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A Shout Across Time
A Town Called Success
A Wolf’s Place
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Physical Sciences
Environmental & Conservation Sciences
Environmental & Conservation Sciences, Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
A Shout Across Time visually explores Einstein’s theory of general relativity, its importance in understanding black holes, and the possibility it raises of hearing the mechanisms of the universe. The film celebrates both Einstein and the worlds he revealed through imagination and mathematics. English, 22 minutes
A Town Called Success follows the lives of a group of harpoon fishermen from Chenggong, Taiwan. In their late 50’s and 60’s, these men battle giant Marlin in high seas and storms with just a 20-kilo spear and their ability to spot a fin in the dark waters. The crew is joined by a local scientist who is fighting to protect the majestic Marlin and Swordfish that thrive in Taiwan’s waters. Together, fishermen and scientist have created a unique Taiwanese story. With growing pressure on fisheries worldwide, this film tells of how locals are adapting and fighting to preserve their cultures and the oceans around Taiwan. It is a tale of the last spear fishermen of Chenggong. Chinese (English Subtitles), 75 minutes
Gray wolves stand on the edge of a precipice. In the Northern Rockies wild wolves have made a remarkable comeback. But now widespread hunting seasons are taking a heavy toll and many politicians want to remove all protections for wolves across the US. A Wolf’s Place explores how gray wolves impact entire ecosystems in what’s called a “trophic cascade.” It also examines the personal side of large carnivore conservation through the story of Wolf 10, the first wild wolf released into Yellowstone in over 70 years – his triumphant life and tragic death in the sights of a poacher’s gun. English, 16 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Montana State University CO-PRODUCTION CO NASA PRODUCER Dennis Aig, Executive Producers: Nico Yunes, Joey Key, Co-Producer: Michael Suarez: DIRECTOR Dennis Aig CAMERA Logan Triplett SOUND Michael Suarez COMPOSER Ira Mowitz WRITER Dennis Aig, Scott Chestnut MIXER Jeremiah Slovarp, Jason Bolte EFFECTS EDITOR James Menkol OTHER CREDITS Conductor : Tobin Stewart, Score: Montana State University Symphony Performance
PRODUCTION CO Taiwan Public Television Service PRODUCER Jessie Shih, Executive Producer: Leh-chyun Lin, Production Coordinator: I-wen Tang DIRECTOR Frank Smith, Editing Director: Dean Johnson DESIGNER Shi-chuan Chen CAMERA Robert Taylor, Camera Assistant: Bo-hao Jien, UW Camera: Graham Andrews, RC Helicopter Camera : AKFly, DSLR Camera: Yin-long Ye, Terry Chen, Photography: Xiao-Min Hong SOUND Chia-hao Yang COMPOSER John Lin MIXER WE Digital Media Co. Ltd. OTHER CREDITS Color Grading : Kevin Hong, Consultant: Wei-chuan Chiang
PRODUCTION CO PlayBow Studios PRODUCER Annie White DIRECTOR Annie White CAMERA Annie White, Roshan Patel SOUND Annie White WRITER Annie White NARRATOR Madison McClintock OTHER CREDITS Actor : JD Moore, Featuring: Doug Smith
pts.org.tw/success/
PlayBowStudios.com
Dennis Aig Montana State University P.0 Box 173350 Bozeman, MT 59717 United States
Chia-Wei Tung Taiwan Public Television Service No.100, Lane 75, Sec.3, Kang-Ning Rd. Taipei, 11485 Taiwan
Annie White PlayBow Studios 3020 Trout Meadows Rd. #1 Bozeman, MT 59718 United States
(406) 994-7588 daig@montana.edu
+88 6226301125 PTSFestival@gmail.com
(425) 765-4760 whiteab7@yahoo.com
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Acid Ocean
Adapting Anolis
Alentejo - The Song of the Earth
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Environmental & Conservation Sciences
Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
Marine scientists across the world are racing to tackle the most urgent environmental challenge facing our planet today – ocean acidification. From the icy polar seas to the world’s most pristine coral reefs we track the latest scientific research. Heading the investigation is Dr. Katharina Fabricius from the Australian Institute of Marine Science. She’s made a game-changing discovery. Nestled amongst Papua New Guinea’s stunning coral gardens is a unique reef – a window to the future of our oceans. English, 50 minutes
Cuba’s rainforests are famous for housing the Anolis lizard. There are over 60 different species of this lizard living in Cuba ranging in size from minute to mighty. These lizards have managed to dominate Cuba’s jungles and Adapting Anolis explores the adaptations that have allowed these lizards to become so successful. English, 13 minutes
Neves-Corvo, Alentejo. The most active mining region in Portugal, where one of the largest copper mines in Europe is located. However, the wealth of these lands is not just underground. On the surface, the biodiversity thrives between the cereal steppes and holm oak montado. A voyage through the various habitats of the region, revealing some of its most characteristic animals and plants and how they have adapted to an environment of extremes. A voyage showing the relationship between Man and Nature and how it has been shaped for centuries. A story of cooperation told in the first person. English, 47 minutes
PRODUCTION CO 360 Degree Films PRODUCER Sally Ingleton DIRECTOR Sally Ingleton CAMERA Peter Zakharov, Simon Enderby EDITOR Uri Mizrahi, Simon Wright COMPOSER Dale Cornelius NARRATOR Jeremy Stanford SOUND EDITOR Tristan Meredith
PRODUCTION CO Tom Rowland Film, University of Salford PRODUCER Tom Rowland, Ivan Medina DIRECTOR Tom Rowland CAMERA Tom Rowland SOUND Tom Rowland, Ivan Medina WRITER Tom Rowland MIXER Matt Lomax SOUND EDITOR Tom Rowland, Matt Lomax NARRATOR Tom Rowland OTHER CREDITS James Phillips
PRODUCTION CO Daniel Pinheiro Films PRODUCER Daniel Pinheiro, Somincor - Lundin Mining Coorporation DIRECTOR Daniel Pinheiro CAMERA Daniel Pinheiro SOUND Daniel Pinheiro, Hugo Valverde WRITER Daniel Pinheiro SOUND EDITOR Daniel Pinheiro NARRATOR Murray Todd OTHER CREDITS Scientific Revision, Center for Environmental Biology
360degreefilms.com.au/productions/acidocean/
tomrowlandfilm.com
360 Degree Films PO BOX 418 Brunswick, 3056 Australia
Tom Rowland Tom Rowland Film 9 First Ave. Oldfield Park Bath, BA2 3NW United Kingdom
+61 386690540 jessica@360degreefilms.com.au
+44 7788245702 tomrwlnd@gmail.com
Daniel Pinheiro Daniel Pinheiro Films Rua da Gandara, n52 Mogofores, 3780-460 Portugal
dpinheiro80@gmail.com
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Alien Encounters
Alien Planets Revealed
Aliens Inside Us
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Best Series or Limited Series Category
Physical Sciences, Visualization, Writing, Audioscape
Biological/Life Sciences
Science Channel’s Alien Encounters is a unique journey into a speculative alien invasion of Earth. The series mixes real science and experts with hypothetical questions about and dramatizations of the impact of alien contact with humans. English, 3x60
Are we alone - and if not, what might the inhabitants of far-flung worlds look like? English, 58 minutes
Every one of us teems with trillions of microorganisms: Streptococcus, Flavobacterium and thousands of other kinds of bacteria and fungi. Some of these microbes are what we call “germs,” but many more of them are actually good for us. Discover the health benefits of having aliens inside us, and see how those benefits are being threatened by our modern, sterile lifestyles. Then follow Dr. Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello on her expedition to the Amazon, where DNA samples of a remote group show how drastic the microbial imbalance in the Western world has become. English, 46 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Karga Seven Pictures PRODUCER Jill Rytie Lutz, Executive Producers: Emre Sahin, Kelly McPherson, Sarah Wetherbee, Rocky Collins, Co-Executive Producers: Avigail Schotz, Rob Beemer, Chris Bray, Associate Producers: Katie Pyne, Ebonee Tyler DIRECTOR Emre Sahin, Clint Lealos WRITER Colin Campbell, Avigail Schotz, Savas Georgalis, Frank Kosa
PRODUCTION CO Produced by DSP for NOVA/ WGBH Boston in association with Channel 5 PRODUCER Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Senior Producer: Chris Schmidt DIRECTOR Nathan Williams CAMERA John Dacey, Ivan Hinchley SOUND Percy Urgena, John Osborne NARRATOR Lance Lewman
PRODUCTION CO Smithsonian Channel PRODUCER Chad Cohen, Executive Producers: David Royle, Linda Goldman, Associate Producer: Denise Nakamizu, Coordinating Producer: Shoshana Cohen DIRECTOR Chad Cohen SOUND Aaron Webster, Pablo Durana, Rodrigo Salvatierra, Leo Ochoa EDITOR Peter Coan MIXER John R. Davidson, George Morris
sciencechannel.com
pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/alien-planetsrevealed.html
Science Channel, a network of Discovery Communications, Inc. One Discovery Pl. Silver Spring, MD 20910 United States
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Smithsonian Channel 1225 19th St. NW Suite 250 Washington, DC 20036-2458 United States
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
(202) 261-1700
The Aura The Invasion The Offspring
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Amazing Bead Chain Experiment
American Experience: The Poisoner’s Handbook
Americans on the Front Lines of Climate Change
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Visualization
Medical Sciences
Short Program
High speed cameras are a superb tool for revealing beautiful scientific principles that are often too fast for the human eye to appreciate. We used a Photron BC2 camera to show exactly what is happening during the ‘self-siphoning bead experiment.’ The beads appear to defy gravity and break all of the basic physical principles we learn as a child. Science communicator, Steve Mould, was able to talk through what is happening and the footage illustrated the principles in mesmeric detail. The result was a very sharable and successful online video that helped popularize fun physics. English, 5 minutes
The story of how New York City’s first scientifically trained medical examiner, Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler turned forensic chemistry into a formidable science during the 1920’s and 1930’s, sending many a murderer to the electric chair, setting the standards that the rest of the country would ultimately adopt. English, 114 minutes
The Taylors have been farming oysters in Washington State for three generations. Now, due to climate change, the ocean is so acidic that it dissolves the oysters’ shells, threatening their family business. English, 5 minutes
PRODUCTION CO BBC Earth Productions PRODUCER Chris Howard, Executive Producer: Charlotte Jones, Assistant Producer: Nicola Brown CAMERA Simon Lewis
PRODUCTION CO An Apograph Productions Inc. Film for American Experience PRODUCER Rob Rapley, Co-Producer: Kathryn Lord, Executive Producer: Mark Samels, Senior Producer: Sharon Grimberg DIRECTOR Rob Rapley DESIGNER Production Designer: Akeime Mitterlehner CAMERA Tim Cragg EDITOR Don Kleszy SOUND EDITOR/MIXER Tony Pipitone WRITER Story: Michelle Ferrari, Telescript: Rob Rapley NARRATOR Oliver Platt
PRODUCTION CO The Story Group PRODUCER Daniel Glick, Ted Wood DIRECTOR Marita Davison, Jennifer Moslemi CAMERA Marita Davison, Jennifer Moslemi SOUND Marita Davison, Jennifer Moslemi
youtube.com/watch?v=6ukMId5fIi0
pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ poisoners/
vimeo.com/93272507
BBC Earth Productions BH, 11/13 TPR Whiteladies Rd. Bristol, BS8 2LR United Kingdom
WGBH Educational Foundation One Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Ted Wood The Story Group 1135 Pearl St. #207 Boulder, CO 80302 United States (303) 817-5223 twood@thestorygroup.org
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Ancient Computer NOVA
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AntARTica
Archaeology of Ancient Culture Living Lab Radio
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Human & Social Sciences
Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker, Short Program
Hosted or Presenter-Led
A Greek shipwreck holds the remains of an intricate bronze machine that turns out to be the world’s first computer. English, 57 minutes
An artist joins a science team in Antarctica for two months, working as a lab assistant and immersing herself in the unfamiliar world of science. This film explores the potential of using art to help make science more accessible to a broader audience. English, 10 minutes
Science is more than an end result. It is a creative endeavor, a passion, a worldview and a way of life. Living Lab Radio explores the people and process of science through a variety of lenses – discussing trends like citizen science or art-science collaborations, examining the nuances of stories in the news, and telling the personal stories of scientists. Living Lab Radio was conceived by host Dr. Heather Goldstone, who holds a Ph.D. in ocean science, as a way to share her own love of science with a broader audience. English, 50 minutes
PRODUCTION CO An Images First production for NOVA in association with ERT, ARTE (G.E.I.E.) and NHK PRODUCER Mike Beckham, Evan Hadingham, Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell DIRECTOR Mike Beckham CAMERA Director of Photography: Steve Gray, Additional Photography: Stephen Macmillan, Michael Tsimperopoulos SOUND Leandros Ntounis, Haralambos Giannakakis, Tim Watts WRITER Mike Beckham NARRATOR Jay O. Sanders
PRODUCER Hilary Hudson CAMERA Hilary Hudson EDITOR Hilary Hudson OTHER CREDITS Music: Henry Kaiser, Colorist: Andy Adkins
PRODUCTION CO WCAI PRODUCER Heather Goldstone, Production Assistants: Jennifer Junker, Alecia Orsini
pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/ancient-computer. html
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capeandislands.org/programs/living-lab
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Hilary Hudson 1805 S Rouse Ave. Bozeman, MT 59715 United States
Heather Goldstone WCAI 3 Water St. Woods Hole, MA 02543 United States
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
(253) 223-8766 hudson.hilary@gmail.com
(508) 548-9600 heather_goldstone@capeandislands.org
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Asteroids: Doomsday or Payday
Astronaut 3D
Avalanche Engineers
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Physical Sciences
Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format)
Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
Will future asteroids trigger massive extinctions - or be mined for precious minerals? English, 57 minutes
The exploration of space is the greatest endeavor that humankind has ever undertaken. What does it take to be part of this incredible journey? What does it take to become an astronaut? Experience a rocket launch from inside the body of an astronaut. Explore the amazing worlds of inner and outer space, from floating around the International Space Station to maneuvering through microscopic regions of the human body. Discover the perils that lurk in space as we subject ‘Chad’, our test astronaut, to everything that space has to throw at him. English, 23 minutes
How does something as delicate as a snowflake become a deadly force of nature? What goes on in the microstructure of the snowpack? “Avalanche Engineers” explores these questions through two scientists who make it their mission to unlock the secrets of snowflakes. The film centers around the world-unique “Subzero Lab” at Montana State University where scientists can make their own snow and re-create avalanches to try to get a better understanding of how they work. English, 12 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Produced by Pioneer Film and Television Productions Limited for NOVA/ WGBH PRODUCER Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Senior Producer: Chris Schmidt DIRECTOR Jonathan Challis, David Hutt, Brian Leckey TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Seth Lamos, Ben Rader, David Williams, Bruce Cameron, Jim Siler, Sound Recordist: Fred Runner DESIGNER Gary Henoch, Rich Raney, Wally Corbett, Brian Leckey, Chris Vile NARRATOR Craig Sechler
PRODUCTION CO NSC Creative PRODUCER Andy Gregory, Paul Mowbray, Production Assistant: Helen Mowbray, Production Co-ordinators: Rebecca Simpson, Ruth Coalson TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Stereoscopic 3D Supervisor: Aaron Bradbury DESIGNER Austin Durose, Philip Day, Max Crow, Aaron Bradbury, 2012 3D team, Andy Gregory, Nazenin Khajenouri, Paul Mowbray, Roger Jones, Max Crow, Original team, Mathew Galley, Ian Smith SOUND Pip Greasley COMPOSER Pip Greasley WRITER Script Writers, Andy Gregory, Max Crow, Script Editor: Chris Cooke, Original Script Concept: Annette Sotheran-Barnett NARRATOR Ewan McGregor OTHER CREDITS Adam Hawkey: Scientific Consultant
PRODUCER Abigail Kent DIRECTOR Abigail Kent CAMERA Abigail Kent, Casey Kanode SOUND Abigail Kent, Brett Kuxhausen, Deia Scholsberg, Taylor Johnson, Casey Kanode WRITER Abigail Kent OTHER CREDITS Music Composition: Grant Masonv
pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/asteroid-doomsday. html
astronaut-3d.com/
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
NSC Creative The National Space Centre Exploration Dr. Leicester, LE4 5NS United Kingdom
Abigail Kent 304 Accola Dr. Bozeman, MT 59715 United States
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
+44 116 258 2152 rebeccas@nsccreative.com
(208) 244-1309 abigail0kent@gmail.com
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Back To The Moon For Good
Battle for the Elephants
Battlefield Cell
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Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format)
Environmental & Conservation Sciences, Editing
Medical Sciences, Visualization
In case you haven’t heard, the Moon is trending again . . . and in a big way. Like in the glory days of the 1960’s and 1970’s, our big white space neighbor is enjoying the attention of lunar explorers. Only this time, they’re going back to the moon for good. The educational 24-minute Google Lunar XPRIZE fulldome planetarium show, Back To The Moon For Good, chronicles teams around the world competing for the largest incentivized prize in history, by landing a robotic spacecraft on the Moon for the first time in more than 40 years. English, 25 minutes
Battle For The Elephants tells the ultimate wildlife story - how the earth’s most charismatic and majestic land animal today faces market forces driving the value of its tusks to levels once reserved for jewels. This groundbreaking National Geographic Special goes undercover to expose the criminal networks behind ivory’s supply and demand. It also demonstrates how the elephant - with its highly evolved society, keen intelligence, complex language - is far more like us than ever imagined. Follow the twisting ivory trail out of Africa to the markets of Asia in Battle For The Elephants. English, 55 minutes
Every day, each of our trillions of cells engages in a life and death struggle with viruses and a variety of enemy intruders. But just how do our cells fight back and stop us from getting sick? Or even prevent us from dying? Discovery Channel’s Curiosity – Battlefield Cell searches for these answers by going into the once invisible world of the human cell. Based on the latest scientific research – combined with new imaging and CGI technologies – Curiosity exposes this world like never before by revealing a human skin cell’s 48-hour battle to the death with a virus. English, 42 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Google Lunar XPRIZE, NSC Creative PRODUCER Paul Mowbray, Executive Producers: Alexandra Hall, Robert K. Weiss, Production Assistance: Rebecca Simpson, Ruth Coalson, Production Manager: Anne Akande DIRECTOR Max Crow TECHNICAL DIRECTOR CG Supervisor: Aaron Bradbury DESIGNER Liam Wardle, Ian Smith, Pauls Kalnenieks, Austin Durose, Philip Day, Max Crow, Aaron Bradbury, James Lewis, Milen Piskuliyski COMPOSER Rhian Sheehan WRITER Ryan Wyatt NARRATOR Micaiah Dring, Tim Allen, Andres Williams MIXER Spool Post Production OTHER CREDITS Project Manager: Cynthia Ashley
PRODUCTION CO National Geographic TV PRODUCER Katie Carpenter, JJ Kelley DIRECTOR John Heminway CAMERA Toby Strong, Bob Poole SOUND Nick Allinson, Dave Ruddick EDITOR Maggie Noble WRITER John Heminway NARRATOR Jonathan Davis, Bryan Christy MIXER & EFFECTS EDITOR Maggie Noble OTHER CREDITS Music: Kenyan Boys Choir
PRODUCTION CO A Wide Eyed Entertainment Production for BBC/Discovery Channel PRODUCER Mike Davis, Executive Producers: Cassian Harrison, David McNab DIRECTOR Mike Davis DESIGNER Graphic Designer: Michael Woodruff CAMERA Directors of Photography: Paul Jenkins, Tom Pridham, David Langan SOUND Mark Roberts, Simon Farmer EDITOR Dudley Sargeant, Ben LavingtonMartin WRITER Adam Rosenthal, Patrick Makin NARRATOR Josh Charles
googlelunarxprize.org/education/domeshow
pbs.org/program/battle-elephants
NSC Creative The National Space Centre Exploration Dr. Leicester, LE4 5NS United Kingdom
Katie Carpenter Everwild Media 161 Avenue of the Americas 11th Floor New York, NY 10013 United States
+44 116 258 2152 rebeccas@nsccreative.com
(917) 573-3715 katie@ewmedia.org
Curiosity
Kate Aconfora Discovery Channel 10100 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 1500 Los Angeles, CA 90067 United States
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Beating Batten
Bella Gaia
Beneath the Surface
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Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format)
Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
If you ever wondered about genetic or stem cell research, this film has a clear explanation why progress is unstoppable. Through a personal story of Sara, who suffered a rare disease we explore the driving forces for this type of research. We visit Dr. Jonathan Cooper at Pediatric Storage Disorders Laboratory in London King’s college. The location looks more like an art studio than a laboratory. Science is beautiful. Students perform their daily activities: painting unusual images in petri dishes, well plates, and slides. Research brings hope, and the hope is crucial for the well being of those who suffer. English, 11 minutes
Bella Gaia (Beautiful Earth) takes the audience on a spectacular journey around planet Earth simulating the transformative effect astronauts feel while orbiting above. This poetic musical journey features astounding NASA visualizations of science data and enveloping scenery from around the world including India, Egypt, Japan and New York City. Bella Gaia explores the relationship between human civilization and our ecosystem through time and space, illuminating humanity’s impact on nature in a way that taps audiences’ emotional intelligence. English, 26 minutes
Everyone wants to clean up Lake Horowhenua and yet it remains one of New Zealand’s unhealthiest lakes. Historic battles once raged for this pristine lake but a few generations of degradation and 30 years of sewage has turned it into a toxic pit devoid of life. The indigenous owners are now fighting again to reverse the damage. Beneath The Surface takes you to Levin, New Zealand, where the stagnant situation of a polluted lake is dividing the community. A film by Susan Harvey and Nicki Atkinson with narration by Brian Turner and original music by Mike Lamb. English, 25 minutes
PRODUCER Zuzana Gedeon, Jan Kuchta DIRECTOR Zuzana Gedeon CAMERA Zuzana Gedeon, Max Barbanelli SOUND Digital Sorcery COMPOSER David Close, Susan Maughlin Wood WRITER Zuzana Gedeon, Tomas Gedeon NARRATOR Zuzana Gedeon
PRODUCTION CO Remedy Arts, LLC CO-PRODUCTION CO Denver Museum of Nature & Science PRODUCER Executive Producer: Dan Neafus, Associate Producer: Ka Chun Yu DIRECTOR Kenji Williams CAMERA Kenji Williams COMPOSER Kenji Williams WRITER Kenji Williams, Shane Belcourt OTHER CREDITS Digital Media Editor: Jess Wellington, Technical Support: Greg Mancari, Earth Visualizations: NASA
PRODUCER Susan Harvey, Nicki Atkinson DIRECTOR Susan Harvey, Nicki Atkinson CAMERA Susan Harvey, Nicki Atkinson SOUND Susan Harvey, Nicki Atkinson COMPOSER Mike Lamb WRITER Susan Harvey, Nicki Atkinson NARRATOR Brian Turner
beatingbatten.com
bellagaia.com
Zuzana Gedeon Zuzana Gedeon 1612 S 3rd Ave. Bozeman, MT 59715 United States
Kenji Williams Remedy Arts LLC 229 W 111th St. Apt 13 New York, NY 10026 United States
Susan Harvey A film by Susan Harvey and Nicki Atkinson 29 Duncan St. Dunedin Central Dunedin, 9016 New Zealand
(415) 519-1709 kenji@bellagaia.com
+64 221917885 thesusanharvey@gmail.com
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Beyond Plain Sight
Big History
Big Picture Science
14-025 Short Program
14-026 Best Series or Limited Series Category
14-027 Radio & Podcast Media
The Great Plains accounts for 1/4 of our nation. Photographer Michael Forsberg captures stunning photos of species and habitats to show how geography connects our land to our lives. But the region is threatened by increasing demands on land and water to grow crops – and serve America’s energy needs. Since the linchpin of Plains life is water, Forsberg began leading citizen scientists to examine Nebraska’s main water supply, the Platte River Basin. Using automated camera systems along the basin, they’ve recorded an unprecedented visual database of time lapse sequences that act as environmental monitors to show how a watershed functions. English, 7 minutes
From the Big Bang to our lives today, Big History crisscrosses billions of years of time and space and dares to reveal how everything, and everyone, is linked in one universal story. This ambitious H2 series is produced in collaboration with Bill Gates’ Big History Project, an organization dedicated to revolutionizing the way we teach and learn about history. Each episode highlights a different everyday item that holds a key to unlocking our Big History: salt, cell phones, gold, ice, mountains, coffee & tea, the sun, the horse, beef, weapons, secret codes and more. English, 44, 44 & 88 minutes
A weekly, one-hour science radio show that is theme (rather than news) driven. In these episodes, we ask leading cosmologists what was there before the Big Bang (does the question even make sense?); how good is the science behind the paleo diet; and what are the greatest inventions of all time (and could the quantum computer trump them all?). Big Picture Science combines first-rate researchers with a playful presentation style to bring the excitement of science and technology to the public. English, 3x50 minutes
PRODUCTION CO NET Television CO-PRODUCTION CO QUEST PRODUCER Gary Hochman DIRECTOR Gary Hochman TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Scott Beachler, Google Maps CAMERA Ralph Hammack, Tyler Kersting, Steven Speicher, Peter Stegen SOUND James Lenertz, Werner Althaus EDITOR Tyler Kersting COMPOSER Tom Larson WRITER Gary Hochman NARRATOR Gary Hochman OTHER CREDITS Photographs: Michael Forsberg, Post Production: John Beck, Time Lapse Sequences: Platte Basin Timelapse, Michael Farrell, Steven Speicher, Peter Stegen, Sierra Harris, Archive Footage, NET Television, Skyworks, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
PRODUCTION CO Flight 33 Productions LLC for H2 Network PRODUCER Ryan T. Hurst, Senior Producer: Samuel K. Dolan, Executive Producers: Louis C. Tarantino, Douglas J. Cohen, Paul Cabana, Kristen Burns, Coordinating Producer: Joel Franklin DIRECTOR Gabriel Rotello CAMERA : Directors of Photography: Tom Collins, Mike Testin, John Winquist WRITER Gabriel Rotello NARRATOR Bryan Cranston
PRODUCTION CO SETI Institute PRODUCER Seth Shostak, Gary Niederhoff, Executive Producer: Molly Bentley SOUND Seth Shostak, Gary Niederhoff WRITER Molly Bentley, Seth Shostak HOST Seth Shostak, Molly Bentley OTHER CREDITS Distribution and Station Liason: Barbara Vance
Brain Boost The Superpower of Salt The Big History of Everything
science.kqed.org/quest/video/michaelforsberg-beyond-plain-sight/ Gary Hochman NET Television 1800 N. 33rd St. Lincoln, NE 68503 United States (402) 417-5751 ghochman1@unl.edu
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Before the Big Bang; Skeptic Check Paleo Diet Since Sliced Bread
bigpicturescience.org H2 235 E 45th St. 4W New York, NY 10017 United States
Seth Shostak SETI Institute 189 Bernardo Ave. Suite 100 Mountain View, CA 94043 United States (650) 960-4530 seth@seti.org
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Big Solar Comes of Age
Bigfoot Files
Biotechnology
14-028 Short Program
14-029 Best Series or Limited Series Category
14-030 Best Integrated/Cross-Platform Media
California and Arizona share the Mojave Desert, one of the world’s best locations for solar plants. As California rushes to fulfill a mandate to produce one third of its electricity from renewable energy, the largest solar thermal plant in the world opens after a contentious process over a desert tortoise that pitted environmentalists against each other. English, 7 minutes
Yeti, Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Almasty – just some of the names for mysterious creatures across the globe that have fascinated cryptozoologists and confounded scientists for decades. Are they an ancient hominid? Are they giant apes or some other species? Or are they simply hoaxes? It’s a controversial subject, beset with scandals that have destroyed the careers of respected scientists. Finally, a leading British geneticist believes he has the tools to answer these questions. Bryan Sykes, Oxford Professor of Human Genetics, alongside presenter Mark Evans, embarks on a global quest to answer scientifically, once and for all, the mystery of ‘Bigfoot’. English, 3x51minutes
Explore biotechnology through a rich, multimedia e-book experience from KQED. Videos, animations, and interactive graphics are woven throughout text to illustrate the basics of biotechnology, how developments in the field impact our lives and our health, and future innovations. Short videos also highlight biotech careers and talking points facilitate critical thinking and discussion around bioethical issues. Biotechnology is one of KQED’s many multimedia e-books. All are designed to immerse students and lifelong learners in a scientific topic through engaging media and storytelling. KQED has used the books and accompanying iTunesU courses in using media in the classroom teacher trainings. English, 90 minutes
PRODUCTION CO KQED PRODUCER Producer: Gabriela Quiros, Associate Producer: Josh Cassidy DIRECTOR Managing Editor: Paul Rogers OTHER CREDITS Additional Reporting: Lauren Sommer
PRODUCTION CO Icon Films CO-PRODUCTION CO Channel 4 PRODUCER Steven Clarke DIRECTOR Steven Clarke CAMERA Brendan McGinty WRITER Steven Clarke NARRATOR Mark Evans OTHER CREDITS Commissioning Editor (Channel 4): Sara Ramsden, Executive Producers (Icon Films): Harry Marshal
PRODUCTION CO KQED PRODUCER Jenny Oh WRITER Kirk Brown OTHER CREDITS Science Education Manager: Andrea Aust
science.kqed.org/quest/video/largest-solarplant-in-the-world-goes-through-last-test-
iconfilms.co.uk/productions/recentproductions/bigfoot-files.html
itunes.apple.com/us/book/biotechnology/ id740818014?mt=13
Sevda Eris KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110 United States
Sara Ramsden Channel 4 124 Horseferry Rd. London, SW1P 2TX United Kingdom
KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110 United States
(415) 553-2835 seris@kqed.org
+44 207 306 8676 LWeald@Channel4.co.uk
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Bird Genius
Birds of Paradise: Amazing Avian Evolution
Black Holes & Star Clusters
14-031 Biological/Life Sciences, Editing, Writing
14-032 Best Integrated/Cross-Platform Media, Online & Interactive Media
14-033 Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker, Short Program
Birds that craft tools and pick locks are rewriting the rules of animal intelligence. English, 57 minutes
Fascinating stories of groundbreaking research and adventure paired with amazing footage and photography are the foundation of this highly interactive exhibition. Birds of Paradise: Amazing Avian Evolution is a story of daring expeditions, extreme evolution and world culture presented with stunning imagery, compelling video, soundscapes, artifacts and engaging activities. Designed to appeal to a wide audience, Birds of Paradise is an interactive science exhibition, art show and natural history display presented as one. The exhibition is 6,000 sq. ft and opened at National Geographic Museum in November 2012. It is currently on a 5-year tour to science centers and museums. English
At Northwestern University, scientists are using supercomputers as virtual time machines to watch what happens to distant stars over billions of years. By building an entire cluster of stars from scratch, researchers can watch in real time as stars and black holes move throughout space. Follow graduate student Carl Rodriguez as he takes you on a tour of Northwestern’s research on black holes in star clusters, how they evolve and how we plan to catch our first glimpse of moving black holes by the end of the decade. English, 5 minutes
PRODUCTION CO A BBC/NOVA Co-Production PRODUCER Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Executive Producers: Julia Cort, Mark Hedgecoe DIRECTOR Matt Barrett CAMERA Alastair McCormick, Duncan Brake, Will Edwards, Mike Coles, Stephen McCarthy, Specialist camera: Robin Smith, Jonathan Watt, Chris Watt SOUND Chris Gibbions, Andrew Yarme, Steve Hubbard, Leo Sullivan NARRATOR Lance Lewman
PRODUCTION CO National Geographic DIRECTOR Art Director: Alan Parente DESIGNER Exhibition Designer: Julia Louie, Graphic Designer: Patrick Truby CAMERA National Geographic photographer and grantee: Tim Laman OTHER CREDITS Exhibition Development Manager: Elena Guarinello, Vice President: Kathryn Keane, Director of Museum Operations: Rich McWalters, Curator: Cathy Tyson, External experts & vendors: National Geographic grantee and Cornell Lab of OR, Ed Schole, Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Eric Liner, Unified Field – Produced two interactive games, Da Baker and Hill – Produced the two-part animation, Neopangea – Produced the Species Atlas: a non-commercial iPad app
PRODUCER Sam Rong, Carl Rodriguez DIRECTOR Sam Rong, Carl Rodriguez CAMERA Sam Rong SOUND Sam Rong WRITER Carl Rodriguez NARRATOR Carl Rodriguez
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
National Geographic Society 1145 17th St. NW Washington, DC 20036 United States
Carl Rodriguez Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Rd. Evanston, IL 60208-3112 United States
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
202 862 8637 eguarine@ngs.org
(318) 469-1779 cr@u.northwestern.edu
NOVA: Inside Animal Minds
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Bloom: Taking Waste for All its Worth
Brain Games
BrainCraft
14-034 Environmental & Conservation Sciences, Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
14-035 Human & Social Sciences
14-036 Best Series or Limited Series Category
Bloom tells the story of New Zealand scientist Nick Gerritsen, caught at the juncture of ecology, energy and a failing government. Nick was a child of nature, and drawing from his love of marine wildlife was able to engineer a revolutionary new energy source: algae biofuel, drawn straight from harmful blooms and converted to oil. But living under a government that fails to realize the potential of this power source, Nick still searches for the one chance he needs to launch his revolutionary science into its final stage. English, 25 minutes
Host Jason Silva gets inside your head and shows you what is going on in there with an intricate series of interactive experiments designed to mess with your mind and reveal the inner-workings of your brain. Hailed by critics as “tremendous fun” that “makes science entertaining,” Brain Games turns your mind’s eye inwards for a fascinating journey into the three and a half pounds of tissue that makes you... you. English, 22 minutes
BrainCraft is an educational and entertaining series that explores psychology, neuroscience and why we act the way we do. The series aims to break down scientific concepts, experiments and include quirky facts in novel ways. English, 3x4 minutes
PRODUCER Alex Duckles, Veronica Stevenson DIRECTOR Alex Duckles, Veronica Stevenson CAMERA Alex Duckles, Veronica Stevenson COMPOSER Irene Hundleby WRITER Alex Duckles, Veronica Stevenson NARRATOR Karen Elliot
PRODUCTION CO National Geographic Television in association with Atomic Entertainment for National Geographic Channels PRODUCER Jason Odell Williams, Supervising Producers: Isaac Holub, Rebecca Ratliff Cameron, Co-Executive Producer: Adam Davis, Executive Producers: Jerry Kolber, Allan Butler, Pam Caragol Wells HOST Jason Silva
PRODUCTION CO Vanessa Hill PRODUCER Vanessa Hill TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Vanessa Hill WRITER Vanessa Hill NARRATOR Vanessa Hill
Alex Duckles University of Otago 303a Great King St. Dunedin, 9016 New Zealand
National Geographic Channel 1145 17th St. NW Washington, DC 20036 United States
Vanessa Hill BrainCraft 332/2-4 Powell St. Waterloo, 2017 Australia
(585) 721-3238 Alex.Duckles@gmail.com
Amazing Effects of Sleep The Unexpected Benefits of Knitting Why Do We Feel Hungry?
+61 412409971 nessymhill@gmail.com
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Brains On!
Breaking Magic
Brown Wood Owl: Juvenile’s Journey
14-037 Radio & Podcast Media
14-038 Physical Sciences
14-039 Short Program
Brains On! is a podcast featuring science and kids from KPCC and MPR. We ask questions and go wherever the answers take us. Sometimes that means talking to a food scientist or a snake handler, other times that means putting on a play about sound waves or writing songs about sleep. A different kid co-hosts each episode. We talk to them about the interesting stuff they’re doing and the things they think about. It’s a science lesson for your ears – so join us and turn your brains on! English, 3x30 minutes
Breaking Magic features jaw-dropping illusions performed by our team of talented magicians. Each week, we feature death-defying stunts, mindblowing phenomena and clever street magic in front of unsuspecting spectators who often take part. The twist: each feat is backed by real science, with an explanation and breakdown to prove it. The result is a blending of theatrical exhibition and empirical principles, bolstered by the before and after reactions of the audience. Filmed on location in New York, London and Warsaw, the magicians take to the streets to astound unsuspecting bystanders with unexpected spectacles. English, 22 minutes
The story about two juveniles owls, discovered accidentally in a crevice of a tree; this short film chronicles their hardships and behaviour. English, 5 minutes
PRODUCTION CO MPR News/KPCC PRODUCER Marc Sanchez, Sanden Totten HOST Molly Bloom
PRODUCTION CO Objective Productions PRODUCER Executive Producer: Paul Gilheany, Series Producer: Ben Jessop DIRECTOR Series Director: Atul Malohtra
PRODUCTION CO Thivanka Perera PRODUCER Mahendra Perera DIRECTOR Thivanka Perera CAMERA Dhanuska Bandara WRITER Thivanka Perera NARRATOR Arun Dias Bandaranyake
Rob Holloway Discovery Networks International Building 2, Chiswick Park 566 Chiswick High Rd. London, W4 5YB United Kingdom
Thivanka Perera 330/12, Old Kottawa Rd. Udahamulla Nugegoda, 10250 Sri Lanka
Extinction Life on Other Planets Numbers
brainson.org
Molly Bloom MPR/KPCC 480 Cedar St. St. Paul, MN 55101 United States
mbloom@mpr.org
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Building a Garden in a Day
Bullet Block Experiment
Can I Eat That?
