/9/17

6 minutes

12 minutes

Fly above the spectacular icy landscape of Greenland along with a NASA scientist who is trying to find out why the glaciers there are melting so fast. If all of Greenland’s ice melts, global sea levels would rise 20 feet. This 360¡ video takes you on a journey with the NASA team as they search for answers, offering a rare glimpse of the disappearing Arctic.

This is a story about Kapurua Daniel, a young boy who lives in Amboseli in Kenya who wants to grow up to become a Lion Guardian like his older brother. Historically, Maasai boys have killed lions to become warriors. But something different is happening here, where the Maasai are now employed to protect lions, and show how both people and Africa’s iconic cat can live together in this landscape.

COMPANY: Frontline Nova Emblematic Group, PRODUCER: Catherine Upin Caitlin Saks Anna Rothschild Julia Cort DIRECTOR: Catherine Upin EDITOR: Jan Kobal Yifeng Jiang WRITER: Catherine Upin Caitlin Saks Anna Rothschild Julia Cort CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dajo Brinkman Olafur Haraldsson SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Alex Symcox NARRATOR: Will Lyman OTHER: Executive Producer Frontline: Raney Aronson Director of Digital Video Frontline: Carla Borras Managing Editor Frontline: Andrew Metz Special Counsel Frontline: Dale Cohen Story Editor Frontline: Lauren Ezell Series Associate Producer Frontline: Amy Gaines Production Assistant Frontline: Kenzie Audette Senior Executive Producer Nova: Paula S. Apsell Deputy Executive Producer Nova: Julia Cort Director of Digital Media Nova: Lauren Aguirre

COMPANY: Panthera, Nick Hall Productions, Lion Guardians PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Andrea Heydlauff Co-Producers: Chelsea Hoffman, Nick Hall, Wade Jackson, Eric Ole Kesoi DIRECTOR: Andrea Heydlauff EDITOR: Wade Jackson WRITER: Andrea Heydlauff CINEMATOGRAPHER: Nick Hall Philip J. Briggs DESIGNER: Andrea L Heydlauff

(617) 300-5392 carla_borras@wgbh.org https://www.oculus.com/experiences/gear-vr/1427867497231007/

WILD AFRICA 3D

WILD ANIMAL REUNIONS

17-0543

17-0544

Theatrical, Visualization, Audioscape, Editing, Original Music Score

Animal Behavior, Science in Nature

Bristol,

United Kingdom

6/1/15

11/6/15

41 minutes

51 minutes

Wild Africa takes audiences on a spectacular 3D ride through the magical wild realms of Africa. Our guide, and the theme for the story, is water- the interconnecting force that shapes the landscape and is so critical for the survival of the continent’s spectacular wildlife. Water is also the force that transports audiences from glacier-clad mountaintops through parched savannas to the sea, conveying them on a thrilling and immersive 3D journey. This is one of the most ambitious 3D nature films ever made for the giant screen, fusing Hollywood techniques with the best in nature filmmaking.

Reunions between people and animals have captured the imaginations of millions worldwide. These euphoric moments transcend the divide between ‘us’ and ‘them’, begging the question, can wild animals really feel emotions like joy, devotion and love? Most animal lovers are convinced that they can, and now, scientists are beginning to agree. Combining testimony, interviews with worldleading scientists like Jane Goodall and newly filmed reunions, this program explores the amazing world of animal emotions.

COMPANY: BBC Earth Productions, Reliance Entertainment, IM Global, Evergreen Studios PRODUCER: Myles Connolly, Neil Nightingale, Amanda Hill DIRECTOR: Mike Slee, Neil Nightingale, Patrick Morris EDITOR: Andi Campbell-Waite WRITER: Mike Slee CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mark Deeble, Robin Cox SOUND EDITOR: Tim Owens, Kate Hopkins SOUND MIXERS: Craig Irving SOUND RECORDISTS: Chris Watson MUSIC: Patrick Doyle NARRATOR: Helena Bonham-Carter

COMPANY: Tigress Productions, PRODUCER: Pete Lown, Sarah Peat, Executive Producer: Dick Colthurst DIRECTOR: Pete Lown EDITOR: Chris Hall Mike Crawford CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mike Caine Simon Muriel Fernando Turmo SOUND EDITOR: George Fry SOUND MIXERS: Brian Moseley SOUND RECORDISTS: Richard Ngugi

+01 179-747-872 Annmarie.mcloughlin10@gmail.com

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(917) 689-1641 andreah@african-parks.org www.panthera.org

+44 117-933-5600 bethlintern@tigressproductions.co.uk www.tigressproductions.co.uk/productions/wild-animal-reunions/

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WILD CASTLES

WILD CASTLES: HEIDELBERG WILD CASTLES

17-0545

17-0546

Limited Series - Long

Original Music Score, Writing, Visualization

New York, New York

United States

6/1/17

96 minutes

48 minutes

The castles of medieval Europe are known around the world for their grandeur and history, but perhaps lesser known are the natural worlds in which they reside. “Wild Castles” explores some of these extraordinary locations, weaving their human stories with those of the fascinating animals and plants that now call them home--from Heidelberg, Germany, where local flora and fauna inspired the birth of modern medicine, to Predjama, Slovenia, where a renegade knight sought refuge alongside cave-dwelling creatures. As fortunes rose and fell through the ages, local wildlife has endured, adapting to the changing landscape of a rapidly developing world.

The once-glorious Heidelberg Castle in rural Germany is now a wondrous ruin, its gothic architecture a sharp contrast to the sunny slopes of the surrounding Odenwald Mountains. Along the nearby Neckar River, the woods are home to many creatures: peregrine falcons who roost in the castle’s bell tower, toads in the castle ponds, and river-dwelling beavers. Join as we embark on an exhilarating tour through the sights and sounds of the castle grounds and the natural world that cradles it, all set to a soaring musical score that plays to the time periods, narratives, and emotions of its dramatic sequences.

COMPANY: Taglicht Media, Blue Ant Media The Smithsonian Networks PRODUCER: Dennis Wells, Executive Producer, Anja Klish, Production Manager Julia Buser, Production Assistant DIRECTOR: Brian McClatchy Miriam Zimmerman Michael R. Gartner EDITOR: Miriam Zimmerman Stefan Kolbe WRITER: James Manfull Jared Lipworth Michael R. Gartner Celine Deligny, Research CINEMATOGRAPHER: Arndt Bruning, Camera Michael Riegler, Camera Brian McClatchy, Camera Robert Wiezorek, Camera Jan Konieczy, Camera Assistant Lennart Schmid, Camera Assistant SOUND MIXERS: Tonmontage MUSIC: Andreas Schafer, Composer Biber Gullats, Composer Raffael Seyfried, Composer Lukas Kiedaisch, Composer EFFECTS: Brave Rabbit, Graphics NARRATOR: Josh Goodman OTHER: Schelby D.C., Color Correction Hubert Schonegger, Color Correction Michael R. Gartner, Aerials Gero Hecker, Post Production Teresa Lang, Post Production

COMPANY: Taglicht Media, Blue Ant Media The Smithsonian Networks PRODUCER: Executive Producer: Dennis Wells Production Manager: Anja Klisch Production Assistant: Julia Buser DIRECTOR: Brian McClatchy Miriam Zimmerman EDITOR: Miriam Zimmerman WRITER: James Manfull CINEMATOGRAPHER: Brian McClatchy, Robert Wiezorek, Camera Assistants: Jan Konieczy, Lennart Schmid SOUND MIXERS: Tonmontage MUSIC: Andreas Schafer Biber Gullatz Raffael Seyfried Lukas Kiedaisch EFFECTS: Graphics: Brave Rabbit NARRATOR: Josh Goodman OTHER: Color Correction: Schelby D.C. Post-Production: Gero Hecker Teresa Lang

(212) 708-3254 christine.ricard@smithsonianchannel.com

WILD CORNWALL - OUT ON THE EDGE

WILD EXPECTATIONS

17-0547

17-0548

People & Nature, Original Music Score

Ecosystem, Writing, Editing, Visualization, Impact, Student & Emerging, Hosted or Presenterled, Engaging Youth, Original Music Score, Audioscape

Vienna,

Santiago,

Austria

Chile

12/21/16

7/11/14

50 minutes

42 minutes

Peregrine falcon, chough, kingfisher, dolphin, blue shark and grey seal must all try to survive the storms of winter and the challenges of the breeding season on Cornwall’s high rocky cliffs, sandy bays, estuaries and rivers. This is wildlife filmmaker Ian McCarthy’s story about the place where he lives and loves.

Wild Expectations follows the adventures of two regular guys, both wildlife enthusiasts and good friends, as they travel to Chilean Patagonia in search of a very unique puma, the elusive “No Tail”. They utilize guiding skills learned in Africa for tracking animals, following signs provided by nature. All life forms excite the dynamic duo, nothing is too big or too small. The relationship between the presenters is the key to presenting the animal subjects in a fresh new way as they joke and have a laugh between delivering natural history and behavioral information. The presenters are accompanied by a small film crew, well experienced in the field of wildlife cinematography, who are also part of the adventure and featured in the production.

COMPANY: Terra Mater Factual Studios, PRODUCER: Steve Nicholls, Consulting Producer DIRECTOR: Ian McCarthy EDITOR: Stewart Barlow WRITER: Ian McCarthy CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ian McCarthy Mark Yates Sam Stewart Tom Beldam SOUND EDITOR: Andreas Wukics-Hagen Stefan K. Fiedler SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Barnaby Taylor NARRATOR: Ian McCarthy OTHER: Line Producer: Wolfgang Knoepfler

COMPANY: Equilibrio films LLC, Nedo Producciones Ltda. PRODUCER: Christian Munoz Donoso Rene Araneda Contreras Wayne Te Brake DIRECTOR: Rene Araneda Contreras EDITOR: Rene Araneda Contreras Moris Munoz WRITER: Rene Araneda Contreras Raymond Bridgers CINEMATOGRAPHER: Christian Munoz Donoso Christiaan Munoz Salas SOUND EDITOR: Rodrigo Martinez SOUND MIXERS: Filmosonido SOUND RECORDISTS: Rodrigo Martinez MUSIC: Cristian Schmidt Rene Araneda Contreras Eduardo Lira DESIGNER: SMOG NARRATOR: Rene Araneda Contreras Wayne Te Brake

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at/productions/wild-cornwall-out-on-the-edge/

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+56 984-093-236 rene@nedofilms.com

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WILD INSIDE

WILD IRELAND -THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

17-0549

17-0550

Limited Series - Short

Animal Behavior, Ecosystem, Audioscape, Visualization, Editing, Writing

New York, New York

Vienna,

United States

Austria

7/25/16

5/31/17

5 minutes

52 minutes

A man who’s forged an amazing and unusual bond with an endangered female crane, a woman whose groundbreaking discovery could help repopulate maned wolves in the wild, and a team who combs through the forests of Appalachia to give an astonishing array of salamanders yearly check-ups. These are just of some the scientists involved in the conservation work that goes on behind the scenes at Smithsonian’s National Zoo, which houses a wide range of endangered species. The stories of these rare animals and the complex relationships they form with their caretakers shed new light on zoos and their true missions.

Hanging like an emerald jewel off the western edge of Europe, Ireland has always been a place apart. Never conquered by the Romans, Ireland was for millennia the very edge of the known world and the last stop for countless animals before they disappeared into the mists of the Atlantic ocean on their ceaseless journeys of life. As never captured before, this film shows Ireland’s wild wonders - from breaching Humpback Whales off its southern shores, to Golden Eagles fighting the gales of the northern highlands to raise their young on precipitous cliffs, to the majestic Salmon returning from the Arctic to face upriver into the purest freshwater in Europe and a murderous gauntlet of waterfalls and fishermen. From the Red Squirrels battling back from the edge of extinction to the clash of Ireland’s last Red Deer stags echoing through the mountains of Kerry. Not to mention that off the Irish coast swarm the second largest fish in the world: over hundred Basking Sharks have been seen in one day - the film features these gentle giants as they follow the summer plankton trail before turning west and disappearing into the abyss.