14-040 Children’s Education
14-041 Online & Interactive Media
14-042 Editing, Writing, Visualization
Believe it – you can build a garden in a single day. In this second video of the How-to-Garden series, you will see that creating a garden doesn’t have to be overwhelming. By following these guidelines, you will build a productive and healthy garden from the ground-up in just a few hours. English, 6 minutes
A choose-your-own-adventure series of three YouTube videos about a physics experiment where a bullet is fired into a block of wood. Hundreds of thousands of viewers predicted the outcome of the experiment using on-screen annotations, and hundreds more submitted video responses, harnessing the interactive potential of online video. English, 15 minutes
What are the secrets behind your favorite foods? Why are some treats, like chocolate-chip cookies, delectable, while others, like cookies made with mealworms, disgusting? You might think you understand what makes something sweet, salty, or bitter, but David Pogue gets a taste of a much more complicated truth, as he ventures into labs and kitchens where everything from apple pie to Thanksgiving turkey to juicy grasshoppers is diced, sliced, dissected, and put under the microscope. If scientists can uncover exactly what’s behind the mouth-watering flavors and textures we take for granted every day, could they help us enjoy our food more— without packing on the pounds? English, 57 minutes
PRODUCTION CO The Nature Conservancy PRODUCER Executive Producers: Angela Brisson, Chun-Wei Yi DIRECTOR Chun-Wei Yi CAMERA Chun-Wei Yi WRITER Chun-Wei Yi NARRATOR Chun-Wei Yi
PRODUCTION CO Veritasium PRODUCER Derek Muller DIRECTOR Derek Muller WRITER Derek Muller
PRODUCTION CO NOVA scienceNOW is produced for WGBH/Boston PRODUCER Doug Hamilton, Joshua Seftel, Jesse Sweet, Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Executive Producer: Julia Cort DIRECTOR Doug Hamilton, Joshua Seftel CAMERA Dan Krauss, Steve McCarthy, Jason Longo, Rich White, Rob Tinworth, Vicente Franco EDITOR Geoff Gruetzmacher, Rob Tinworth WRITER Doug Hamilton, Jesse Sweet SOUND Sound Recordists: David Pogue, Gabe Monts, Jim Choi, Mario Cardenas, Brad Schirmer, Rick Albright, Charles Tomaras
natureworkseverywhere.org
youtube.com/watch?v=vWVZ6APXM4w
Angela Brisson The Nature Conservancy 4245 N. Fairfax Dr. Arlington, VA 22203 United States
Derek Muller Veritasium 2415 Lawson Ave. West Vancouver, V7V2E7 Canada
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
+91 96060103 abrisson@tnc.org
(310) 494-1638 veritasium@gmail.com
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
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Can You Beat the Camouflage?
Caring for Your Garden
CERN 1
14-043
14-044
14-045
Online & Interactive Media
Children’s Education
Physical Sciences
The ‘annotations’ that can be built into YouTube films can be used to add a creative and interactive element. We encouraged viewers to find camouflaged members of the production team and click on them; this action fired a real paint ball gun at the person. Our presenter, Maddie Moate, was then able to explain the science behind that particular type of camouflage and how it is it used in nature. The video offers multiple interactions, helping to engage and immerse the viewer in to a world of camouflage. English, 7 minutes
You’ve planned and planted; the soil, plants and structures are in place. Now what? In this third video of the How-toGarden series, see and hear how easy it is to care for your garden. Learn about the three components of a healthy, productive garden and develop long-term maintenance strategies. English, 4 minutes
This program follows Welsh scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. They are trying to find answers to the important question of how the universe began! The LHC is a huge underground tunnel where subatomic particles are hurled around almost at the speed of light and then forced to collide. It is 27 km in circumference and the particles travel this distance at 11,000 times per second! We describe the early days of this experiment at CERN, the excitement, the pitfalls and the discoveries made as part of the biggest experiment in the world. Welsh, 24 minutes
PRODUCTION CO BBC Earth Productions PRODUCER Simon Baxter, Executive Producer: Charlotte Jones, Assistant Producer: Nicola Brown CAMERA Simon Lewis
PRODUCTION CO The Nature Conservancy PRODUCER Executive Producers: Angela Brisson, Chun-Wei Yi DIRECTOR Chun-Wei Yi CAMERA Chun-Wei Yi WRITER Chun-Wei Yi NARRATOR Chun-Wei Yi
PRODUCTION CO Telesgop PRODUCER Elin Rhys DIRECTOR Haydn Denman SOUND Cheryl Jones EDITOR David L Rees WRITER Elin Rhys NARRATOR Elin Rhys
youtube.com/watch?v=kBZwjNLLGZk
natureworkseverywhere.org
telesgop.co.uk
BBC Earth Productions BH, 11/13 TPR Whiteladies Rd. Bristol, BS8 2LR United Kingdom
Angela Brisson The Nature Conservancy 4245 N. Fairfax Dr. Arlington, VA 22203 United States
Elin Rhys Telesgop Bay Studios Fabian Way Swansea, SA18QB
(919) 6060103 abrisson@tnc.org
+17 92824567 lowri.daniel@telesgop.co.uk
Dibendraw
Nature Works Everywhere
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Chasing Pumas
Cheetah Race to Rule
ChemCrafter
14-046
14-047
14-048
Short Program
Environmental & Conservation Sciences
Online & Interactive Media
Join a research team from University of California, Santa Cruz as they track, tranquilize and collar a wild puma. The special GPS collars collect data on the puma’s location and behavior, and they reveal how the big cats survive in their shrinking habitat in the Bay Area. English, 6 minutes
Gunner is a young cheetah born into a cheetah coalition in Linyanti, Botswana. From the moment he opens his eyes the odds are stacked against him. He is the runt of the litter. And from now on, Gunner will have to fight hard for every scrap of food and attention. English, 50 minutes
In today’s safety-conscience world, parents rarely purchase chemistry sets for their children, but educators know that experimentation can engender a love of science and perhaps encourage a career choice. CHF’s ChemCrafter app meets students where they are - in the digital gaming world. The app lets players run experiments in their own labs, use the Chem-o-convertor to measure energy released by reactions, and gain points to unlock new experiments, equipment and chemicals. Players will craft liquids, gases and solids while gaining badges to share on Game Center, as they work their way through three experiment books: Water, Acids and Salts. English
PRODUCER Multimedia Producer: Joshua Cassidy, Senior Interactive Producer: Craig Rosa EDITOR Managing Editor: Paul Rogers
PRODUCTION CO Aquavision TV Productions PRODUCER Peter Lamberti EDITOR Este Nortje WRITER Stephen Eder NARRATOR Chris Cook
PRODUCTION CO Chemical Heritage Foundation CO-PRODUCTION CO BlueCadet
Science on the SPOT
blogs.kqed.org/science/video/science-on-thespot-chasing-pumas/
chemheritage.org/ChemCrafter/index.html
Sevda Eris KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110 United States
Aquavision TV Productions 144 Western Service Rd. Johannesburg, 2191 South Africa
Shelley Geehr Chemical Heritage Foundation 315 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19106 United States
(415) 553-2835 seris@kqed.org
+011 275-0900 info@aquavision.co.za
(215) 873-8220 chemcrafter@chemheritage.org
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Cities Under Siege
Coastwatchers
Cold Case JFK
14-049 Writing
14-050 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
14-051 Human & Social Sciences, Editing, Writing, Visualization
In the last episode of the four-part documentary series Infestation, Cities Under Siege interviews local experts and those who are on the frontlines of the invasion. We examine how our urban infestations are expanding and how the number of pests in our cities is growing. Bed bugs feed exclusively on blood and Toronto is ranked as the most infested city in Canada. Coyotes are now stalking our cities, seeking their next meal in our very backyards. Termites cost North American cities more than one billion dollars every year. Cockroaches have been around since prehistoric times but their numbers are increasing as city populations expand. Is it just a matter of time before an emerging deadly disease carried by one of those urban invaders creates havoc in our big cities? English, 48 minutes
Coastwatchers was an innovative interactive print, online and on-ground environmental multimedia partnership between educators, the media and thousands of Tasmanian school children. Tasmania is the only Australian state with its entire border consisting of coast, leaving it highly susceptible to the effects of plastic pollution and marine debris. This epic self-powered coastal trek around Tasmania had primary and high schools joining different legs of the journey to clean beaches. Over four months, 2,000 students and volunteers participated, with 1,700 sharing results online: 36,000 pieces of rubbish collected, weighing nearly 2,000 kg – all categorized in an interactive online map and database. English
Can modern forensic science uncover fresh clues about the assassination of JFK? English, 58 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Stornoway Productions PRODUCER Itay Heled, Associate Producer: Rebecca Hunt DIRECTOR Karl Jason DESIGNER Blackbird VFX SOUND John Bentley, Alex Briere, Gregory Bye, Gabe Chu EDITOR Jonathan Baltrusaitis, Deanna Scriver WRITER Paul Kemp, Karl Jason, Michael Allcock NARRATOR Randall Moore
PRODUCTION CO Bookend Trust CO-PRODUCTION CO Tasmanian Department of Education, Mercury Newspaper PRODUCER Niall Doran DIRECTOR Ninna Millikin, Andrew Hughes
PRODUCTION CO A NOVA Production by Lone Wolf Media for WGBH/Boston PRODUCER Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Senior Producer: Julia Cort DIRECTOR Rushmore DeNooyer CAMERA Jesse Colaizzi, Phil Cormier, Adam Costa, Doug Crawford, Mark Denney, Joe Friedman, Jerry Hattan, Robert Humphreys, Jim Iacona, Tom Kaufman, Kobi Zaig SOUND Gillian Arthur, Brian Copenhagen, Kevin Crawford, Tracy Duncan, Randy Foster, Zach Mueller, Stephen Nelson, Pete Nenortas, Denielle Rose, Tom Staton, Jim Gallup WRITER Rushmore DeNooyer NARRATOR Jay O. Sanders OTHER CREDITS High Speed Camera: Rana Weaver, Jesse Tobin
stornowayproductions.com/productions/ infestation/
www.bookendtrust.com/coastwatchers
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/cold-casejfk.html
Stornoway Productions 105 Gordon Baker Rd. Toronto, M2H3P8 United States
Niall Doran Bookend Trust PO Box 310 Sandy Bay, 7006 Australia
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
(416) 756-2404 chajek@stornoway.com
+61 409222133 info@bookendtrust.com
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
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Colder
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Combatting the Sea of Debris
Comet Encounter
14-052 Writing, Visualization
14-053 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
14-054 Physical Sciences, Visualization
Cold is the new hot in this brave new world. For centuries we’ve fought it, shunned it, and huddled against it. Cold has always been the enemy of life, but now it may hold the key to a new generation of science and technology that will improve our lives. In Making Stuff Colder, David Pogue explores the frontiers of cold science from saving the lives of severe trauma patients to ultracold physics, where bizarre new properties of matter are the norm and the basis of new technologies like levitating trains and quantum computers. English, 58 minutes
Our fisheries are changing. In some cases, the fish are on the move, chased out of their traditional waters by a changing climate or a scarcity of food. In other cases, the fish populations are simply depleted. Too many fish found their way onto too many dining plates, leaving wild stocks at perilously low and unsustainable levels. The Long Haul looks at the pressures placed on New England’s fisheries, describing what’s happened in the past and exploring what could happen in the future. It’s a hopeful series, filled with people thinking critically about fishermen, consumers and the fish themselves. English, 6 minutes
Comet ISON races past us toward the sun. Then the comet will slingshot around the back of the sun and could emerge brighter than ever, treating the entire northern hemisphere to an unforgettable sight. In this program, scientists all over the world follow a once-in-a-lifetime event and shoot breathtaking images, spewing its essence into the void. But there is jeopardy too; the comet could evaporate completely or the sun’s massive gravity could tear it apart. If the latter happens it will produce a so-called “string of pearls,” several much smaller comets arching right across the night sky. English, 54 minutes
PRODUCTION CO A NOVA Production by Little Bay Pictures, LLC for WGBH/Boston PRODUCER Michael Bicks, Vincent Liota, Anna Lee Strachan, Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Executive Producer: Chris Schmidt DIRECTOR Michael Bicks, Vincent Liota, Anna Lee Strachan SOUND Fred Burnham, Chad Djubek, Denis Guilheim, Scott Jones, Ken King, Paul Lawrence, Anthony Mariotto, Robert Marts, Jason Pawlak, Paul Rusnak, James Willis, Peter Wong WRITER Vincent Liota
PRODUCTION CO WCAI PRODUCER The Cape and Islands NPR Stat, Journalists at WCAI EDITOR Sean Corcoran OTHER CREDITS Reporters: Sean Corcoran, Steve Junker, Elspeth Hay, Heather Goldstone, Brian Morris
PRODUCTION CO Darlow Smithson Productions for PBS and National Geographic Channels International PRODUCER Iain Riddick, Duncan Copp DIRECTOR Duncan Copp, Ed Watkins
capeandislands.org/post/combatting-seadebris
pbs.org/program/comet-encounter/
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Heather Goldstone WCAI 3 Water St. Woods Hole, MA 02543 United States
PBS 2100 Crystal Dr. Arlington, VA 22202 United States
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
(508) 548-9600 heather_goldstone@capeandislands.org
Making Stuff II
The Long Haul
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Comfort Zone
Conquerers
Constellations
14-055 Human & Social Sciences
14-056 Best Series or Limited Series Category
14-057 Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format), Visualization
Is climate change a scientific problem? An engineering problem? A psychological problem? All that, and more? Three residents of upstate New York - Kate, Dave and Sean - tackle this question each in a different way, and for different reasons. Kate worries that her children will grow up in a different world - one more challenging than the world she grew up in. Dave sees the climate problem as an internal crisis that each person must approach from the inside out. Sean gets to the root of the science behind the greenhouse effect, and looks at possible solutions. Comfort Zone is an engaging, consciousness-changing and often funny film that presents a global issue from a personal perspective, challenging us to confront our own connection to climate change. English, 67 minutes
The king crab, the pine processionary caterpillar, the lionfish and the fire ant. As far as biologists know, these four species are responsible for the fastest animal invasions in recent decades, making them the most successful invaders on the planet. In their native habitats, however, these creatures form part of the ecological balance. But introduced by man into new territories, they wipe out other species, monopolize food supplies, and can be fiercely territorial, ultimately posing a threat to the existing biodiversity. Who are these fearsome conquerors? How do they multiply so fast? What is the secret to their successful domination? The scientific community is keen to answer these questions to better understand the threat they represent to biodiversity. English, 3x52 minutes
Constellations is a wonderful journey to the world of stars and ancient legends. The program combines comprehensive educational material and beautiful artistic visualization. Constellations can be called one of the largest scale projects for digital planetariums. The show will tell you about circumpolar constellations and how you can find them on the sky, and about interesting deep space objects that are hidden in them. You will learn about important astronomical concepts such as magnitude, stellar brightness and luminosity. You will be transported into an ancient Greek myth, which like an invisible thread connects the stars on the celestial sphere, and you will witness the anger of goddess Hera and Perseus’ heroic deed. English, 43 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Last Experiment LLC PRODUCER David S. Danesh, Sean P. Donnelly, Kate Kressmann-Kehoe DIRECTOR David S. Danesh, Sean P. Donnelly, Kate Kressmann-Kehoe DESIGNER Logan Billingham CAMERA David S. Danesh, Sean P. Donnelly, Kate Kressmann-Kehoe EDITOR Morgan Nichols COMPOSER Andy Ryckaert
PRODUCTION CO ZED PRODUCER Manuel Catteau DIRECTOR Bruno Victor-Pujebet CAMERA Bruno Victor-Pujebet SOUND Christophe Joly, Andrew McKean WRITER Bruno Victor-Pujebet, Guillaume Maidatchevsky NARRATOR Paul Bandey
PRODUCTION CO Fulldome Film Society PRODUCER Yaroslav Gubchenko, George Aistov DIRECTOR Yaroslav Gubchenko DESIGNER Anastasia Shilova CAMERA Alexander Potekhin SOUND Dmitry Konovalov WRITER Ludmila Pichugina NARRATOR Alexey Tolshin
The Fire Ant The Pine Processionary Caterpillar The Lionfish
ComfortZoneProject.com
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Kate Kressmann-Kehoe Last Experiment LLC 346 Rockingham St. Rochester, NY 14620 United States
ZED 39 Rue des Prairies Paris, 75020
Yaroslav Gubchenko Fulldome Film Society 25 Krasnozvezdnaya St. o/11 Nizhniy Novgorod, 603104 Russia
(585) 201-2260 producers@comfortzoneproject.com
+33 153093453 Yhe@zed.fr
(904) 390-4570 gubchenko@fulldomefilm.org
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COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey
Standing Up in Milky Way The World Set Free Unafraid of the Dark 14-058 Best Series or Limited Series Category
Curious George: Where’s the Firedog? Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye
D-Day Normandy 1944
14-059 Children’s Education
14-060 Technological Sciences, Human & Social Sciences, Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format), Visualization
Hosted by renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, COSMOS explores how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space and time. It brings to life never-before-told stories of the heroic quest for knowledge and transports viewers to new worlds and across the universe for a vision of the cosmos on the grandest scale. COSMOS invents new modes of scientific storytelling to reveal the grandeur of the universe and re-invents celebrated elements of Carl Sagan’s legendary original series, including the Cosmic Calendar and the Ship of the Imagination. The most profound scientific concepts are presented with stunning clarity, uniting skepticism and wonder and weaving rigorous science with the emotional and spiritual into a transcendent experience. English, 3x45 minutes
When you’re a monkey (or a preschooler), the world is a wide-open place of exploration and adventure. Curious George aims to nurture children’s innate curiosity, to encourage handson exploration of science, technology, engineering and math, and to motivate parents to support these activities. This season George learns about the amazing world of animals, encountering birds, bees, baby goats and a dog named Blaze (featured in the submitted episode). In the second segment of the episode, George meets up with a blues-singing germ named Toots, who helps George teach an important lesson – washing your hands prevents you from getting sick. English, 24 minutes
June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. For the first time ever in breathtaking IMAX® 3D, D-Day: Normandy 1944 provides a new perspective to audiences of all ages of this monumental event that changed the world. Blending multiple cinematographic techniques and exploring history, military strategy, science, technology and human values, the film will educate and appeal to all. Narrated by Tom Brokaw, the film pays tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom . . . A duty of memory, a duty of gratitude. English, 43 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Fuzzy Door Productions and Cosmos Studios Inc. in association with FOX Broadcasting Company PRODUCER Livia Hanich, Steve Holtzman, Ann Druyan, Seth MacFarlane, Co-Executive Producer: Jason Clark, Animation Producer: Kara Vallow DIRECTOR Brannon Braga TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Johnny Jos DESIGNER Seth Reed CAMERA Bill Pope EDITOR John Duffy, Michael O’Halloran WRITER Ann Druyan, Steven Soter NARRATOR Neil deGrasse Tyson
CO-PRODUCTION CO Universal Animation Studios, WGBH Educational Foundation PRODUCER Executive Producers: Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, David Krischner, Jon Shapiro, Executive Producer Universal: Ellen Cockrill, Executive Producers WGBH: Carol Greenwald, Dorothea Gillim, Supervising Producer: Share Stallings, Co-Producer: Matthew Baughman, Coordinating Producers: Paul Higgins, Melissa Bush, Associate Producer: Michaela Zerbib DIRECTOR Andrei Svisloski, Supervising Director/Director: Jeff McGrath, Voice Director: Susan Blu DESIGNER Design Manager: Paul Trandahl, Technical Manager: Johnny Chen, Production Coordinator: Lewis Foulk, Production Assistants: Tim Gilmer, Ben Liou, Character Designer/Fantasy Sequence Designer: Susan Crossley, Character Designer: Jerry Richardson, Character Designer/Prop Designer: Keith Wong, Lisa Souza, Gong Peng, Jennifer Yuan, Background Color Design: Ann Lee, Color Stylists: Alison Jota, Bi Wei Tronolone, Craig Robertson SOUND Pre-Production Sound: Studiopolis, Post-Production Sound: Advantage Audio EDITOR Kirk Demorest, Assistant Editor: Guy Handelman COMPOSER Nick Nolan WRITER Head Writers, Raye Lankford, Ken Scarborough, Scott Gray, Peter Hirsch OTHER CREDITS Storyboard Revisionists: Toni Vian, Trevor Tamboline, Eric McConnell, Animatic Editor: Roger Hinze, Post Production Supervisor: Barbara Beck, Supervising Timing Directors: Don Judge, Connor Flynn, Timing Directors: Debbie Bonzon, Phil Cummings, Barbara Dourmaskin-Case, Animation Checker: Annamarie Cost, Production Accountant: Laurie “Pinky” Hoover, Educational Advisors: Cindy Hoisington, Inge Fricke
PRODUCTION CO N3D LAND Films CO-PRODUCTION CO N3D LAND Productions PRODUCER Catherine Vuong, Pascal Vuong DIRECTOR Pascal Vuong CAMERA Christophe Grelié WRITER Pascal Vuong NARRATOR Tom Brokaw OTHER CREDITS Original Score Composer and Soundtrack Producer: Franck Marchal
Jessica Latiolait National Geographic Channel 156 Carlton Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103 United States
WGBH Educational Foundation One Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Sylvain Grain N3D LAND Films 10, Place du Theatre Serves, 92310 France
jessica@awardsinsider.com
(617) 300-3818
channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/ cosmos-a-spacetime-odyssey/
dday-normandy1944.com
+33 952788778 welcome@n3dland.com
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D-Day’s Sunken Secrets
Dark Universe
14-061 Technological Sciences, Human & Social Sciences, Audioscape, Editing, Writing, Visualization
14-062 Physical Sciences, Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format), Audioscape, Writing, Visualization
14-063 Biological/Life Sciences
Dive teams, submersibles and robots explore a massive underwater WWII archeological site. English, 117 minutes
Based on authentic data from NASA and European Space Agency missions, ground-based telescopes, supercomputer simulations, and research conducted at institutions around the globe, Dark Universe covers a colossal topic: cosmology, the study of the universe. Focusing on the last 100 years of discovery, this new Hayden Planetarium Space Show whisks audiences across the Milky Way galaxy, drops them alongside a parachute through Jupiter’s atmosphere, and brings them the sounds of cosmic microwave background while revealing breakthroughs that have led astronomers to confront two great cosmic mysteries: dark matter and dark energy. English, 26 minutes
This story will change the way the world regards one of the most famous names in science. We show how Charles Darwin lied and stole the ground-breaking ideas he used in ‘On the Origin of Species’. The program contains new evidence that shows how, in the class-driven world of mid-19th century England, a privileged man used his position to deny a selfeducated, penniless collector the right to be acknowledged as the foremost natural historian of all time. The story of a scientific crime, it will surprise and enthrall and put Welshman, Alfred Russel Wallace, on the pedestal he deserves. Welsh, 47 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Produced by Hamilton Land and Cattle Inc. for NOVA/WGBH Boston in association with MC4 CO-PRODUCTION CO Channel 5 RTBF Documentaries Unit: Marc Bouvier, Radio Télévision Suisse RTS Documentary Films Unit: Irène Challand, Gaspard Lamunière, NRK / SVT / RTVS / Ceska Televize / ICI EXPLORATION PRODUCER Doug Hamilton, Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell DIRECTOR Doug Hamilton, Sylvain Pascaud CAMERA René Heuzey, Yoann Le Gruiec, François Hebrard, Raul Fernandez, Guillaume Neu Pietri, Jean Christophe Guerri, Jean François Lemaire, Olivier Jouin, Ronan Jupin, Jacques Le Lay, Bas Vandenbranden, Bruce Liffiton, Brian Young, David Savage, Michael Moore SOUND Gilles Metivier, Christophe Joly, Michael Coleman, Chris McIntire, Heidi Hesse, Deb Kremer, Earl Wisecarver WRITER Doug Hamilton NARRATOR Peter Thomas, World War II Veteran: Omaha Beach OTHER CREDITS 3D Producer and Project Manger: Nicolas Serikoff, With the support of The Basse– Normandie Region, The Calvados General Council
PRODUCTION CO American Museum of Natural History PRODUCER Vivian Trakinski DIRECTOR Carter Emmart WRITER Timothy Ferris NARRATOR Neil deGrasse Tyson OTHER CREDITS AMNH Science Advisor: Ralf Kahler Mor
PRODUCTION CO Telesgop PRODUCER Elin Rhys DIRECTOR Haydn Denman SOUND Will Planitzer, Huw Parry EDITOR Geraint Huw Reynolds WRITER Elin Rhys NARRATOR Elin Rhys
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
American Museum of Natural History Central Park West @ 79th St. New York, NY 10024 United States
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
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telesgop.co.uk
Elin Rhys Telesgop Bay Studios Fabian Way Swansea, SA18QB United Kingdom +17 92824567 lowri.daniel@telesgop.co.uk
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David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive 3D
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive App
Deadly Islands AKA Mystery Of The Lost Islands
14-064 Earth Sciences, Hosted or Presenter-Led, Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format), Visualization
14-065 Online & Interactive Media
14-066 Best Series or Limited Series Category
Natural History Museum Alive is a BAFTA winning documentary fulling a lifelong dream of David Attenborough’s to bring the incredible pantheon of the Natural History Museum’s long-extinct creatures to life. Using a ground-breaking collaboration of cutting edge science and astounding CGI, David takes us on a magical 3D journey through the Museum to see the exhibits as they looked when they roamed the planet, allowing him new insights into how these creatures lived and behaved. English, 90 minutes
The Natural History Museum Alive App is a unique and exciting interactive journey, bringing the user face-to-face with the museum’s extinct specimens. By day the user can delve into the history and science of these fascinating creatures upclose. In night mode, via CCTV surveillance the museum truly comes to life. Utilizing cinematic, photo-real CGI creatures from animation studio ZOO, you can search for creatures in the darkness with a tactile torchlight device. As you illuminate them, David provides a specially written audioguide to tell the stories of these creatures. English
In Mystery Of The Lost Islands, renowned zoologist and animal trainer Dave Salmoni visits some of the world’s most remote islands to investigate how and why their native inhabitants have been so successful at surviving - despite the harshest of conditions. In a unique approach that blends blue chip natural history with an incredible investigative twist, Dave sets out to crack some of the last big secrets surrounding some of the world’s most successful natural-born killers. English, 3x44 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Colossus Productions PRODUCER Anthony Geffen DIRECTOR Daniel Smith CAMERA Tim Cragg SOUND Freddie Claire, Giancarlo Dellapina COMPOSER IIan Eshkeri WRITER David Attenborough NARRATOR David Attenborough
PRODUCTION CO Colossus Productions PRODUCER Anthony Geffen
PRODUCTION CO Silverback Films PRODUCER Executive Producers: Keith Scholey, Dave Salmoni, Series Producer: Huw Cordey DIRECTOR Daniel Huertas, Jonathan Smith, Graham Booth, Nicholas White HOST Dave Salmoni
Atlantic Productions Brook Green House 4 Rowan Rd. London, W6 7DU United Kingdom
Atlantic Productions Brook Green House 4 Rowan Rd. London, W6 7DU United Kingdom
Rob Holloway Discovery Networks International Building 2, Chiswick Park 566 Chiswick High Rd. London, W4 5YB United Kingdom
+44 2087359311 agpa@atlanticproductions.co.uk
+44 208 7359 311 agpa@atlanticproductions.co.uk
+44 2088114048 rob_holloway@discovery.com
Shark Island Killer Whale Island Grizzly Island
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Dear Scientists
Decoding Neanderthals
Design Squad
14-067
14-068
14-069
Biological/Life Sciences, Human & Social Sciences
Biological/Life Sciences
Children’s Education
Dear Scientists is a film about the seriousness of science ethics and a creative method to impart its message. With an artistic touch, it connects past with present emphasizing the role of feelings in moral judgment. English, 26 minutes
Shared DNA reveals a deep connection with our long-vanished human cousins. NOVA explores a range of intriguing new evidence for Neanderthal self-expression and language, all pointing to the fact that we may have seriously underestimated the mysterious neanderthals. English, 57 minutes
Design Squad is multimedia program for middle school children that includes: (1) television episodes and short videos streamed on pbskids.org; (2) an interactive website; and (3) hands-on engineering activities. Designed to increase children’s understanding of engineering, its digital hub provides kids with one of the only places on the Web where they can safely share their engineering ideas, sketches and photos with other kids. A powerful introduction to engineering for a middle school age group, Design Squad combines real-world engineering problems with simple, easily accessible materials, allowing students to imagine themselves as engineers and engage in engineering endeavors. English
PRODUCER Ioanna Semendeferi, Ioannis Pavlidis DIRECTOR Ioanna Semendeferi CAMERA Trent Wittenbach, Abbas Padilla EDITOR Bill Moore COMPOSER Original Music: Ian Conlin WRITER Ioanna Semendeferi NARRATOR Ioannis Pavlidis
PRODUCTION CO A NOVA Production by Arrow International Media Ltd. for WGBH PRODUCER Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Executive Producers: Alison Turner, Tom Brisley DIRECTOR Nick Clarke Powell CAMERA Chris Openshaw, Richard Numeroff SOUND Steve Theroux, Steve Roseboom NARRATOR Lance Lewman
PRODUCTION CO WGBH Educational Foundation CO-PRODUCTION CO Global Mechanic PRODUCER Marisa Wolsky, Melissa Carlson
dearscientists.org
pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/decodingneanderthals.html
pbskids.org/designsquad
Ioanna Semendeferi University of Houston TIMES, Health and Biomedical Sciences Center (HBSC), Room 338 4811 Calhoun Rd., University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-6022 United States
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Marisa Wolsky WGBH Educational Foundation 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
(617) 300-4338 marisa.wolsky@gmail.com
(713) 743-3544
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Desperate for a Cure: The Search for New Alzheimer’s Treatments
Dinosaurs at Dusk: The Origins of Flight
Disneynature Bears
14-070
14-071
14-072
Radio & Podcast Media
Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format)
Environmental & Conservation Sciences, Children’s Education, Audioscape, Editing, Writing, Visualization
It’s difficult to get a sense of where the science stands when it comes to Alzheimer’s disease. Much of the journalism surrounding the disease centers on unproven science; wacky, untested treatments; and watered-down information with little substance or detail. We can do better. Listeners on Cape Cod and the Islands are interested in this disease. To help inform them, WCAI reporter Sean Corcoran set out to identify and visit the labs where some of the most cutting-edge research is underway. English, 36 minutes
Dinosaurs at Dusk is a learning adventure of a father and his teenage daughter Lucy, who share a fascination for all things that fly. You’ll travel back in time to meet the pterosaurs and the ancestors of modernday birds: the feathered dinosaurs. Lucy and her father navigate from continent to continent, looking for clues about the origins of flight. When time runs out they experience first-hand the cataclysmic “last day” of the dinosaurs. English, 45 minutes
In an epic story of breathtaking scale, Disneynature’s new True Life Adventure Bears showcases a year in the life of a bear family as two impressionable young cubs are taught life’s most important lessons. Set against a majestic Alaskan backdrop, their journey begins as winter comes to an end and the bears emerge from hibernation, facing the bitter cold. As the season changes from spring to summer, the brown bears must work hard to find food, while staying safe from rival male bears and predators. Bears captures the fast-moving action and suspense of life in one of the planet’s last great wildernesses—Alaska! English, 78 minutes
PRODUCTION CO WCAI - The Cape and Islands’ NPR Station PRODUCER Sean Corcoran OTHER CREDITS Travel funded by a grant from the Crane Foundation, Reporter: Sean Corcoran
PRODUCTION CO Mirage3D PRODUCER Robin Sip DIRECTOR Robin Sip OTHER CREDITS Actors: Anne Rats, Rick Verstraten
PRODUCTION CO Disneynature PRODUCER Keith Scholey, Adam Chapman, Associate Producer: Jane Hamlin DIRECTOR Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey, CoDirector: Adam Chapman SOUND Tim Owens WRITER Alastair Fothergill, Adam Chapman NARRATOR John C. Reilly
Heather Goldstone WCAI 3 Water St. Woods Hole, MA 02543 United States
Robin Sip Mirage3D Lekstraat 156 The Hague, 2515 VZ Netherlands
Paul Baribault Walt Disney Studios 500 S. Buena Vista St. Team Disney Building 405-M Burbank, CA 91521 United States
(508) 548-9600 heather_goldstone@capeandislands.org
+31 70 345 7500 rsip@mirage3d.nl
(818) 560-5207 paul.baribault@disney.com
Taking Shots on Goal in the Search for New Alzheimer’s Treatments Learning from Past Mistakes New Study Will Test Possibility of Preventing Alzheimer’s
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Diversification I: The Dark-eyed Juncos
#sciencemedia
Earth From Space
East Bay Puma Project
14-073 Short Program
14-074 Earth Sciences, Audioscape, Writing, Editing, Visualization
14-075 Short Program
The songbird species known as the “Dark-eyed Junco” exhibits striking differences in feather color, body size, and behavior across North America. This variation among “subspecies” and “races” of juncos has caught the attention of biologists interested in diversification and speciation. Exploring the definition of ‘species,’ hybridization, and the role of DNA in studying evolution, this segment features junco habitats across the continent. From Dr. Alden Miller in the 1920s, to Dr. Borja Mila, a modern day explorer, join researchers on their quest to understand the riddle of the Junco’s evolutionary history. Part of a larger project, Ordinary Extraordinary Junco. English, 14 minutes
Detailed satellite images reveal the web of connections that sustain life on Earth. English, 99 minutes
As puma habitat and movement corridors are increasingly affected by the expansion of human development, more sightings and encounters with pumas are inevitable. Pumas are being killed more often by cars and depredation permits (issued when livestock or pets are attacked), and increasing news reports of puma encounters are driving growing public concern. With human encroachment continuing to degrade wildlife habitat, a new study in the San Francisco Bay Area hopes to develop new conservation and land use strategies to minimize human-puma conflict, and foster a healthy co-existence between humans and pumas in the region. English, 4 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Indiana University CO-PRODUCTION CO National Science Foundation, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior PRODUCER Jonathan Atwell, Executive Producer: Ellen Ketterson, Assistant Producer: Steve Burns DIRECTOR Jonathan Atwell, Steve Burns DESIGNER Graphics: Joseph Toth CAMERA Principal Cinematography: Steve Burns, Second Unit Cinematography: Jonathan Atwell EDITOR Steve Burns, Co-Editor: Jonathan Atwell, Post Editor: Joseph Toth WRITER Jonathan Atwell, Steve Burns NARRATOR Yael Ksander OTHER CREDITS Associate Producers: Christy Burns, Amanda Brothers, Graphics Assistant: Derek Quinn, Colorist: Joseph Toth
PRODUCTION CO A Canada / United Kingdom Co-Production, Produced by Darlow Smithson Productions Ltd, Shock of Mighty Productions and Handel Production In association with NOVA/WGBH Educational Foundation and Discovery Channel Canada CO-PRODUCTION CO CMF FMC, Québec Film, Television Tax Credit Gestion Sodec, The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit PRODUCER Iain Riddick, Ruth Roberts, Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsel, VFX Producers: Andy Ryder, Charles de Gagné, VFX Supervisor: John Tate DIRECTOR Iain Riddick CAMERA Van Royko WRITER Iain Riddick NARRATOR Jay O. Sanders
PRODUCTION CO Fast and Light Productions PRODUCER Tom McMurray DIRECTOR Owen Bissell CAMERA Will Stauffer-Norris EDITOR Lucas Guilkey WRITER Owen Bissell
juncoproject.org
pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/earth-from-space. html
youtube.com/watch?v=lbbdBRTm6pI
Jonthan Atwell Indiana University, Department of Biology 1001 E. 3rd St. Bloomington, IN 47408 United States
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Owen Bissell Fast and Light Productions 322 W Richmond Ave. Richmond, CA 94801 United States
(563) 299-4112 jwatwell@indiana.edu
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
(415) 686-1018 owen@fastandlightproductions.com
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Eilat’s Reef Speaks
Electropolis
Elephant
14-076 Children’s Education
14-077 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
14-078 Biological/Life Sciences, Hosted or Presenter-Led, Editing, Visualization
This innovative short film delivers a scientific based eye-catching experience. It empowers youth to make the best choices when they go in the water and help protect the reef system they encounter. The film utilizes stunning underwater images to promote understanding and conservation via the amusing magic of real animals “talking”, preformed by nine of Israel’s top entertainers that donated their talent, accompanied by an original soundtrack. Hebrew, 9 minutes
From the spellbinding drama of a widespread grid catastrophe to the brilliant technologies forging a more reliable and efficient future, Electropolis 3D is the incredible story of our quest to reimagine and reinvent our entire energy ecosystem. English, 22 minutes
Joy Reidenberg and Mark Evans follow Kiti, a pregnant female elephant, through the birth of her baby. In addition, Evans travels with a group attempting to control the elephant population (and learns how to produce a bull elephant sperm sample) while also maintaining genetic diversity, through chemical birth control as Botswana copes with increasing numbers of animals. English, 54 minutes
PRODUCTION CO For The Sea Productions PRODUCER Ziggy Livnat, David Shoua DIRECTOR Ziggy Livnat CAMERA Ziggy Livnat SOUND Shai Sivan WRITER Yael Nezer NARRATOR Itai Segev, Dana Dvorin
PRODUCTION CO National Geographic Entertainment CO-PRODUCTION CO Melrae Pictures PRODUCER Melissa R. Butts, Kimberly A. Rowe, Executive Producer: Lisa Truitt, Associate Producer: Deborah Miller DIRECTOR Melissa R. Butts DESIGNER Michelle Gilstead CAMERA Reed Smoot SOUND Tom Hambleton WRITER Shane Colton NARRATOR Jon Seltzer
PRODUCTION CO Windfall Films for PBS and Channel 4 UK PRODUCER Roeland Doust, Jamie Lochhead DIRECTOR Roeland Doust CAMERA Bob Poole, Lee Jackson OTHER CREDITS Presenters: Joy Reidenberg, Mark Evans
vimeo.com/83914372
melraepictures.com/films/electropolis.html
pbs.org/program/sex-wild/
Ziggy Livnat For The Sea Productions 141 W28th St. #7S New York, NY 10001 United States
Antonietta Monteleone National Geographic Cinema Ventures 161 Sixth Ave. 15th Floor New York, NY 10013 United States
PBS 2100 Crystal Dr. Arlington, VA 22202 United States
(808) 936-6236 info@forthesea.com
+21 22248468 amontele@ngs.org
Sex in the Wild
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Elephant Gangs
Elephants in the Room
Emerald Ash Borer
14-079
14-080
14-081
Editing
Environmental & Conservation Sciences
Short Program
During the dry season in the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, there isn’t enough water. There isn’t enough food. The fifty thousand elephants, that live there need to migrate. We follow one gang of fifteen on their journey, to the Chobe River in Botswana. Led by its matriarch, the gang is completely made up of her offspring and it’s her responsibility to get her family safely to the river. Despite all the dangers, the matriarch’s gang makes it. She didn’t give up. She did her best to protect her offspring. They are her family. And to an elephant, family is everything. English, 50 minutes
When a filmmaker shadows a herd of elephants for four years to study their behaviour, they teach him a thing or two about being human. Over a period of four years, Nathan follows Wonky Tusk and films the unfolding drama of a close-knit family who inspires tourists, survives the threats of predators, evades the wrath of villagers and teams up to protect and teach baby Wellington. English, 50 minutes
Little Things: Big Problems is a series of 5-minute online videos produced for the National Park Service in association with the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The stories highlight the damaging impact of invasive species such as the emerald ash borer, zebra mussels and spotted knapweed on the delicate ecosystem of the Great Lakes. The stories also highlight volunteer efforts and aim to educate the public on what can be done to help prevent the spread of these harmful nonnative plants and animals. English, 5 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Aquavision TV Productions PRODUCER Peter Lamberti EDITOR Este Nortje WRITER Craig Gardner NARRATOR Daniel Oreskes
PRODUCTION CO Aquavision TV Productions PRODUCER Peter Lamberti CAMERA Nathan Pilcher EDITOR Este Nortje WRITER Jan Lampen NARRATOR Chris Cook
PRODUCTION CO Argentine Productions PRODUCER Peter Argentine CAMERA Jeff Garton SOUND Mark Adelsheim EDITOR David Cohen WRITER Peter Argentine, Laura Boyd OTHER CREDITS Music composed and performed by: Jim Dispirito, National Park Service: Beverly Rinaldi-Alt, Adam Eisenberg, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: Carmen and Marcus Key
Aquavision TV Productions 144 Western Service Rd. Johannesburg, 2191 South Africa
Aquavision TV Productions 144 Western Service Rd. Johannesburg, 2191 South Africa
Argentine Productions 111 Mayfair Dr. Pittsburgh, PA 15228 United States
(011) 275-0900 info@aquavision.co.za
(011) 275-0900 info@aquavision.co.za
(412) 341-6448
Little Things: Big Problems
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Big Idea 2
Energy! O Energy!