COMPANY: Run Riot Films, The Smithsonian Networks PRODUCER: Series Producer: Katie Bauer Associate Producer: Donielle Nardi Coordinating Producer: Rachel Hohenfeld Executive Producers: Gina Hutchinson, Dave Adams, Josie Swantek, Chris Tuss DIRECTOR: Katie Bauer EDITOR: Brian Canavan WRITER: Katie Bauer CINEMATOGRAPHER: Director of Photography: Brian Canavan Camera Assistant: Tom Clement Additional Camera: Dave Adams SOUND MIXERS: Sound Design and Audio Mixing: Dave Hurley SOUND RECORDISTS: Brian Buckley Ted Hogeman Chris Preston MUSIC: APM Music Killer Tracks EFFECTS: Graphics: Erik Loften OTHER: Colorist: Lauren Meschter Post Production Services: Henninger Media Services

COMPANY: Crossing the Line Productions, ORF-UNIVERSUM, FRANCE TV, TG4, BBC, PBS, NDR/Naturfilm doclights, SVT, SBS, ORF ENTERPRISE PRODUCER: John Murray DIRECTOR: John Murray, Cepa Giblin EDITOR: Jamie Fitzpatrick WRITER: John Murray, Cepa Giblin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Domenico Pontillo John Murray Underwater Photography: George Karbus Additional Photography: Dietrich Heller Theo Jebb Victor Kutischev Conor O’Donovan Brian O’Leary John Waters SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Colm Mac Con Iomaire Kila NARRATOR: Julie McCarthy

(212) 708-3254 christine.ricard@smithsonianchannel.com

+00 431-878-7813186 ronja.scherzinger@orf.at www.contentsales.orf.at/

WILD IRELAND, THE EDGE OF THE WORLD: FEATURING COLIN STAFFORD-JOHNSON

17-0551

17-0552

Limited Series - Long

Editing, Writing, Hosted or Presenter-led

Greystones, Wicklow

Ireland

2/15/17

118 minutes

59 minutes

A unique personal journey along one of the most spectacular coastlines in the world featuring the wildlife and wild places that make it so special. Emmy & Jackson award winning wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson takes viewers on an authored odyssey along Ireland’s rugged Atlantic coast - the place he chooses to make his home after 30 years spent shooting some of the world’s most celebrated wildlife films.

COMPANY: Crossing The Line Productions, ORF, PBS, BBC, France TV, TG4 PRODUCER: John Murray DIRECTOR: John Murray, Cepa Giblin EDITOR: Jamie Fitzpatrick WRITER: John Murray, Cepa Giblin, Colin Stafford Johnson CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dom Pontillo, John Murray SOUND EDITOR: Paul Finan SOUND MIXERS: Paul Finan SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Colm Mac an Iomaire, Kila NARRATOR: Colin Stafford Johnson

COMPANY: Crossing The Line Productions, ORF, PBS, BBC, France TV, TG4, PRODUCER: John Murray DIRECTOR: John Murray, Cepa Giblin EDITOR: Jamie Fitzpatrick WRITER: John Murray, Cepa Giblin CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dom Pontillo, John Murray SOUND EDITOR: Paul Finan SOUND MIXERS: Paul Finan SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Colm Mac an Iomaire, Kila NARRATOR: Colin Stafford Johnson

+35 387-250-2418 johnmurray@ctlfilms.com www.ctlfilms.com

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WILD IRELAND, THE EDGE OF THE WORLD: FEATURING COLIN STAFFORD-JOHNSON PART 1

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WILD ISLANDS WILD CITY 3

WILD NATION

17-0553

17-0554

Ecosystem, Changing Planet

Hosted or Presenter-led

Singapore,

San Diego, CA

Singapore

United States

3/31/16

1/10/17

46 minutes

2 minutes

The third part of the series narrated by David Attenborough explores Singapore’s islands - far from the city, past the port, hidden from view lies an undiscovered wilderness. From laid-back, sandy beaches and colorful coral reefs, to constant coastal development, Singapore’s coasts and islands are home to an array of fascinating creatures. Dive underwater to meet the dynamic duo of the yellow watchman goby and shrimp, discover the quick-changing cuttlefish, delve into darkness with the dog-faced water snake, and avoid the aim of the lethal archerfish. Relax on the beach with busy sand bubbler crabs and marooned macaques and take to the skies to follow the twisting tale of a family of little terns. This is a journey across the waters to explore the unexpected world of Singapore’s wild islands.

Wild Nation explores the reasons why the Grand Canyon is listed as one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The adventurous nature of the story aims to ignite a sense of discovery and respect for the natural world. This story was designed for San Diego Zoo Kids, a commercial-free television channel just for children’s hospitals and Ronald McDonald Houses nationwide. Kids can virtually experience the world of animals, zoos, and aquariums while engaging in programming that takes their mind off their condition - encouraging them to relax, sleep better and heal.

COMPANY: Beach House Pictures, PRODUCER: Series Producers: Jane Adcroft, Chiara Anna Bellati, Executive Producer: Jocelyn Little DIRECTOR: Jane Adcroft EDITOR: Razin Ramzi, Assistant Editor: Delicia Wong, Joe Ashcroft, Muhd Khairul Bin Rosli, Vidhya Sandrasagaran WRITER: Ahmad Rafiuddin, Researchers: Abdul Rashid, Kikuzawa Yuichi Preslie, Sathiya Puhaneswari, Sherene Tan CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joey Bania, Claire Clements, Mark Shaman, Victor Tang SOUND EDITOR: Jerry Teo SOUND RECORDISTS: Joy Mohd Goh NARRATOR: David Attenborough OTHER: Post-Production and Technology: Benjamin Goh, Peter Pang, Graphics: Ng Sew Ling, Heng Huiching, Nicole Gandhi

COMPANY: San Diego Zoo Kids, PRODUCER: Dustin Trayer, Olivia Degn DIRECTOR: Olivia Degn, Dustin Trayer EDITOR: Dustin Trayer WRITER: Olivia Degn CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dustin Trayer SOUND EDITOR: Dustin Trayer SOUND MIXERS: Dustin Trayer SOUND RECORDISTS: Dustin Trayer MUSIC: FirstCom DESIGNER: Dustin Trayer NARRATOR: Olivia Degn

(623) 695-75 joy@beachhousepictures.com www.video.toggle.sg/en/video/series/wild-city/ep3/388087