Enigma Man - A Stone Age Mystery
14-082
14-083
14-084
Earth Sciences
Environmental & Conservation Sciences, Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
Human & Social Sciences
The essential ideas on energy that everyone should know and understand: Big Idea 2 - Energy Flow Through the Earth System. A video production partnership between the U.S Department of Energy (DOE) and the American Geosciences Institute (AGI), bringing energy principles and concepts to life. English, 5 minutes
In an unheard of style of documentary filmmaking, Mark Pedri rides his bicycle into the desert of Wyoming armed with only his camera and survival gear, with the goal of answering the biggest question of our time, “What is the best method of energy production?” What begins as a bike ride through Wyoming, turns into a 7000-mile journey all over the United States before finally arriving at a thought provoking conclusion about the best type of energy for the future. English, 83 minutes
A team of Australian and Chinese scientists discover mysterious ancient human remains from a remote cave in China. The bones are unlike any living human or ancient human known to science, yet they were alive at the same time as humans of our own kind. Could they represent a new human species? If so, what happened to these people? We unravel the mystery and travel back in time into their Stone Age world. These ancient bones challenge everything we think we know about human evolution and raise possibly the biggest question of all - what truly makes us human? English, 57 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Educational Visions CO-PRODUCTION CO U.S. Department of Energy, American Geosciences Institute PRODUCER Colin Mably DIRECTOR Colin Mably, Josh Sneideman TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Colin Mably DESIGNER Colin Mably CAMERA Harry Burleigh SOUND Harry Burleigh WRITER Colin Mably NARRATOR Colin Mably
PRODUCTION CO Burning Torch Productions CO-PRODUCTION CO Mark Pedri PRODUCER Mark Pedri DIRECTOR Mark Pedri, Assistant Directors: Marty Pool, Carrie McCarthy CAMERA Cinematographer: Mark Pedri, 2nd Camera: Carrie McCarthy SOUND Mark Pedri WRITER Cowriters: Mark Pedri, Marty Pool, Assistant Writer: Carrie McCarthy NARRATOR Mark Pedri OTHER CREDITS Mark Pedri
PRODUCTION CO Electric Pictures PRODUCER Andrew Ogilvie, Line Producer: Sharron Ashworth DIRECTOR Daniella Ortega, Consultant Director and Dramatic Reconstructions: Steve Westh DESIGNER Production Designer: Emma Fletcher CAMERA Jim Frater SOUND Documentary Sound: Ash Charlton, Drama Sound: Ian Grant EDITOR Lawrie Silvestrin ASE WRITER Daniella Ortega NARRATOR Angie Milliken OTHER CREDITS Concept Development: Greg Colgan, Daniella Ortega
Energy Literacy - Energy Everywhere
http://www.markpedrifilms.com/films.html Colin Mably Educational Visions 10369 Andrea Ln. La Plata, MD 20646 United States
Mark Pedri Burning Torch Productions 1321 Yalecrest Rock Springs, WY 82901 United States
Andrew Ogilvie Electric Pictures 33 Canning Highway East Fremantle, 6158 Australia
(301) 404-8718 cmably@aol.com
(307) 389-4185 mark@markpedrifilms.com
+61 8933911-33 AO@electricpictures.com.au
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Episode 1
Escape From Nazi Alcatraz
14-085 Medical Sciences
14-086 Technological Sciences
14-087 Radio & Podcast Media
Kids on Speed? explores one of the most hotly disputed and most commonly diagnosed mental disorders of our time: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This is a powerful and revealing observational series following four families battling to cope with children suspected of, or diagnosed with ADHD, and the dynamic clinical psychologist who believes his intervention program can change their lives. English, 60 minutes
A crack team rebuilds a glider that POWs hoped to catapult off the top of Colditz Castle. English, 57 minutes
Ever wonder, how radiation works? Why do praying mantises eat their mates? Is an asteroid collision with Earth really possible? Do acai berries cure cancer? Everyday Einstein uses the power of pure science (with a touch of humor) to reveal the truth behind the world around us. His Quick and Dirty Tips for Making Sense of Science help listeners understand the mysteries that we encounter every day. Host Dr. Lee Falin worked for many years as a software developer before falling in love with writing and education. He earned a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, then a Ph.D. in Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology from Virginia Tech. While there, he suffered a freak gamma-radiation accident that turned him into Everyday Einstein. English, 10 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Essential Media & Entertainment PRODUCER Alan Erson, Sonja Armstrong DIRECTOR Marc Radomsky WRITER Marc Radomsky
PRODUCTION CO Produced by Windfall Films Ltd. for NOVA/WGBH Boston in association with Channel 4 PRODUCER Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Senior Producer: Julia Cort DIRECTOR Tom Cook, Co-Director: Ian Duncan: SOUND Keith Rodgerson NARRATOR Jim Carter
PRODUCTION CO Quick and Dirty Tips EDITOR Beata Santora WRITER Dr. Lee Falin HOST Dr. Lee Falin
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/ escape-nazi-alcatraz.html
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/everydayeinstein
Alan Erson Essential Media Level 2, 6a Nelson St. Annandale, 2038 Australia
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Beata Santora Quick and Dirty Tips/Macmillan 175 Fifth Ave. 3rd floor New York, NY 10010 United States
+61 2 8568 3100 info@essential-media.com
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
(646) 307-5045 beata.santora@macmillan.com
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Evolution-in-Action: the Campus Juncos at UCSD
Exploding Universe
Extinction
14-088 Short Program
14-089 Physical Sciences, Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format), Audioscape, Visualization
14-090 Children’s Education
In stark contrast to the peaceful wildland forests and parklands where juncos are typically found breeding, the urban campus of the University of CaliforniaSan Diego (UCSD) seems like an unlikely place to find field biologists studying these songbirds. But in the early 1980s, some juncos decided to make this atypical urban and coastal habitat their year-round home. Since then, scientists have documented a remarkable array of changes in the physical traits, behaviors, and physiology of the “colonist” population of juncos at UCSD when compared to juncos from the nearby native range. Part of a larger series Ordinary Extraordinary Junco. English, 15 minutes
Out of devastating events in the cosmos comes new creation. Explosive phenomena are responsible for the way we see the universe today, and not all of them happen on a grand scale. They have even shaped our very existence. As the universe has transformed into the structure we live in now, even the most elementary particles have endured. This show follows the path of one of these “particles,” a proton, as it participates in nature’s astounding events of rebirth and renewal. English, 31 minutes
Brains On! is a podcast featuring science and kids from KPCC and MPR. We ask questions and go wherever the answers take us. Sometimes that means talking to a food scientist or a snake handler, other times that means putting on a play about sound waves or writing songs about sleep. A different kid co-hosts each episode. We talk to them about the interesting stuff they’re doing and the things they think about. It’s a science lesson for your ears – so join us and turn your brains on! English, 25 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Indiana University CO-PRODUCTION CO National Science Foundation, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior PRODUCER Executive Producer: Ellen Ketterson, Producer: Jonathan Atwell, Assistant Producer: Steve Burns DIRECTOR Co-Directors: Jonathan Atwell, Steve Burns DESIGNER Graphics: Joseph Toth CAMERA Principal Cinematography: Steve Burns, Second Unit Cinematography: Jonathan Atwel WRITER Jonathan Atwell, Steve Burns NARRATOR Yael Ksander OTHER CREDITS Associate Producers: Christy Burns, Amanda Brothers
PRODUCTION CO Clark Planetarium Productions PRODUCER Jonathan Dansie, Andrea Doubek DIRECTOR Mike Murray DESIGNER Mike Murray SOUND Spirit West Recording Studio WRITER John Timmer, Mike Murray NARRATOR Abby Bonell OTHER CREDITS Science Advisors: Robert Bigelow, Duke Johnson
PRODUCTION CO MPR News/KPCC PRODUCER Marc Sanchez, Sanden Totten HOST Molly Bloom
juncoproject.org
www.clarkplanetarium.org/distribution/ explodinguniverse
brainson.org
Jonthan Atwell Indiana University, Department of Biology 1001 E. 3rd St. Bloomington, IN 47408 United States
Mike Murray Clark Planetarium Productions 110 South 400 West Salt Lake City, UT 84101 United States
Molly Bloom MPR/KPCC 480 Cedar St. St. Paul, MN 55101 United States
(563) 299-4112 jwatwell@indiana.edu
(385) 468-1237 mmurray@slco.org
(651) 290-1370 mbloom@mpr.org
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Extreme Realities: Severe Weather, Climate Change, and Our National Security
Eyes of the Atacama
Fairy Shrimp
14-091 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
14-092 Physical Sciences
14-093 Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker, Short Program
Just pick up any newspaper or watch any television news report and it becomes evident that unprecedented extreme weather events such as severe drought and heat waves, more intense hurricanes, increased tornado and wildfire activity, and crippling blizzards are leaving a trail of death and destruction throughout the world. In the wake of these disasters, we ask ourselves these fundamental questions: Are these merely weather events that happen once in a hundred years - or are they early warning signals of a new reality - a new normal - a tipping point pushing our planet towards an environmental cliff? And can we stop this from happening? English, 53 minutes
Where do we come from? How did life originate? Is there a “second Earth”? Astronomers have long been trying to answer fundamental questions about the origins of our world. This Terra Mater Factual Studios production presents the construction and key research of ALMA – an unparalleled, international astronomy project in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. English, 52 minutes
Hidden deep within the Pony Pasture Rapids Park of Richmond, Virginia there lives a creature whose ancestors span back a half a billion years. This short film explores the life history of an ancient species, Fairy Shrimp, that survive in seasonal wetlands here and around the world. English, 3 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Screenscope Inc PRODUCER Marilyn Weiner, Hal Weiner DIRECTOR Hal Weiner CAMERA Dennis Boni WRITER Hal Weiner NARRATOR Matt Damon
PRODUCTION CO Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH PRODUCER Annette Scheurich, Klaus Scheurich DIRECTOR Annette Scheurich, Klaus Scheurich CAMERA Klaus Scheurich, Boas Schwarz SOUND Simone Fuchs WRITER Annette Scheurich, Klaus Scheurich NARRATOR Sean Pertwee
PRODUCTION CO Emerging Earth Films CO-PRODUCTION CO Virginia Commonwealth University PRODUCER Anne Wright DIRECTOR Melissa Lesh CAMERA Melissa Lesh SOUND Melissa Lesh WRITER Ralph White NARRATOR Ralph White OTHER CREDITS With support from: The James River Park Service
www.screenscope.com
http://www.terramater.at/productions/eyes-ofthe-atacama/
Marilyn Weiner Screenscope, Inc. 4330 Yuma St., NW Washington, DC 20016 United States
Walter Köhler Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH Wambachergasse 2 Vienna, 1130 Austria
Melissa Lesh Emerging Earth Films 606 W 28th St. Richmond, VA 23225 United States
(202) 364-0055 screenscope@screenscope.com
+43 18700327614 office@terramater.at
(608) 609-6668 leshm@vcu.edu
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False Conviction: Innocence, Guilt and Science
Far Future
14-094 Human & Social Sciences
14-095 Editing
14-096 Short Program
The iBook focuses on a number of reallife cases where scientific evidence has aided in overturning wrongful convictions of innocent people, which unfortunately are not isolated or rare events. Written by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Jim Dwyer, the NY Hall of Science and Touch Press integrated interactive features into the unbelievable true stories about the justice system gone wrong. The interactives allow readers to explore court documents, crimes scene photos and listen to interrogations; investigate how memories can be faulty; and test ballistics procedures. The iBook also explores how correct science methods could minimize this tragic occurrence. English
Ph.D., Joe Hanson writes and hosts It’s Okay to be Smart, a show about science, but it’s a show about so much more. It’s about knowing that science is for everyone. It’s about the intersection of science and art, history and the world that we live in. English, 6 minutes
Worldwide, demand for textile fibers has doubled in two decades. It will double again in 15 years. To meet the need, University of Nebraska textile scientist Yiqi Yang created a surprising solution using farm waste – extracting fibers from corn husks to make textiles. A test plant processes the fibers, but to succeed, husks need to become a commodity. So agricultural engineers Ty and Jay Stukenholtz designed a farm waste recovery device that attaches onto existing harvesters, separating kernels, cobs, and husks. Although a market doesn’t yet exist, the pieces are in place to make farm waste the future of textiles. English, 7 minutes
PRODUCTION CO New York Hall of Science CO-PRODUCTION CO Touch Press PRODUCER Eric Siegel, Theo Gray DIRECTOR Jasper James, Sam Woolf DESIGNER Holly Smith WRITER Jim Dwyer NARRATOR Paul Cates, Josie Gardner OTHER CREDITS Assistant Producer: Josie Gardner
CO-PRODUCTION CO PBS Digital Studios, Spotzen Inc PRODUCER Amanda Fox, Kate Eads DIRECTOR Joe Nicolosi CAMERA Katie Graham WRITER Joe Nicolosi
PRODUCTION CO NET Television CO-PRODUCTION CO QUEST PRODUCER Gary Hochman DIRECTOR Gary Hochman TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Scott Beachler CAMERA Gary Hochman, Tyler Kersting, Ralph Hammack SOUND Werner Althaus, Emily Kreutz EDITOR Tyler Kersting WRITER Gary Hochman NARRATOR Gary Hochman OTHER CREDITS Additional Footage: University of Nebraska Dept. of Textiles: Merchandising and Fashion Design, Skyworks, Pond 5, Shutterstock, Music: De Wolfe Music
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/falseconviction/id780517691?mt=11
https://www.youtube.com/user/ itsokaytobesmart?feature=watch
science.kqed.org/quest/video/farm-wastefashionistas/
Geralyn Abinader NY Hall of Science 47-01 111th St. Corona, NY 11368 United States
Kate Eads Spotzen Inc. 2525 S. Lamar Unit 9 Ausin, TX 78704 United States
Gary Hochman NET Television 1800 N. 33rd St. Lincoln, NE 68503 United States
(718) 699-0005 gabinader@nyscience.org
(512) 497-7344 kate.eads@spotzen.com
(402) 417-5751 ghochman1@unl.edu
It’s Okay To Be Smart
Farm Waste Fashionistas QUEST
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Fears in the Garden
Fighting Fire with Fire
FINconceivable
14-097 Children’s Education
14-098 Children’s Education
14-099 Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
Fears - everybody has them. But don’t let gardening fears stop you from enjoying the fun and the bounty. This final video in the How-to-Garden series will guide you through some of the most common fears in the garden and how to manage them. Bees? Heat? Black thumb? Not to worry - find out how you can take real steps to keep the fun going without fear! English, 4 minutes
Wildfires occur naturally and are an important part of many ecosystems. In this video, explore how fire helps many ecosystems function and learn how prescribed fires set by land managers mimic the effects of natural fires. English, 4 minutes
FINconceivable is an animated documentary short about the importance of sharks to our delicate ocean ecosystem. Through exploring the trophic cascade and what would happen if sharks disappeared, FINconceivable shows why shark finning needs to be abolished and fishing practices need to be regulated. This kid friendly short provides a clear picture of sharks importance to our oceans and what we can do to help them thrive. English, 5 minutes
PRODUCTION CO The Nature Conservancy PRODUCER Executive Producers: Angela Brisson, Chun-Wei Yi DIRECTOR Chun-Wei Yi CAMERA Chun-Wei Yi WRITER Chun-Wei Yi NARRATOR Chun-Wei Yi
PRODUCTION CO The Nature Conservancy PRODUCER Executive Producers: Angela Brisson, Chun-Wei Yi DIRECTOR Chun-Wei Yi DESIGNER Sara Elliott CAMERA Chun-Wei Yi WRITER Chun-Wei Yi NARRATOR Chun-Wei Yi
PRODUCTION CO Lily Williams CO-PRODUCTION CO Lily Williams PRODUCER Lily Williams DIRECTOR Lily Williams TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Lily Williams DESIGNER Lily Williams CAMERA Lily Williams SOUND Brandt Williams WRITER Lily Williams NARRATOR Annaluna Giacich OTHER CREDITS Additional Animation: Zoe McCartney, Support: Shark Stewards and Ocean Defender Hawaii, Produced at: California College of the Arts
www.natureworkseverywhere.org
www.natureworkseverywhere.org
http://vimeo.com/93923423
Angela Brisson The Nature Conservancy 4245 N. Fairfax Dr. Arlington, VA 22203 United States
Angela Brisson The Nature Conservancy 4245 N. Fairfax Dr. Arlington, VA 22203 United States
Lily Williams Lily Williams Art Los Angeles, CA 91604 United States
(919) 606-0103 abrisson@tnc.org
(919) 606-0103 abrisson@tnc.org
(925) 296-6235 lilywilliams.art@gmail.com
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Flight of the Butterflies
Freaks of Nature
14-100 Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format)
14-101 Best Series or Limited Series Category
14-102 Earth Sciences
What more perfect subject for the Giant Screen and 3D than hundreds of millions of monarch butterflies? A breakthrough film for immersive cinema, the film interweaves a natural history epic, in all its visually stunning glory, with a moving human adventure story of one man’s decades long and ultimately successful search for the monarchs’ overwintering sites. Whether by floating with the butterflies, seeing a larva hatching magnified hundred of thousands of times or the transformation inside the chrysalis, or flying a mile high and seeing all the navigational tools at work, viewers will never think of the monarch butterfly the same way again. English, 44 minutes
Freaks of Nature, hosted by Tyler Harcott (Junkyard Wars), uses interviews, stunning location footage and archive content to show the beautiful and awe-inspiring power of nature. Each episode follows Tyler’s quest to look at a different natural force – from sub-zero temperatures and volcanoes, to dangerously-high winds and the effects of gravitational force. Tyler undergoes his own tests around these natural forces, such as experiencing zero-G flight, stage 2 hypothermia, and the effects of high altitude in a hyperbaric chamber. Tyler then meets individuals who have suffered at the hands of nature, as the show uses reconstructions of death or near-death experiences to tell the human stories of those who have fallen victim to nature’s power. English, 3x25 minutes
In Rise of Animals, David Attenborough embarks on an epic 500-million year journey to unravel the incredible evolution of the vertebrates. He presents explosive new fossil evidence from a place he’s long dreamt of exploring, China, the frontier of modern paleontological research. The evolution of animals with backbones is one of the greatest stories in natural history. Brand new discoveries of fossils, combined with stunning CGI and cinematography enable David to tell this extraordinary story and reveal that humans are the heirs to a magnificent evolutionary heritage. English, 50 minutes
PRODUCTION CO SK Films PRODUCER Jonathan Barker, Rafael Cuervo, Mike Slee DIRECTOR Mike Slee WRITER Mike Slee, Wendy MacKeigan NARRATOR Megan Follows
PRODUCTION CO Off the Fence Productions PRODUCER Allison Bean, Executive Producer: Ellen Windemuth, Series Producer: Andrew Zikking, Assistant Producers: Sol Welch, Bracken Hollings DIRECTOR James Hemming CAMERA Mark Hammond SOUND Taron Allison WRITER James Hemming
PRODUCTION CO Atlantic Productions PRODUCER Anthony Geffen DIRECTOR David Lee WRITER David Attenborough NARRATOR David Attenborough
Amber Hawtin SK Films 225 Commissioners St. Suite 303 Toronto, ON M4M 0A1 Canada
Off the Fence Productions Ltd 20 Elmdale Rd., Tyndalls Park Clifton Bristol, BS8 1SG United Kingdom
Atlantic Productions Brook Green House 4 Rowan Rd. London, W6 7DU United Kingdom
(416) 763-0440 ahawtin@skfilms.ca
+44 0117 909 7582 kelly@offthefence.com
+44 208 7359 311 agpa@atlanticproductions.co.uk
Ice Man Heat Wave Volcano Man
From the Seas to the Skies David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
www.flightofthebutterflies.com
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Frontier Scientists
Future Energy Chicago
Galapagos 3D: Nature’s Wonderland
14-103 Best Series or Limited Series Category
14-104 Best Integrated/Cross-Platform Media
14-105 Earth Sciences, Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format)
Frontier Scientists share the Arctic’s Newest Discoveries with short videos. The beauty of these videos is they are accessible anytime on the FrontierScientists.com website. The website reaches out to the public using social media to targeted groups as well as the general public. Complicated research is deconstructed with the scientists into short entertaining bites, designed to be specific yet memorable. English, 3x6 minutes
Exciting changes in the world of energy are happening now and you have an important role to play. You are the future of energy. Future Energy Chicago, a 40-minute facilitated experience, encourages guests to collectively create their energy future. First, interactive exhibits transform guests’ own energy into dynamic displays. Next, a sixminute film spotlights energy’s ubiquitous, unsustainable presence, culminating in a call to action. Finally, guest teams role-play as engineers and designers, exploring creative solutions to critical energy issues using state-of-the-art collaborative/ competitive game technology. The multiplayer simulation, based on real data, can be updated to reflect the changing landscape. English, 40 minutes
In the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, there is a paradise unlike any other: the Galapagos. Amongst these remote volcanic islands, life has played out over millions of years in relative isolation. The result is a wonderland of nature, with a remarkable collection of plants and charismatic animals that have all adapted to this unique environment. Meet giant tortoises and marine iguanas that spit sea-salt. Dance with the tropical albatrosses and hunt fishes with the blue-footed boobies. Swim with tiny penguins thousands of miles away from their natural habitats. This is a story of discovery, of survival against the odds, and of nature’s ingenuity. English, 39 minutes
PRODUCTION CO WonderVisions PRODUCER Liz O’Connell DIRECTOR Liz O’Connell CAMERA David Selle, Deborah Mercy COMPOSER Conrad Praetzel
DESIGNER Interactive Media Production: Potion Design, Linear Media Production: Donna Lawrence Productions, Lead Exhibit Designer: Evidence Design OTHER CREDITS Institution: Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, Lighting Designer: Focus Lighting, AV Systems Integration: Electrosonic, Acoustical Consultant: SH Acoustics, Data Consultant: Sieben Energy Associates
PRODUCTION CO Colossus Productions in association with SKY 3D PRODUCER Anthony Geffen DIRECTOR Martin Williams CAMERA Simon de Glanville WRITER David Attenborough NARRATOR Jeff Corwin OTHER CREDITS Supervising Producer: Mike David, Director of Photography: Paul Williams, Music: Joel Douek
FrontierScientists.com
http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/ exhibits/future-energy-chicago/
galapagos.nwave.com/
Elizabeth O’Connell WonderVisions 3877 University Dr. Anchorage, OR 99508 United States
Shari Berman Evidence Design 45 Main St. Suite 1014 Brooklyn, NY 11201 United States
Julien Bollee nWave Pictures Distribution 282 Rue des Allies Brussels, 1190 Belgium
(907) 550-8413 wondervision2@yahoo.com
(718) 858-4477 sb@evidencedesign.com
3227937965 lperrin@nWave.com
WaterTracks Fly Scout Fly Quinhagak Drifters
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Game of Lions
Garage Robbery Episode 1
Sensing
14-106 Environmental & Conservation Sciences, Audioscape, Editing, Writing, Visualization
14-107 Human & Social Sciences
14-108 Technological Sciences
From award-winning filmmakers and National Geographic Explorers-inResidence Dereck and Beverly Joubert comes their next feature film. According to Dereck Joubert, there are 20,000 lions left on Earth. Only 3,500 of those are males. Although they are born at a 50/50 ratio, by the time they reach maturity, only one in eight male lions survive. We follow the journey of the lives of young males in the African bush and their potential to be king. From the exile of a male lion from his pride, our cameras follow along as males roam the bush in an effort to spread their bloodlines through the kingdom. The Jouberts take an unflinching look at what happens to these lions in this spirited, moving and heartbreaking film. English, 88 minutes
The Mind Control Freaks use clever psychological tricks and brilliant mind manipulation on unsuspecting members of the public to get them to do things they never thought they could or would - and unveil the startling truth that none of us are completely in control. Watch as a man completely forgets his fiancée; Alexis persuades complete strangers to give him their car keys; and a 230-pound boxer becomes unable to crush a polystyrene cup. The Mind Control Freaks is at the crossroads of entertainment and psychology, providing fascinating insights into the power of manipulation. English, 22 minutes
We, as humans, have fairly advanced senses, but there is a great deal we can learn, copy and develop from nature. This program looks at how we can draw on millions of years of evolution to enhance our own technology and methods of sensing the world around us. Some of the animal kingdom’s great ‘sensers’ include the common seal, whose whiskers can detect water turbulence over 30 seconds after it was generated; African elephants who are able to ‘hear’ sounds through their feet from potentially over 2 kilometers away and bats, whose ability to echolocate, has lead to the new design of a walking cane for the blind, and even a bike that can be ridden by a blind cyclist! English, 52 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Wildlife Films for National Geographic Channel PRODUCER Beverly Joubert, Dereck Joubert DIRECTOR Beverly Joubert, Dereck Joubert CAMERA Dereck Joubert EDITOR Susan Scott WRITER Dereck Joubert NARRATOR Jeremy Irons
PRODUCTION CO Objective Productions PRODUCER Executive Producer: Paul Gilheany, Series Producer: Jonathan Holmes DIRECTOR Nick O’Meally
PRODUCTION CO Terra Mater Factual Studios, Oxford Scientific Films CO-PRODUCTION CO BBC PRODUCER John Capener DIRECTOR John Capener CAMERA Kevin Flay, Brendan McGinty SOUND Sean Millar, Simon Cole WRITER Victoria Coules NARRATOR Christian Rodska
Genius of Nature
The Mind Control Freaks
terramater.at/productions/genius-of-nature/
National Geographic Channel 1145 17th St. NW Washington, DC 20036 United States
(860) 324-3071
Rob Holloway Discovery Networks International Building 2, Chiswick Park 566 Chiswick High Rd. London, W4 5YB United Kingdom
Walter Köhler Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH Wambachergasse 2 Vienna, 1130 Austria
+44 208 8114 048 rob_holloway@discovery.com
+43 18700327614 office@terramater.at
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Get Ready for the Second Machine Age
Girl Rising
Global Gardens
14-109 Hosted or Presenter-Led, Writing
14-110 Best Integrated/Cross-Platform Media
14-111 Children’s Education, Short Program
We look at the increasing power of technology, particularly artificial intelligence and robotics with MIT’s Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolffson. What’s the best way for humans to become compatible with that technology? How might we need to educate young people differently to avoid high unemployment? Then, we’re joined by Wired founder Kevin Kelly, who believes that advances in robotics will radically improve our lives. English, 51 minutes
From Academy Award-nominated director Richard E. Robbins, Girl Rising journeys around the globe to witness the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world. Viewers get to know nine unforgettable girls living in the developing world: ordinary girls who confront tremendous challenges and overcome nearly impossible odds to pursue their dreams. Prize-winning authors put the girls’ remarkable stories into words, and renowned actors give them voice. English, 104 minutes
In this 5 part series of how-to videos, gardening is explored through the lens of ecosystem function and biodiversity. A garden can connect students to the global challenge of protecting that natural systems that produce our food, water,clean air and energy. This series teaches students the importance of natural systems through gardening. English, 4 minutes
PRODUCTION CO WGBH PRODUCER Michelle Sweet, Mary Dooe, Kara Miller WRITER Kara Miller HOST Kara Miller OTHER CREDITS Production Assistants, Amanda McGowan, Genevieve Gilson
PRODUCTION CO The Documentary Group CO-PRODUCTION CO Vulcan Productions, Intel PRODUCER Richard E. Robbins, Senior Producer: Kayce Freed Jennings, Executive Producers: Tom Yellin, Holly Gordon, Paul G. Allen, Jody Allen DIRECTOR Richard E. Robbins CAMERA Nicole Whitaker SOUND Kaamod Kharade, Magdy Moussa, Gabriel Alvarado Reategui, Mohamed Timounes EDITOR Gillian McCarthy WRITER Maria Arana, Edwidge Danticat, Mona Eltahawy, Aminatta Forna, Zarghuna Kargar, Maaza Mengiste, Sooni Taraporevala, Manjushree Thapa, Loung Ung NARRATOR Cate Blanchett, Priyanka Chopra, Alicia Keys, Selena Gomez, Anne Hathaway, Salma Hayek, Choloe Moretz, Liam Neeson, Freida Pinto, Meryl Streep, Kerry Washington
PRODUCTION CO The Nature Conservancy PRODUCER Executive Producers, Angela Brisson, Chun-Wei Yi DIRECTOR Chun-Wei Yi DESIGNER Sara Elliott, Angela Brisson CAMERA Chun-Wei Yi WRITER Chun-Wei Yi NARRATOR Chun-Wei Yi
innovationhub.org
girlrising.com/
natureworkseverywhere.org
WGBH Educational Foundation 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Carole Tomko Vulcan Productions 505 5th Ave. S Ste. 900 Seattle, WA 98104 United States
Angela Brisson The Nature Conservancy 4245 N. Fairfax Dr. Arlington, VA 22203 United States
(206) 342-2000 miriaml@vulcan.com
(919) 606-0103 abrisson@tnc.org
How to Garden for Nature
Innovation Hub
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Google Glass Explorer Story: WWF’s Sabita Malla
Got Lactase? The Co-evolution of Genes and Culture
Great Cathedral Mystery
14-112 Environmental & Conservation Sciences, Technological Sciences, Hosted or Presenter-Led, Short Program
14-113 Biological/Life Sciences, Hosted or Presenter-Led, Short Program
14-114 Technological Sciences, Editing, Writing, Visualization
Earlier this year we set out to document the extraordinary work of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Nepal and highlight technology’s latest role in the fight for animal conservation. We teamed up with Sabita Malla, WWF’s Senior Research Officer in Nepal, to explore Chitwan National Park, a last refuge of the endangered greater one-horned rhino. We documented Sabita using Glassware that helps them track endangered animals in the field better, faster and hands free. Our hope is that this film inspires further collaboration between technology and conservation. English, 2 minutes
Only about a third of human adults worldwide can digest lactose, the main sugar in milk. Human geneticist Spencer Wells, tracks down the genetic changes associated with this trait, and ties its emergence to the independent development of pastoralism in Africa and Europe. The alignment of archeological and genetic evidence tells a compelling and memorable story of recent human evolution. English, 15 minutes
Master craftsmen explore how Florence’s monumental dome was built nearly 600 years ago. English, 57 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Anomaly, Logan East PRODUCER Head of Production: Andrew Loevenguth, Executive Producers, Niki Polyocan, Dan Sormani, Senior Producer: Jennifer Hile, Line Producer: Ryan Creighton, Editorial Producer: Madison Brigode DIRECTOR Alan Bibby, Paul Minor TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Creative Director: Jason Musante, Art Director: Rick Jacques, Chief Creative Officer: Mike Byrne, Executive Creative Director: Eric Sega CAMERA Magni Agustsson EDITOR Brad Waskewich WRITER Luke Sacherman NARRATOR WWF Nepal: Sabita Malla OTHER CREDITS Account Director: Simon Owen, Account Supervisor: Sean Corcoran
PRODUCTION CO Howard Hughes Medical Institute PRODUCER Sean B. Carroll, John Rubin DIRECTOR John Rubin TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Lynn Sharp Spears DESIGNER Crazybridge Studios CAMERA Mead Hunt, Tony Miller, Chip Nusbaum SOUND Steve LaFayette, Glen Marullo, Merce Williams WRITER John Rubin, Sean Carroll NARRATOR Spencer Wells
PRODUCTION CO A NOVA Production by National Geographic Television Production in association with Camera One Productions PRODUCER David Murdock, Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell DIRECTOR David Murdock CAMERA Directors of Photography: Erin Harvey, Rene Heijnen, Additional Camera: David Murdock SOUND Saverio Damiani, Buckshot Sound WRITER David Murdock NARRATOR Jay O. Sanders
hhmi.org/biointeractive/making-fittest-gotlactase-co-evolution-genes-and-culture
pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/great-cathedralmystery.html
Howard Hughes Medical Instute 4000 Jones Bridge Rd. Chevy Chase, MD 20896 United States
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Jennifer Hile Anomaly 536 Broadway 11th Floor New York, NY 10012 United States (917) 595-2200 jhile@anomaly.com
The Making of the Fittest
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
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Ground Zero Supertower
Groundwater, Beneath the Surface
Harvesting Fresh Water from Fog
14-115 Human & Social Sciences, Editing, Writing, Visualization
14-116 Children’s Education
14-117 Short Program
Engineers race to complete 1 World Trade Center as they grapple with the final challenges. English, 57 minutes
Groundwater Beneath The Surface is an engaging animated digital learning resource that demonstrates the basics of how groundwater and the Ogallala aquifer sustain our water sources on earth – using the Midwest as an example. Created for 4th through 8th graders, this lighthearted animation takes us beneath the surface to learn how groundwater functions. Watch drops of groundwater travel through this system. A smiling character with a shovel digs down to the water table, allowing us to follow through the water cycle and make the process easier to understand. English, 5 minutes
Researchers at MIT’s School of Engineering, working with colleagues in Santiago, are harvesting potable water from the coastal fog that forms on the edge of one of the driest regions on Earth. Using a simple system of suspended mesh structures, placed on hilltops in areas with persistent fog and prevailing westerly winds, local Chilean communities collect fog water for drinking and agricultural use. Through engineering analysis and optimization of the mesh geometry and its surface chemistry, the team has been able to increase the fogcollecting efficiency of existing designs by 500 percent. English, 2 minutes
PRODUCTION CO A NOVA production by Terri Randall Productions for WGBH Boston PRODUCER Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Senior Producer: Julia Cort, Co-Producer: Jeff Seelbach DIRECTOR David Shadrack Smith CAMERA Joseph Friedman, Daniel Traub SOUND Alex Marshall, Luis Granados WRITER Telecript: Terri Randall, Timothy Smith, Story by: David Smith NARRATOR Jay O. Sanders OTHER CREDITS Additional Camera: John Denise, Michael Dombrowski
PRODUCTION CO Nebraska Educational Telecommunications CO-PRODUCTION CO QUEST/KQED PRODUCER Abram Lueders TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Gary Hochman, Melanie Eirich DESIGNER Abram Lueders NARRATOR Abram Lueders OTHER CREDITS Coordinating Producer: Gary Hochman, Educational Review: Anica Brown, Melanie Eirich
PRODUCTION CO MIT Mechanical Engineering PRODUCER John Freidah DIRECTOR John Freidah CAMERA John Freidah
pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/ground-supertower. html
science.kqed.org/quest/2014/03/26/ groundwater-beneath-the-surface/
youtube.com/watch?v=h8vlzZ25vtg
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 2135 United States
Gary Hochman Nebraska Educational Telecomunications 1800 N. 33rd St. Lincoln, NE 68503 United States
John Freidah MIT 77 Mass Ave. Cambridge, MA 2139 United States
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
(402) 417-5751 ghochman@netnebraska.org
(401) 533-0451 jfreidah@mit.edu
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Hawking
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Heat Wave Freaks Of Nature
Highway to Hydrogen QUEST
14-118 Physical Sciences, Human & Social Sciences, Writing
14-119 Biological/Life Sciences
14-120 Short Program
Hawking tracks the physicist’s life story, told largely in his own words. It includes dramatic accounts of his life from childhood through university; intimate footage of Hawking today, including his home routine and his work life at the University of Cambridge; archival footage; and candid comments from family members, friends and colleagues. Computer-generated imagery illustrates some of Hawking’s remarkable discoveries, such as the nature of black holes and the so-called “Big Bang” theory that explains the origins of the universe. English, 54 minutes
Scott Jurek is an ultra-marathon runner who claims he can run for hours in the hottest places on earth. Tyler meets Scott in Death Valley where he demonstrates his extraordinary stamina by running in Americas hottest place. Tyler then takes Scott to a human performance lab, to push his abilities to the max, challenging him to run for over an hour in 140 degree heat, the hottest temperature ever recorded on earth English, 25 minutes
Although automakers have spent decades and billions of dollars to develop hydrogen fuel cell cars, only a few hundred of them are on the nation’s roads. With new refueling stations in development and new models recently unveiled, are these zero-emission vehicles finally ready to roll? English, 7 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Darlow Smithson for PBS and Channel 4 PRODUCER Stephen Finnigan, Ben Bowie OTHER CREDITS Vice President of Programming and Development: Bill Gardner, Chief Programming Executive: Beth Hoppe
PRODUCTION CO Off the Fence Productions PRODUCER Executive Producers: Allison Bean, Ellen Windemuth, Series Producer: Andrew Zikking, Assistant Producers: Nadine Tayar, Bracken Hollings DIRECTOR Chloe Pearne CAMERA Mark Hammond SOUND Taron Allison WRITER Chloe Pearne
PRODUCTION CO KQED PRODUCER Sheraz Sadiq, Executive Producer: Jason Black, Coordinating Producer: Adrienne Calo EDITOR Managing Editors: Paul Rogers, Lisa Landers
pbs.org/program/hawking/
PBS 2100 Crystal Dr. Arlington, VA 22202 United States
science.kqed.org/quest/video/highway-tohydrogen-fuel-cell-vehicles/
Off the Fence Productions Ltd 20 Elmdale Rd., Tyndalls Park Clifton Bristol, BS8 1SG United Kingdom
Sevda Eris KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110 United States
+44 0117 909 7582 kelly@offthefence.com
(415) 553-2835 seris@kqed.org
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Himalayan Catastrophe, Glacier Tsunami
Hippo Gangs
How Dirt Works
14-121 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
14-122 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
14-123 Children’s Education
Himalaya, home to the world’s highest peak, is capped with perpetual snow; however, it has been changed nowadays. Global warming has had a significant impact on the high mountainous glacial environment. Many big glaciers melted rapidly forming a large number of glacial lakes. Sudden discharge of large volumes of water with debris from these lakes causes glacial lake outburst floods in valleys downstream. Imja lake is one of the fastest-growing in the Himalaya. The people who live downstream valleys are living with a bomb. The glacial tsunami is a warnings which arouse people’s attention to the calamity of environmental disruption. Korean (English Subtitles), 34 minutes
It’s paradise during the wet season in the Luangwa Valley in Zambia. Hippo gangs – or pods as they’re actually called – have plenty to eat and lots of space to relish in. But the dry season is coming. And when it does, paradise will turn to mud then dry, cracked earth. It’s either move to another part of the river, or die. It’s a tragedy, but it’s all part of life in a hippo gang. English, 50 minutes
Soil sustains plant and animal life, regulates water, filter pollutants, cycles nutrients and supports structures. Learn the value of soil and its vital importance as a natural resource and the building block of ecosystems. Explore how humans and other organisms rely on soil, and why its important to maintain the health of soil. English, 4 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Korean Educational Broadcasting system PRODUCER Jeong Seong-uk DIRECTOR Choi Pyeong-soon, Assistant Directors: Jung Sol, Lee Dong-yun CAMERA Kim Je-beom, Im Seok-tae WRITER Kim Yang-hee NARRATOR Garan Fitzgerald OTHER CREDITS Researcher: Seo Tae-yeon
PRODUCTION CO Aquavision TV Productions PRODUCER Peter Lamberti WRITER Craig Gardner NARRATOR Daniel Oreskes EDITOR Este Nortje
PRODUCTION CO The Nature Conservancy PRODUCER Executive Producers: Sara Elliott, Chun-Wei Yi DIRECTOR Chun-Wei Yi TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Sara Elliott DESIGNER Sara Elliott CAMERA Chun-Wei Yi WRITER Chun-Wei Yi NARRATOR Chun-Wei Yi
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Korea Educational Broadcasting System 463, Dogok2-Dong, Gangnam-Gu Seoul, 135-854 South Korea
Aquavision TV Productions 144 Western Service Rd. Johannesburg, 2191 South Africa
Angela Brisson The Nature Conservancy 4245 N. Fairfax Dr. Arlington, VA 22203 United States
+82 106253961
(011) 275-0900 info@aquavision.co.za
(919) 606-0103 abrisson@tnc.org
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How Do Aliens Think
Humanexus
Hurricane: The Anatomy
14-124 Hosted or Presenter-Led
14-125 Children’s Education
14-126 Best Series or Limited Series Category
Academy-Award® winner and movie legend Morgan Freeman host’s Science Channel’s mind-blowing, hit series Through The Wormhole. The series boldly asks mankind’s most vexing questions, digging deep into the innermost workings of the mind and searching through the complexities of the universe. The questions asked are not only entertaining, but also continue to incite viewers’ curiosity. English, 60 minutes
The human race has long searched for meaningful interpersonal connections. Tools and technologies have made it easier to reach out and share ideas, but each presents a new, unforeseen challenge. We must always ask: “Is this what we want? What do we want?” No Dialogue, 11 minutes
Hurricanes are the strongest storms on earth. Many begin as harmless breezes from Northern Africa; inoffensive winds that gradually move westwards over the tropical Atlantic Ocean, gathering energy from the warm seawater, building in strength and gradually forming the unmistakable spiral of extreme winds and thunderstorms that characterize hurricanes. Shot entirely in 3D, this three-part series has been produced over a three-year period, with crews standing in the path of hurricane landfalls, such as Sandy and Isaac, to witness the devastation wreaked by one of the most powerful forces on earth. English, 3x52 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Revelations Entertainment PRODUCER Executive Producers: Morgan Freeman, Lori McCreary, James Younger, Tracy Mercer, Kurt Sayenga, Bernadette McDaid, Rocky Collins, Associate Producer: Peter Karp, Coordinating Producer: Lindsey Foster DIRECTOR David Lamattina HOST Morgan Freeman
PRODUCTION CO Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center PRODUCER Katy Borner DIRECTOR Ying-Fang Shen TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Ying-Fang Shen DESIGNER Ying-Fang Shen CAMERA Ying-Fang Shen SOUND Norbert Herber
PRODUCTION CO Saint Thomas Productions CO-PRODUCTION CO Climax Films, TS Productions PRODUCER Jacqueline Farmer, Jean-Yves Asselin DIRECTOR Andy Byatt, John Jackson CAMERA John Jackson, Cyril Barbançon SOUND Fabrice Obsinksi, Yves Bemelmans, Christian Monheim EDITOR Thierry Delvigne, Pedro Muniz, Jeanne Plassier, Alexis de Favitski WRITER Jacqueline Farmer, Andy Byatt NARRATOR Mike O’Meara
sciencechannel.com
yfshen.info/humanexus/
Science Channel, a network of Discovery Communications, Inc. One Discovery Pl.