(619) 323-7023 odegn@sandiegozoo.org

WILD SEVE

WILD TALES FROM THE VILLAGE

17-0555

17-0556

Conservation

Editing, Audioscape, Visualization

Bangalore, Karnataka

Bristol,

India

United Kingdom

9/15/16

12/23/16

12 minutes

59 minutes

Every year, in the villages surrounding the Bandipur and Nagarhole Tiger Reserves in the Indian state of Karnataka, wild animals raid hundreds of farms and kill livestock. Agriculture being the only occupation of the people in these parts, the villagers retaliate by chasing away or sometimes even killing the elephants, leopards and tigers. These incidents have spiked in recent years, owing to the increase in human numbers and fragmentation of once contiguous forests. There is a solution in place to deal with these situations, where monetary compensation is awarded to the people who have lost crop or livestock, but the cumbersome process of applying for this compensation has put people off and wildlife continues to bear the brunt of their retaliations. This film gives a voice to these people, people that wake up to the sound of an elephant tearing their house down or a leopard carrying their goat away. We see how their acts of desperation to save their crops and livestock cause injury and death to wildlife and sometimes even themselves. Ultimately, we find a little hope in the form of Wild Seve (in service of wildlife), a small group of dedicated people working tirelessly to speed up the process of compensation, and to make it easily accessible to all. We find out how a simple idea, executed with perseverance and the determination to make a difference, can go a long way in mitigating human-animal conflict. COMPANY: IoraPro, PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: Prakash Matada EDITOR: Ram Alluri CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ram Alluri SOUND EDITOR: Adamya Chetan EFFECTS: Deekshith S OTHER: Krithi Karanth, Anand Kumar

+91 988-022-5338 prakash@iorapro.com

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An Animal drama that tells the story of a year in the life of an extraordinary village, hidden away in the timeless French countryside. Narrated by Tcheky Karyo, this tale reveals the parallel world of incredible tiny creatures that live side by side with the unsuspecting humans. Red squirrels, wild boar, edible dormice and a cunning stone marten all take advantage of the riches of the village, while doing their best not to get caught! Can they outwit the villagers and survive the seasons? Seen from the perspective of these secretive animals, their adventures are happening right beneath our feet!

COMPANY: BBC Natural History Unit, PRODUCER: Verity White, Michael Gunton DIRECTOR: Verity White EDITOR: James Taggart CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jonathan Jones SOUND EDITOR: George Fry SOUND MIXERS: Chris Domaille MUSIC: Simon Ashdown EFFECTS: Burrell Durrant Hifle NARRATOR: Tcheky Karyo OTHER: Colorist: Tony Osborne Online Editor: Martin Ralph

+01 179-064-300 rhb@filmsat59 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086k8db

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WILD WINNERS - EP02: FREAKY FEATHERS

WILD WINNERS - EP03: PLANET OF THE PRIMATES

17-0557

17-0558

Animal Behavior

Vienna,

Austria

11/9/16

11/16/16

50 minutes

From Eider ducks in the Arctic that “fly” underwater, to Hawaiian ‘same sex’ Albatross couples; from the ultra-social Sri Lankan Blue Magpie, to the majestic Golden Eagle that is soaring through the European Alps; this film is a flamboyant cinematic portrait, presenting the amazing world of birds.

This animal family has conquered almost all of planet Earth, even if we don’t count the most prominent members of its family: humans. Wherever they live, primates have something in common; they show an amazing level of intelligence, fine-tuned forms of communication and sophisticated skills for solving social conflicts. These capabilities enable some primates like Hamadryas baboons to form huge groups of up to 400 individuals.

COMPANY: A production of Terra Mater Factual Studios, PRODUCER: Ivo Filatsch EDITOR: Christian Stoppacher WRITER: Ivo Filatsch CINEMATOGRAPHER: Martyn Colbeck Jan Haft Joel Heath Graham Horder Ian McCarthy Peter Nearhos Otmar Penker Bernhard Popovic Mike Potts Ann Johnson Prum PAul Stewart MUSIC: Markus Poechinger Tomas Leonhardt Gerrit Wunder NARRATOR: Chris Morgan

COMPANY: Terra Mater Factual Studios, PRODUCER: Martin Meszaros EDITOR: Christian Stoppacher WRITER: Martin Meszaros CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jacky Poon Wuyuan Qi Harald Mittermueller Pete Hayns Michael Riegler Christian Baumeister Graham MacFarlane Roland Gockel MUSIC: Markus Poechinger Tomas Leonhardt Gerrit Wunder NARRATOR: Chris Morgan

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at http://www.terramater.at/productions/wild-winners/

+43 187-003-27610 office@terramater.at www.terramater.at/productions/wild-winners/

WILD WITHOUT WINGS

WILD_LIFE WITH BERTIE GREGORY

17-0559

17-0560

Student & Emerging

Limited Series - Short

Hamilton,

District O, Washington

New Zealand

United States

5/1/17

8/3/16

90 minutes

5 minutes

New Zealand is home to some of the most unusual flightless birds in the world. The Kiwi is the national bird and yet 99% of New Zealanders never have or ever will see one in the wild. This is a solo adventure: one man’s journey into New Zealand’s remote and intriguing wilderness. With no funding or budget of any kind, this fascinating story is a testament to sheer determination, patience and persistence to obtain rare footage, never captured before. Filmed entirely in the wild, in their natural habitat, it’s a glimpse into a hidden world few have ever seen.

In Nat Geo WILD’s first digital series, wildlife filmmaker Bertie Gregory journeys to the Pacific Northwest in search of the elusive coastal wolves that inhabit one of the last places on the planet where a wild forest meets a wild ocean. While in the field, Bertie navigates harsh terrain filled with unexpected encounters, all in an effort to find and film wolves that seem more like ghosts of the Northwest than actual creatures.

PRODUCER: Steve Graf DIRECTOR: Steve Graf EDITOR: Steve Graf WRITER: Steve Graf CINEMATOGRAPHER: Steve Graf SOUND EDITOR: Steve Graf SOUND RECORDISTS: Steve Graf DESIGNER: Steve Graf NARRATOR: Steve Graf

COMPANY: National Geographic Partners, PRODUCER: Bertie Gregory, Alex Wenchel, Jean-Paul Polo, Carolyn Barnwell, Stephanie Atlas EDITOR: Alex Wenchel, Bob Lindeman, Carolyn Barnwell, Dan Steinmetz WRITER: Alex Wenchel, Alexandra Petri CINEMATOGRAPHER: Bertie Gregory SOUND MIXERS: Aaron Wold OTHER: Host: Bertie Gregory

+00 642-728-42250 steve4stags@gmail.com

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(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/wild-life/

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WILD_LIFE WITH BERTIE GREGORY: GETTING MOBBED BY SEA LIONS

WILD, WILD LIFE PLUM LANDING

17-0561

17-0562

Animal Behavior, Ecosystem

Engaging Youth

Washington DC,

Boston, MA

United States

8/3/16

11/1/16

5 minutes

3 minutes

Plum Landing is a PBS KIDS environmental science project that uses videos, games, apps, and hands-on activities to help connect 6 to 9-year-old children to nature, teach them about ecosystems, and get them pumped up about their role as caretakers of the planet. The storylines revolve around Plum, a cute purple alien from Planet Blorb. Plum longs to experience nature-- so, she befriends five kids and sends them out to explore Earth’s ecosystems. In this episode, Brad and Oliver shrink themselves until they’re as small as bugs! Totally awesome, right? Wellllll... not if there are OTHER bugs around!