Ying-Fang Shen Virginia Commonwealth University 812 West Franklin St. Suite 201 Richmond, VA 23284-2508 United States
Silver Spring, MD 20910 United States
(812) 360-6342 shenyvo@gmail.com
Predicting the Unpredictable Shaping the Wilderness Winds of Change
Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman
Jacqueline Farmer Saint Thomas Productions Village d’Entreprises Sain Henri- Rue Anne Gacon Bat 302 Marseilles, 13016 France +33 495 068 068
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Innovation Hub
Inquiring Minds
14-127 Best Series or Limited Series Category
14-128 Radio & Podcast Media
14-129 Radio & Podcast Media
Infestation is a four-part documentary series featuring the invasive species and pests who threaten our forests, waterways, food supplies and cities. The series gives an intimate, close-up picture of each species, investigates why they are a concern, and examines current and past infestations and possible future threats. Each episode highlights the role played by dedicated scientists who are attempting to tackle the challenges presented by each species. Individuals who have been personally affected and who often pay a hefty price are revealed, as well as the worldwide threat of each species including global warming, broad economic impact, food crisis, political stability and the spread of disease. English, 3x48 minutes
Innovation Hub, hosted by Kara Miller, features today’s most creative thinkers – from researchers to authors to educators. With the increasing power of artificial intelligence and robotics, Get Ready for the Second Machine Age episode explores what’s the best way for humans to become compatible with that technology? Biology of Food and Germs is a show about the science of food, we talk about how the food industry has altered our biology and why one doctor has focused his research on the chemistry of hunger and carbohydrates. In How We’re Changing: Tech and Genes, BJ Fogg of Stanford and pioneering biologist J. Craig Venter talk about how radically science is changing us - from high tech to genome manipulation. English, 145 minutes
Each week Inquiring Minds brings you a new, in-depth exploration of the places where science, politics, and society collide. We’re committed to the idea that making an effort to understand the world around you though science and critical thinking can benefit everyone - and lead to better decisions. We endeavor to find out what’s true, what’s left to discover, and why it all matters with weekly coverage of the latest headlines and probing discussions with leading scientists and thinkers. English, 156 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Stornoway Productions PRODUCER Itay Heled, Associate Producer: Rebecca Hunt DIRECTOR Karl Jason DESIGNER Blackbird VFX SOUND John Bentley, Alex Briere, Gregory Bye, Gabe Chu EDITOR Jonathan Baltrusaitis, Deanna Scriver WRITER Paul Kemp, Karl Jason, Michael Allcock NARRATOR Randall Moore
PRODUCTION CO WGBH PRODUCER Michelle Sweet, Mary Dooe, Kara Miller WRITER Kara Miller HOST Kara Miller OTHER CREDITS Production Assistants: Amanda McGowan, Genevieve Gilson
PRODUCTION CO Climate Desk CO-PRODUCTION CO Mother Jones PRODUCER Adam Isaak COMPOSER Rhian Sheehan WRITER Chris Mooney, Indre Viskontas NARRATOR Indre Viskontas, Chris Mooney
stornowayproductions.com/productions/ infestation/
innovationhub.org
climatedesk.org/category/inquiringminds/
Criss Hajek Stornoway Productions 105 Gordon Baker Rd. Toronto, M2H3P8 Canada
WGBH Educational Foundation 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 2135 United States
Jeremy Schulman Climate Desk 222 Sutter St. Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94108 United States
Forests Under Attack The Fight For Food Cities Under Siege
(416) 756-2404 chajek@stornoway.com
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Get Ready for the Second Machine Age Biology of Food and Germs How We’re Changing: Tech and Genes
We Could be Living in a New Stone Age by 2114 Just After the Big Bang Climate Science and Christianity
(202) 813-1148 jschulman@climatedesk.org
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Inside the Megastorm
Into the Cave of Wonders
Invisible Ocean: Plankton and Plastic
14-130 Environmental & Conservation Sciences, Writing
14-131 Editing
14-132 Short Program
Watch as Megastorm Sandy unfolds, and explore what made it so much more devastating than other hurricanes. English, 57 minutes
A visual short documentary -shot in HDR 4K- that strives to show a glimpse into one of the most beautiful creations on earth… from its unfathomable beginning millions of years ago to what it has become today. The Cave of Wonders (la Gruta de las Maravillas) is located in a beautiful town called Aracena in the South of Spain. English, 9 minutes
Invisible Ocean: Plankton And Plastic is a documentary that follows NYC sci-artist Mara Haseltine as she create a sculpture to reveal a microscopic threat beneath the surface of the ocean. During a Tara Oceans expedition to study the health of the oceans, Haseltine finds an unsettling presence in samples of plankton she collected. The discovery inspires her to create a sculpture that shows that the microscopic ocean world affects all life on Earth. The film features Mara Haseltine, Christian Sardet (The Plankton Chronicles, TARA Oceans) and Mark Anthony Browne (Ecologist NCEAS). English, 9 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Produced by Dragonfly Film and Television Productions Ltd for NOVA/ WGBH in association with the BBC PRODUCER Chris Schmidt, Jo Locke, Edit Producer: Tom Pearson, Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Additional Producers: Liz Biggs, Emma Love, Minna Sedmakov, Jess Watts DIRECTOR Talya Tibbon, Jo Locke CAMERA Mark Molesworth, Patrick Duval, Ross Keith, Scott Sinkler, Gary Henoch, Mark Gunning SOUND Sound Recordists: Dennis Herbeck, Geoff Price, Merce Williams, James Anderson, David Manahan
PRODUCTION CO LovetheFrame PRODUCER Pedro Pablo Figueroa DIRECTOR Manuel Benito de Valle CAMERA Rafael Asquith SOUND Álvaro Rodríguez Barroso WRITER Manuel Benito de Valle OTHER CREDITS Music by Álvaro Rodríguez Barroso
PRODUCTION CO BonSci Films PRODUCER Emily Driscoll DIRECTOR Emily Driscoll CAMERA Stavros Basis
pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/inside-themegastorm.html
intothecaveofwonders.com
invisibleoceanmovie.com
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Manuel Benito de Valle LovetheFrame Fuentezuelas 1 p7-4 Seville, 41020 Spain
Emily Driscoll BonSci Films 120 East 87th St. R16D New York, NY 10128 United States
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
+34 627333111 info@lovetheframe.net
(202) 422-6602 emily@bonscifilms.com
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It’s Okay To Be Smart
Jabbed - Love, Fear and Vaccines
Jamaica Reef Rescue
14-133 Best Series or Limited Series Category
14-134 Medical Sciences, Editing, Writing
14-135 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
Ph.D., Joe Hanson writes and hosts It’s Okay to be Smart, a show about science, but it’s a show about so much more. It’s about knowing that science is for everyone. It’s about the intersection of science and art, history and the world that we live in. English, 3x60 minutes
Diseases that were largely eradicated forty years ago are returning. Across the world children are getting sick and dying from preventable conditions because nervous parents are skipping their children’s shots. And it’s not just kids: adults, too, are being hard hit. Yet the stories of vaccine reactions are frightening, with rare cases of people being damaged, even killed, by vaccines. How do we decide whether to vaccinate or not, and what are the real risks? English, 90 minutes
This film discovers how conservationists and fishermen in Jamaica work together to help restore Jamaica’s coral reefs. Once known as the jewels of the Caribbean, Jamaica’s reefs declined over decades. Hurricanes, disease and pollution have all taken their toll on the reefs, but the main culprit was overfishing. In order to thrive reefs need fish but, so do fisherman, and there are not enough fish left for either of them. Now in order to safeguard the fish and the reefs fisherman are leading the charge to set aside no-fish zones. This film follows a team of scientists as they work with the fisherman to create the first ever fish sanctuary in a remote part of Jamaica. English, 24 minutes
CO-PRODUCTION CO PBS Digital Studios, Spotzen Inc PRODUCER Amanda Fox, Kate Eads DIRECTOR Joe Nicolosi CAMERA Katie Graham WRITER Joe Nicolosi
PRODUCTION CO Genepool Productions PRODUCER Executive Producers: Sonya Pemberton, Michael Cordell DIRECTOR Sonya Pemberton TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Dom Bartolo CAMERA Harry Panagiotidis SOUND Martin Keir EDITOR Mark Atkin A.S.E. WRITER Sonya Pemberton NARRATOR Rachael Blake
PRODUCTION CO Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation PRODUCER Alison Barrat CAMERA Ernie Kovacs SOUND Jesse Williams WRITER Alison Barrat NARRATOR Sal Vecchio
youtube.com/user/ itsokaytobesmart?feature=watch
sbs.com.au/shows/jabbed/about/page/i/1/h/ Home/
Kate Eads Spotzen Inc. 2525 S. Lamar Unit 9 Ausin, TX 78704 United States
Sonya Pemberton Genepool Productions 15 Norma Barnett Ln. Port Melbourne, 3207 Australia
Alison Barrat Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation 8181 Professional Pl. Suite 215 Landover, MD 20785 United States
+61 396466678 info@genepoolproductions.com
(301) 577-1288 allen@lof.org
The Science of Snowflakes The Science of Kissing Monet
kate.eads@spotzen.com
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James River Sturgeon
Jerusalem 3D
14-136 Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
14-137 Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format)
Research is underway at Virginia Commonwealth University to uncover the secrets of a charismatic, endangered species, the Atlantic sturgeon. This short documentary follows Dr. Matt Balazik as he tracks, for the first time, the sturgeon migration using acoustic transmitter tags. English, 9 minutes
Filmed in 1570 IMAX® and 3D, Jerusalem immerses audiences into one of the world’s most beloved cities. Discover why this tiny piece of land is sacred to three major religions through the stories of Jewish, Christian and Muslim families who call Jerusalem home. Join renowned archaeologist, Dr. Jodi Magness, as she travels underground to solve some of this city’s greatest mysteries. Find out why, after thousands of years, Jerusalem and the Holy Land continue to stir the imagination of billions of people. English, 44 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Emerging Earth Films PRODUCER Anne Wright through NOAA B’WET Grant CAMERA Melissa Lesh SOUND Melissa Lesh
PRODUCTION CO A Cosmic Picture/ Arcane Pictures film and National Geographic PRODUCER Taran Davies, George Duffield, Executive Producers: Jake Eberts, Dominic Cunningham-Reid DIRECTOR Daniel Ferguson CAMERA Reed Smoot SOUND Thierry Morlaas-Lurbe COMPOSER Michael Brook WRITER Daniel Ferguson NARRATOR Benedict Cumberbatch
http://www.jerusalemthemovie.com/
Melissa Lesh Emerging Earth Films 606 W 28th St. Richmond, VA 23225 United States
Antonietta Monteleone National Geographic Cinema Ventures 161 Sixth Ave. 15th Floor New York, NY 10013 United States
(608) 609-6668 indialesh@gmail.com
(212) 224-8468 amontele@ngs.org
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Journey to a Billion Suns
Journey to the South Pacific
Jungle Book Bear
14-138 Physical Sciences, Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format), Writing
14-139 Environmental & Conservation Sciences, Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format)
14-140 Biological/Life Sciences, Audioscape
The age-old history of measuring the stars and a stunning journey through our Milky Way emerge in a modern astronomy show about space science, mathematics, history and the physics of the Universe. This immersive product aims at bringing natural sciences to young people with a credible story, magic images and a versatile graphical style. English, 45 minutes
Narrated by Academy Award® winner Cate Blanchett, Journey to the South Pacific takes moviegoers on an IMAX®3D adventure to West Papua, where life flourishes above and below the sea. Join Jawi, a young island boy, on a journey of discovery to this magical place where we encounter whale sharks, sea turtles, and other sea creatures. Home to over 2,000 species of sea life, this locale features the most diverse marine ecosystem on earth. An uplifting story of hope and celebration, Journey to the South Pacific highlights the importance of living in balance with the ocean planet we call home. English, 40 minutes
We all know him, we all love him: Baloo – Mowgli’s constant companion from the Jungle Book. Rudyard Kipling and the Walt Disney movie made this clumsy fellow world famous. The role models for Baloo are the Sloth Bears of India - surprisingly little is known about them. These mostly nocturnal animals have never been portrayed in a natural history programme before. Oliver Goetzl and Ivo Nörenberg not only were able to film these elusive creatures at daytime but got also behaviour that was even not known to scientists before - e.g. the mouth feeding of cubs by their mothers. English, 50 minutes
PRODUCTION CO stargarten CO-PRODUCTION CO NorthDocks PRODUCER Joachim Perschbacher DIRECTOR Adam Majorosi TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Michel Magens DESIGNER 3D artist: Joachim Perschbacher, Lead 3D Artist: Bob Weber SOUND Composer: Jens Fischer WRITER Adam Majorosi NARRATOR Matt Hopper, Simon Srebrny OTHER CREDITS Lead Science Advisor: Dr. Björn Voss
PRODUCTION CO MacGillivray Freeman Films CO-PRODUCTION CO IMAX Corporation PRODUCER Shaun MacGillivray, Mark Krenzien DIRECTOR Greg MacGillivray, Stephen Judson WRITER Stephen Judson NARRATOR Cate Blanchett
PRODUCTION CO Gulo Film Productions for NDR Naturfilm/Doclights CO-PRODUCTION CO BBC, Arte, ORF, Nat Geo WILD PRODUCER Oliver Goetzl, Ivo Nörenberg, Tom Synnatzs DIRECTOR Oliver Goetzl CAMERA Main Camera and Slow Motion: Ivo Nörenberg, Remote Controlled Cameras: Oliver Goetzl SOUND Oliver Goetzl, Ivo Nörenberg WRITER Oliver Goetzl, English Script: Sharmila Choudhury NARRATOR David Attenborough OTHER CREDITS Editor: Oliver Goetzl, Additional Editing: Anton Hering, Katrin Dücker
billionsuns.eu
http://journeytothesouthpacific.imax.com/
www.gulofilm.com
Adam Majorosi stargarten Sonnenburger Strasse 54 Berlin, 10437 Germany
Lori Rick MacGillivray Freeman FIlms PO Box 205
Oliver Goetzl Gulo Film Productions Simrockstr. 111 Hamburg, 22589 Germany
+49 3044038944 show@stargarten.eu
Laguna Beach, CA 92652 United States
+49 40 87082567 oliver@gulofilm.com
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Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation Website
Killer in the Caves
Killer Typhoon
14-141 Online & Interactive Media
14-142 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
14-143 Environmental & Conservation Sciences, Editing, Writing
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s website is designed to work as a complete digital landscape. Numerous content channels feed in to the site connecting with each other to advance public and scientific understanding of coral reef ecology. The Foundation is embarked on a five year round the world survey of the planet’s coral reefs. Their website hosts photos, blogs, videos and social media posts from remote parts of the world making the science immediate and alive. The site also hosts a wealth of informative data, maps, research findings, and published scientific papers which unite with the live science to immerse users in the story of coral science and ocean conservation. English
There’s a killer stalking the caves of North America, from New York to Vermont and into Canada. Seemingly overnight, a disease known as white-nose syndrome is wiping out bats by the millions. In a race against time, bat expert Dr. DeeAnn Reeder and wildlife biologist Greg Turner search for the cause of and a cure for this mysterious fungus. Scientific ingenuity and groundbreaking technology may be the only hope to crack the case before an entire species is driven to extinction. English, 46 minutes
What made Haiyan so destructive, and how can we prepare for the next monster storm? English, 58 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Reading Room, Ltd
PRODUCTION CO Taglicht Media for Smithsonian Channel PRODUCER Executive Producers: Dennis Wells, David Royle, Linda Goldman, Bernd Wilting DIRECTOR Dennis Wells SOUND Bastian Barenbrock, Dennis Broer, Ralf Gromann, Peter Trinks EDITOR Claudia Spoden WRITER Dennis Wells
PRODUCTION CO A NOVA Production by Sky Vision for WGBH in association with Sky News PRODUCER Chris Schmidt, Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell DIRECTOR Dick Bower CAMERA Steve Nettleton, Paul Woodd-Walker, Richie Mockler, Mostyn Pryce NARRATOR Craig Sechler
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/killertyphoon.html
www.lof.org
Alison Barrat Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation 8181 Professional Pl. Suite 215 Landover, MD 20785 United States (301)577-1288 allen@lof.org
Smithsonian Channel 1225 19th St. NW Suite 250 Washington, DC 20036-2458 United States
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
(202) 261-1700
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
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Killer Whales - Fins of Change
Kinect Nat Geo TV
14-144 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
14-145 Online & Interactive Media
14-146 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
This film reveals the current change in the Arctic: the northern polar region is the fastest warming area on our planet. The sea ice is receding ever further during the Arctic summer. This has dramatic consequences: on one hand, the polar bear looses vital habitat - because this previous top predator is used to hunt for seals on the ice. On the other hand, the Arctic ocean is increasingly opening up in summer, thus getting more and more accessible for orcas. Therefore, the so-called “killer whales” are taking over the role as the new top predators of the Arctic - while the polar bears are struggling to survive. English, 52 minutes
Using cutting edge Micosoft Xbox Kinect technology, Kinect Nat Geo TV: America the Wild integrates episodes of the award-winning series, America the Wild, with new interactive and educational content designed for kids. This innovative production transcends the confines of broadcast television by engaging young audiences not only to learn about species such as grizzly bears, wolves, mountain lions and wolverines - but also to BECOME the animals. In this pilot partnership, young audiences are given a chance to be physically active and engaged as they receive critical information about biology, ecology, and participate in real life conservation. The result is groundbreaking. English, 120 minutes
Lake Tahoe’s famously blue waters – which make it the clearest lake of its size in the United States – attract three million visitors to California and Nevada each year. But decades of development, and now climate change, threaten this national treasure. Go behind the scenes with the scientists working to keep the lake pristine and protect it for generations to come. English, 27 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Terra Mater Factual Studios, Brian Leith Productions CO-PRODUCTION CO WNET/Thirteen, NDR Naturfilm/Doclights PRODUCER Brian Leith DIRECTOR Ben Wallis CAMERA Justin Maguire, Shane Moore WRITER Ben Wallis NARRATOR John Shrapnel
PRODUCTION CO Grizzly Creek Films CO-PRODUCTION CO Microsoft Xbox Studios, Nat Geo Wild, Relentless Software PRODUCER Marie Whalon, Executive Producers: Thomas Winston, Casey Anderson, Mike Seamons DIRECTOR Thomas Winston TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Louise Smith DESIGNER Casper Field, Kim McAuliff CAMERA Rick F.X. Smith SOUND Mike Kasic WRITER Shasta Grenier, Pete Brown NARRATOR Casey Anderson
PRODUCTION CO KQED PRODUCER Gabriela Quiros, Executive Producer: Jason Black, Associate Producer: Arwen Curry, Coordinating Producer: Adrienne Calo DIRECTOR Managing Editor: Paul Rogers OTHER CREDITS Managing Editor: Lisa Landers
http://www.terramater.at/productions/invasionof-the-killer-whales/
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/marketplace/ SplashPages/kinect-nat-geo
http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/lake-tahoecan-we-save-it/
Walter Köhler Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH Wambachergasse 2 Vienna, 1130 Austria
Thomas Winston Grizzly Creek Films 416 N Ida Bozeman, MT 59715 United States
Sevda Eris KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110 United States
+43 18700327614 office@terramater.at
tom@grizzlycreekfilms.com
(415) 553-2835 seris@kqed.org
America the Wild
Lake Tahoe: Can We Save It? QUEST
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Lake Winnipeg: Shared Solutions
Learning from Past Mistakes
Life & Science - What We Have in Mind
Desperate for a Cure: The Search for New Alzheimer’s Treatments
Addictions - From Molecules to Behavior Brain Connectivity - A Mysterious Network Memory - The Selection of Forgetting
14-147 Best Integrated/Cross-Platform Media
14-148 Medical Sciences
14-149 Best Series or Limited Series Category
Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada was designated the most threatened lake in the world in 2013 by the Global Nature Fund. The Manitoba Museum’s multimedia exhibit, Lake Winnipeg: Shared Solutions is an interactive, science-based animated simulation of the lake, allowing visitors to become Lake Stewards and make all decisions regarding the watershed. Players’ choices affect the health of the lake and also influence the economy and social capital of the province. The multimedia is seamlessly integrated with physical exhibitry to create an immersive experience to educate and inspire the next generation of environmental stewards. English
It’s difficult to get a sense of where the science stands when it comes to Alzheimer’s disease. Much of the journalism surrounding the disease centers on unproven science; wacky, untested treatments; and watered-down information with little substance or detail. We can do better. Listeners on Cape Cod and the Islands are interested in this disease. To help inform them, WCAI reporter Sean Corcoran set out to identify and visit the labs where some of the most cutting-edge research is underway. English, 7 minutes
Life & Science - What we Have in Mind is a documentary series produced by indie production company Las Minas and broadcasted by CNN Chile in 2014. The series shows the research developed by scientists on the forefront of neuroscience. They explore how the brain and nervous system work and why does it fail? Life & Science combines interviews with leading scientists and patients with dramatization, animation, graphics and cinematography. Life & Science has won awards at the 2012 and 2013 Chile and Argentina Videomed Medical Film Festival. Also, Life & Science was an official selection at the 49° International Film Festival of Science Documentaries (Czech Republic) and an Altazor Awards nominee in 2014. Spanish, 3x25 minutes
PRODUCTION CO The Manitoba Museum CO-PRODUCTION CO AldrichPears & Associates, NGX Interactives, The Taylor Group PRODUCER Scott D. Young, Kate Daley, Laura Greico DIRECTOR Scott D. Young TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Brent Dutton DESIGNER Graphic Designer: Kathryn Lissack, Exhibit Designer: Fiona Pook CAMERA Jason Hasselman WRITER Scott D. Young, Kate Daley, Laura Greico NARRATOR Alexis Kanu, Alex Salki, Dr. Henry David Venema, Scott D. Young
PRODUCTION CO WCAI PRODUCER Sean Corcoran OTHER CREDITS Travel funded by a grant from the Crane Foundation, Reporter: Sean Corcoran
PRODUCTION CO Las Minas PRODUCER Gaston Chedufau Sosa DIRECTOR Rosario Jiménez Gili DESIGNER Proyecto Lumina CAMERA Eva Vera Cuadra SOUND Yanislav Ostoic WRITER Claudia Ansieta Azcuy NARRATOR Marcela Golzio
http://capeandislands.org/post/alzheimersresearchers-learning-past-mistakes
vimeo.com/channels/vidaconciencia
Scott Young The Manitoba Museum 190 Rupert Ave. Winnipeg, R3B 0N2 Canada
Heather Goldstone WCAI 3 Water St. Woods Hole, MA 02543 United States
Gaston Chedufau Las Minas Av. Suecia 513 - Of. 402 Providencia Santiago, 7510192 Chile
(204) 988-0627 scyoung@manitobamuseum.ca
(508) 548-9600 heather_goldstone@capeandislands.org
+56 228131123 gaston@lasminas.cl
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Life on TERRA
Life on Us: Your Private Wildlife
Light and Dark
14-150 Online & Interactive Media
14-151 Biological/Life Sciences
14-152 Physical Sciences, Editing
Now in its 9th season, Life on Terra is the award-winning science and natural history podcast series that explores the natural connections that propel life on Earth. Overseen by graduate students in the MFA in Science and Natural History Filmmaking Program at Montana State University, TERRA distributes independently produced science, nature, and environmental films. We are proud to bring you these unique stories from around the globe that celebrate the wonders of the natural world. With each new episode we feature powerful storytelling that showcases the diversity of our planet. English, 15 minutes
There’s an unexplored planet in our Solar System, where bizarre creatures are locked in a fight for survival. This planet is your body. You are home to a trillion cells that are not us - yet are the making of us. They live on your skin, inside your gut and even in your brain. You are not just human. And if you’d get rid of the bugs you’d die. When Leeuwenhoek first looked through a simple microscope he discovered the world of germs. Our perception of life is changing again by sequencing our second self - our microbiome. English, 50 minutes
Two-part series in which Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how, by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal almost everything we know about the universe. But in the last 30 years we have discovered that far from seeing everything, we have seen virtually nothing. Our best estimate is that more than 99 percent of the universe is actually hidden in the dark. English, 60 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Life on TERRA CO-PRODUCTION CO Montana State University PRODUCER Executive Producers: Dennis Aig, Gianna Savoie, Senior Producers: Jeff Reed, Roshan Patel
PRODUCTION CO Smith & Nasht CO-PRODUCTION CO Mona Lisa Productions PRODUCER Simon Nasht, Thierry Berrod DIRECTOR Annamaria Talas CAMERA Sandor Varkonyi WRITER Annamaria Talas, Simon Nasht NARRATOR Martha Dussedlorp OTHER CREDITS A Screen Australia, ARTE, SBS production
PRODUCTION CO BBC Television PRODUCER Stephen Cooter, Executive Producer: Jonathan Renouf DIRECTOR Stephen Cooter CAMERA Cinematographer: Tom Hayward SOUND Sound Recordist: Richard Munns EDITOR David Fairhead, Sam Billinge NARRATOR Jim Al Khalili
Simon Nasht Smith & Nasht 14 Meagher St. Chippendale Sydney, 2008 Australia
BBC Television BBC Television New Broadcasting House, Portland Place London, W1A 1AA United Kingdom
www.lifeonterra.com
Life on TERRA MSU-Bozeman P.O. Box 173350 Bozeman, MT 59717 United States (571) 345-8875 roshan@lifeonterra.com
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Live From Space
Living Fossils
Living Lab Radio
14-153 Physical Sciences, Best Integrated/CrossPlatform Media
14-154 Earth Sciences
14-155 Radio & Podcast Media
With unique access to and footage from the ISS and Mission Control, National Geographic Channel’s Live From Space goes into orbit with astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Koichi Wakata from the ISS. Astronaut Mike Massimino (most notably known for fixing the Hubble Telescope) will keep viewers grounded with Soledad O’Brien live from Houston. The ISS orbits Earth every 90 minutes, meaning NGC quite literally takes viewers on a trip around the world, sharing incredible looks at the planet, from sunset and sunrise, to city lights and green aurora, to lightning storms and shooting stars. Astronauts, flight controllers and researchers will be featured in original segments from the ISS and NASA Mission Control during the course of the two-hour live event. English, 88 minutes
In the deep, dark waters off the coast of Roatan, Honduras, strange flowerlike animals flourish. These sea lilies and feather stars, known as Crinoids, have been around in various forms since before the age of Dinosaurs. Now experts descend into the deep to study the animals from a submersible. English, 27 minutes
Science is more than an end result. It is a creative endeavor, a passion, a worldview and a way of life. Living Lab Radio explores the people and process of science through a variety of lenses – discussing trends like citizen science or art-science collaborations, examining the nuances of stories in the news, and telling the personal stories of scientists. Living Lab Radio was conceived by host Dr. Heather Goldstone, who holds a Ph.D. in ocean science, as a way to share her own love of science with a broader audience. English, 3x50 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Arrow Media in association with Channel 4 and National Geographic Channels PRODUCER Al Berman, Sally Dixon TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Gen Quintanilla CAMERA Kevin Robertson, Allen Leader HOST Soledad O’Brien
PRODUCTION CO WPBT2 PRODUCER Alexa Elliott, Associate Producer: Julie Hollenbeck DESIGNER Animation Design: Norman Silva CAMERA Videographers: Sean Hickey, Allan Farrell EDITOR Sean Hickey WRITER Alexa Elliott NARRATOR Peter Thomas
PRODUCTION CO WCAI PRODUCER Heather Goldstone, Production Assistants: Jennifer Junker, Alecia Orsini HOST Heather Goldstone
www.changingseas.tv
capeandislands.org/programs/living-lab
Alexa Elliott WPBT2 14901 NE 20 Ave. Miami, FL 33181 United States
Heather Goldstone WCAI 3 Water St. Woods Hole, MA 02543 United States
(305) 424-4185 alexa_elliott@wpbt.org
(508) 548-9600 heather_goldstone@capeandislands.org
National Geographic Channel 1145 17th St. NW Washington, DC 20036 United States
Changing Seas
Life and Legacy of Louis Agassiz Archaeology of Ancient Culture From Distraction to Discovery
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Lludw, Mwd ac Ia (Ash, Mud and Ice)
Lost in Migration – Copper’s Effect on Alaska’s Salmon
Love Thy Nature
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Short Program
Environmental & Conservation Sciences, Human & Social Sciences, Visualization
Professor Siwan Davies from Swansea University specializes in conducting research on ash, mud and ice to analyze climate change and the speed at which such episodes took place. Siwan discusses her trip to Greenland to assist with drilling work to obtain ice blocks in which ash from volcanic eruptions has been deposited. We travel with Siwan to Copenhagen, Denmark, where samples are cut into manageable portions and then transported back to Wales for further experiments. Siwan discusses the dangers of climate change and advises that it is our responsibility to look after the environment for the benefit of future generations. Welsh, 24 minutes
The proposed Pebble mine near Bristol Bay, Alaska could have profound impacts on the salmon population. This film explores the effects of even small amounts of copper in the salmon’s spawning grounds. English, 5 minutes
Narrated by Liam Neeson, Love Thy Nature is a documentary film that takes viewers on an awe-inspiring cinematic journey into the beauty and intimacy of our relationship with the natural world. Neeson is the voice of “Sapiens” - our collective humankind - who faces possible death due to the severity of Earth’s environmental crisis. But, inspired by experts’ insights, Sapiens awakens to the realization that a renewed connection with nature holds the key to a highly advanced new era: the Biological Revolution. English, 76 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Telesgop PRODUCER Elin Rhys DIRECTOR Haydn Denman SOUND Huw Parry EDITOR Geraint Huw Reynolds WRITER Elin Rhys NARRATOR Elin Rhys
PRODUCTION CO The Story Group PRODUCER Ted Wood, Beth Wald DIRECTOR Ted Wood WRITER Ted Wood
PRODUCTION CO In the Light Productions Inc. PRODUCER Sylvie Rokab, Co-Producers: Tamra Raven, Elaine Souda DIRECTOR Sylvie Rokab CAMERA Rohan Chitrakar, Eriberto Almeida Jr. SOUND Aaron Muncy, Daniel Scuffle COMPOSER François-Paul Aiche WRITER Sylvie Rokab, Fernanda Rossi (Dramaturgist) NARRATOR Liam Neeson OTHER CREDITS Animators: Mauro Co
www.telesgop.co.uk
vimeo.com/73478818
lovethynature.com
Elin Rhys Telesgop Bay Studios Fabian Way Swansea, SA18QB United Kingdom
Ted Wood The Story Group 1135 Pearl St. #207 Boulder, CO 80302 United States
Sylvie Rokab In the Light Productions 1569 Michael Ln. Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 United States
+17 92824567 lowri.daniel@telesgop.co.uk
(303) 817-5223 twood@thestorygroup.org
(310) 459-3842 Sylvie@lovethynature.com
Dibendraw
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Making History Again: The 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan
Mapping the Blue
Marshland Dreams
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Short Program, Online & Interactive Media
Environmental & Conservation Sciences
Short Program
The Charles W. Morgan is the oldest whaling ship in the world. Painstakingly restored by the Mystic Seaport Museum, it is sailing again during the summer of 2014. Instead of transporting whalers, the wooden vessel is bringing scientists and historians to ports in southern New England to engage the public about whale conservation and maritime history. Making History Again: The 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan was produced for the Mystic Seaport Museum. The short film orients visitors dockside to the Morgan, and it will also become part of a future permanent installation at the Mystic Seaport Museum. English, 7 minutes
In 2012 the Cook Islands announced the largest Marine Park on Earth. In stunning 4K imagery this film tells the story of how Kevin Iro, founder of the park, and his team use a high tech GIS system to designate multi-use areas inside the pristine park. English, 29 minutes
Iraq’s Mesopotamian Marshes are known as the birthplace of civilization. Situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the area was once an oasis of aquatic wildlife filled with lush reed beds, water buffalo, lions, foxes and otters. It was also one of the world’s most important migratory bird flyways. The marshes had been a vital life force for centuries until Saddam Hussein destroyed them. Azzam Alwash took on the challenge of restoring the wetlands to their original splendor and in the process created Iraq’s first National Park. Narrated by Robert Redford, Marshland Dreams illustrates how one person - armed with intelligence, courage and conviction - can affect extraordinary change. English, 6 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Northern Light Productions PRODUCER Ben Avishai DIRECTOR Ben Avishai CAMERA Jesse Beecher SOUND Brady Holden EDITOR Andy Kukura WRITER Ben Avishai NARRATOR Jesse Beecher OTHER CREDITS Graphics: James Carlsen
PRODUCER Alison Barrat CAMERA Ernie Kovacs SOUND Malcolm Cromie EDITOR Mickey Green WRITER Alison Barrat
PRODUCTION CO Mill Valley Film Group PRODUCER John Antonelli, Will Parrinello DIRECTOR John Antonelli DESIGNER Kara Adanalian CAMERA Andrew Black WRITER John Antonelli NARRATOR Robert Redford
http://nlprod.com/
www.mvfg.com
Ben Avishai Northern Light Productions 300 Western Ave. Boston, MA 2135 United States
Alison Barrat Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation 8181 Professional Pl. Suite 215 Landover, MD 20785 United States
John Antonelli Mill Valley Film Group 31 East Pier Sausalito, CA 94965 United States
(617) 789-4344 bavishai@nlprod.com
(301) 577-1288 barrat@lof.org
(415) 225-3909 mvfg@aol.com
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Meet the Coywolf
Megastorm Aftermath
Mermaids: The New Evidence
14-162 Biological/Life Sciences
14-163 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
14-164 Biological/Life Sciences, Writing
The coywolf, a mixture of western coyote and eastern wolf, is a remarkable new hybrid carnivore that is taking over territories once roamed by wolves and slipping unnoticed into our cities. Its appearance is very recent in evolutionary terms. Beginning in Canada, the story of how it came to be is an extraordinary tale of how quickly adaptation and evolution can occur, especially when humans interfere. Tag along as scientists study this new top predator, tracking it from the wilderness of Ontario’s Algonquin Park, through parking lots, alleys and backyards in Toronto all the way to the streets of NYC. English, 54 minutes
How can cities prepare for rising seas and raging storms? English, 57 minutes
Mermaids: The New Evidence is the sequel to Animal Planet’s Mermaids: The Body Found. This uniquely scripted docufiction film tells the story of scientists who believe they may have discovered evidence suggesting that mermaids are real, and that the government is hiding information that would confirm their existence. Blending fact and fiction, the film used real-world events to support the story and create a world where these creatures a very much real. English, 42 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Coy Wolf Inc. CO-PRODUCTION CO THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation PRODUCER Producer and Executive Producer for Coy Wolf Inc.: Susan Fleming, Executive Producer for NATURE: Fred Kaufman, Series Producer for NATURE: Bill Murphy, Executive Producer for CBC: Sue Dando, Senior Producer for CBC: Caroline Underwood DIRECTOR Susan Fleming DESIGNER Peter Kovalik CAMERA Keith Brust, Paul Mercer, Hugo Kitching, Susan Fleming, Director of Photography: Nick de Pencier, Aerial Photography: Chris Chanda, Specialty Camera Rig: Mike Johnson, Fly Freeman: Georgia Kovalik SOUND Nick de Pencier, Peter Sawade EDITOR Carole Larsen, Robert Swartz, Series Editor for NATURE: Janet Hess WRITER Siobhan Flanagan, Gary Lang NARRATOR Nora Young OTHER CREDITS Research: Elizabeth Cook, Jen Ciraldo, Production Manager/Business Affairs: Andrea Minty, Post Production Supervisor: Joseph Murnaghan
PRODUCTION CO A NOVA Production by Miles O’Brien Productions LLC PRODUCER Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Executive Producer: Julia Cort, Additional Producers: Kate Tobin, Suzi Tobias, Cameron Hickey DIRECTOR Miles O’Brien CAMERA Cameron Hickey, Miles O’Brien WRITER Miles O’Brien NARRATOR Craig Sechler
PRODUCTION CO Discovery Original Content Group CO-PRODUCTION CO Discovery Creative PRODUCER Mary Clare Baquet MATT DIRECTOR Christina Bavetta CAMERA Jim Ball SOUND Bob Aldridge WRITER Vaibhav Bhatt, Charlie Foley, Jamie Dugger HOST Jon Frankel
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/meet-thecoywolf/meet-the-coywolf/8605
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/ megastorm-aftermath.html
Jayne Jun THIRTEEN/WNET 825 8th Ave. 14th Floor New York, NY 10019 United States
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Discovery Communications 850 3rd Ave. 8th Fl New York New York, NY 10022 United States
(212) 560-8245 junj@thirteen.org
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
(212) 548-5346 karl_rodulfo@discovery.com
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Meteor Strike
Michael Mosley: Infested
Micro-science: The Honey Bee
14-165 Physical Sciences, Editing, Audioscape, Writing
14-166 Hosted or Presenter-Led
14-167 Visualization
A meteor burst into a fireball over Siberia. Can we spot the next deadly asteroid in time? English, 57 minutes
Dr. Michael Mosley explores the bizarre and fascinating world of parasites by turning his body into a living laboratory and deliberately infesting himself with them. He travels to Kenya to give himself tapeworm - a parasite that can grow to many metres inside the human gut. He also encounters lice, leeches and the deadly malaria parasite, before swallowing a pill-camera to reveal what’s growing within him. By the end of his infestation Michael learns a new-found respect for these extraordinary creatures, which can live off and even take control of their hosts for their own survival English, 60 minutes
The thrill of exploring an object with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) machine is hugely addictive and we wanted to bring some of that excitement and accessibility to a digital audience. By taking hundreds of SEM images, at various magnifications, we were able to stack them together to create an immersive zoom effect that plunged the viewer into the miniature world of the honey bee. Then, by working closely with bee researchers, we were able to add info-graphics that turned the clip it a scientific and educational resource as well as a captivating visual experience. English, 4 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Produced by Pioneer Film and Television Productions Limited for NOVA/ WGBH in association with Channel 4 PRODUCER Chris Schmidt, Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell DIRECTOR Susannah Ward CAMERA Mike Garner, David Langan, Ivan Hinchley, Alex Macdonald, Gennady Nemykh, Steven Pennington, Will Lodge, Wally Corbett, Vince Beeton, Scott May SOUND Sound recordists: Ali Pares, Sarah Hunt, Mick Maydock, Kristian Edwards, Rafick Affejee, Igor Ushankov, Ben Livingstone, Frank Mannino NARRATOR Corey Johnson
PRODUCTION CO BBC Television PRODUCER Nathan Williams, Executive Producer: Jonathan Renouf DIRECTOR Nathan Williams HOST Michael Mosley EDITOR Martin Johnson
PRODUCTION CO BBC Earth Productions PRODUCER Simon Baxter, Executive Producer: Charlotte Jones, Assistant Producer: Nicola Brown
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/meteorstrike.html Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=snXnM5jXMVQ BBC Television BBC Television New Broadcasting House, Portland Place London, W1A 1AA United Kingdom
BBC Earth Productions BH, 11/13 TPR Whiteladies Rd. Bristol, BS8 2LR United Kingdom
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
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Mind of a Rampage Killer
Monster Squid: The Giant Is Real
Moons: Worlds of Mystery
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14-169
14-170
Human & Social Sciences
Biological/Life Sciences
Physical Sciences, Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format), Audioscape, Writing, Visualization
What makes a person walk into a theater or a church or a classroom full of students and open fire? What combination of circumstances compels a human being to commit the most inhuman of crimes? Can science in any way help us understand these horrificevents and provide any clues as to how to prevent them in the future? As the nation tries to understand the tragic events at Newtown, NOVA correspondent Miles O’Brien separates fact from fiction, investigating new theories that the most destructive rampage killers are driven most of all, not by the urge to kill, but the wish to die. English, 57 minutes
Discovery Channel and NHK have joined forces to undertake the most ambitious search ever mounted to find the greatest mystery of the deep, the giant squid. With razor-toothed suckers and eyes the size of dinner plates, tales of the creature have been around since ancient times. The Norse legend of the sea monster, the Kraken, and the Scylla from Greek mythology might have derived from the giant squid. This massive predator has always been shrouded in secrecy, and every attempt to capture a live giant squid on camera in its natural habitat, considered by many to be the Holy Grail of natural history filmmaking, has failed. Until now. English, 88 minutes
Moons: Worlds of Mystery immerses you in the amazing diversity of moons and the important roles they play in shaping our solar system. Follow in the footsteps of astronauts to our silvery Moon, then venture beyond to unfamiliar and exotic worlds. Journey to the outer planets and their moons, and return home with newfound wonder about the dynamic and intricate solar system in which we all live. English, 35 minutes
PRODUCTION CO A NOVA Production by Miles O’Brien Productions LLC and Little Bay Pictures PRODUCER Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Executive Producer: Julia Cort, Additional Producing: Kate Tobin, Michael Bicks, Sarah Holt, Terri Randall DIRECTOR Miles O’Brien CAMERA Cameron Hickey, Thomas Danielczik, Joseph Friedman, Steve Kazmierski SOUND Sean O’Neil, Chuck Rosina
PRODUCTION CO Produced by Discovery Studios LLC, In association with Creative Differences CO-PRODUCTION CO In coproduction with NHK/NHK Enterprises PRODUCER Executive Producers: Leslie Schwerin, Erik Nelson, Christine Weber, Mike Masland, Dave Harding, Supervising Producer: Amy Briamonte DIRECTOR Leslie Schwerin TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Jill Koch CAMERA Director of Photography: Gordy Waterman NARRATOR Chris Corley
PRODUCTION CO Charles Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science PRODUCER Planetarium Show Producer: Danielle Khoury LeBlan DIRECTOR Planetarium Director: David Rabkin DESIGNER Animation and Effects Artists: Charles Wilcox, Wade Sylvester SOUND Sheldon Mirowitz, R. Berred Ouellette NARRATOR Ed Helms OTHER CREDITS Systems and Technical Coordinator: Darryl Davis, Production Support: Amanda Thompson, Talia Sepersky, Science Advisor: Matt Holman
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Discovery Channel 10100 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 1500 Los Angeles, CA 90067 United States
Danielle LeBlanc Museum of Science, Boston 1 Science Park Boston, MA 2114 United States
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
(310) 779-7629 chris@awardsinsider.com
(617) 589-0272 dleblanc@mos.org
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My American Farm
My My Maria
Mysteries of the Unseen World
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14-172
14-173
Children’s Education, Online & Interactive Media
Best Integrated/Cross-Platform Media, Online & Interactive Media
Physical Sciences, Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format)
Learners dive into discovery of the science behind the production, processing and stewardship of our food, fiber and natural resources through My American Farm. This free, online platform, boasts 19 standards-aligned games that reinforce STEM concepts for pre-k through 5th grade learners. Significant components which were completed between 6/1/12 and 6/1/14 include the following games: Power Up, The Great Seed Search, Load the Lunchbox, My Little Ag Me, In My Barn, Farmer’s Market Challenge. The My American Farm app was also released in 2013, with an updated version scheduled in 2014. The program is in its 5th year in development. English
My My Maria was a student-led multimedia educational resource combining wilderness field trips with the development of public online reports, online video and interactive iPhone App development. It delivered the opportunity for regional high school students to learn to research, plan and conduct wilderness expeditions that required team-work and trust, and communication projects requiring discipline to feed information back to an engaged online audience using satellite phones, video and App technology. This interactive project had real-world obligations requiring cooperation from students from different schools on the ground and online. In their words, “Made by students for the world to enjoy”! English
Mysteries of the Unseen World will transport audiences to places on this planet that they have never been before, to see things that are beyond their normal vision, yet literally right in front of their eyes. Mysteries of the Unseen World will reveal phenomena that can’t be seen with the naked eye, taking audiences into earthly worlds secreted away in different dimensions of time and scale. English, 39 minutes
PRODUCTION CO American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture CO-PRODUCTION CO Web Development: Monarch Media DESIGNER Content Design: Vivayic Inc, Graphic Design: Tolman Bryant, Woody White WRITER Doug Kueker, Angela Mayfield, Miranda Carls NARRATOR Jeff Hoyt, Randye Kaye, Ted Brooks
PRODUCTION CO Bookend Trust CO-PRODUCTION CO Rosny College, Tasmanian Department of Education PRODUCER Niall Doran DIRECTOR Andrew Hughes, Owen Andrews
PRODUCTION CO National Geographic Entertainment CO-PRODUCTION CO Day’s End Pictures PRODUCER Lisa Truitt, Jini Durr DIRECTOR Louis Shwartzberg TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Andrew Lewis DESIGNER Laura Groesbeck, Molly Harrison CAMERA Sean Macleod Phillips SOUND Ronald G. Roumas WRITER Frederick Richards NARRATOR Forest Whitaker
www.myamericanfarm.org
www.bookendtrust.com/my-my-maria
movies.nationalgeographic.com/movies/ mysteries-of-the-unseen-world/
Angela Mayfield American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture 600 Maryland Ave. SW Suite 1000W Washington, DC 20024 United States
Niall Doran Bookend Trust PO Box 310 Sandy Bay, 7006 Australia
Antonietta Monteleone National Geographic Cinema Ventures 161 Sixth Ave. 15th Floor New York, NY 10013 United States
+61 409222133 info@bookendtrust.com
(212) 224-8467 amontele@ngs.org
(800) 443-8456
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NanoSpace - The Molecularium Project
Nature Works Everywhere Website
Nature Works to Make Clean Energy
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14-175
14-176
Best Integrated/Cross-Platform Media, Children’s Education, Online & Interactive Media
Online & Interactive Media
Children’s Education
NanoSpace is an interactive online theme park where kids can discover and explore the world of atoms and molecules through fun games, activities and short animations. With over 25 different games and attractions, a wide range of scientific concepts are introduced and explored in fun ways, from filling the electron shells of an atom to building molecules and replicating a strand of DNA. Visitors to NanoSpace learn through active participation, exploration and play. English, 30 minutes
Nature Works Everywhere is The Nature Conservancy’s premiere online digital education platform that delivers standards-aligned videos, lesson plans and interactive curriculum directly to students and teachers online and for free. Nature Works Everywhere helps students learn the science behind how nature works for us and how they can help keep nature running strong. English
Solar and wind power are important renewable energy sources. Unlike the non-renewable energy sources that humans currently use (fossil fuels, coal and natural gas), solar and wind power can quickly replenish themselves and are available in a never-ending supply. Learn the benefits and drawbacks of renewable energies in this video and explore why solar and wind power are such important sources of renewable energy. English, 4 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Rensselaer’s Molecularium Project CO-PRODUCTION CO Nanotoon Entertainment PRODUCER Kurt Przybilla, Executive Producers: Dick Siegel, Linda Schadler, Shekhar Garde DIRECTOR Owen Bush DESIGNER Adam Grossman, Jack Turner
PRODUCTION CO The Nature Conservancy PRODUCER Project Director: Sara Elliott, Project Manager: Angela Brisson DESIGNER Local Projects
PRODUCTION CO The Nature Conservancy PRODUCER Executive Producers: Sara Elliott, Chun-Wei Yi DIRECTOR Chun-Wei Yi DESIGNER Sara Elliott CAMERA Chun-Wei Yi WRITER Chun-Wei Yi NARRATOR Chun-Wei Yi
nanospace.molecularium.com
www.natureworkseverywhere.org
www.natureworkseverywhere.org
Richard Siegel Rensselaer’s Molecularium Project 110 8th St. Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center Troy, NY 12180 United States
Angela Brisson The Nature Conservancy 4245 N. Fairfax Dr. Arlington, VA 22203 United States
Angela Brisson The Nature Conservancy 4245 N. Fairfax Dr. Arlington, VA 22203 United States
(518) 276-8846 sieger@rpi.edu
(919) 606-0103 abrisson@tnc.org
919 606 0103 abrisson@tnc.org
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Next Meal: Engineering Food
ScienceNOW
Inside Animal Minds
QUEST
How Smart Can We Get? Can I Eat That? What Are Animals Thinking?
Bird Genius Dogs & Super Senses Who’s the Smartest
14-177
14-178
14-179
Medical Sciences
Best Series or Limited Series Category
Best Series or Limited Series Category
Are the benefits of genetically engineered foods worth the risks? Explore how genetically engineered crops are made, their pros and cons, and what the future holds for research and regulations such as labeling. English, 27 minutes
David Pogue takes us into labs and kitchens where everything from junk food to Thanksgiving turkey is diced, sliced, dissected and put under the microscope. We’ll also learn how to boost our memories and meet people who became savants after injuries. In addition, we’ll probe animal morality, the “swarm intelligence” of a beehive and the amazing navigation talents of pigeons. English, 3x57 minutes
In this series, go inside the brains of three smart animals - dogs, birds, and dolphins. English, 3x57 minutes
PRODUCTION CO KQED PRODUCER Gabriela Quiros, Executive Producer: Jason Black, Associate Producer: Arwen Curry, Coordinating Producer: Adrienne Calo EDITOR Managing Editor: Lisa Landers
PRODUCTION CO NOVA/WGBH PRODUCER Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Executive Producer: Julia Cort DIRECTOR Terri Randall, Doug Hamilton CAMERA Ben McCoy, Thomas Danielczik, Greg Andracke, Bruce Nixon, Austin De Besche, Keith Walker, Bruce Anderson, Fulvio Paolocci, Christian Stolz, Tony Forma, Kevin Bond, Jason Longo, Bruce Nixon, Steve Becker WRITER Doug Hamilton, Jesse Sweet HOST David Pogue
PRODUCTION CO A BBC/NOVA Co-Production CO-PRODUCTION CO BBC PRODUCER Julia Graham Russell, Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Series Producer: Jacqueline Smith DIRECTOR Graham Russell, Matt Barrett NARRATOR Lance Lewman
NOVA (Season 6)
http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/next-mealengineering-food/
NOVA
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/insideanimal-minds.html
Sevda Eris KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110 United States
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
(415) 553-2835 seris@kqed.org
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
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Making Stuff II
Ocean Acidification
Odonates
14-180 Best Series or Limited Series Category
14-181 Best Integrated/Cross-Platform Media
14-182 Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
Host David Pogue hits the road to explore the frontiers of invention and innovation. English, 3x55 minutes
A team of educators works closely with producers at the National Science Foundation-funded QUEST public media collaborative to create thematic multimedia packages for use in and out of the classroom. The Ocean Acidification package from KCTS 9 in Seattle is comprised of 5 separate digital learning assets: 1) background essay, 2) introductory vocabulary flashcard game, 3) slideshow, 4) video, 5) concept review jeopardy game. 100% of teacher participants at a Seattle Aquarium workshop said they see themselves using this resource in their 5th-6th grade classrooms. English
This short film explores the life cycle of an insect that predates the dinosaurs by 100 million years. Dragonflies and Damselflies make up the order Odonata, with over 6,000 species world wide. Here in James River Park we discover their unique abilities of flight, sight, and reproduction. English, 5 minutes
PRODUCTION CO A NOVA Production by Big House Productions, Inc. for WGBH/Boston PRODUCER Daniel McCabe, Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Executive Producer: Chris Schmidt DIRECTOR Daniel McCabe CAMERA Steve Bores, Mario Cardenas, John Garrett, John Gooch, Kim Hartmann, Michael Krikorian, Axel Lischke, Adrian Tucker, Richard Fox, Bruce Douglas Johnson, Thorsten Thielow SOUND Steve Bores, Mario Cardenas, John Garrett, John Gooch, Kim Hartmann, Michael Krikorian, Axel Lischke, Adrian Tucker EDITOR Daniel McCabe, Justin Vaida WRITER Daniel McCabe HOST David Pogue
PRODUCTION CO KCTS 9 PRODUCER Jennifer Morton, QUEST Coordinating Producer: Katie Jennings TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Madeleine Pisaneschi DESIGNER Laila Kazmi, Brook Ellingwood CAMERA Greg Davis EDITOR Laila Kazmi WRITER Jennifer Morton NARRATOR Kayla Black
PRODUCTION CO Emerging Earth Films PRODUCER Anne Wright, Altria Grant DIRECTOR Melissa Lesh, Anne Wright CAMERA Melissa Lesh WRITER Melissa Lesh NARRATOR Ralph White
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/makingmore-stuff.html
science.kqed.org/quest/ed-collection/oceanacidification-2/
https://vimeo.com/78447132
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 2135 United States
Katie Jennings KCTS 9 401 Mercer St. Seattle, WA 98109 United States
Melissa Lesh Emerging Earth Films 606 W. 28th St. Richmond, VA 23225 United States
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
(206) 443-6711 kjennings@kcts9.org
608-609-6668 leshm@vcu.edu
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On the Back of Whales
Orbi
Ordinary Extraordinary Junco
14-183 Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
14-184 Best Integrated/Cross-Platform Media
14-185 Biological/Life Sciences
This film is about the positive and negative effects of marine ecotourism; it evaluates ecotourism through an investigation of whale watching in Kaikoura, New Zealand. It searches for the ways to balance the needs of animals and the needs of business, and show the importance of whales to the local indigenous culture. English, 26 minutes
ORBI is the largest and most ambitious wildlife themed visitor attraction in the world, combining SEGA’s immersive and interactive technology and BBC Earth’s genre-defining content. The “exhibition” zone contains 12 interactive exhibits which placing the audience in the heart of a wildlife experience- from feeling the cold of a polar blizzard, to soaring over iconic landscapes, to standing in the middle of a wildebeest stampede. The Mainshow theatre seats over 300 people and houses the word’s widest cinema screen, along with a 22 channel 3D sound system, infrasonic transducers, smoke, scent, wind and strobe effects. English
Say hello to the Junco, a common and abundant, yet amazing and diverse, group of songbirds. The same bird that can be found in the backyards of millions of North Americans has played a starring role in scientific discoveries for nearly a century. From the Appalachian mountains of Virginia to Wyoming’s Grand Tetons-to remote highland sites in Mexico and Guatemala--to a small Pacific island 200 miles offshore--join researchers on their quest to understand evolution, animal behavior, physiology, and genetics by studying the Ordinary Extraordinary Junco. This feature film is composed of eight (3-20 min.) segments suitable for use as teaching modules. English, 88 minutes
DIRECTOR Mio Hoshino CAMERA Mio Hoshino SOUND Mio Hoshino, Shaun Kindred, Music: Chris Geddes WRITER Mio Hoshino NARRATOR Marcus Turner OTHER CREDITS Mentors: Ross Johnston, Robert Brown, John Hyde, Film Assistant: Shaun Kindred, Graphic (Kraken): Lindsey Horne, Archive Footage: NHNZ, Benjamin Levy, Kaikoura District Museum, Cast: Dr. Steve Dawson, Marcus Solomon, Mike Morrissey
PRODUCTION CO BBC Earth Productions PRODUCER Ben Roy, Charlotte Jones: Executive Producer DIRECTOR Laura Coates EDITOR Mark Robertson
PRODUCTION CO Indiana University CO-PRODUCTION CO National Science Foundation, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior PRODUCER Executive Producer: Ellen Ketterson, Producer: Jonathan Atwell, Assistant Producer: Steve Burns DIRECTOR Co-Directors: Jonathan Atwell, Steve Burns DESIGNER Graphics: Joseph Toth CAMERA Principal Cinematography: Steve Burns, Select Cinematography: Joseph Toth, Second Unit Cinematography: Jonathan Atwell WRITER Co-Writers: Jonathan Atwell, Steve Burns NARRATOR Yael Ksander OTHER CREDITS Associate Producer: Christy Burns, Associate Producer: Amanda Brothers, Graphics Assistant: Derek Quinn juncoproject.org
Mio Hoshino N/A 4-14-21 Kitatomigaoka Nara, 6310001 Japan
Laura Down BBC Earth Productions Broadcasting House, 11/13 TPR, Whiteladies Rd, Bristol Bristol, UK, BS8 2LR United Kingdom
Jonathan Atwell Indiana University, Department of Biology 1001 E. 3rd St. Bloomington, IN 47405 United States
64221917889 mio769@gmail.com
+44 1179747872 laura.down@bbc.com
(563) 299-4112 jwatwell@indiana.edu
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Ordinary Extraordinary Junco
Our Future Forests: Beyond Bark Beetles
Our Pale Blue Dot - A Film for Science On a Sphere
14-186 Best Series or Limited Series Category
14-187 Best Series or Limited Series Category
14-188 Online & Interactive Media
Say hello to the Junco, a common and abundant, yet amazing and diverse, group of songbirds. The same bird that can be found in the backyards of millions of North Americans has played a starring role in scientific discoveries for nearly a century. From the Appalachian mountains of Virginia to Wyoming’s Grand Tetons to remote highland sites in Mexico and Guatemala - to a small Pacific island 200 miles offshore - join researchers on their quest to understand evolution, animal behavior, physiology and genetics by studying the Ordinary Extraordinary Junco. This series is composed of eight (3-20 minutes) segments suitable for use as teaching modules. English, 3x15 minutes
Our Future Forests: Beyond Bark Beetles is a ten-part short-film series exploring how bark beetles are changing forests in western North America. Mountain Pine Beetle, an animated film, introduces viewers to the tiny insect that has ravaged our forests. The following videos take viewers to meet a rock climber, forester, botanist, geophysicist and a range of other characters who are watching forests die and responding in different ways to the changes they see. The films were shot in the Medicine BowRoutt National Forests of Colorado and Wyoming. English, 3x5 minutes
For the people of Earth. This is a love story – the one where we discover our home planet from the vantage point of space. We now have a perspective our ancestors could only have dreamed of. In 1990, Carl Sagan inspired the famous Voyager 1 image of Earth, which he later labeled the “Pale Blue Dot”. Our film begins here and carries the viewer from the earliest images of Earth to the present, where fleets of satellites orbit our planet, continuously monitoring our global climate. When we look at this data, what do we see? And why do we care? English, 8 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Indiana University CO-PRODUCTION CO National Science Foundation, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior PRODUCER Jonathan Atwell, Executive Producer: Ellen Ketterson, Assistant Producer: Steve Burns DIRECTOR Co-Directors: Jonathan Atwell, Steve Burns DESIGNER Graphics: Joseph Toth CAMERA Principal Cinematography: Steve Burns, Select Cinematography: Joseph Toth, Second Unit Cinematography: Jonathan Atwell EDITOR Editor: Steve Burns, Co-Editor: Jonathan Atwell, Post Editor: Joseph Toth WRITER Co-Writers: Jonathan Atwell, Steve Burns NARRATOR Yael Ksander OTHER CREDITS Associate Producers: Christy Burns, Amanda Brothers, Graphics Assistant: Derek Quinn
PRODUCTION CO U.S. Forest Service, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest CO-PRODUCTION CO University of Wyoming Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources PRODUCER Morgan Heim, Aaron Voos, Emilene Ostlind CAMERA Morgan Heim WRITER Aaron Voos, Emilene Ostlind NARRATOR Emilene Ostlind
PRODUCTION CO Verglas Media PRODUCER Victoria Weeks, Eric Erbe DIRECTOR Victoria Weeks TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Victoria Weeks CAMERA Victoria Weeks SOUND William Peterson WRITER Victoria Weeks NARRATOR William Peterson OTHER CREDITS Animator: Raymond McCarthy Bergeron, Script Editor: William Peterson, Science Advisor: Eric Erbe, Source Datasets Courtesy: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Scientific Visualization Studio, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Science On a Sphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA Visualization Lab, NASA Johnson Space Center, ISS Video courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote, Launch/ Historical Footage by: NASA & NOAA & JAXA, Additional Footage: ShutterStock.com, Special Thanks: Anna Cooper, World Science Festival, Closing Quote by Carl Sagan - from the book “Pale Blue Dot”
juncoproject.org
www.beyondbarkbeetles.org
verglasmedia.com/ourpalebluedot
Jonathan Atwell Indiana University, Department of Biology 1001 E. 3rd St. Bloomington, IN 47405 United States
Emilene Ostlind Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources 804 E Fremont St. Laramie, WY 82072 United States
Victoria Weeks Verglas Media 622 Canaan Heights Rd. Davis, WV 26260 United States
(563) 299-4112 jwatwell@indiana.edu
(307) 766-2604 emilene@uwyo.edu
(301) 980-9867
Diversification I: The Dark-eyed Juncos Diversification II: South of the Border The Mysterious Juncos of Guadalupe Island
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Outrageous Acts of Science
Palila PSA
Pandas: The Journey Home
14-189 Best Series or Limited Series Category
14-190 Short Program
14-191 Environmental & Conservation Sciences, Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format)
The internet is ridden with clips of people doing crazy, hilarious and downright amazing things. Science Channel’s Outrageous Acts of Science highlights it all from human powered flying machines and space explorers to backwards talking girls and a robot rock band, the series counts down a definitive top 20 clips of people doing the extraordinary in each episode. With episodes dedicated to homemade inventions, human guinea pigs, nature obsessed thrillers and pure danger junkies the team of scientists deconstructs how each action in the clip worked, the risk and why it shouldn’t be tried at home. English, 3x60 minutes
The Palila is a critically endangered native Hawaiian forest bird that only lives in a small area of Hawai‘i Island’s tallest mountain, Mauna Kea. This 30-second PSA aims to bring awareness to Hawai‘i’s residents of the importance of this bird and what the State of Hawai‘i’s Department of Land and Natural Resources is doing to prevent their extinction. English, 1 minute
Join us as we travel to the mystical Wolong Valley in China and venture behind closed doors at the Research Centre for the Wild Panda. With unprecedented access Oxford Scientific Films reveals the secrets of panda breeding and discovers that the Chinese are on the brink of achieving an extraordinary environmental turnaround. English, 36 minutes
PRODUCTION CO October Films PRODUCER Executive Producers: Denman Rooke, Wyatt Channell, Kaitlin McIntyre, Tom Gorham, Abigail Williams, Assistant Producers: Laura Offer, Bev Prosser
PRODUCER Eric Camins, Executive Producers: Robert Stephens, Lisa Ferentinos, Jackson Bauer DIRECTOR Creative Director: Todd St. John DESIGNER Designer/Animator: Katie Mias WRITER Robert Stephens, Jackson Bauer NARRATOR Jason Scott Lee
PRODUCTION CO National Geographic Entertainment CO-PRODUCTION CO SKY3D & Oxford Scientific Films PRODUCER Caroline Hawkins, Executive Producers: Jeremy Bradshaw, Claire Birks DIRECTOR Nicolas Brown CAMERA Chris Openshaw, Robin Cox SOUND Shuo Li WRITER Nigel Levy NARRATOR Joely Richardson OTHER CREDITS Editing: Mike Morley, Jason Savage, Music: Sam Cardon, Samuel Sim
sciencechannel.com
www.RestoreMaunaKea.org
movies.nationalgeographic.com/movies/ pandas/
Science Channel, a network of Discovery Communications, Inc. One Discovery Place Silver Spring, MD 20910 United States
Jackson Bauer Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project 19 E Kawili St. Hilo, HI 96720 United States
Antonietta Monteleone National Geographic Cinema Ventures 161 Sixth Ave. 15th Floor New York, NY 10013 United States
(808) 942-0895 puumali.kaohe@gmail.com
(212) 224-8467 amontele@ngs.org
Heroes and Hoaxers When Nature Calls Dare Devils
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Pandora’s Promise
Particle Fever
Peregrine Falcon Hunts Downhill Rider
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Environmental & Conservation Sciences
Physical Sciences, Editing
Short Program
Pandora’s Promise, the groundbreaking film by Academy-Award®-nominated director Robert Stone, asks whether the one technology we fear most could save our planet from a climate catastrophe, while providing the energy needed to lift billions of people in the developing world out of poverty. Stone tells the stories of environmentalists and energy experts who have undergone a radical conversion from being fiercely anti to strongly pro-nuclear energy, risking their careers and reputations in the process. Stories of defection by heavy weights include Stewart Brand, Richard Rhodes, Gwyneth Cravens, Mark Lynas and Michael Shellenberger. English, 87 minutes
Imagine being able to watch as Edison turned on the first light bulb, or as Franklin received his first jolt of electricity. Particle Fever gives audiences a front row seat to scientific discovery as it happens. The film follows six brilliant scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, the biggest experiment in history. As they seek to unravel the mysteries of the universe, 10,000 scientists from over 100 countries join in pursuit of a single goal: to recreate conditions that existed moments after the Big Bang and find the Higgs boson, potentially explaining the origin of all matter. English, 99 minutes
To illustrate how devastatingly agile and fast a peregrine falcon is, we wanted to put man against bird, and world champion mountain biker, Gee Atherton, was willing to be the prey. We rigged a mountain course in North Wales with high tech cameras and let Gee race down the trail. To his back we attached a bright lure which the bird was trained to grab. The race was breathtaking. In producing this film we hope to have shown extreme sports enthusiasts that what they do is nothing compared to what nature achieves every day. English, 3 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Impact Partners CO-PRODUCTION CO Vulcan Productions, CNN Films PRODUCER Robert Stone, Jim Swartz, Susan Swartz, Co-Executive Producer: Peter Wagner, Executive Producers: Dan Cogan, Paul G. Allen, Jody Allen, Aimee & Fra DIRECTOR Robert Stone DESIGNER Sound Design: Coll Anderson CAMERA Robert Stone, Howard Shack EDITOR Don Kleszy COMPOSER Score: Gary Lionelli WRITER Robert Stone
PRODUCTION CO PF Productions LLC CO-PRODUCTION CO Anthos Media LLC PRODUCER David Kaplan, Mark Levinson, Andrea Miller, Carla Solomon DIRECTOR Mark Levinson CAMERA Claudia Raschke-Robinson, Wolfgang Held EDITOR Walter Murch COMPOSER Robert Miller OTHER CREDITS MK12 Graphics
PRODUCTION CO BBC Earth Productions PRODUCER Simon Baxter, Executive Producer: Charlotte Jones, Assistant Producer: Sam Hume CAMERA Simon Lewis, Mihali Moore OTHER CREDITS Rider: Gee Atherton, Bird Handler: Lloyd Buck
pandoraspromise.com/#
www.particlefever.com
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=jTJYc8O1ocM
Elizabeth Sheldon Kino Lorber 333 W. 39th St. Ste. 503 New York, NY 10018 United States
Mark Levinson Particle Fever 310 W 72nd St. Apt 5D New York, NY 10023 United States
BBC Earth Productions BH, 11/13 TPR Whiteladies Rd. Bristol, BS8 2LR United Kingdom
(212) 629-6880 elizabethsheldon@gmail.com
(347) 266-4470 levinsonmark@earthlink.net
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Physics of the Light
Pioneers in Science: Rowan and the Junco
Plains
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14-196
14-197
Physical Sciences
Short Program
Environmental & Conservation Sciences, Earth Sciences, Hosted or Presenter-Led
Nowadays, the terms “quantum physics” and “theory of relativity” are commonly used; but not many truly understand what they really mean. And yet, these theories have had a profound impact on our views on the world. In Physics of the Light, we explore the concepts of physics from ubiquitously known theories, such as Newton’s Law of Gravity, to the latest, String Theory and M-Theory. By tying all these theories with the medium of light, we give the audience a deeper understanding of the unseen reality hidden beyond our perception. Korean (English Subtitles), 51 minutes
William Rowan was an early 20th century immigrant to Canada who became one of his era’s most famous scientists through research on the Dark-eyed Junco. Before Rowan, it was unknown what environmental cues animals used to time the seasonal changes in their biology. How do animals know when it is time to migrate or breed each year? Through a groundbreaking experiment, Rowan discovered “photoperiodism” in animals-but his success didn’t come easily! This segment provides a glimpse into the human dimensions of scientific research, conveys the scientific method, and reveals the first study that made juncos well known to biologists. English, 5 minutes
From the African plains to the American Midwest, this episode explores wild grasslands — home to the greatest gathering places of animal life on the planet, yet among the most endangered places on Earth – requiring hoofs and jaws to thrive. The program introduces Alan Savory and film sequences including elephant conservation in South Africa; the first filmed shots of rutting Saiga antelope in Russia; Norwegian locals regulating the reindeer population in unique ways; and how Americans are saving the country’s most-endangered mammal. English, 54 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) PRODUCER Hyungjoon Kim, Sijoon Kim DIRECTOR Hyungjoon Kim, Sijoon Kim TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Wonsuk Choi, Set: Jisun Han DESIGNER Wonsuk Choi, Set: Jisun Han CAMERA Jaeho Jung SOUND Heejoong Kang & Popes WRITER Miran Kim NARRATOR Youngdoo Jung OTHER CREDITS Advised by Prof. Sungook HONG, Additional Footages CERN, Editing Director Min Hee JUNG, Bum Suk LEE, 3D Graphics LOFT, Kwang Woo BAEK, Young Won YOON
PRODUCTION CO Indiana University CO-PRODUCTION CO National Science Foundation, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior PRODUCER Executive Producer: Ellen Ketterson, Producer: Jonathan Atwell, Assistant Producer: Steve Burns, Associate Producer: Christy Burns, Associate Producer: Amanda Brothers DIRECTOR Co-Directors: Jonathan Atwell, Steve Burns DESIGNER Graphics: Joseph Toth CAMERA Cinematography: Joseph Toth WRITER Co-Writers: Jonathan Atwell, Steve Burns NARRATOR Yael Ksander OTHER CREDITS Set Design & Production Assistance: Derek Quinn
PRODUCTION CO National Geographic Television and Passion Planet for PBS PRODUCER Nicolas Brown, David Allen DIRECTOR Nicolas Brown CAMERA Dawson Dunning, Simon de Glanville NARRATOR M. Sanjayan OTHER CREDITS Script Consultant: Liz McLeod
http://www.ebs.co.kr/replay/ show?prodId=348&lectId=10151419
juncoproject.org
Hyungjoon Kim Educational Braodcasting System(EBS) 2748 Nambusunhwanro GangnamGu Seoul, 135-854 South Korea
Jonathan Atwell Indiana University, Department of Biology 1001 E. 3rd St. Bloomington, IN 47405 United States
Light and Time, The Special Theory of Relativity
Earth A New Wild
PBS 2100 Crystal Dr. Arlington, VA 22202 United States
(563) 299-4112 jwatwell@indiana.edu
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Plane Crash
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Planning Your Garden
Plastic Ocean
14-198
14-199
14-200
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Children’s Education
Environmental & Conservation Sciences
In Plane Crash, Discovery conducts a groundbreaking experiment to look at what actually happens during a plane crash and the science behind the passengers’ best chance for survival. Discovery assembled an international team of experts to do the unthinkable deliberately crash a full-size passenger airplane into the remote desert along the U.S.-Mexico border. This experiment utilized crash test dummies as well as sensors throughout the plane to reveal just what types of forces are unleashed in a typical plane crash. Through video footage from inside the plane, viewers see what happens during the moment of impact. English, 87 minutes
Having a successful and productive garden starts with a great plan. In this first How-to-Garden video, learn how to design your garden for the most impact. Maximize the sunlight, water source, soil quality, climate and budget available to you. English, 5 minutes
The Water Brothers embark on a sailing adventure to the middle of the Pacific Ocean with no land in sight in any direction for over 1,200 miles. Joining a group of scientists, water advocates in the Marshall Islands in the south Pacific travel together to the remote ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’, a massive collection of plastic waste congregated together by swirling ocean currents known as gyres. What does the garbage patch look like? How does it affect wildlife and seafood we eat? Where in the world did this massive amount of plastic come from, what can be done about it? English, 25 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Produced by Dragonfly Film And Television Productions Limited & Map TV Limited For Discovery Channel, Prosieben, Channel 4 PRODUCER Ben Lawrie, Richard Max, Executive Producers: Sanjay Singhal, Simon Dickson, Created and Produced by: Geoff Deehan, CoExecutive Producers: Steve Nam, Ryan Senter DIRECTOR Ben Lawrie, Richard Max CAMERA Location Cinematographers: Simon Fanthorpe, Ian Howes, Colin Sims, Ian Watts, Specialist Photography: Daniel Etheridge, Chris Kerr, Bill Shipman, Aerial Photography: Marty Zimmerman, Myles Elsing SOUND Sound Recordists: Brian Copenhagen, Grant Covacic, Pete Lee, Percy EDITOR Mark Towns, Charlie MacDonald NARRATOR Josh Charles
PRODUCTION CO The Nature Conservancy PRODUCER Executive Producers: Angela Brisson, Chun-Wei Yi DIRECTOR Chun-Wei Yi CAMERA Chun-Wei Yi WRITER Chun-Wei Yi
PRODUCTION CO SK Films PRODUCER Jonathan Barker, Wendy MacKeigan DIRECTOR Tyler Mifflin CAMERA Tyler Mifflin, Alex Mifflin WRITER Alex Mifflin
www.natureworkseverywhere.org
thewaterbrothers.ca
Angela Brisson The Nature Conservancy 4245 N. Fairfax Dr. Arlington, VA 22203 United States