COMPANY: National Geographic, PRODUCER: Bertie Gregory, Alex Wenchel, Jean-Paul Polo, Carolyn Barnwell, Stephanie Atlas EDITOR: Alex Wenchel, Bob Lindeman, Carolyn Barnwell, Dan Steinmetz WRITER: Alex Wenchel, Alexandra Petri CINEMATOGRAPHER: Bertie Gregory SOUND MIXERS: Aaron Wold OTHER: Host: Bertie Gregory

COMPANY: WGBH Children’s Media Team, Global Mechanic, PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

(661) 904-0811 jessica@awardsinsider.com http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/wild-life/

(617) 300-3837 deborah_frank@wgbh.org www.pbskids.org/video/plum-landing/2365890353

WILDCAM GORONGOSA

WILDER THAN WILDERNESS

17-0563

17-0564

Interactive

Theatrical

Chevy Chase, MD

Prague, Czech Repu

United States

?esk‡ republika

9/8/15

3/23/17

0 minutes

82 minutes

Decades of war in Mozambique decimated large animal populations in Gorongosa National Park, an area of amazing ecological diversity. A collaboration between the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Gorongosa National Park, and the Zooniverse, WildCam Gorongosa engages citizen scientists and students in monitoring species recovery. Visitors to the website identify animals captured in trail camera photos and visualize data to answer ecological questions. Data are then used by scientists to monitor the biodiversity of the park. WildCam has approximately 20,000 volunteers who have completed almost 4 million classifications, and is one of the most popular projects on the Zooniverse.

Within the environment of dense woods gobbled up by the bark beetle, open cast brown coal mines, or former army training ranges, one finds a true tale of an impregnable wild countryside. Just beyond our backyards we see everyday dramas of animals and plants taking place that tend to fascinate us in films that come from the far reaches of our planet. The film crew is setting out on a two years expedition in order to explore central European wildlife.

COMPANY: The Zooniverse, Gorongosa National Park Howard Hughes Medical Institute DESIGNER: Alexandra Swanson, The Zooniverse Paola Bouley and Jen Guyton, Gorongoas Natonal Park Bridget Conneely and Laura Bonetta, HHMI

COMPANY: Produkce Radim Prochazka, Czech Television PRODUCER: Radim Prochazka DIRECTOR: Marian Polak EDITOR: Tomas Doruska WRITER: Marek Sklar, Jan Hosek, Marian Polak CINEMATOGRAPHER: Marian Polak, Jiri Petr SOUND EDITOR: Vaclav Fleg SOUND MIXERS: Vaclav Flegl MUSIC: Cristian Koll EFFECTS: Produkce Radim Prochazka NARRATOR: Krystof Hadek

(301) 215-8783 schultzc@hhmi.org www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/wildcam-gorongosa

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+42 060-386-2161 radim@radimprochazka.com https://www.facebook.com/PlanetaCesko/?fref=ts

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WILDEST ISLANDS OF INDONESIA

WILDLIFE - MODERN DINOSAURS: THE GHARIALS OF CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK 17-0566 WILDLIFE

17-0565

Writing

Animal Behavior

Bristol,

Tokyo,

United Kingdom

Japan

1/1/16

9/28/15

52 minutes

The islands of Indonesia are a wild paradise of giant flowers and coral gardens, of dragons, tigers, giant apes and glorious birds of paradise. A staggering fifteen percent of all the world’s species are found in this unique region. Straddling the equator, this island chain has been forged by fire. Violent, volcanic eruptions have created more than ten thousand separate islands - some huge, others merely a speck of rock. Indonesia’s archipelago is a center of bio-diversity that is matched nowhere else in the world and is one of the last wild frontiers. This is a story of invasion, extinction, isolation and evolution on an unparalleled scale. This landmark series reveals the remarkable ways in which life has been created, adapted and re-born over millions of years of natural selection.

The glorious Chitwan National Park extends over the foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal. A large river runs through this world heritage site, attracting endangered species such as Indian rhinoceroses and Indian elephants. Mingling among them are gharials, one of the world’s largest crocodiles. At six meters in length, the main feature of this conspicuous creature is its long, thin jaws filled with razor-sharp teeth. Gharials swish their jaws back and forth to catch fish with impeccable timing. This episode, filmed over an extended period between the dry and rainy seasons, reveals the wisdom behind the secrets to their survival.

COMPANY: Off The Fence, PRODUCER: Allison Bean, Colin Collis, Poppy Riddle, Sarah Titcombe DIRECTOR: Colin Collis, Poppy Riddle, Sarah Titcombe EDITOR: Claire Berry, Dan Schwalm CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ralph Bower NARRATOR: Paul McGann

COMPANY: NHK in association with NHK Enterprises, PRODUCER: Tetsunori Kikuchi, Koichi Okumura DIRECTOR: Junichi Takegami EDITOR: Yuji Aoki CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kensuke Kishi, Genki Yamada SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: Ryota Seto MUSIC: Yukiyo Nakamura

+44 011-790-97560 samdawe@offthefence.com

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WILDLIFE - REALM OF THE SPIRALED EGG: PORT JACKSON SHARK WILDLIFE

17-0567

17-0568

Animal Behavior

Tokyo,

Japan

11/9/15

2/8/16

49 minutes

52 minutes

Every year Port Jackson sharks travel en masse to a secluded bay in Australia. The extraordinary sharks have one mission: find a mate and give birth to the next generation. They lay eggs rather than giving birth to live young. Their extraordinary eggs are spiraled in shape and uniquely adapted to their environment. Many of the eggs are found littered on the bay’s floor. Remarkably Port Jackson sharks are responsible for many of the ruined eggs. It is a brutal behavior, but the sharks expend a lot of energy during the mating season and eggs provide a nutrient rich meal.