Amber Hawtin SK Films 225 Commissioners St. Suite 303 Toronto, ON M4M 0A1 Canada
(919) 606-0103 abrisson@tnc.org
(416) 763-0440 ahawtin@skfilms.ca
Curiosity
The Water Brothers
Nature Works Everywhere
Kate Aconfora Discovery Channel 10100 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 1500 Los Angeles, CA 90067 United States
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Platte Basin Timelapse
Plum Landing
Postcards from Climate Change
14-201
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14-203
Online & Interactive Media
Children’s Education
Best Series or Limited Series Category
What if you could follow a drop of water from the headwaters of the Platte River Basin in the Colorado Rockies and follow it downstream through Wyoming and Nebraska until it reaches the confluence with the Missouri River? The Platte Basin Timelapse project sets a watershed in motion by placing automated timelapse cameras at strategic locations throughout the watershed to help tell the amazing and complex story of the Platte River. English
Plum Landing is a digital, media project on pbskids.org that uses animated webisodes, online games, free apps, hands-on science activities and live-action videos to connect 6- to 9-year olds to nature, teach them about ecosystems, and get them pumped up about their role as caretakers of the planet. Plum, a video game designer from desolate Planet Blorb, longs to experience nature. So she commandeers a space ship, zooms down to earth, befriends five eager kids and launches them on missions. Through their eyes - and ears and noses - Plum discovers many fascinating, puzzling and profound things about our gorgeously diverse planet. English
We asked filmmakers to submit stories about climate change. We got terrific responses from all over the US. Funny stories. Sad stories. Terrifying stories. The result is Postcards from Climate Change. When put together, these stories connect the dots - climate change is affecting all of us. We are submitting three shorts from the series - Postcard from the Oregon Coast (about ocean acidification and oyster farming), Postcard from the Sacramento Delta (about rising sea levels and sinking farmland), and Postcard from Data (about one NOAA climate scientist and how he copes with the sobering information he sees every day). English, 3x5 minutes
PRODUCTION CO NET Television CO-PRODUCTION CO Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of NebraskaLincoln, Michael Forsberg Photography PRODUCER Project Coordinator: Steven Speicher, Production Associate: Peter Stegen, Production Assistant: Sierra Harris DIRECTOR Michael Farrell, Michael Forsberg DESIGNER Web Developer: Abram Lueders OTHER CREDITS Interns: Joe Arneson, Mariah Lundgren, Aaron Lee, Graduate Research Assistant: Emma Brinley Buckley
PRODUCTION CO WGBH Educational Foundation CO-PRODUCTION CO Global Mechanic PRODUCER Kate Taylor, Bill Shribman DIRECTOR Denny Lu TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Bruce Alcock DESIGNER Dan Nolan, Tara Taylor WRITER Kathy Waugh, Gentry Menzel
PRODUCER Melissa Thompson, Mitchell Wenkus DIRECTOR Trip Jennings, Todd Dayton CAMERA Trip Jennings, Todd Dayton
www.plattebasintimelapse.com
pbskids.org/plumlanding
postcardsfromclimatechange.org
Steven Speicher NET Television 1800 N. 33rd Lincoln, NE 68503 United States
Marisa Wolsky WGBH Educational Foundation 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Melissa Thompson Greenpeace 702 H St. NW #300 Washington, DC 20001 United States
(402) 472-6607 sspeicher@netad.unl.edu
(617) 300-4338 marisa.wolsky@gmail.com
(202) 255-3655 melissa.thompson@greenpeace.org
Postcard from the Oregon Coast Postcard from the Sacramento Delta Postcard from Data
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Precious Frog: Symbol of a Vanishing Wetland
Pride
Pride of Namibia: A Revolution in Conservation
14-204 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
14-205 Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
14-206 Short Program
Seldom seen out of water, the Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) prefers the safety of the marsh. Historically, Oregon spotted frog populations occurred throughout the Fraser Valley, from South Surrey to Hope. Now it is Canada’s most endangered amphibian, with only three breeding populations left in British Columbia, and less than 300 breeding females in total. The primary cause for the decline has been the loss of wetlands to urban development and agriculture. In recent years, additional threats to the few remaining frogs also include pollution, mining and invasive species. The film follows conservation biologist Monica Pearson in her field research. English, 7 minutes
Pride explores the cultural relationship between residents of Gujarat, India and the last remaining population of Asiatic Lions in the world. With fewer than 50 lions in the wild at the turn of the 20th century, rural communities started working with the government to create a haven for this top predator and are successfully securing its place in the ecosystem. English, 15 minutes
The Greatest Wildlife Success Story Ever Told – Namibia’s wildlife, landscapes and people offer not only an unparalleled travel experience, but one of the most powerful conservation success stories our generation has seen. In the midst of an unprecedented poaching crisis, Namibia is the conservation bright spot on the African continent and the only country where wildlife numbers are actually growing. Filmmakers Andy Maser & Jenny Nichols and World Wildlife Fund are proud to present Pride in Namibia, a film that celebrate the inspiring synergy between travel and community-, based conservation. English, 6 minutes
PRODUCTION CO The Wilderness Committee PRODUCER Gwen Barlee DIRECTOR Isabelle Groc, Mike McKinlay CAMERA Mike McKinlay WRITER Isabelle Groc OTHER CREDITS Online Edit and Color Correction: George Faulkner
PRODUCER Roshan Patel DIRECTOR Roshan Patel CAMERA Roshan Patel SOUND Randall Taylor WRITER Roshan Patel OTHER CREDITS Line Producer: Nirav Parikh
PRODUCTION CO Maser Films, Pongo Media CO-PRODUCTION CO World Wildlife Fund PRODUCER Jenny Nichols, Andy Maser DIRECTOR Andy Maser, Jenny Nichols TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Jenny Nichols, Andy Maser, Hayden Peters CAMERA Andy Maser, Jenny Nichols OTHER CREDITS Artist: Jeremy Collins
http://vimeo.com/59766587
www.roshcpatel.com
worldwildlife.org/pages/namibia-the-greatestwildlife-recovery-story-ever-told
Wilderness Committee 46 E 6th Ave. Vancouver, V5T 1J3 Canada
Roshan Patel 501 S. 15th Ave. Apt #3 Bozeman, MT 59715 United States
Jenny Nichols Andy Maser Maser Films & Pongo Media 438 River Bend Rd. Great Falls, VA 22066 United States
(604) 683-8220 isabelle@wildernesscommittee.org
(571) 345-8875 roshcpatel@gmail.com
(703) 901-7009 jenny@pongomediaproductions.com
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Quirks & Quarks
14-207 Best Integrated/Cross-Platform Media
14-208 Radio & Podcast Media
14-209 Radio & Podcast Media
Project Archaeology is a National Heritage Education program that is jointly sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management and Montana State University. Investigating Shelter is an inquiry based curriculum guide for grades three through five. This Introduction video highlights how teachers can use archaeological inquiry in the classroom to foster understanding of past and present cultures; improve social studies and science education; and enhance citizenship education to help preserve our archaeological legacy. This is the first of a series of professional development videos that augment the Project Archaeology Curriculum guide, nation wide training conferences and online interactive investigations. English, 11 minutes
NET Nebraska is a member of QUEST, a collaborative multimedia science reporting project. In the last year, QUEST Nebraska produced stories on increased heat, drought and wildfires faced by trees across the West, and how foresters are searching for new species that can withstand changing climate conditions. We reported on how some highly contaminated Superfund lands (from U.S. weapon production and storage) have been cleaned up and converted into wildlife refuges. And we traveled with surveyors and hydrologists to learn how they collect data on mountain snowpack, and figure out how much water will result for use downstream. English, 3x6 minutes
This is one of our live Question Shows, where we select 10 questions from our radio and podcast listeners, then find 10 scientists in one city to answer them - all before a live audience. The questions range across all fields of science, medicine and the environment. English, 53 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Jen Grace Productions PRODUCER Jen Grace, Jeanne Moe DIRECTOR Jen Grace CAMERA Andy Adkins, Hilary Hudson SOUND Jen Grace, Sarah Smith WRITER Jen Grace, Jeanne Moe NARRATOR Kath Crumrine
PRODUCTION CO NET News (Nebraska Educational Telecommunications) CO-PRODUCTION CO QUEST (KQED Inc.) PRODUCER NET Reporter/Producer: Ariana Brocious SOUND Ariana Brocious, NET Audio Engineer (for The Science of Measuring): Emily Kreutz EDITOR QUEST Editor: Lisa Landers WRITER Ariana Brocious NARRATOR Ariana Brocious OTHER CREDITS QUEST Nebraska Coordinating Producer: Gary Hochman, NET News Director: Dennis Kellogg
PRODUCTION CO CBC Radio (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) PRODUCER Jim Handman NARRATOR Bob McDonald
http://projectarchaeology.org/
science.kqed.org/quest/stations/nebraska/
cbc.ca/quirks
Jen Grace Jen Grace Productions 2512 Landoe Ave. Bozeman, MT 59715 United States
Ariana Brocious NET Nebraska 1800 N 33rd St. Lincoln, NE 68501 United States
Jim Handman CBC Radio - Quirks & Quarks Box 500, Station A Toronto, ON M5W1E6 Canada
(406) 249-2153 minisuperjennifer@yahoo.com
(402) 470-4649
(416) 205-6126 jim.handman@cbc.ca
Project Archaeology Investigation Shelter- Introduction
Triple Threat: Trees At Risk From Drought, Heat, And Fire Turning Contaminated Sites Into Wildlife Refuges The Science of Measuring Snow
Question Show OCD Apps for Apes
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Realm of the Oceans
Reawakening Extinct Species
Reforestation: Impact on Climate
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14-211
14-212
Earth Sciences
Biological/Life Sciences
Children’s Education, Short Program
Motivated by a climate emergency, researchers have begun in recent years to explore how ocean currents play a key role in the balance of the planet. Featuring scientists from around the world, this well-documented film explains the influence of the great ocean currents from a new angle while providing an update on recent discoveries. The quest involves a major challenge: to decipher the workings of this enormous machine and enable us to predict rapid and possibly radical changes in the conditions for life on Earth. An incredibly beautiful and original voyage around the planet.... English, 52 minutes
New genetic technologies are making it possible for scientists to try to bring back extinct species. Meet researcher Ben Novak at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who is working to revive the passenger pigeon, once the most abundant bird in the world, and Harvard Medical School’s George Church, who is trying to engineer a woolly mammoth. It may be possible, but is it right to turn back the clock? English, 27 minutes
Deforestation is clearing Earth’s forests on a massive scale. In this video, learn the value of large-scale forest landscapes and their role in the carbon cycle. Explore how reforestation can help decrease carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, minimizing climate change and improving air quality. English, 4 minutes
PRODUCTION CO MC4 CO-PRODUCTION CO Productions Nova Media PRODUCER MC4 DIRECTOR Marc Jampolsky DESIGNER Ronan Jupin CAMERA Raul Fernandez, Pierre-Frédéric Chénier WRITER Louise Girard, Jeanne Mascolo NARRATOR Nick Storey
PRODUCTION CO KQED PRODUCER Gabriela Quiros, Executive Producers: Jason Black, Lisa Landers, Adrienne Calo, Associate Producer: Arwen Curry DIRECTOR Managing Editor: Paul Rogers
PRODUCTION CO The Nature Conservancy PRODUCER Executive Producers: Sara Elliott, Chun-Wei Yi DIRECTOR Chun-Wei Yi DESIGNER Sara Elliott CAMERA Chun-Wei Yi WRITER Chun-Wei Yi NARRATOR Chun-Wei Yi
www.kwanza.fr
http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/ reawakening-extinct-species/
www.natureworkseverywhere.org
Benjamin Ternynck Kwanza 40 Rue de Paris Boulogne Billancourt, 92100 France
Sevda Eris KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110 United States
Angela Brisson The Nature Conservancy 4245 N. Fairfax Dr. Arlington, VA 22203 United States
+33 141229053 bternynck@kwanza.fr
(415) 553-2835 seris@kqed.org
(919) 606-0103 abrisson@tnc.org
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Ren Kyst: Got a Spare Afternoon?
Return of the Cicadas
Richard Hammond Builds A Planet
14-213
14-214
14-215
Short Program
Short Program
Visualization
A short film about marine litter in the Norwegian arctic, including the firstever footage of plankton ingesting microplastics. A powerful message presented in a beautiful landscape with a heartfelt call to action. English, 6 minutes
There are thousands of cicada species world-wide, but only the Periodical Cicadas of the eastern United States emerge together in the billions once every 17 years. This, perhaps the greatest insect emergence in the world, occurs for 6 weeks in May and June. English, 7 minutes
With his trademark wit, Richard Hammond takes on the ultimate engineering project: how on earth do you build a planet that is just right for life? What do you need to build a planet like ours, and what happens if you get anything wrong? With eye-popping graphics, Richard Hammond opens up a cosmic toolbox to work it out. He’s going to build the whole thing, piece by piece, from the top of a two-mile high tower in the Californian desert. English, 60 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Five Films PRODUCER Verity White DIRECTOR Verity White CAMERA Nick Turner
PRODUCTION CO motionkicker.com PRODUCER Samuel Orr DIRECTOR Samuel Orr CAMERA Samuel Orr WRITER Samuel Orr
PRODUCTION CO BBC Television CO-PRODUCTION CO Science Channel PRODUCER Executive Producers: Will Aslett, Mark Hedgecoe DIRECTOR Nick Jordan, Mike Slee TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Art Director: Rob Harvey DESIGNER John Kennedy CAMERA Cinematographer: Paul Jenkins SOUND Sound Recordist: Grant Kovacic WRITER Will Aslett, Mark Hedgecoe NARRATOR Richard Hammond
www.facebook.com/RenKystFilm
returnofthecicadas.com
Verity White V Films 5 Inn Cottages Kingsweston Rd. Bristol, BS11 0UW United Kingdom
Samuel Orr motionkicker.com 520 South Walnut, #151 Bloomington, IN 47402 United States
+44 790 8168444 verity@fivefilms.org
(812) 320-9530 motionkicker@gmail.com
BBC Television BBC Television New Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA United Kingdom
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Richard Hammond’s Miracles of Nature
Rise of the Continents
Africa
14-216 Best Series or Limited Series Category
14-217 Best Series or Limited Series Category
14-218 Earth Sciences
In this groundbreaking new series, Richard Hammond reveals secret animal abilities from the natural world; and discovers how those same animals have inspired a series of unlikely human inventions at the very frontiers of science. English, 3x58 minutes
The Earth’s continents are instantly recognizable. These iconic landmasses seem permanent and unchanging, yet they are merely the wreckage of a much larger long-lost supercontinent – Pangaea. In this stunning four part series Professor Iain Stewart uncovers the evidence for this ancient past. He reveals how the world around us is full of clues – in the rocks, the landscapes and even the animals. English, 3x60 minutes
In this first episode of the series Rise of the Continents, geologist Prof Iain Stewart shows how the continent of Africa was formed from the wreckage of a long lost supercontinent. He discovers clues in its spectacular landmarks, mineral wealth and iconic wildlife, that help piece together the story of Africa’s formation. But he also shows how this deep history has left its mark on the modern day Africa and the world. English, 60 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH CO-PRODUCTION CO Oxford Scientific Films, in association with Hamster’s Wheel PRODUCER Graham Booth DIRECTOR Brendan McGinty DESIGNER Graphics: Burrell Durrant Hifle CAMERA Brendan McGinty, Kevin Flay, Rudi Diesel, Jonathan Jones SOUND Sean Millar, James Pursey HOST Richard Hammond
PRODUCTION CO BBC Television CO-PRODUCTION CO Science Channel PRODUCER Arif Nurmohamed, Pete Oxley, Stephen Cooter, Annabel Gillings, Executive Producer: Jonathan Renouf, Series Producer: Zoe Heron DIRECTOR Arif Nurmohamed, Pete Oxley, Stephen Cooter, Annabel Gillings CAMERA Paul O’Callagham, Tom Hayward, Paul Jenkins, Kevin White HOST Professor Iain Stewart
PRODUCTION CO BBC Television CO-PRODUCTION CO Science Channel PRODUCER Arif Nurmohamed, Pete Oxley, Stephen Cooter, Annabel Gillings, Executive Producer: Jonathan Renouf, Series Producer: Zoe Heron DIRECTOR Arif Nurmohamed, Pete Oxley, Stephen Cooter, Annabel Gillings CAMERA Paul O’Callagham, Tom Hayward, Paul Jenkins, Kevin White HOST Professor Iain Stewart
Walter Köhler Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH Wambachergasse 2 Vienna, 1130 Austria
BBC Television BBC Television New Broadcasting House, Portland Place London, W1A 1AA United Kingdom
BBC Television BBC Television New Broadcasting House, Portland Place London, W1A 1AA United Kingdom
Super-Bodies Super-Senses Super-Powers
+43 18700327614 office@terramater.at
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Rise of the Drones
Rise of the Robots: A Sci-Fi History of Mechanical Men and Hybrid Humans
Robot Revolution: Will Machines Surpass Humans?
14-219 Technological Sciences
14-220 Best Integrated/Cross-Platform Media, Online & Interactive Media
14-221 Technological Sciences
Drones. These unmanned flying robots – some as large as jumbo jets, others as small as birds – do things straight out of science fiction. Much of what it takes to get these robotic airplanes to fly, sense and kill has remained secret. But now, with rare access to drone engineers (including an interview with the “Father of the Predator,” Abe Karem), and those who fly them for the US military, NOVA reveals the amazing technologies that make drones so powerful as we see how a remotely-piloted drone strike looks and feels from inside the command center. English, 55 minutes
Bionic limbs, synthetic blood and memories in the cloud . . . where do our bodies end and where does technology begin? Exploring the symbiotic relationship between science fiction and scientific fact, Smithsonian Channel created a touchscreen interactive timeline in support of the documentary The Incredible Bionic Man. Aptly named Rise of the Robots: A Sci-Fi History of Mechanical Men and Hybrid Humans, this digital story is a multi-platform experience available to users across desktop, mobile, tablet and interactive physical displays. The timeline utilizes engaging characters, both imagined and real, to tell the story of our human evolution fueled through technological advances. English
Humanoid robots are being created to meet increasing worldwide demand. Such robots can move on their own volition, climb stairs and even handle tools. In situations and places inaccessible to humans, robots need to be able to make intelligent decisions and handle many different tasks. The United States Department of Defense has launched a project to develop humanoid robots that will be able to provide emergency services in the event of a major disaster. This program explores what’s happening at the forefront of the robot revolution. English, 49 minutes
PRODUCTION CO A NOVA Production by Pangloss Films LLC for WGBH PRODUCER Peter Yost, Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell DIRECTOR Peter Yost CAMERA Rich Confalone, Erin Harvey, Mark Knobil, Rob Lyall WRITER Peter Yost NARRATOR Craig Sechler
PRODUCTION CO Smithsonian Channel DIRECTOR Senior Vice President: Joseph Giraldi, Creative Director: Arnold Hidaka, Director, Content and Editorial: Gina Hutchinson, Director, Marketing and Partnerships: Mili Shah, Director, Products and Technology: Karen Wooley
PRODUCTION CO NHK In Association with NHK Enterprises Inc. PRODUCER Executive Producers: Shinichi Terazono, Toshimichi Uesugi DIRECTOR Yoshikazu Ikawa, Tatsushi Tachibana CAMERA Tomonori Aoki, Kazuyuki Ojima SOUND Shogo Takahashi, Takayuki Kai WRITER Yoshikazu Ikawa, Tatsushi Tachibana
www.smithsonianchannel.com/robots Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Smithsonian Channel 1633 Broadway New York, NY 10019 United States
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) 2-2-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-8001 Japan
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
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Salmon Confidential
Sand Wars
Sardines
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Environmental & Conservation Sciences
Earth Sciences
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When biologist Alexandra Morton discovers BC’s wild salmon are testing positive for dangerous European salmon viruses associated with salmon farming worldwide, a chain of events is set off by government to suppress the findings. Tracking viruses, Morton moves from courtrooms, into British Columbia’s most remote rivers, Vancouver grocery stores and sushi restaurants. The film documents Morton’s journey as she attempts to overcome government and industry roadblocks thrown in her path and works to bring critical information to the public in time to save the wild salmon of the Pacific Northwest. English, 69 minutes
Sand Wars is a surprising investigation into one of the most consumed natural resources on the planet. Due to the high demand for sand, the planet’s reserves are being threatened. Three-quarters of the world’s beaches are in decline and bound to disappear as victims of erosion, or of sand smuggling. Triggered by building construction, smuggling bands, or “sand mafias,” plunder beaches and rivers for this highly prized commodity. Sand Wars will take us around the world to witness this new gold rush firsthand. English, 52 minutes
Sardines are small fish that aggregate in large concentrations. They are an essential food for other fish, marine mammals and seabirds. In Rasa Island, in the Gulf of California, there is a direct relationship between sardines and the reproductive success of seabirds. An information that could be used to create policies for sustainable fisheries. Yet, in that region, sardines are still being fished almost without limits, threatening the health of the ecosystem. English, 4 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Department of Wild Salmon PRODUCER Alex Morton DIRECTOR Twyla Roscovich TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Twyla Roscovich DESIGNER Twyla Roscovich CAMERA Twyla Roscovich SOUND Twyla Roscovich WRITER Twyla Roscovich NARRATOR Twyla Roscovich
PRODUCTION CO Rappi Productions CO-PRODUCTION CO La Compagnie Des Taxi-Brousse PRODUCER Guillaume Rappeneau, Laurant Mini DIRECTOR Denis Delestrac DESIGNER Michèle Hollander, Ibon Olaskaoga CAMERA Alam Raja Vergès, Marc Martinez Serrado WRITER Denis Delestrac
PRODUCTION CO Natural Numbers PRODUCER Jaime Rojo, Octavio Aburto DIRECTOR Jaime Rojo TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Anna Paretas DESIGNER Anna Paretas CAMERA Jaime Rojo, Octavio Aburto SOUND Jaime Rojo WRITER Exequiel Ezcurra, Jaime Rojo NARRATOR Exequiel Ezcurra OTHER CREDITS Science Advisor: Enriqueta Velarde
salmonconfidential.ca
sand-wars.com/
www.thenaturalnumbers.org/sardines
Twyla Roscovich Department of Wild Salmon PO box 281 Sointula, BC V0N 3E0 Canada
Suzanne Harle Green Planet Films PO Box 247 Corte Madera, CA 94976 United States
Jaime Rojo Natural Numbers Ave. Pinos 74, Planta Alta Col. San Pedro de los Pinos Mexico, 3800 Mexico
(250) 650-6445 twyla@oceanfilms.net
(415) 377-5471 suzanne@greenplanetfilms.org
+52 5556159649 jaime.rojo@gmail.com
Natural Numbers
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Saving 10,000 Winning a War on Suicide in Japan
Science for the People
Science on the SPOT
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Radio & Podcast Media
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In a war on suicide, who is the enemy? Saving 10,000 is the story of an Irishman’s personal passion to uncover the true causes of the high suicide rate in Japan. With the help of front-line experts and ordinary Japanese, many touched by the horror of suicide, the movie delivers practical proposals on how Japan can win a war on suicide. However with suicide such a taboo, the odds are nobody will listen. Or will they? English, 52 minutes
Science for the People is a syndicated radio show and podcast based in Edmonton, Alberta, that broadcasts weekly across North America. We explore the connections between science, popular culture, history and public policy, to help listeners understand the evidence and arguments behind what’s in the news and on the shelves. English, 3x60 minutes
The Science on the SPOT original web video series goes behind the scenes at local Bay Area labs, follows breaking discoveries, and gets you special access to obscure science locations and collections, plus much more. In this submission, discover, three amazing creatures, “zombees”, millipedes and pumas. English, 3x6 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Boomachine Studio PRODUCER Rene Duignan DIRECTOR Rene Duignan CAMERA Marc Antoine Astier SOUND Marc Antoine Astier WRITER Rene Duignan NARRATOR Rene Duignan
PRODUCER Desiree Schell, Rachelle Saunders HOST Desiree Schell, Rachelle Saunders, MarieClaire Shanahan
PRODUCTION CO KQED PRODUCER Senior Interactive Producer: Craig Rosa, Interactive Producer: Jenny Oh, Multimedia Producer: Joshua Cassidy OTHER CREDITS Managing Editor: Paul Rogers
www.saving10000.com
www.scienceforthepeople.ca/
http://blogs.kqed.org/science/series/sots/
Rene Duignan Tokyo, 1 Japan
Rachelle Saunders Science for the People 9010-106 Ave., Suite 216 Edmonton, AB T5H0M9 Canada
Sevda Eris KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110 United States
(780) 318-3363 rachelle@scienceforthepeople.ca
(415) 553-2835 seris@kqed.org
For Frack’s Sake News From The Dark Epidemic of Rumours
Zombees: Flight of the Living Dead The Glowing Millipedes of Alcatraz Cobra Lily
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Secrets of the Hummingbird’s Tongue
Secrets of the Viking Sword
Seeds Of Hope
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Biological/Life Sciences
Human & Social Sciences, Editing, Writing, Visualization
Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
Ever wonder how the hummingbird drinks nectar? While it’s magical wings hum in the air, their long and flexible tongue dances in the pool of nectar. No one has ever seen this intricate movement until now. The secret is revealed for the first time... English, 12 minutes
A modern-day swordsmith reverse engineers the ultimate weapon of the Middle Ages - a sword both prized and feared. English, 57 minutes
Wheat is a very important crop around the world, but just like other organisms, it is susceptible to a variety of diseases. This video delves into the world of plant breeders and plant pathologists. It takes a look at some of the biotic constraints on our wheat crops, and how plant breeding can alleviate their damage to this vital commodity. English, 10 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Concept Images LLC PRODUCER Don Carroll, Noriko Carroll DIRECTOR Don Carroll, Noriko Carroll CAMERA Don Carroll WRITER Don Carroll, Noriko Carroll NARRATOR Noriko Carroll OTHER CREDITS Olympus i-Speed 3 High Speed Camera
PRODUCTION CO A Production of NOVA and National Geographic Television in association with Pangloss Films LLC PRODUCER Peter Yost, Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell DIRECTOR Peter Yost CAMERA Mark Knobil, High Speed Camera: Evan McIntosh SOUND Brian Bracken: Sound Design NARRATOR Jay O. Sanders
PRODUCER Alain Douchinsky DIRECTOR Alain Douchinsky CAMERA Alan Franks, Alain Douchinsky (NY Unit) SOUND Alan Franks, Alain Douchinsky (NY Unit)
hummingbirdstory.com
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/ secrets-viking-sword.html
Don Carroll Concept Images, LLC 50 Radwick Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 United States
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Alain Douchinsky Student 504 Nelson Story Tower Bozeman, MT 59715 United States
(702) 437-1614 dc@conceptimages.com
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
(315) 263-2440 adouchinsky@gmail.com
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Seizing the Unrecorded
Shared Planet
Shark Girl
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Medical Sciences, Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
Radio & Podcast Media
Environmental & Conservation Sciences
Sizing the Unrecorded is a 29 minute movie about my personal relationship with filmmaking and epilepsy. The movie is a journey to find out if filmmaking is worth it if it is the cause of my seizures. English, 29 minutes
Monty Don presents a series exploring the complex interface between a growing human population and wildlife. English, 3x28 minutes
For 20-year-old Madison Stewart, nothing feels safer or more natural than diving straight into shark-infested waters. Since childhood, growing up by the Great Barrier Reef, she’s treated these predators as family. But they’re vanishing from existence, and because of their bad reputation, few seem to care. Follow Madison on her mission to protect our sharks, a battle that began when she put her studies on hold, grabbed a camera, and set out to save these incredible, misunderstood creatures. English, 46 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Ingrid Pfau PRODUCER Ingrid Pfau, Executive Producer: Dell Brooke DIRECTOR Ingrid Pfau TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Ingrid Pfau, Celeste Pfau CAMERA J.D. Moore, Kevin Collins WRITER Ingrid Pfau NARRATOR Ingrid Pfau OTHER CREDITS Starring: Ingrid Pfau, Cory Leslie
PRODUCTION CO BBC Natural History Unit PRODUCER Mary Colwell, Executive Producer: Julian Hector NARRATOR Monty Don
PRODUCTION CO Kaufmann Productions Pty Ltd. for Smithsonian Channel CO-PRODUCTION CO In association with Terra Mater Factual Studios and the Australian Broadcasting Company PRODUCER Gisela Kaufmann, Executive Producers: David Royle, Charles Poe, Associate Producer: Carsten Orit DIRECTOR Gisela Kaufmann SOUND Location Sound: Tom Wave WRITER Gisela Kaufmann NARRATOR Bang Spive
www.youtube.com/ watch?v=vUKGIhXZ9og&feature=em-upload_
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02xf2qg/ broadcasts/2013/06
Ingrid Pfau Ingrid Pfau 609 Ridge Top Cir. Birmingham, AL 35206 United States
Chiara Minchin BBC NHU Radio Whiteladies Rd. Bristol Bristol, BS8 2LR United Kingdom
Smithsonian Channel 1225 19th St. NW Suite 250 Washington, DC 20036-2458 United States
(205) 215-3410 ingrid.g.pfau@gmail.com
+44 117 974 2111 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk
(202) 261-1700
Living with Carnivores Rats - Is it Worth It? Nature - Nowhere to Go
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Silicon Valley Goes to Space
Snow is White
Snows of the Nile
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Short Program
Discover how the big, bold ideas of Silicon Valley are helping launch a new era of private space exploration in this KQED Science television special. From space tourism to mining the moon to companies building rocket ships to ferry NASA astronauts into space, a new wave of commercialization is shaking up the $300 billion global space industry. But are there new risks when space is no longer the exclusive domain of big governments? English, 27 minutes
Scientists studying snow in the arctic surprise us with new ways to understand snow and it’s dramatic changing impacts. English, 5 minutes
Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains rise 5000 meters from the heart of Africa. At their summits are some of Earth’s only equatorial glaciers. But these “Mountains of the Moon,” whose existence caused a sensation in Europe when they were first climbed in 1906, are changing fast. Snows of the Nile follows two scientist/ photographers on an ambitious expedition to re-capture historical glacier imagery from the Rwenzori Mountains of Uganda. If they could retrace the steps of the Duke of Abruzzi’s legendary 1906 expedition and re-capture the famous glacier photographs taken by Vittorio Sella, they could visualize the impacts of a century of climate change. English, 13 minutes
PRODUCTION CO KQED PRODUCER Sheraz Sadiq, Executive Producer: Jason Black, Associate Producer: Arwen Curry, Coordinating Producer: Adrienne Calo EDITOR Managing Editors: Lisa Landers, Paul Rogers
PRODUCTION CO WonderVisions LLC PRODUCER Liz O’Connell DIRECTOR Liz O’Connell CAMERA Dave Selle, Louise Boudart
PRODUCTION CO Day’s Edge Productions PRODUCER Nathan Dappen, Neil Losin DIRECTOR Nathan Dappen, Neil Losin TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Nathan Dappen, Neil Losin DESIGNER Neil Losin, Nathan Dappen CAMERA Nathan Dappen, Neil Losin SOUND Nathan Dappen, Neil Losin COMPOSER Music by, New West Studio, SJ Acoustic, Dan Warren, Jim Bruder WRITER Nathan Dappen, Neil Losin NARRATOR Nathan Dappen, Neil Losin
http://blogs.kqed.org/science/video/siliconvalley-goes-to-space/
FrontierScientists.com
www.snowsofthenile.com
Sevda Eris KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110 United States
Liz O’Connell WonderVisions LLC 3877 University Dr. Anchorage, AK 99508 United States
Nathan Dappen Day’s Edge Productions 702 Eden Ave. Highland Park, NJ 8904 United States
(415) 553-2835 seris@kqed.org
(907) 550-8413 wondervision2@yahoo.com
(703) 887-3879 info@daysedgeproductions.com
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Song of the Cicadas
Sound Uncovered: An Interactive Book for the iPad
Space Dive
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Human & Social Sciences
Online & Interactive Media
Physical Sciences
Based on an idea from David Rothenberg’s Bug Music, Song of the Cicadas explores the metaphors evoked by comparing the incarceration of American Political Prisoner Timothy Blunk (Resistance Conspiracy Case) with the 17 year period spent underground of the Magicicada. Filmed in an historic prison during a Cicada emergence, Song of the Cicadas forms a critique on the politics of incarceration and the surveillance aspects of media- finding poetry to resolve the crisis of terrorism. English, 29 minutes
Explore the surprising side of sound with Sound Uncovered, an interactive collection from the Exploratorium featuring auditory illusions, acoustic phenomena, and other things that go bump, beep, boom, and vroom. Hear with your eyes, see with your ears, test your hearing, make and modify recordings—this app puts you at the center of the experiment. Why do some noises seem louder at night? Are there secret messages in music played backward? How can Siri understand different accents? Why does the sound of gum chewing drive some people mad? Listen up and find answers to these questions and more as you take an auditory trip to the place where sound gets truly interesting: the space between your ears. English
As Felix Baumgartner broke the world record for a free fall jump from higher than 120,000 feet in space - becoming the first person to free fall while breaking the sound barrier - the National Geographic Channel and BBC detailed every second with more than 20 cameras. The footage will be combined with exclusive behind-the-scenes access following Baumgartner’s four-year metamorphosis from an elite BASE jumper to an extreme altitude specialist who can think and act like an astronaut. English, 88 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Ekphratic Productions LLC PRODUCER Richard Robinson, David Rothenberg DIRECTOR Richard Robinson CAMERA Richard Robinson SOUND Richard Robinson, David Rothenberg COMPOSER David Rothenberg WRITER Richard Robinson, David Rothenberg
PRODUCTION CO Exploratorium OTHER CREDITS Creative Team: Judith Brand, Jean Cheng
PRODUCTION CO BBC in association with National Geographic Channels US for National Geographic Channels PRODUCER Graeme McCaulay, Colin Barr, Supervising Producer: John M. Cosenze, Executive Producers: Richard J. Wells, Gary Hunter CAMERA John Halliday, Simon Fanthorpe, Director of Photography: Matt Gray SOUND Matt Powell, Allen Green, Percy Urgena EDITOR Anna Price, Ben Lester NARRATOR Liev Schreiber
www.exploratorium.edu/explore/apps/sounduncovered Richard Robinson Ekphratic Productions LLC PO Box 488 Orange, VA 22960 United States
Lowell Robinson Exploratorium Pier 15 San Francisco, CA 94111 United States
(540) 672-7243 richard@robinsonphoto.com
(415) 528-4423 lowellr@exploratorium.edu
National Geographic Channel 1145 17th St. NW Washington, DC 20036 United States
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Standing on the Edge of a Thorn
Standing Up in the Milky Way
Sticky
14-240 Human & Social Sciences
14-241 Physical Sciences, Hosted or PresenterLed, Audioscape, Writing, Editing, Visualization
14-242 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
Shot over the course of 12 years, Standing on the Edge of a Thorn explores the rural origins of the Indonesian sex trade. The film is narrated by Lisa Ariyani, the daughter of Imam - a retired civil servant struggling with a mental disorder - and Tri, an unwed pregnant teenager. Trapped by traditional values that stigmatize their relationship, Tri is eventually lead into a life of prostitution and violence. It is against this unstable family backdrop that Lisa matures into a young woman and the film documents her struggle to understand her parents’ predicaments while she herself is being drawn into the sex trade. Indonesian, 33 minutes
Hosted by renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, COSMOS explores how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space and time. It brings to life never-before-told stories of the heroic quest for knowledge and transports viewers to new worlds and across the universe for a vision of the cosmos on the grandest scale. COSMOS invents new modes of scientific storytelling to reveal the grandeur of the universe and re-invents celebrated elements of Carl Sagan’s legendary original series, including the Cosmic Calendar and the Ship of the Imagination. The most profound scientific concepts are presented with stunning clarity, uniting skepticism and wonder and weaving rigorous science with the emotional and spiritual into a transcendent experience. English, 45 minutes
Exiled from the tropical paradise where they evolved, a tiny population of remarkable stick insects dodged extinction by hiding under a single windswept bush on a remote sea stack for 80 years. Thanks to a dedicated team of scientists they’re now living safely in captivity, but when can they go home? Sticky tells a wonderfully positive Australian conservation success story, celebrating the persistence of life, the adventure and passion embedded in science, and the little creatures underfoot. English, 20 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Elemental Productions PRODUCER Alessandra Pasquino, Robert Lemelson DIRECTOR Robert Lemelson CAMERA Wing Ko SOUND Handi Ilfat OTHER CREDITS Chisako Yokoyama
PRODUCTION CO Fuzzy Door Productions and Cosmos Studios Inc. in association with FOX Broadcasting Company PRODUCER Livia Hanich, Steve Holtzman, Ann Druyan, Seth MacFarlane, Co-Executive Producer: Jason Clark, Animation Producer: Kara Vallow DIRECTOR Brannon Braga, Technical Director: Johnny Jos DESIGNER Seth Reed CAMERA Bill Pope WRITER Ann Druyan, Steven Soter NARRATOR Neil deGrasse Tyson OTHER CREDITS John Duffy, Michael O’Halloran
PRODUCTION CO Bespoke Animation PRODUCER Jilli Rose, Katrina Mazurek DIRECTOR Jilli Rose COMPOSER Kristin Rule, Billy Tankard WRITER Nicholas Carlile, Jilli Rose NARRATOR Nicholas Carlile
www.facebook.com/thornfilm
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/ channel/cosmos-a-spacetime-odyssey/
Elemental Productions 725 El Medio Ave. Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 United States
Jessica Latiolait National Geographic Channel 156 Carlton Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103 United States
COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey
Jilli Rose Bespoke Animation 37 Urquhart St. Castlemaine, VIC 3450 Australia (401) 427-1652 jilli.rose@zoho.com
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Strip The City
Sun Storm
14-243 Best Series or Limited Series Category
14-244 Physical Sciences, Visualization
Science Channel’s Strip The City uses stunning CGI to strip major cities of their steel, buildings, roads, rivers and bedrock – layer-by-layer – to explore the secret technology and infrastructure that keeps them running. This series explores these and other mysteries, by peeling back the glass off buildings, rolling back the tarmac on roads and sucking whole harbors dry, to expose the hidden infrastructure beneath major cities. As we explore what lies beneath each metropolis we come face to face with the people who are instrumental in keeping these cities alive and well – the engineers building and looking after the city’s infrastructure. English, 3x60 minutes
Our star, the sun, gives us light and heat but it also has a dark side. Storm Season has started on its boiling surface, and this spells danger for us on Earth. Scientists are expecting a storm bigger than anything in recent history… a Super Storm with the strength to shut down our electric grid, black out communications, and fry the satellite technology that governs our daily lives. Curiosity asks why? Using ground-breaking CGI, Curiosity reveals the sun as never before, goes on a expedition to the very heart of our star, and tracks a destructive Sun Storm from birth to impact Earth. English, 60 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Windfall Films PRODUCER Glenn Swift, Clare Fisher, Assistant Producers: Ingo Nyakairu, Timothy Clarkson, Terry Black, Executive Producer: Wyatt Channell, Associate Producers: Katie Pyne, Joe Myerscough, Ruth Mayer, Johnny Shipley DIRECTOR Glenn Swift, Joe Myerscough, Johnny Shipley
PRODUCTION CO Big Wave Productions PRODUCER Executive Producer: Sarah Cunliffe, Assistant Producer: Claire Stronge, Production Manager: Debbie Deeney DIRECTOR Oliver Twinch CAMERA Allan Leader, Nigel Fairburn EDITOR Nick Stringer, Mairin O’Faolain NARRATOR Josh Charles
sciencechannel.com
www.bigwavetv.com/productions/sun-storm/
Science Channel, a network of Discovery Communications One Discovery Place Silver Spring, MD 20910 United States
Big Wave TV 156 St Pancras Chichester, PO19 7SH United Kingdom
Tokyo New York Machu Picchu
(124) 353-2531 production@bigwavetv.com
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Super-Bodies
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Supersonic Ping Pong/Ice Cannon
Supervolcanoes
14-245 Hosted or Presenter-Led
14-246 Children’s Education, Hosted or Presenter-Led
14-247 Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format)
In this groundbreaking new series, Richard Hammond reveals secret animal abilities from the natural world; and discovers how those same animals have inspired a series of unlikely human inventions at the very frontiers of science. English, 58 minutes
In this ballistics bonanza, Adam and Jamie ask if a supersonic ping pong can go lethally wrong while Kari, Grant and Tory light the frozen fuse on a cannon made of ice! English, 44 minutes
Supervolcanoes looks back at rare types of volcanic eruptions that marshal the energy that lurks, like a sleeping dragon, beneath the surface of planet Earth. The story of these big blowouts is one of havoc and mayhem: mass extinctions, climate collapse, and violence beyond anything humans have ever witnessed. Moving beyond Earth, audiences will explore the impact of volcanism on other worlds in our solar system. On a visit to a legendary North American hot spot, Yellowstone National Park, the film asks: can a supervolcano erupt in our time? The answer is surprisingly close to home. Englsih, 24 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH CO-PRODUCTION CO Oxford Scientific Films, in association with Hamster’s Wheel PRODUCER Graham Booth DIRECTOR Brendan McGinty DESIGNER Graphic Designer: Burrell Durrant Hifle CAMERA Brendan McGinty, Kevin Flay, Rudi Diesel, Jonathan Jones SOUND Sean Millar, James Pursey NARRATOR Richard Hammond
PRODUCTION CO Produced by Beyond Productions PTY LTD for the Discovery Channel PRODUCER Eric Haven, Dennis Kwon, Linda Wolkovitch, Executive Producers: Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Dan Tapster, John Luscombe, Cameo Wallace, Senior Producers: Steve Christiansen, Lauren Williams DIRECTOR Steve Christiansen, Lauren Williams CAMERA Ben Hanson, Scott Sorensen, Vince Beeton EDITOR Evan Grimm WRITER Chris Williams HOST Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Grant Imahara, Kari Byron, Tory Belleci NARRATOR Robert Lee
CO-PRODUCTION CO Spitz Creative Media, Mirage3D, Thomas Lucas Productions PRODUCER Mike Bruno, Thomas Lucas, Managing Producer (DMNS): Greg Mancari, Executive Producer (DMNS): Daniel Neafus Production Coordinator (Mirage3D): Leon Verschoor DIRECTOR Thomas Lucas TECHNICAL DIRECTOR DESIGNER Brad Thompson, Leon Verschoor COMPOSER John Avarese WRITER Thomas Lucas, Contributing Writer: Jonathan Grupper NARRATOR Benedict Cumberbatch OTHER CREDITS Spitz Creative Media Animation Design & Production: Bill Carr, Mirage3D Animation Design & Production: Mathijs Brussaard, Leon Verschoor, Mirage3D Modeling: Rick van Reenen, Yellowstone Cinematography & 3D Animation by xRez: Eric Hanson
Richard Hammond’s Miracles of Nature
MythBusters
http://supervolcanoes.spitzcreativemedia.com/ Walter Köhler Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH Wambachergasse 2 Vienna, 1130 Austria
office@terramater.at
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Kate Aconfora Discovery Channel 10100 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 1500 Los Angeles, CA 90067 United States
Michael Bruno Spitz, Inc. 700 Brandywine Drive Chadds ford, PA 19317 United States (610) 459-5200 mbruno@spitzinc.com
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Survival of the Sexiest, Part I & II
Switch
Tales from the Poisoner’s Handbook
14-248 Children’s Education, Writing
14-249 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
14-250 Medical Sciences, Best Integrated/CrossPlatform Media, Online & Interactive Media
Survival of the Sexiest, Part I & II are part of an exhibition, Birds of Paradise: Amazing Avian Evolution. The fantastic plumes and bizarre courtship displays of the birds-ofparadise are a result of millions of years of sexual selection. In tackling sexual selection as a main exhibition message, a narrative-driven approach with humor was chosen for the animation. It’s a conversation between a child asking how the birds “got to be so fancy” and an adult narrator answering. As the child continues his inquiry, common myths about evolution are dispelled with facts clearly spelled out by the narrator. English, 5 minutes
Dr. Scott Tinker embarks on a spectacular global adventure, exploring the world’s leading sites for all energy types, coal to solar, oil to biofuels, most of them highly restricted and never before seen on film. He gets straight answers from the political, industry and academic leaders driving energy today. In the end, he discovers a path to our future as surprising as it is practical. English, 98 minutes
This interactive tool follows medical examiner Dr. Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler through 1920s New York and solves crimes with groundbreaking forensic science. Using four lethal poisoning cases, find the visual evidence, chemical trails, and supporting evidence to uncover the truth and learn how poisons impact the human body. English
PRODUCTION CO National Geographic Museum DESIGNER Art Director: Alan Parente, Graphic Designer: Patrick Truby, Exhibition Designer: Julia Louie OTHER CREDITS Exhibition Development Manager: Elena Guarinello, Vice President: Kathryn Keane, Director of Museum Operations: Rich McWalters, Curator: Cathy Tyson, External Vendor: Baker & Hill
PRODUCTION CO Arcos Films PRODUCER Harry Lynch, Dr. Scott Tinker DIRECTOR Harry Lynch TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Daniel Perlaky CAMERA Wilson Waggoner, Harry Lynch WRITER Harry Lynch, Dr. Scott Tinker
PRODUCTION CO WGBH Educational Foundation PRODUCER Senior Executive Producer: Bill Shribman, Senior Producer: Gentry Mendel, Series Producer: Susan Bellows, Senior Developer: Kevin Lesniewicz, Web Producer: Molly Jacobs DESIGNER Designer & Illustrator: Rick Pinchera CAMERA Greg Shea, Paul Sanni WRITER Gentry Menzel
www.pbs.org/poisoners National Geographic Society 1145 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20036 United States
Arcos Films 1905 N. Lamar Suite 103 Austin, TX 78705 United States
(202) 862-8637 eguarine@ngs.org
(706) 442-0461 wsmith@arcosfilms.com
WGBH Educational Foundation 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
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the apeAPP by GRASP
The Curious Parent
The Day the Mesozoic Died
14-251 Online & Interactive Media
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14-253 Earth Sciences
The apeAPP, GRASP’s innovative tool to inspire and educate the public about great apes and connect donors with worthy field projects, heralds a new focus for mobile technology. The apeAPP offers conservation on-the-go, and brings great apes from Africa and Asia into the palm of your hand. English
Parenting is not a science, but the science of parenting is fascinating! Join Rob and Haley (parents of two and science communicators) as they feed their curiosities about the world of parenting in these funny, thoughtful videos. These informative science-based shorts give you the scoop, but you’ll find no advice here - just neat stuff that may astonish and deepen your understanding about the most current research out there. With the help of experts, Haley and Rob deliver the coolest, most mind-blowing things that you probably never knew about everything from the science of parental sleep with a newborn, why kids hate broccoli, to sharing some positive surprises about the “discomfort” of labor! English, 5 minutes
The disappearance of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period posed one of the greatest, long-standing scientific mysteries. This three-act film tells the story of the extraordinary detective work that solved it. Shot on location in Italy, Spain, Texas, Colorado and North Dakota, the film traces the uncovering of key clues that led to the stunning discovery that an asteroid struck the Earth 66 million years ago, triggering a mass extinction of animals, plants and even microorganisms. English, 34 minutes
DESIGNER i-Site
PRODUCTION CO Untamed Science PRODUCER Rob Nelson DIRECTOR Melissa Salipietra WRITER Haley Nelson, Melissa Salipietra
PRODUCTION CO Howard Hughes Medical Institute PRODUCER Sean B. Carroll, Sarah Holt, Julie Crawford DIRECTOR Sarah Holt DESIGNER Pixeldust Studios CAMERA Stephen McCarthy, John Chater SOUND Mike Cooper, Tom Levy, Dan Johnson, Ray Day, Pepijin Aben, Jerimiah Reed Gray COMPOSER Christopher Rife WRITER Thomas Friedman, Sarah Holt, Sean B. Carroll NARRATOR Sean B. Carroll
www.apeapp.org
www.youtube.com/channel/ UCqDKaNyewVpO8cblt29UpwQ
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/daymesozoic-died
the Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP the UN Environmental Programme P.O. Box 30552 Nairobi, 100 Kenya
Robert Nelson Untamed Science 2430 Belmeade Dr. Charlotte, NC 28214 United States
Howard Hughes Medical Instute 4000 Jones Bridge Rd. Chevy Chase, MD 20815 United States
+254 708 296 681 laura.darby@unep.org
(719) 502-0530 robnelsonfilms@gmail.com
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The Double Helix
The Ecology of Fear
The Fire Ant
14-254 Biological/Life Sciences, Hosted or Presenter-Led
14-255 Short Program
14-256 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
James Watson and Francis Crick collected and interpreted key evidence to determine that DNA molecules take the shape of a twisted ladder - a double helix. The film presents the challenges, false starts and eventual success of their bold chase, culminating in the classic 1953 publication in Nature on the structure of DNA. Watson relates what those early days in the Cavendish Laboratory were like, including his friendship with Crick and their shared ambition and passion. Rarely seen archival footage is combined with interviews with some of today’s leading scientists to bring this landmark discovery and all of its implications to life. English, 17 minutes
Does “the big bad wolf” play an important role in the modern-day food web? To answer this question we journey to Washington State’s Cascade Mountains, where the return of wolves could have a profound impact on this vast wilderness area. We meet up with biologist Aaron Wirsing to explore why wolves and other top predators are needed for diverse ecosystems to flourish. Using a simple video camera (a “deer-cam”) Wirsing is gaining a unique perspective on predator/ prey relationships and shedding light on the complex web of relationships that supports life in the natural world. English, 7 minutes
The fire ant strikes fear in all those who cross its path, and with good reason: this ant is taking over the world. A colony can contain up to 40 million individuals. It exterminates all other species, confiscates food for its own use, and ferociously defends its territory. It is commonly called the fire ant because of the burning venom that it injects with its stinger, located at the extremity of its abdomen. In order to understand the devastating success of this seemingly insignificant insect, scientists study the fire ant’s strategies to conquer new territory, and test methods to control its expansion. English, 52 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Howard Hughes Medical Institute PRODUCER Sean B. Carroll, Rob Whittlesey DIRECTOR Rob Whittlesey DESIGNER Blake Porch, Advanced 3D Visions CAMERA Mike Coles, Jerry Risius, Lowell Pierce, Mark Knobil SOUND Judy Karp, Drew Levinson, Chris Strollo, Mario Cardenas WRITER Rob Whittlesey, Olivia Judson, Sean B. Carroll, Dennis Liu, Laura Bonetta NARRATOR Olivia Judson
PRODUCTION CO QUEST KCTS PRODUCER Michael James Werner, Coordinating Producer KCTS: Katie Jennings, Executive Producer QUEST: Jason Black, Lead Coordinating Producer: Adrienne Calo CAMERA Greg Davis EDITOR Managing Editor: Lisa Landers
PRODUCTION CO ZED PRODUCER Manuel Catteau DIRECTOR Bruno Victor-Pujebet CAMERA Bruno Victor-Pujebet SOUND Christophe Joly, Andrew McKean WRITER Bruno Victor-Pujebet, Guillaume Maidatchevsky NARRATOR Paul Bandey
www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/great-discoveriesscience-double-helix
http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/wolvesand-the-ecology-of-fear/
http://www.zed.fr/tv/distribution/videos/112/ conquerors/
Howard Hughes Medical Instute 4000 Jones Bridge Rd. Chevy Chase, MD 20815 United States
Lisa Landers KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110 United States
Ye He ZED 39 Rue des Prairies Paris, 75020 France
(415) 553-2395 llanders@kqed.org
+33 (0)153093453 Yhe@zed.fr
QUEST
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The First Men on the Moon: The Apollo 11 Lunar Landing
The Glowing Millipedes of Alcatraz
The Good, the True and the Beautiful
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Physical Sciences, Technological Sciences, Online & Interactive Media
Short Program
Human & Social Sciences
Over 44 years ago, the entire nation watched as three men explored the unknown. Watch, listen and relive the excitement of the Apollo 11 lunar landing as experienced minute-by-minute by the courageous crew of Apollo 11 and Mission Control. English, 18 minutes
More than a million visitors visit Alcatraz every year, but a recent discovery has revealed another attraction that lives within the shadows of this historic prison. English, 6 minutes
The Good, the True and the Beautiful is a short documentary on the cultural aspects of medical images and their production. What exactly are we looking at when we look at a microscopic image of a cell? A snapshot of the pulsating life of the body’s microcosm? An image of the triumph of modern technology in revealing the mysteries of the body? A witness of the beauty of nature? The film invites reflections on how imaging technologies have become crucial tools within the bio-sciences as well as in medical practice. By questioning the scientific images’ status as objective witnesses of nature the film challenges us to consider the interdependence of science and culture in depicting the body interior. Norwegian (English subtitles), 30 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Thamtech LLC PRODUCER Tyler Ham OTHER CREDITS Morela Montoya, Paula Willard
PRODUCER Senior Interactive Producer: Craig Rosa, Interactive Producer: Jenny Oh, Multimedia Producer: Joshua Cassidy EDITOR Managing Editor: Paul Rogers
PRODUCTION CO 1001 Films PRODUCER Anwar Saab, Executive Producer: Merete Lie DIRECTOR Anwar Saab CAMERA Anwar Saab SOUND Anwar Saab COMPOSER Bjørn Alterhaug WRITER Anwar Saab, Merete Lie OTHER CREDITS Production Coordinator: Anja Johansen, Graphics: May Ghaibeh
Science on the SPOT
www.firstmenonthemoon.com
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http://insideoutimaging.com/film-project/
Tyler Ham Thamtech, LLC 1910 Lobelia Dr. Cedar Park, TX 78613 United States
Sevda Eris KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110 United States
Anwar Saab 1001 Films Kleivveien 19A Bekkestua, 1356 Norway
(512) 633-5770 tyler@thamtech.com
(415) 553-2835 seris@kqed.org
+47 91316302 contact@1001films.com
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The Guardians
The Heat Theater
The Incredible Bionic Man
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Best Integrated/Cross-Platform Media
Technological Sciences
The Greatest Wildlife Success Story Ever Told – Namibia’s wildlife, landscapes and people offer not only an unparalleled travel experience, but one of the most powerful conservation success stories our generation has seen. In the midst of an unprecedented poaching crisis, Namibia is the conservation bright spot on the African continent and the only country where wildlife numbers are actually growing. Filmmakers Andy Maser & Jenny Nichols and World Wildlife Fund are proud to present The Guardians – a film that celebrate the inspiring synergy between travel and community-based conservation. English, 6 minutes
The Machine Inside: Biomechanics exhibit explores how living things work like machines built by evolution, with one gallery focusing on surviving hot and cold conditions. Its centerpiece is an immersive theater experience that transports visitors to the extreme environments faced by some of nature’s most innovative organisms. Panoramic vistas, close-ups of organisms and 3D digital models help tell the story of fish with antifreeze blood, bees that huddle for warmth and elephants that flap their ears to cool down. But the central character is heat itself, whose motion graphic representation never stops moving from when it is, to where it isn’t. English, 6 minutes
How close is today’s technology to catching up with the human body? The Incredible Bionic Man chronicles a team of engineers on a quest to find out. They collect the most sophisticated prosthetic parts available and combine them into one single functioning body, complete with an artificial heart, microchip brain, synthetic lungs, kidneys and even a spleen. Their incredible bionic man reveals just how far science has come and demonstrates where this technology is headed, all the while posing the eternal question of what it means to be human. English, 46 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Maser Films, Pongo Media CO-PRODUCTION CO World Wildlife Fund PRODUCER Jenny Nichols, Andy Maser DIRECTOR Andy Maser, Jenny Nichols TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Jenny Nichols, Andy Maser, Hayden Peters CAMERA Andy Maser, Jenny Nichols OTHER CREDITS Artist: Jeremy Collins
PRODUCTION CO The Exhibitions Department at The Field Museum TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Greg Mercer CAMERA Greg Mercer, Emily Ward, Patrick Kohlhagen SOUND Josh Beck WRITER Marie Georg NARRATOR Matt Galante OTHER CREDITS 3D Modeler: Simon Watson, 3D Animator: Scott Dixon, Exhibitions Designer: Nivine Tawancy, Theater Production Supervisor: Dan Breems, Theater Production Lead: John Zehren
PRODUCTION CO Darlow Smithson Productions Ltd. for Smithsonian Channel PRODUCER Tom Coveney, Executive Producers: David Royle, Charles Poe, Julian Ware DIRECTOR Tom Coveney CAMERA Brendon Easton, Patrick Smith SOUND Steve Anderson, Gary Black, Mitch Espe, Simon O. Kunz, John Osborne, Andy Paddon, Hugh Scott, Paul Thompson EDITOR Alastair Martin NARRATOR Kasper Michaels
The Field Museum 1400 S Lake Shore Dr. Chicago, IL 60605 United States
Smithsonian Channel 1225 19th St. NW Suite 250 Washington, DC 20036-2458 United States
worldwildlife.org/pages/namibia-the-greatestwildlife-recovery-story-ever-told
Jenny Nichols & Andy Maser Maser Films & Pongo Media 438 River Bend Rd. Great Falls, VA 22066 United States (703) 901-7009 jenny@pongomediaproductions.com
(202) 261-1700
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The Last of their Kind
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Challenge in Every Direction Combatting the Sea of Debris, Aquaculture on the Rise
The Making of the Fittest: Evolving Switches, Evolving Bodies
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Environmental & Conservation Sciences
Radio & Podcast Media
Biological/Life Sciences
It is the story of a unique rescue operation: to save one of the world’s most endangered species. The film follows an international team of conservation experts into the Vietnamese jungle on the island of Cat Ba. The veterinarians and zoologists try to relocate some of the most endangered species worldwide: The Golden Headed Langur. Only sixty of these monkeys are left. The mission’s goal: Keeping up the chance for further reproduction., This is not just about two monkeys. It is not only about the survival of a species. It is about limits and chances of animal conservation. It’s about us. English, 54 minutes
Our fisheries are changing. In some cases, the fish are on the move, chased out of their traditional waters by a changing climate or a scarcity of food. In other cases, the fish populations are simply depleted. Too many fish found their way onto too many dining plates, leaving wild stocks at perilously low and unsustainable levels. The Long Haul looks at the pressures placed on New England’s fisheries, describing what’s happened in the past and exploring what could happen in the future. It’s a hopeful series, filled with people thinking critically about fishermen, consumers and the fish themselves. English, 3x7 minutes
Stickleback bodies have undergone a dramatic transformation, some populations completely losing long projecting body spines that defend them from large predators. Various scientists, including David Kingsley and Michael Bell, have studied living populations of threespine sticklebacks, identified key genes and genetic switches in the evolution of body transformation, and even documented the evolutionary change over thousands of years by studying a remarkable fossil record from the site of an ancient lake ten million years ago. English, 15 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Blackbird Films PRODUCER Marvin Entholt DIRECTOR Hannes Schuler CAMERA Johannes Straub SOUND Sebastian Simon WRITER Marvin Entholt NARRATOR David Kehoe
PRODUCTION CO WCAI PRODUCER Journalists at WCAI, The Cape and Islands NPR Stat EDITOR Sean Corcoran OTHER CREDITS Reporters: Sean Corcoran, Steve Junker, Elspeth Hay, Heather
PRODUCTION CO Howard Hughes Medical Institute PRODUCER Sean B. Carroll DIRECTOR Rob Whittlesey DESIGNER Blake Porch CAMERA Andy Shillabeer, Harry Dawson SOUND Sandy Hain, Tim Boese COMPOSER Tom Phillips, Tom Martin WRITER Robert Whittlesey, Dennis Liu, Laura Bonetta OTHER CREDITS Online Editor and Colorist: Dave Allen
The Long Haul: The Future of New England’s Fisheries
www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/making-fittestevolving-switches-evolving-bodies
cat-ba-film.com
Marvin Entholt Blackbird Films Marvin Entholt Hedwigstr. 9 Munich, 80636 Germany +49(172)8535444 info@entholt.com
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Heather Goldstone WCAI 3 Water St. Woods Hole, MA 2543 United States (508) 548-9600 heather_goldstone@capeandislands.org
Howard Hughes Medical Instute 4000 Jones Bridge Rd. Chevy Chase, MD 20815 United States
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The Mermaid in the Classroom
The Meteor Menace
The Missouri Compromised
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Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker, Short Program The Mermaid in the Classroom takes a look at using science fiction to teach science and media’s role in this method. In particular, the film looks at Discovery Communications’ Mermaids: The Body Found and explores whether this new genre of ‘natural history fiction’ has a place in science education or is strictly entertainment. English, 14 minutes
Physical Sciences
Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
Meteorites are ambiguous. As shooting stars they are messengers of good luck. But as massive missiles they spread fear of death and destruction. In the planet’s history, there have been numerous impacts with cataclysmic consequences. This Terra Mater Factual Studios production features the latest research and distinctive camera work to provide a comprehensive portrait of meteorites. English, 52 minutes
Arguments over Missouri River water management have been spinning for decades, impeded by the river’s very infrastructure. Where river engineering birthed a strong recreation industry, it has brought heavy impacts to the ecosystem and unresolved challenges for the navigation industry, from the sediment-laden water. This documentary asks whether, after seventy years, industries and interests will continue to make the river conform to infrastructure, or whether people are ready to adjust themselves to what the Missouri River can really offer. English, 27 minutes
PRODUCER Caitlin Bailey DIRECTOR Caitlin Bailey CAMERA Steve Spence NARRATOR Madison McClintock
PRODUCTION CO Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH PRODUCER Ivo Filatsch DIRECTOR Ivo Filatsch TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Graphics: Industrial Motion Art & Jörg Achatz CAMERA Photography: Francois Botha, Bernhard Popovic SOUND Michael Grill, Nino Pfaffenbichler WRITER Ivo Filatsch NARRATOR Sean Pertwee
PRODUCER Kate C. Walker DIRECTOR Kate C. Walker TECHNICAL DIRECTOR DESIGNER Kate C. Walker CAMERA Kate C. Walker SOUND Kate C. Walker WRITER Kate C. Walker NARRATOR Kate C. Walker OTHER CREDITS Visual Effects: Vector Goose Collaborative
http://www.terramater.at/productions/meteormenace/
Caitlin Bailey Montana State University 805 Nelson Story Tower Bozeman, MT 59715 United States
Walter Köhler Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH Wambachergasse 2 Vienna, 1130 Austria
Kate Walker Kate C. Walker 912 Rimini Ct. Missoula, MT 59801 United States
(210) 269-1031 cbailey2290@gmail.com
+43 18700327614 office@terramater.at
(917) 453-8882 katecwalker@gmail.com
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The Origin of Species: Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree
The Origin of Species: The Beak of the Finch
The Origin of Species: The Making of a Theory
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Biological/Life Sciences, Editing
Biological/Life Sciences
Biological/Life Sciences
Working in the islands of the Caribbean, biologist Jonathan Losos has discovered the traits that enable dozens of anole species to adapt to different vertical niches in the forest. While differences in limb length, body shape and toepad size allow different species to flourish on the ground, on thin branches, or high in the canopy, changes in other characters, such as their colorful dewlaps, have played a key role in reproductive isolation and the formation of new species. English, 18 minutes
Over the past four decades, evolutionary biologists Rosemary and Peter Grant have documented the evolution of the famous GalĂĄpagos finches by tracking changes in body traits directly tied to survival, such as beak length, and identified behavioral characteristics that prevent different species from breeding with one another. Their pioneering studies have revealed clues as to how 13 distinct finch species arose from a single ancestral population that migrated from the mainland 2 million to 3 million years ago. English, 16 minutes
In the early 1800s, most people, scientists included, accepted as fact that every species was specially created by God in a form that never changed. The epic voyages and revolutionary insights of two brave young British naturalists, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, overturned this long-held idea. Prodigious collectors of animals and plants, each man developed a keen appreciation for the variation within species, the relatedness of species, and the patterns of geographic distribution—evidence that was hard to reconcile with special creation. English, 31 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Howard Hughes Medical Institute PRODUCER Sean B. Carroll, Dan Levitt, Brett Banhazl, Lacy Clark DIRECTOR Dan Levitt DESIGNER Cameron Slayden/Cosmocyte, Fabian de Kok-Mercado CAMERA Neil Rettig, Thomas Danielczik SOUND Spence Palermo, Jesse Hubbell EDITOR Doug Quade, Jim Ohm COMPOSER Christopher Rife WRITER Dan Levitt, Sean B. Carroll, Dennis Liu, Laura Bonetta NARRATOR Sean B. Carroll
PRODUCTION CO Howard Hughes Medical Institute PRODUCER Sean B Carroll, Dan Levitt DIRECTOR Dan Levitt DESIGNER Cameron Slayden/Cosmocyte, Fabian de Kok-Mercado CAMERA Mark Molesworth SOUND Donna Bertacinni EDITOR Doug Quade, Jim Ohm COMPOSER Cristopher Rife WRITER Sean B. Carroll, Dan Levitt, Dennis Liu, Laura Bonetta NARRATOR Sean B. Carroll OTHER CREDITS : Online Editors: Mark Geffen, Julie Kahn
PRODUCTION CO Howard Hughes Medical Institute PRODUCER Sean B. Carroll, John Rubin DIRECTOR John Rubin DESIGNER Crazybridge Studios CAMERA Daniel Roth, Ben Heald, John Kaplan SOUND Geoff Pennington, Steve Bores EDITOR Stephanie Munroe, Assistant Editors: Sarah Bellingham, David Eells WRITER John Rubin, Sean B. Carroll, Dennis Liu, Laura Bonetta NARRATOR Sean B. Carroll OTHER CREDITS Actors: Zachary Eisenstat, A. Patrick Hughes, Post Production Supervisor: Yari Wolinsky
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/originspecies-lizards-evolutionary-tree
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/originspecies-beak-finch
www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/origin-speciesmaking-theory
Howard Hughes Medical Instute 4000 Jones Bridge Rd. Chevy Chase, MD 20815 United States
Howard Hughes Medical Instute 4000 Jones Bridge Rd. Chevy Chase, MD 20815 United States
Howard Hughes Medical Instute 4000 Jones Bridge Rd. Chevy Chase, MD 20815 United States
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The Origins of Disease - Depression: Legacy of the Survival Instinct
The Pad Piper
The Perfect Runner
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Medical Sciences
Technological Sciences
Human & Social Sciences, Hosted or Presenter-Led, Biological/Life Sciences
Depression is a serious social problem around the world. Scientists studying fish (our primitive ancestors) made surprising discoveries about its causes. Under certain conditions, the part of a fish’s brain that works to protect the creature from predators goes out of control and causes depression. When mammals began living in groups, they developed traits that led to a similar response. This program reveals the evolutionary reasons for human depression and introduces new treatments based on those discoveries. English, 49 minutes
This is the incredible story of a school dropout and grassroots innovator from India, Arunachalam Muruganantham. The film explores how his innovation, a low-cost sanitary-pad making machine, is changing the face of menstrual hygiene for thousands of women across India. In itself it may not sound path breaking, but this simple machine has the potential to change lives of women across the world and give them dignity. English, 52 minutes
Millions of years ago, before we were hunters, we were hunted, preyed upon by stronger, faster animals. So how did we survive the harsh environment of Africa’s Great Rift Valley and evolve to dominate our world? Evolutionary biologists believe it has less to do with our brains than with our feet, legs, sweat glands and hairless skin. Join us as we circle the globe and explore how two-and-a-half million years of evolution made us a super-specialized species, able to run greater distance, for longer periods, than anything else in nature. Explore the miracle of running through the science of human evolution. From the highlands of Ethiopia, to the most remote place in Arctic Siberia, to a grueling ultramarathon in the Canadian Rockies, The Perfect Runner weaves cutting-edge science with gripping adventure, and leaves the viewer with a new and inspiring understanding of our common evolutionary inheritance as the “running ape”. English, 49 minutes
PRODUCTION CO NHK in association with NHK Enterprises Inc. PRODUCER Takao Yamamoto, Executive Producers: Genya Niio, Tomoyuki Shirakawa DIRECTOR Yoshikatsu Date, Tsunehito Arai CAMERA Haruki Ida, Kazuyuki Ojima SOUND Shogo Takahashi, Nobuo Mori, Shingo Hasegawa WRITER Yoshikatsu Date, Tsunehito Arai NARRATOR Marc Carpentier
PRODUCTION CO NHK Japan CO-PRODUCTION CO Media Corp, KBS PRODUCER Akanksha Sood Singh, Executive Producer: Akira Yoshizawa DIRECTOR Akanksha Sood Singh CAMERA Praveen Singh, Sanjeev Monga SOUND Sanjeev Monga WRITER Akanksha Sood Singh NARRATOR Rupa Krishnan
PRODUCTION CO Clearwater Documentary Inc. for Smithsonian Channel PRODUCER Niobe Thompson, Executive Producers: David Royle, Charles Poe, Tom Radford DIRECTOR Niobe Thompson CAMERA Daron Donahue, Mike McLaughlin SOUND Carey Opper EDITOR Brenda Terning WRITER Niobe Thompson, Tom Radford NARRATOR Niobe Thompson
www.theperfectrunner.com/
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) 2-2-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-8001 Japan
Akanksha Sood Singh Kosmik Global Media Pvt. Ltd. J 183, Jalvayu Vihar Sector 25 Noida, 201301 India
Niobe Thompson Clearwater Documentary Inc. 9009 99 St. Edmonton, AB T6E3V6 Canada
+91 9891116777 akanksha@kosmikglobal.com
(780) 757-9777 niobe@clearwatermedia.com
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The Pine Processionnary Caterpillar
The Plight of the Pika
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Visualization
Short Program
Radio & Podcast Media
For thousands of years, the pine processionary caterpillar, an indigenous European insect, has been marching slowly but surely towards the North. The pine is their natural habitat. They feed off its needles. And a threat to the entire plot of land. The processionary caterpillar is the great destroyer of Europe’s forests. In the Landes region of France, processionary damages are so spectacular that you can actually follow the animal’s trace. Several research teams are studying the behavior of this disturbing insect, in the hopes of curbing its expansion. Englsih, 52 minutes
The pika, a small mammal that lives at high altitude, has become an indicator for climate change as it struggles to survive rising temperatures in the mountains of the western U.S. English, 4 minutes
In the winter of 1902, twelve young men in suits gather in the basement of a government building in Washington DC. Waiters serve them courses like chipped beef and applesauce. The men eat everything, though they know it has been spiked with an unnamed poison. The press called them the “Poison Squad.” Harvey Washington Wiley, the government chemist who ran this experiment, would become the founding father of the FDA. This is the story of Wiley and a colorful human experiment - one that began in a basement dining room and continues on our dinner plates today. English, 8 minutes
PRODUCTION CO ZED PRODUCER Manuel Catteau DIRECTOR Vincent Amouroux CAMERA Nicolas Gabriel, Jean-Pierre Rivalain, Quincy Benedi WRITER Vincent Amouroux, Joël Leyendecker NARRATOR Paul Bandey
PRODUCTION CO Craighead Institute PRODUCER Charlie Craighead CAMERA Charlie Craighead WRITER Charlie Craighead NARRATOR John Byrne Cooke
PRODUCER Sruthi Pinnamaneni WRITER Sruthi Pinnamaneni NARRATOR Sruthi Pinnamaneni OTHER CREDITS Research: William Dahlberg
Conquerers
STEM Story Project
http://www.zed.fr/tv/distribution/videos/112/ conquerors/
Ye He ZED 39 Rue des Prairies Paris, 75020 France +33 0153093453 Yhe@zed.fr
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The Poison Squad: A Chemist’s Quest for Pure Food
www.prx.org/pieces/100067-the-poison-squada-chemists-quest-for-pure-foo
Craighead Institute 201 S. Wallace, Suite 2B Bozeman, MT 59715 United States
Sruthi Pinnamaneni Freelance producer
sruthi@gimletmedia.com
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The Politics of Power
The Power to Print
The Pure and The Poisoned
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Environmental & Conservation Sciences, Hosted or Presenter-Led
Technological Sciences, Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
Hosted or Presenter-Led