The carnivorous and ever wary jaguar is usually hidden deep in the forest, never revealing its true nature. However, during recent dry seasons, they have been spotted in the Pantanal wetland in Brazil. Using unmanned cameras and ultrasensitive cameras, our film crew embarked on a major project to record these jaguars. Witness an amazing Jaguar hunt that climaxes in a single deadly bite.

COMPANY: NHK in association with NHK Enterprises, Japan Underwater Films in cooperation with Off the Fence, PRODUCER: Hiroshi Izu,Koichi Okumura, Allison Bean DIRECTOR: Akiko Sadasue, Paul Dennys EDITOR: Naomi Iida,Bronwyn Harvey CINEMATOGRAPHER: Masahiko Sakata SOUND RECORDISTS: Takahiro Saito MUSIC: Yukiyo Nakamura NARRATOR: Peter Venn

COMPANY: NHK in association with NHK Enterprises, PRODUCER: Tetsunori Kikuchi, Koichi Okumura DIRECTOR: Motohiro Amano EDITOR: Takako Sugiyama CINEMATOGRAPHER: Yuji Takata SOUND RECORDISTS: Shinko Komaki MUSIC: Yukiyo Nakamura

+81 354-554-339 m01614-festivals@li.nhk.or.jp

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WILDLIFE - THE CAIMAN HUNTERS: JAGUAR, BRAZILIAN WETLANDS WILDLIFE

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WILDLIFE - THE PATERNAL BOND: BARBARY MACAQUES WILDLIFE

WINGED MIGRATION

17-0569

17-0570

Animal Behavior

Tokyo,

Mainz, RLP

Japan

Germany

8/1/16

11/6/16

49 minutes

45 minutes

Morocco’s vast Atlas Mountains are home to Africa’s only non-human primate to survive north of the Sahara Desert, the Barbary Macaque. The unique monkeys survive in mountainside cedar forests and are governed by their home’s contrasting seasons. Barbary Macaques value their young above all and work as a team to rear the next generation. The male’s unique paternal bonds with the troop’s young allow the macaques to live a peaceful existence. The monkey’s life of tranquility is challenged, however, when the troop’s young males reach sexual maturity. Hounded by adult males, these youngsters must leave or face the violent consequences.

Billions of birds perish every year while migrating, dying of hunger, thirst, exhaustion and environmental poisons. Others fall victim to hunters, windmills and power lines. Predators attack them in the air and while they’re sleeping. But why do birds then go through the hardships of migration year after year? How has bird migration changed over the generations? How do barnacle geese find their way from the River Ems in northern Germany to the Arctic Circle? How does a young stork know how to get to Africa, when is has never been there before?

COMPANY: NHK in association with NHK Enterprises, NHK Cosmomedia Europe, Ateles Films in cooperation with Off the Fence, PRODUCER: Masa Hayakawa, Allison Bean DIRECTOR: Michael J. Sanderson, Paul Dennys EDITOR: Michael J. Sanderson CINEMATOGRAPHER: Michael J. Sanderson SOUND EDITOR: Owen Peters Amps SOUND RECORDISTS: Shinko Komaki MUSIC: Yukiyo Nakamura NARRATOR: Peter Venn

COMPANY: colourFIELD on behalf of ZDF and ARTE, PRODUCER: Petra H_fer, Freddie R_ckenhaus DIRECTOR: Petra H_fer, Freddie R_ckenhaus EDITOR: Johannes Fritsche OTHER: Animation: 422 South, Commissioning Editors: Marita HŸbinger (ARTE), Friederike H_decke, Katharina Kohl (ZDF), Ground Cameras: Tobias Kaufmann, Aerial Cameras: Peter Thompson, Irmin Kerck, Stefan Urmann, Realization: Francesca D’Amicis, Susanne Rotosky, Kay Schlasse, Friederike Schmidt-Vogt

+81 354-554-339 m01614-festivals@li.nhk.or.jp

+49 613-170-12055 anaya.m@zdf.de www.presseportal.zdf.de/pm/terra-x-zugvoegel/

WITNESSING EXTINCTION

WOLF HUNTER

17-0571

17-0572

Micro-Movie

People & Nature

Prague,

London,

Czech Republic

United Kingdom

2/9/17

3/31/17

3 minutes

12 minutes

We are witnessing a drastic decline of wildlife, a so-called Sixth Wave of Extinctions. West Africa is the worst affected region due to the habitat loss and poaching. We set out for 6,616-km off-road scientific expedition to search for animal survivors in one of its remaining wildernesses, Niokolo-Koba National Park. Are there any lions roaring yet? Watch to find out...

With a landmass comparable to India, Yakutia is by far the largest non-nation state in the world. Life here, revolves around reindeer, staying warm and diamonds. I first heard about the region in 2013 when president, Yegor Borisov, announced a ‘state of emergency’, calling for international support and setting into motion a bounty system which has grown into the largest organized wolf hunt in history. In the Siberian state of Yakutia, the exploding number of wolves is impacting indigenous livelihoods. To see these effects first hand, I arranged to visit Ion Maksimovic, the region’s most celebrated wolf hunter. Ion killed 23 wolves last year, more than any other hunter, winning 300,000 roubles and a snowmobile.

PRODUCER: Tom Junek DIRECTOR: Tom Junek EDITOR: Tom Junek WRITER: Tom Junek CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tom Junek MUSIC: Lessazo DESIGNER: Tom Junek

COMPANY: Panos Pictures, James Morgan Films PRODUCER: Anna Stevens DIRECTOR: James Morgan

+42 077-713-5577 tom_junek@yahoo.com www.tomjunek.com/video

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WOLVERINE: GHOST OF THE NORTHERN FOREST (THE EXTENDED DIRECTOR’S CUT)

WONDERS OF MEXICO

17-0573

17-0574

Ecosystem, Animal Behavior

Limited Series - Long

Edmonton, Alberta

Arlington, VA

Canada

United States

2/13/17

6/30/17

52 minutes

106 minutes

Wolverine: Ghost of the Northern Forest recounts the fascinating story of Canadian wildlife filmmaker Andrew Manske’s relentless, five-year quest to find and film one of the most legendary and elusive creatures on the planet. The wolverine is a small animal with a big reputation. It might weigh less than 20 kilograms, but this intrepid member of the weasel family has been known to back down marauding bears and wolves in defense of its young or its food. Armed with fearsome claws and canines, a bite force stronger than any other carnivore on earth and a reputation for fearlessness, the wolverine, whose Latin name Gulo gulo literally means glutton, is not the kind of animal any other species, humans included, really wants to mess with. But nasty reputation aside, the reality is we really don’t know much about the secretive world and life of the wolverine. Living in remote areas of the Boreal forest, it is rarely ever seen. After two decades of filming most of the other major predators of the north, award-winning cinematographer Andrew Manske takes up the ultimate challenge of his career when he set out to make a film about this animal.

The Mexico series, told through the lives of wildlife and people, is the definitive story of the country, showcasing a natural fiesta of color and life born out of the unique combinations of geology, geography and weather over its various landscapes - mountains, deserts and forests. The magical forests of the Maya are rich in tropical wildlife and hide a secret underworld. Mountains dominate Mexico, shaping life and culture in this diverse land. Travel south to discover black bears, fiery volcanoes, exquisite birds and millions of monarch butterflies

COMPANY: Compass Media, PRODUCER: Andrew Manske, Brian Bildson, Executive Producer: Jeff Turner DIRECTOR: Andrew Manske, Jeff Turner EDITOR: Brenda Terning WRITER: Jeff Turner, Andrew Manske, Scot Morison CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andrew Manske SOUND EDITOR: Johnny Blerot SOUND MIXERS: Johnny Blerot SOUND RECORDISTS: Johnny Blerot Andrew Manske MUSIC: John Sereda Paul Michael Thomas NARRATOR: Andrew Manske OTHER: Scientific Advisors: Matt Scrafford, Dr. Mark Boyce

COMPANY: A BBC Natural History Unit Production for PBS and BBC, PRODUCER: Evania Wright Victoria Bromley Executive Producer: TIM MARTIN Series Producer: PATRICK MORRIS DIRECTOR: Evania Wright Victoria Bromley EDITOR: Adam Coates Sam Rogers CINEMATOGRAPHER: Barrie Britton Richard Kirby Rolf Steinmann Mike Madden Toby Strong Matthew Aeberhard Robin Cox Kevin Flay Louis Labrom John Shier MUSIC: Michael Kruk NARRATOR: Anthony Mendez OTHER: PBS Executive in Charge: Pamela Aguilar

(780) 863-5244 kbeatty@loudwhisperproductions.ca www.andrewmanske.com

(703) 739-5392 akkim@pbs.org

WONDERS OF MEXICO: FORESTS OF THE MAYA

17-0575

17-0576

Audioscape

Original Music Score, Editing, People & Nature

Arlington, VA

Bristol, Bristol

United States

United Kingdom

6/30/17

1/1/17

53 minutes

60 minutes

In Mexico’s far south lies an unusual peninsula: The Yucatan. Swathed in a forest stretching 50,000 square miles and once ruled by the mighty Maya Civilization. But it’s also a place full of secrets which hold the key to how animals and people survive the long and difficult times. This is where we begin our journey through the seasons.

Mountains dominate Mexico, shaping life and culture in this diverse land. Travel south to discover back bears, fiery volcanoes, exquisite birds and millions of monarch butterflies.

COMPANY: A BBC Natural History Unit Production for PBS and BBC, PRODUCER: Producer: Evania Wright Executive Producer: Tim Martin Series Producer: Patrick Morris DIRECTOR: Evania Wright EDITOR: Adam Coates CINEMATOGRAPHER: Barrie Britton Richard Kirby Rolf Steinmann Mike Madden Toby Strong Matthew Aeberhard SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Michael Kruk NARRATOR: Anthony Mendez OTHER: PBS Executive in Charge: Pamela Aguilar

COMPANY: BBC Studios The Natural History Unit, PRODUCER: DIRECTOR: EDITOR: WRITER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: NARRATOR: OTHER:

(703) 739-5392 akkim@pbs.org

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WONDERS OF MEXICO: MOUNTAIN WORLDS

4.41E+11 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk

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WORLD ELEPHANT DAY: THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUNKS

WORLD’S WILDEST CITY: ANCHORAGE

17-0577

17-0578

Micro-Movie

Limited Series - Long

Bronx, NY

Bristol,

United States

United Kingdom

8/12/16

8/19/16

1 minutes

50 minutes

On World Elephant Day in 2016, as part of its 96 Elephants campaign, WCS released this light-hearted video of a baby elephant learning to control its trunk, which did extremely well with over 250k views across channels. An accompanying online petition generated 130,000 signatures directed at CITES representatives to close domestic ivory markets. The 96 Elephants campaign is named for the number of elephants killed on average each day in Africa for their ivory and has partnered with conservation organizations and NGOs worldwide to combat the poaching crisis.

Another day, another drama. Anchorage’s residents wake to the sounds of grizzly bin-raiders, shopkeepers’ windows being smashed by drunk and disorderly moose and families fleeing from parks patrolled by fearless wolf packs. Anchorage is an urban island within a vast frozen Alaskan Wilderness, so it’s no wonder the local wildlife appreciates the safe shelter of the city, but this makes it less than safe for the humans. With growing conflicts in the neighborhood, is this town big enough for both? The World’s Wildest City goes on patrol with the city biologists responsible for negotiating the frontline between Anchorage’s human and animal inhabitants. On duty 24/7, we experience the challenges, danger and humor of a year-in-the-life of this crowded Arctic city.

COMPANY: Wildlife Conservation Society, PRODUCER: Natalie Cash EDITOR: Jeff Morey WRITER: Natalie Cash SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Audio Network

COMPANY: Off The Fence, PRODUCER: Hannah Gibson, Ruth Harries, Andrew Zikking, Tom Hollings DIRECTOR: Hannah Gibson, Ruth Harries EDITOR: Doug Main, Pete Price, Dan Schwalm, Andrew Zikking CINEMATOGRAPHER: Howard Bourne MUSIC: Kristian Jabs NARRATOR: Peter Venn

(718) 220-7423 ncash@wcs.org www.wcs.org/films/world-elephant-day

+44 011-790-97560 samdawe@offthefence.com www.offthefence.com/Production/Home

WORLD’S WILDEST CITY: ANCHORAGE: EPISODE 1DOG CITY

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17-0580

People & Nature

Conservation

Bristol,

Washington, DC

United Kingdom

United States

8/19/16

10/7/16

25 minutes

92 minutes

Another day, another drama. Anchorage’s residents wake to the sounds of grizzly bin-raiders, shopkeepers’ windows being smashed by drunk and disorderly moose and families fleeing from parks patrolled by fearless wolf packs. Anchorage is an urban island within a vast frozen Alaskan wilderness, so it’s no wonder the local wildlife appreciates the safe shelter of the city, but this makes it less than safe for the humans. With growing conflicts in the neighborhood, is this town big enough for both? The World’s Wildest City goes on patrol with the city biologists responsible for negotiating the frontline between Anchorage’s human and animal inhabitants. On duty 24/7, we experience the challenges, danger and humor of a year-in-the-life of this crowded Arctic city.

Yasuni Man is a film about a conflict raging deep within the Ecuadorian Amazon. It’s a real-life Avatar story. Once under siege by missionaries seeking to civilize them, the Waorani people battle industry operatives and their own government in a fight to survive. Join filmmaker Ryan Patrick Killackey and his native friend Otobo as they embark on an expedition into the most bio-diverse forest on Earth. Witness what may be lost as oil companies encroach, human rights violations run rampant, and a forest Eden is destroyed - all for the oil that lies beneath Yasuni.

COMPANY: Pollywog Productions, PRODUCER: Ryan Patrick Killackey DIRECTOR: Ryan Patrick Killackey EDITOR: Malcolm Lam WRITER: Ryan Patrick Killackey CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ryan Patrick Killackey SOUND EDITOR: Ken Wilkinson SOUND RECORDISTS: Ryan Patrick Killackey, Brad Kessler, Justin Lotak, Todd Hoellermann MUSIC: Richard Lauw, Martin Lachober, Maria Salamon, Andres Simon Bamberger - Reeltracks EFFECTS: Malcolm Lam NARRATOR: Ryan Patrick Killackey OTHER: Tomi Sugagara - Associate Producer

+44 011-790-97560 samdawe@offthefence.com www.offthefence.com/Production/Home

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YORKSHIRE: A YEAR IN THE WILD: SPRING YORKSHIRE

YOSEMITE NATURE

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17-0582

Ecosystem

Ecosystem, Changing Planet, Visualization

Bristol,

New York, NY

United Kingdom

United States

10/28/16

3/29/17

44 minutes

53 minutes

This is the story of two National Parks: The Dales and North York Moors. Separated by only 20 miles, they cover over 1,400 square miles of wild and rugged Northern England, creating a swath of wild Yorkshire that stretches from the East coast to the West. It’s a unique landscape that is home to some of the UK’s most spectacular wildlife, each with its own unique survival strategy. Each episode documents a different season and reveals secret stories about wildlife and how their lives weave together in this truly magnificent landscape.

Yosemite was forged by time and shaped by the power of water. Water made life possible in this stone wilderness carved out the iconic Yosemite Valley, and gave birth to the Earth’s largest living trees. But with climate change, Yosemite is feeling the heat. Water is scarcer and the threat of wildfire is more common. Join scientists and adventurers as they explore the past, present, and future of the Sierra Nevada’s most precious resource: water. Glide over the Yosemite Valley, climb trees as tall as buildings, and see how critters both great and small - from the bighorn sheep to the American pika - survive through drought, wildfires, and mountains of snow, as we investigate one of America’s great wildernesses.

COMPANY: Tigress Productions, Motion Content Group PRODUCER: Series Producer: Duncan Chard Executive Producer for Tigress Productions: Dick Colthurst Executive Producer for Motion Content Group: Melanie Darlaston DIRECTOR: Duncan Chard EDITOR: Rama Bowley CINEMATOGRAPHER: Director of Photography: Simon Niblett Camera Operator: Pete Cayless SOUND EDITOR: Dubbing Editor: George Fry SOUND MIXERS: Dubbing Mixer: Brian Moseley DESIGNER: Beth Lintern NARRATOR: Sean Bean

COMPANY: Pontecorvo Productions, Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET, PRODUCER: Joseph Pontecorvo Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman Series Producer: Bill Murphy EDITOR: Billy McMillin Philip Thangsombat WRITER: Joseph Pontecorvo CINEMATOGRAPHER: Director of Photography: Joseph Pontecorvo Additional Cinematography: Nimmida Pontecorvo Jonathan Byers Brandon Swanson Isaac Babcock Bill McMillin SOUND EDITOR: Len Delorey SOUND MIXERS: Re-Recording Mixer: Ed Campbell SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: Jeremy Zuckerman EFFECTS: Colorist: Eric Rosen NARRATOR: Kevin Kline OTHER: Series Editor: Janet Hess

+44 117-933-5600 bethlintern@tigressproductions.co.uk www.tigressproductions.co.uk/productions/the-dales-moors/

(212) 560-6889 burkej@thirteen.org

ZIKA:THE UNTOLD STORY- NOVA

17-0583

Short

Boston, MA

United States 12/8/16 14 minutes In 2016, panic spread through the Americas as a once-obscure virus--Zika-reached epidemic proportions. To the surprise of the medical community and the public alike, the little known virus was discovered to cause severe birth defects in children born to infected mothers. But where did this virus come from? And how did it suddenly become a problem of such devastating proportions? A year after the devastating disease exploded in the Americas, NOVA takes a closer look at how this virus grew to become such a monster. We join a small band of researchers who knew about Zika before it made headlines as they trace the disease back to its origins- back to the tropical forests of Uganda, where it was discovered during a golden age of virus discovery. COMPANY: WGBH-NOVA, PRODUCER: Kevin Young Caitlin Saks DIRECTOR: Vincent Liota EDITOR: WRITER: Caitlin Saks Vincent Liota CINEMATOGRAPHER: SOUND EDITOR: SOUND MIXERS: SOUND RECORDISTS: MUSIC: EFFECTS: DESIGNER: Vanessa Ly NARRATOR: OTHER: Additional Footage: PBS Newshour, Miles O’Brien Productions, FRONTLINE, Pond 5, University of Texas Medical Branch

(617) 300-4316 vanessa_ly@wgbh.org www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/zika-untold-story.html

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