The Politics of Power seeks to answer one question: why, despite the almost unanimity of scientific opinion, is climate change such a hard sale in Washington, DC? Climate change is an issue that the program’s reporter, Chris Hayes, is unequivocally committed to stopping. Our film (and the Google Hangout that Hayes hosted prior to air) not only shows that climate change is here but also that there are low cost solutions (alternative fuels) to remediate it. Hayes closes by saying that Washington, and the public who votes for politicians, need to act and act soon. Time is running out. Watching the hour, Al Gore tweeted, “Tonight, @chrislhayes became this generation’s Edward R. Murrow…” We think you’ll agree. English, 45 minutes
The Power to Print explores the burgeoning technology of 3D printing and takes you along with filmmaker Brett Kuxhausen as he tries to print one of the most provocative and talked about creations of 3D printing: a plastic gun. English, 12 minutes
Billions of Hindus consider the Ganges a goddess and bathe in its waters to purify and protect their souls. It has become one of the most polluted rivers in the world, threatening the health of the people who bathe in her? The Water Brothers participate in the 2013 Kumbh Mela festival, the largest gathering of people in history with over 30 million bathing in the river in a single day. Traveling down the Ganges, from Kanpur to the sacred city of Allahabad, The Water Brothers explore the fascinating relationship ancient religion, human population and extreme pollution have on the vital river. English, 25 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Peacock Productions CO-PRODUCTION CO MSNBC Longform PRODUCER Caroline Sommers, Kimberley Ferdinando, Associate Producers: Rolake Bamgbose, Elizabeth Freedman, Line Producer: Peter Burke, Executive Producer: Betsy Wagner, Senior Producer: Timothy E. Smith, Senior Executive Producer: Scott Hooker, Vice President: Michael Rubin DIRECTOR Carrie Wysocki EDITOR Jaclyn Spirer, Marshall Hausfeld NARRATOR Chris Hayes
PRODUCTION CO Brett J. Kuxhausen Media PRODUCER Brett Kuxhausen DIRECTOR Brett Kuxhausen TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Brett Kuxhausen DESIGNER Brett Kuxhausen CAMERA Brett Kuxhausen, Roshan Patel SOUND Roshan Patel, Casey Kanode COMPOSER Chase Hanebrink WRITER Brett Kuxhausen NARRATOR Brett Kuxhausen OTHER CREDITS Original Comic Book Artwork: Abigail Kent
PRODUCTION CO SK Films PRODUCER Jonathan Barker, Wendy MacKeigan DIRECTOR Tyler Mifflin CAMERA Tyler Mifflin WRITER Alex Mifflin
https://vimeo.com/93519657
thewaterbrothers.ca
Elizabeth Freedman MSNBC 30 Rockefeller Plaza 2.78E+04 New York, NY 10112 United States
Brett Kuxhausen Brett J. Kuxhausen Media 226 S 18th Ave. Apartment D Bozeman, MT 59715 United States
Amber Hawtin SK Films 225 Commissioners St. Suite 303 Toronto, ON M4M 0A1 Canada
(212) 664-1862 elizabeth.freedman@nbcuni.com
(712) 520-2515 brettkux@gmail.com
(416) 763-0440 ahawtin@skfilms.ca
The Water Brothers
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The Real Dingo
The RNA Lab
The Rolling Muddy River
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Online & Interactive Media
Environmental & Conservation Sciences
This film features probably the most controversial dog on the planet. Not even the big bad wolf can touch Australia’s dingo when it comes to fear and hatred. The dingo is after all considered a ‘baby killer’ and is loathed by many Australians. The Real Dingo explores the intimate and secretive lives of these wild dogs in Australia’s Blue Mountains. The film presents a pack as the pups emerge, follows them as they grow and eventually disperse into the big blue yonder. English, 52 minutes
What if you could create a molecular machine that might one day help save someone’s life - just by playing a game? Well, you can. NOVA’s RNA Lab gets players to help scientists understand an important family of biomolecules called RNAs. By playing the RNA Lab, you’ll discover that molecular RNA carry out a variety of essential functions in your body. You’ll journey through billions of years of evolutionary history to see how RNA may have allowed life to form on Earth. And you’ll be coached through a series of RNA folding puzzles to become a master molecular engineer. English, 3 minutes
The Zhuoshui River is Taiwan’s Mother River. She is the longest river in Taiwan, and people have lived along her banks for far longer than history records. They have profited from bountiful harvests nourished by her waters and soils. However, industry has gradually drained the life from the Zhuoshui River and people continue to exploit what little remains to sustain their needs and their way of life… Chinese (English Subtitles), 54 minutes
PRODUCTION CO A Humble Bee production for Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH PRODUCER Duncan Chard DIRECTOR Duncan Chard CAMERA Peter Nearhos SOUND Warwick Finlay NARRATOR Sam Hazeldine
PRODUCTION CO NOVA PRODUCER Kathy Neal, Alex Rosenthal DESIGNER Tyler Howe OTHER CREDITS Director of New Media: Lauren Aguirre
PRODUCTION CO Taiwan Public Television Service PRODUCER Li Ping Yu, Chin Yuan Ke DIRECTOR Tien Bao Chen CAMERA Chen Tien Bao, Chen Jhong Fong, Michael Chang, Ke Chin Yuan WRITER Chiu Hsiao Wei NARRATOR Jeff Miller OTHER CREDITS Executive Producer: Lin LehChyun, Ho Gwo Hwa, Supervising Producer: Jessie Shih, Commissioning Editor: Wang Pai-Zhang , Interviews: Umi Wang, Ellen Chen, Associate Producer: Umi Wang, Liao Chieh Yu, Chen Yi ju, Sting Design: Jason Chang, Djanav Zengror, Music: Wang Yen Meng
http://www.terramater.at/productions/the-realdingo/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/rna/
http://eng.pts.org.tw/programs.php?cat=3
Walter Köhler Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH Wambachergasse 2 Vienna, 1130 Austria
Kristine Allington NOVA/WGBH Educational Foundation 1 Guest St. Boston, MA Boston, MA 02134 United States
Chia-Wei Tung Taiwan Public Television Service No.100, Lane 75, Sec.3, Kang-Ning Rd. Taipei, 11485 Taiwan
+43 18700327614 office@terramater.at
(617) 300-4230 kristine_allington@wgbh.org
+88 6226301125 PTSFestival@gmail.com
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The Science of Snowflakes
The Science of Sustainability
The Silkies of Madagascar
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Human & Social Sciences
Ph.D., Joe Hanson writes and hosts It’s Okay to be Smart, a show about science, but it’s a show about so much more. It’s about knowing that science is for everyone. It’s about the intersection of science and art, history and the world that we live in. English, 6 minutes
In this special series, the QUEST multimedia team created six magazine format television programs focused on exploring the science of sustainability. Hosted by environmental journalist, Simran Sethi, every episode reveals the many ways in which science, technology, engineering and sheer ingenuity are being used to address sustainability issues related to food, energy, water, climate and biodiversity. QUEST is a collaboration of six public broadcasters around the country, that have joined forces to tell stories about sustainability topics through articles, videos, radio reports, television broadcasts and educational materials. English, 3x26 minutes
For a silk weaving coop in the central highlands of Madagascar, income from new, sustainable, global markets preserves ancient traditions, empowers women and provides hope for future generations. A young Peace Corps volunteer and a seasoned folk art visionary team up to change everything for these women. This character-driven documentary follows young Rado on her first trip outside of her country, traveling from Madagascar to a Santa Fe art market. The 3-day market’s income would normally take the women 15 years to earn at home. Audiences around the globe love The Silkies of Madagascar. English, 26 minutes
CO-PRODUCTION CO PBS Digital Studios, Spotzen Inc PRODUCER Amanda Fox, Kate Eads DIRECTOR Joe Nicolosi CAMERA Katie Graham WRITER Joe Nicolosi
PRODUCTION CO QUEST (a property of KQED) CO-PRODUCTION CO KQED, KCTS PRODUCER Executive Producer: Jason Black, Managing Editor: Lisa Landers, Lead Coordinating Producer: Adrienne Calo, Field Director: Amy Miller TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Zaldy Serrano, Christina Z. White
PRODUCTION CO David Evans Media CO-PRODUCTION CO International Folk Art Alliance PRODUCER Executive Producer: Judith Espinar, Senior Producer: David Evans DIRECTOR David Evans TECHNICAL DIRECTOR David Evans DESIGNER Paul Tobias, David Evans CAMERA David Linstrom, David Evans SOUND Aina Rasamoelina, Bayard Carey WRITER David Evans
https://www.youtube.com/user/ itsokaytobesmart?feature=watch
questscience.org
Kate Eads Spotzen Inc. 2525 S. Lamar Unit 9 Ausin, TX 78704 United States
Lisa Landers KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94939 United States
David Evans David Evans Media 2117 10th St. NW #201 Washington, DC 20001 United States
(512) 497-7344 kate.eads@spotzen.com
(415) 891-8503 llanders@kqed.org
(202) 246-9212 david@davidevansmedia.com
It’s Okay To Be Smart
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The Skycatcher
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The Superpower of Salt
The Tongue-Eating Parasite
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Over the past century, the thick southern forest of this national field study is the only part of our country that is cooling. This phenomenon has spawned important questions about what might be in the air causing this cooling. Under the leadership of Rutgers’ atmospheric chemist Annmarie Carlton, more than 100 scientists have gathered in the forests of Alabama to sample the atmosphere with weather balloons and government planes in a race to understand how our planet is responding to climate change. The Southern Oxidant Aerosol Study is the largest National Science Foundation field study in the last decade. English, 9 minutes
From the Big Bang to our lives today, Big History crisscrosses billions of years of time and space and dares to reveal how everything, and everyone, is linked in one universal story. This ambitious H2 series is produced in collaboration with Bill Gates’ Big History Project, an organization dedicated to revolutionizing the way we teach and learn about history. Each episode highlights a different everyday item that holds a key to unlocking our Big History: salt, cell phones, gold, ice, mountains, coffee & tea, the sun, the horse, beef, weapons, secret codes and more. English, 44 minutes
Meet the tongue-eating isopod, Cymothoa exigua. This marine parasite feasts on a fish’s tongue and then becomes its tongue. You’ll never eat seafood again. English, 3 minutes
PRODUCER Jamie Deradorian-Delia, Sean Feuer, Stephanie Wong DIRECTOR Jamie Deradorian-Delia, Sean Feuer, Stephanie Wong CAMERA Sean Feuer, Stephanie Wong
PRODUCTION CO Flight 33 Productions LLC For H2 Network PRODUCER Ryan T. Hurst, Executive Producers: Louis C. Tarantino, Douglas J. Cohen, Paul Cabana, Senior Producer: Samuel K. Dolan, Coordinating Producer: Joel Franklin DIRECTOR Gabriel Rotello CAMERA Directors of Photography: Tom Collins, Mike Testin, John Winquist WRITER Gabriel Rotello NARRATOR Bryan Cranston
PRODUCTION CO NOVA PRODUCER Anna Rothschild TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Anna Rothschild CAMERA Anna Rothschild SOUND Anna Rothschild WRITER Anna Rothschild NARRATOR Anna Rothschild
Big History
http://soas2013.rutgers.edu/meet-the-filmstudents/ Jamie Deradorian-Delia 60 Highland Ave. Hillsdale, NJ 7642 United States
(201) 314-5658
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/tongueparasite.html H2 235 E 45th St. 4W New York, NY 10017 United States
Kristine Allington NOVA/WGBH Educational Foundation 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02134 United States (617) 300-4230 kristine_allington@wgbh.org
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The Ultimate Formula: How did the Universe Begin?
The Ultimate Formula: What is the Universe Made Of?
The Vertical City
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Human & Social Sciences
Technological Sciences
The human race has succeeded in explaining nearly everything in our universe using mathematical formula. Yet black holes remain shrouded in mystery. Physicists believe they will be able to unravel the ultimate mystery how the universe came into being - if they discover a formula that explains the depths of black holes. Now, superstring theory, a mathematical approach that has revealed the universe in terms beyond anything people had imagined, promises an end to their century-long search. This documentary shows how physicists such as Einstein, Hawking and today’s superstring theorists have endeavored to solve the mystery of the origin of the universe. English, 52 minutes
For over a century, physicists have searched for a blueprint of the universe in the form of a single mathematical formula. This ultimate formula would explain the fundamental building blocks of the universe – the elementary particles and the forces that govern them. Physicists discovered the Higgs boson in 2012 at last confirmed the Standard Model – a culmination of the theories of various physicists that seemed to explain what this universe is made of. We use the latest computer graphics and interviews with Nobel Prize-winning physicists to examine the fascinating and dramatic story of the search for the ultimate formula. English, 49 minutes
Shanghai Tower isn’t just a skyscraper — it’s a vertical city, a collection of businesses, services and hotels all in one place, fitting a population the size of Monaco into a footprint the size of a football field. Within its walls, residents can literally work, rest, play and relax in public parks, looking up through 12 stories of clear space. Not just one, however, but eight of them, stacked on top of each other, all the way to the 120th floor. When complete, the structure will dominate Shanghai’s skyline, towering over its neighbors as a testament to China’s economic success and the ambitions of the city’s wealthy elite. English, 54 minutes
PRODUCTION CO NHK PRODUCER Naofumi Nakamura, Executive Producer: Shinya Ide DIRECTOR Tomoharu Okada DESIGNER Graphics Designer: Akira Terabe CAMERA Takahiro Ogura SOUND Naotaka Doi, Koji Kawasaki WRITER Tomoharu Okada NARRATOR Marc Carpentier
PRODUCTION CO NHK PRODUCER Naofumi Nakamura, Executive Producer: Shinya Ide DIRECTOR Masahito Kasuga DESIGNER Graphics Designer: Akira Terabe CAMERA Ichiro Horiuchi SOUND Naotaka Doi, Hayato Tanaka WRITER Masahito Kasuga NARRATOR Marc Carpentier
PRODUCTION CO Blink Films for PBS in association with Channel 5, Discovery Asia PRODUCER Rob Slater, Dan Chambers DIRECTOR Rob Slater
Super Skyscrapers
http://www.pbs.org/program/superskyscrapers/ NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) 2-2-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-8001 Japan
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) 2-2-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-8001 Japan
PBS 2100 Crystal Dr. Arlington, VA 22202 United States
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The Waters of Greenstone
Thin Ice: The Inside Story of Climate Science
Think Like a Crow!: The Scientific Method #1
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Environmental & Conservation Sciences
Children’s Education
A visual exploration of the ever-changing landscapes of New Zealand’s South Island. English, 6 minutes
With climate science coming under increasing attack, geologist Simon Lamb takes his camera into the field to investigate. For three years he follows scientists from a wide range of disciplines. They talk about their work, their hopes and fears with a rare candor and directness, resulting in an intimate portrait of the global community of researchers racing to understand our planet’s changing climate and provide a compelling case for rising CO2 as the main cause. English, 74 minutes
In Episode 1, viewers observe strange phenomena when a finger’s shadow approaches a mug’s. Next, two lit candles of differing height under an overturned vase: which will die first? We see the outcome, but the narration ends with the merest hint about the relative weight of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Japanese, 10 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Nathan Kaso Photography PRODUCER Nathan Kaso DIRECTOR Nathan Kaso CAMERA Nathan Kaso SOUND Tom Day
PRODUCTION CO Dox Productions CO-PRODUCTION CO A David Sington/Simon Lamb Film PRODUCER Executive Producers: Peter Barrett, Philip England DIRECTOR David Sington, Simon Lamb CAMERA David Sington SOUND Sarah Kinsella, Michael Kerslake EDITOR David Fairhead COMPOSER Phillip Sheppard WRITER Simon Lamb NARRATOR Simon Lamb
PRODUCTION CO NHK PRODUCER Executive Producer: Shinichi Takeuchi DIRECTOR Kazuteru Hayashi, Yoko Fukuda, Masashi Sato, Executive Director: Masahiko Sato TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Masumi Uchino CAMERA Toshiyuki Kanemaru, Daisuke Soma SOUND Fusami Ogawa WRITER Masahiko Sato, Kazuteru Hayashi, Yoko Fukuda, Masashi Sato NARRATOR Takumi Saito, Kohji Robert Yamamoto
vimeo.com/83907617
thiniceclimate.org/
Nathan Kaso 30 Kiora Ave. Doreen, Victoria, 3754 Australia
Suzanne Harle Green Planet Films PO Box 247 Corte Madera, CA 94976 United States
+61 4097 91598 nathankaso@gmail.com
(415) 377-5471 suzanne@greenplanetfilms.org
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) 2-2-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku Tokyo, 150-8001 Japan
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Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman
Ticked Off: The Mystery of Lyme Disease
Tides of Change
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Medical Sciences
Short Program
Academy-Award® winner and movie legend Morgan Freeman hosts Science Channel’s mind-blowing, hit series Through The Wormhole. The series boldly asks mankind’s most vexing questions, digging deep into the innermost workings of the mind and searching through the complexities of the universe. The questions asked are not only entertaining, but also continue to incite viewers’ curiosity. English, 3x60 minutes
Lyme disease, a mysterious tick-borne illness, is the fastest spreading vectorborne disease in the United States, and over the past decade, the tick that carries Lyme has been spreading across Canada with alarming speed. Ticked Off: The Mystery Of Lyme Disease is a fascinating and eye-opening documentary that explores a disease that has devastating effects, is often misdiagnosed and mistreated, and continues to be mired in a medical controversy. English, 52 minutes
Olympic National Park includes 60 miles of rugged, wilderness Pacific Ocean coastline. Unfortunately, this richly diverse coastal ecosystem is particularly vulnerable to climate change. As sea levels rise and the ocean becomes more acidic, everything else is affected. Dr. Steve Fradkin is a marine ecologist with the National Park Service who monitors the health of the coastal ecosystem. He and his crew survey plots monitoring intertidal creatures and the changing sea. This 14 minute film shows Steve at work and at play letting him explain in his own words why he does what he does. English, 14 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Revelations Entertainment PRODUCER Executive Producers: Morgan Freeman, Lori McCreary, James Younger, Associate Producer: Peter Karp, Coordinating Producer: Lindsey Foster DIRECTOR David Lamattina SOUND Supervising Sound Editor: Eric Raber HOST Morgan Freeman
PRODUCTION CO Merit Motion Pictures PRODUCER Erna Buffie, Merit Jensen Carr DIRECTOR Ryszard Hunka CAMERA Gabriel Levesque SOUND Russ Dyck EDITOR David McGunigal WRITER Ryszard Hunka NARRATOR Bonnie Dickie
PRODUCTION CO Silver Fir Media CO-PRODUCTION CO North Coast & Cascades Science Learning Network (US National Park Service) PRODUCER Jerry Freilich, Donald J O’Brien DIRECTOR Donald J O’Brien CAMERA Eric Rejman
sciencechannel.com
meritmotionpictures.com/portfolio-items/ ticked-off-the-mystery-of-lyme-disease/
www.nwparkscience.org
Science Channel, a network of Discovery Communications, Inc. One Discovery Place Silver Spring, MD 20910 United States
Orlando Braun Merit Motion Pictures 248 Princess St. Winnipeg, MB R3B 1M2 Canada
Donald O’Brien Silver Fir Media 2110 S Halsted Chicago, IL 60608 United States
(204) 775-4092 orlando@meritmotionpictures.com
(708) 927-8124 donaldjobrien@gmail.com
Did God Create Evolution How Do Aliens Think Is Reality Real
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Time and Distance
To Space & Back
Towards Eta Sub Earth
14-299 Physical Sciences
14-300 Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format)
14-301 Physical Sciences, Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
Measurement is a story that’s as old as mankind. It’s a subject that we’ve grappled with since cave dwelling times when we counted on our knuckles, and continues to perplex the greatest minds in modern science. Packed with cutting-edge science, amusing anecdotes from history and jaw-dropping examples from the modern world, this is the story of our journey from painting caves to the exploration of outer space. With experiments both modern and ancient, this first episode in the series will explain how we developed two of the seven international units of measurement, those for time and length. And how time, length, the second and the meter have shaped the course of history, science and civilization. English, 60 minutes
To Space & Back takes audiences on an incredible journey from the far reaches of our known universe to our own planet. It is an extraordinary story of human ingenuity and incredible engineering, describing how the technology that transports us through space is paving the way for the devises and apps we use every day. What’s happening above is coming back down to Earth! Discover how we’ve been changed by space exploration, and what we owe to curiosity and the spirit of discovery. English, 25 minutes
Rebekah and Jennifer Kahn have been watching the stars since they were small children enchanted by stories of the constellations. As young teenagers they were among the first “Planet Hunter” citizen astronomers and at age 15 enrolled in an Astrophysics Course offered through Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development. Their final project became this video aimed at providing current scientific information to college students and the general public, including their original computational astrophysics research on how many other Earths there might be. The homeschooled identical twins provide an up-to-the-moment look at our knowledge of exoplanets and the exciting search for other worlds. English, 34 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Big Wave Productions Ltd. PRODUCER Mark Woodward, Executive Producer Big Wave: Sarah Cunliffe, Executive Producer BBC: Chris Cole, Assistant Producer: Emily Franke, Production Manager: Debbie Deeney DIRECTOR Mike Cunliffe CAMERA Anthony Leake, Nigel Fairburn EDITOR Richard Atkinson HOST Marcus du Sautoy
PRODUCTION CO Sky-Skan Inc. CO-PRODUCTION CO The Franklin Institute PRODUCER Annette Sotheran-Barnett, Derrick Pitts DIRECTOR Annette Sotheran-Barnett EDITOR Senior Editor: Scott Wyman COMPOSER Pip Greasley, Dale Corderoy WRITER Annette Sotheran-Barnett, Derrick Pitts NARRATOR James May OTHER CREDITS Motion Graphics Artist: Scott Wyman, Timelapse Photography: Steven T. Savage
PRODUCER Jennifer M.R. Kahn, Rebekah M.R. Kahn DIRECTOR Jennifer M.R. Kahn, Rebekah M.R. Kahn WRITER Jennifer M.R. Kahn, Rebekah M.R. Kahn NARRATOR Rebekah Kahn OTHER CREDITS Astrophysics Instructor: Dr. Laura E. Trouille, Technical Instructor: Mr. Jeffrey Dunlap
www.bigwavetv.com/productions/precisionthe-measure-of-all-things/
www.tospaceandback.com
Big Wave Productions Ltd 156 St Pancras Chichester, PO19 7SH United Kingdom
Annette Sotheran-Barnett Sky-Skan, Inc. 51 Lake St. Nashua, NH 3060 United States
Jennifer and Rebekah Kahn Twin Productions P.O. Box 9 Middle Haddam, CT 6424 United States
(603) 880-8500 abarnett@skyskan.com
(860) 250-0789 twins@kahn.com
Precision: The Measure of All Things
+44 124 353 2531 production@bigwavetv.com
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Toxic Bees – Nature’s Mayday
Trashed
Tweet of the Day
14-302 Medical Sciences
14-303 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
14-304 Radio & Podcast Media
International co-production Toxic Bees Nature’s Mayday is a science documentary that begins with the mass death of bees (CCD, Colony Collapse Disorder) in recent years, which tracks and analyzes Taiwan’s world-leading research on bees. By examining the latest research of scholars around the world, Toxic Bees explores the serious impact of pesticides on both our environment and human health, which includes ADHD. Chinese (English Subtitles), 51 minutes
Starring Jeremy Irons, Trashed looks at the risks to the food chain and the environment through pollution of our air, land, and sea by waste. The film reveals surprising truths about very immediate and potent dangers to our health. It is a global conversation from Iceland to Indonesia between the film star Jeremy Irons and scientists, politicians, and ordinary individuals whose health and livelihoods have been fundamentally affected by waste pollution. Visually and emotionally the film is both horrific and beautiful: an interplay of human interest and political wake-up call. English, 97 minutes
Discover British birds through their songs and calls. Each Tweet of the Day begins with a call or song, followed by a story of fascinating ornithology inspired by the sound. English, 3x2 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Public Television Service, Taiwan PRODUCER Yen Ming Lai, Executive Producer: Leh-Chyun Lin, Supervising Producer: Jessie Shih, Production Coordinators: Ching Hua Chiang, Jia Ling Wei, Production Consultant: Frank Smith DIRECTOR Al Go DESIGNER Shi Chuan Chen CAMERA Guo Wei Hu, High Speed Camera: Shi Gu, DSLR Camera: Jim Liang Chen, Ye-Yin Long, Stock Footage: Shutterstock Pond5 EDITOR Ying Fang Chen COMPOSER Shen Long Gao NARRATOR Shao Yi Gao OTHER CREDITS Color Grading: Penny Chou, Consultants: Alex Lu, En Cheng Yang
PRODUCTION CO Blenheim Films DIRECTOR Candida Brady
PRODUCTION CO BBC NHU Radio PRODUCER Executive Producer: Julian Hector NARRATOR Sir David Attenborough, Michaela Strachan
Starlings Tx Song Thrush (Winter) Wetland Dawn Chorus
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s6xyk/ episodes/player Chia-Wei Tung No.100, Lane 75, Sec.3, Kang-Ning Rd. Taipei, 11485 Taiwan
8.86E+11 PTSFestival@gmail.com
First Pond Entertainment 3532 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90066 United States
Chiara Minchin BBC NHU Radio Whiteladies Rd. Bristol, BS8 2LR United Kingdom +44 117 974 2111 chiara.minchin@bbc.co.uk
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Ultimate Mars Challenge
Unnatural Selection
Unseen
14-305 Physical Sciences, Human & Social Sciences, Visualization
14-306 Biological/Life Sciences
14-307 Best Integrated/Cross-Platform Media
In its search for life beyond Earth, NASA employs a “sky crane” maneuver to land the Curiosity rover on Mars. English, 57 minutes
The wings of cliff swallows in Nebraska are getting shorter while turtles in Chesapeake Bay are getting larger. On the Galapagos Islands, different species are collapsing back into one. What has happened to evolution? The answer is very simple: Us Humans have transformed the planet beyond recognition – turning grasslands and forests into fields and cities and polluting air and water. And all of these changes have altered the course of evolution, often in surprising ways. English, 52 minutes
Unseen (commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund to raise awareness of unsustainable palm oil) plays on the idea of the ‘everyday hero’ in the form of ‘Jack’ and the concept of a classic hollywood trailer. Our protagonist goes about his everyday, going to work, the supermarket, seeing his girlfriend, cooking dinner, watching TV - the norm. Things all of us do on a regular basis. However, one evening, Jack suddenly realizes whilst eating noodles, that not everything is as it seems. He then goes on a journey of discovery to find out the “truth”. The aim of the video was to encourage viewers to check the ingredients of the products they used to ensure they weren’t unknowingly supporting those companies who endorse usage of unsustainable palm oil. English, 3 minutes
PRODUCTION CO A NOVA Production by Gemini Productions LLC in association with ARTE France PRODUCER Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Senior Producer: Julia Cort DIRECTOR Gail Willumsen CAMERA John Beck, Peter Bonilla, Kris Denton SOUND Sound Recordists: Ken King, Marla Hettinger, J.E. Jack WRITER Gail Willumsen NARRATOR Lance Lewman
PRODUCTION CO A production of Sky Vision for Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH PRODUCER Steve Nicholls, Sarah Whalley DIRECTOR Steve Nicholls, Sarah Whalley CAMERA Kevin Flay, John Waters, Richard Fitzp: Additional Photography SOUND Russel Skellon WRITER Victoria Coules NARRATOR Sean Pertwee
PRODUCTION CO Nice and Serious PRODUCER Matthew Harmer DIRECTOR Matthew Harmer DESIGNER Guillaume Le Roux, Mads Broni SOUND Tom Tapper WRITER Tom Tapper, Matthew Harmer
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/ultimate-marschallenge.html
http://www.terramater.at/productions/ unnatural-selection/
http://www.unseenthemovie.com/
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Walter Köhler Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH Wambachergasse 2 Vienna, 1130 Austria
Nice and Serious Studio 4, Panther House 38 Mount Pleasant London, WC1X 0AN United Kingdom
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
+43 18700327614 office@terramater.at
+44 207 812 1229 info@niceandserious.com
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Untamed Science
Urban Trees
Volcano Man
14-308 Online & Interactive Media
14-309 Children’s Education
14-310 Earth Sciences
Untamed Science is a collaborative project between Rob Nelson, Jonas Stenstrom, Haley Chamberlain, Louise Fornander and a handful of the most amazing film making scientists in the industry. If you like high quality science shorts, you’re going to love this channel. We’re trying to communicate science is a fun way. Lets just say, we won’t waste your time. We’re also a non-profit and are proud to release all sorts of videos intended to help educate in this every-growing digital world. English, 5 minutes
Trees in urban areas can reduce summer time temperatures and reduce air conditioning bills. In this video, learn how trees renew our air supply by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen and clean our air by filtering out dust and greenhouse gases. English, 3 minutes
Geoff Mackley abseils into the jaws of an active volcano, wearing nothing more than a thin foil suit! Tyler tests the suit in Hawaii before finding out if Geoff can get closer than any man has ever been to the violent lava inside our planet and live to tell the tale? English, 25 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Untamed Science PRODUCER Rob Nelson DIRECTOR Rob Nelson, Jonas Stenstrom WRITER Melissa Salpietra
PRODUCTION CO The Nature Conservancy PRODUCER Executive Producers: Sara Elliott, Chun-Wei Yi DIRECTOR Chun-Wei Yi DESIGNER Sara Elliott CAMERA Chun-Wei Yi WRITER Chun-Wei Yi, Sara Elliott NARRATOR Chun-Wei Yi
PRODUCTION CO Off the Fence Productions PRODUCER James Hemming DIRECTOR Executive Producers: Allison Bean, Ellen Windemuth, Series Producer: Andrew Zikking, Assistant Producers: Sol Welch, Bracken Hollings CAMERA Mark Hammond SOUND Taron Allison WRITER James Hemming
www.youtube.com/UntamedScience
www.natureworkseverywhere.org
Robert Nelson Untamed Science 2430 Belmeade Dr. Charlotte, NC 28214 United States
Angela Brisson The Nature Conservancy 4245 N. Fairfax Dr. Arlington, VA 22203 United States
Off the Fence Productions Ltd 20 Elmdale Rd., Tyndalls Park Clifton Bristol, BS8 1SG United Kingdom
(719) 502-0530 robnelsonfilms@gmail.com
(919) 606-0103 abrisson@tnc.org
+44 0117 909 7582 kelly@offthefence.com
Freaks Of Nature
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Water Demands on the Platte
Watermelon Magic
We Are Aliens! 3D
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Children’s Education, Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format), Editing Weaving together documentary and fictional elements, Watermelon Magic chronicles a season on the family farm, as Sylvie grows a patch of watermelons to sell at market. Constructed entirely from over 200,000 high-resolution still photos, this 30-minute film employs a dynamic style of varying shutter-burst frame rates with stunning time-lapse sequences. We witness the elementary scientific concepts of the life cycle of plants, observing their journey from seed to flower to fruit. When harvest time arrives, Sylvie must decide if she will share her precious watermelon babies with the world. English, 30 minutes
Best Immersive Cinema (3D, Fulldome, Large Format)
PRODUCTION CO NET News PRODUCER NET Reporter/Producer: Ariana Brocious SOUND Ariana Brocious WRITER Ariana Brocious NARRATOR Ariana Brocious OTHER CREDITS News Director: Dennis Kellogg
PRODUCTION CO Spring Garden Pictures PRODUCER Richard Power Hoffmann, Phil Cohen DIRECTOR Richard Power Hoffmann CAMERA Chase Bowman, Tim Shepherd EDITOR Jon Shearburn COMPOSER Peter Tramo WRITER Richard Power Hoffmann OTHER CREDITS Actress: Sylvia Green Hoffmann
PRODUCTION CO NSC Creative PRODUCER Paul Mowbray, Production Assistance: Ruth Coalson, Rebecca Simpson DIRECTOR Max Crow TECHNICAL DIRECTOR CG Supervisor: Aaron Bradbury DESIGNER Aaron Bradbury, Max Crow, Phil Day, Austin Durose, Pauls Kalnenieks, Ian Smith, Liam Wardle SOUND Composer: Rhian Sheehan COMPOSER Rhian Sheehan WRITER Script Writers: Kevin Yates, Max Crow, Paul Mowbray, Aaron Bradbu, Scientific Script Consultant: Dr. Lewis Dartnell NARRATOR Rupert Grint OTHER CREDITS Science Advisors: Professor Charles Cockell, Dr. Matthew Genge, Dr. Casey Hubert, Professor Martin J. Siegert
http://www.netnebraska.org/article/ news/880997/managing-central-platte-wildlife Ariana Brocious NET Nebraska 1800 N 33rd St. Lincoln, NE 68501 United States
watermelonmagic.com
wearealiens.com/
Richard Hoffmann Spring Garden Pictures 491 Baltimore Pike #317 Springfield, PA 19064 United States
NSC Creative The National Space Centre Exploration Drive Leicester, LE4 5NS United Kingdom
(215) 238-0572 rich@springgardenpictures.org
+44 116 258 2152 rebeccas@nsccreative.com
Creates New Look at River Managing the Central Platte for Wildlife Maximizing Water for Agriculture in Nebraska 14-311 Radio & Podcast Media
The Platte River and its tributaries flow through Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska. The Platte is a major watershed for the arid plains, supporting cities, agriculture and significant biodiversity. As part of Penn State Public Media’s Water Blues: Green Solutions multimedia project, in 2013 NET News produced a three-part radio series looking at different, and often conflicting, water demands on the Platte River. The series covered an innovative time-lapse photography project along the length of the river, conservation and habitat work for endangered species, and how irrigation users try to do more with less water. English, 3x6 minutes
(402) 470-4649
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Earth. It’s now a small world. The human race is connected better and faster than ever before but what about elsewhere? Could we one day be part of a galactic community sharing our knowledge and ideas? Or is Earth the only planet with life? From the creators of Astronaut and We Are Astronomers, We Are Aliens! takes you on an epic ride in the hunt for the evidence of alien life. Once again this award-winning studio brings you a production that finely balances science, education and family entertainment. We Are Aliens! narrated by Rupert Grint is an exciting new 360° Fulldome digital planetarium show produced by NSC Creative with input from UK astronomers. English, 25 minutes
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We Hear with the Bones that Reptiles Eat With
What Are Animals Thinking?
When Fish Fly!
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14-315
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Editing, Writing, Visualization
Children’s Education
Our ears are much more sensitive than those of most reptiles, due to the tiniest bones in the human body. But where did these bones come from? Evolutionary biologists Karen Sears and Neil Shubin show us evidence of their connection to the bones of ancient reptilian jaws. English, 4 minutes
We humans have long wondered how animals see the world—and us. Does your dog really feel shame when it gives you that famous “guilty look?” What is behind the “swarm intelligence” of slime mold or a honeybee hive? How can pigeons possibly find their way home across hundreds of miles of unfamiliar terrain? In this episode of NOVA scienceNOW, David Pogue meets—and competes—with a menagerie of smart critters that challenge preconceived notions about what makes “us” different from “them,” expanding our understanding of how animals really think. English, 57 minutes
When the Wild Kratts crew get into a wise-cracking discussion about who has the more ‘challenging’ job on the crew – inventing or adventuring - the Kratt brothers agree to test out their own inventing abilities! Aviva and Koki handle creature adventuring while Chris and Martin work on their flying machine invention in the Tortuga. In their quest to win this challenge, the gang uncovers an unlikely animal partner that could ultimately lead either team to victory. In the end, the gang reaffirms the value of teamwork and the unique skills they each bring to the team. English, 31 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Tangled Bank Studios, Windfall Films PRODUCER Alex Tate, Daniel Sheire, Executive Producer: Michael Rosenfeld, Series Producer: David Dugan DIRECTOR Alex Tate DESIGNER Production Designer: Jamie Andrews CAMERA Piers Leigh, Stephen McCarthy SOUND Conley Van Der Westhuizen, Rich Pooler EDITOR Daniel Sheire, Garry Crystal NARRATOR Neil Shubin OTHER CREDITS Music: Scorekeepers Music
PRODUCTION CO NOVA scienceNOW is produced for WGBH/Boston PRODUCER Paula S. Apsell: Michael Bicks, Anna Lee Strachan, Joshua Seftel Se, Executive Producer: Julia Cort DIRECTOR Michael Bicks, Anna Lee Strachan, Joshua Seftel CAMERA Ben McCoy, Thomas Danielczik, Greg Andracke, Bruce Nixon, Austin De Besche, Keith Walker, Bruce Anderson, Fulvio Paolocci, Christian Stolz, Tony Forma, Kevin Bond, Jason Longo, Bruce Nixon SOUND Ty Chu, John Osborne, Everett Wong, Rick Albright, Angelica Marin, Thomas Skarda, Steve Crell, Steve Bores, Michael Karas, Rick Albright, Rafael J. Perez Veve EDITOR Daniel Gaucher WRITER Michael Bicks, Anna Lee Strachan, Joshua Seftel HOST David Pogue
PRODUCTION CO Kratt Brothers Company LTD CO-PRODUCTION CO 9 Story Entertainment PRODUCER Executive Producers: Chris Kratt, Martin Kratt, Vince Commisso, Series Producer: Cheryl Knapp, Supervising Producer: Tanya Green DIRECTOR Series Directors: Martin Kratt, Co-director: Chris Roy, Animation Directors: Louis Champagne, Alejandro Gutierrez TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Art Director: Darren Ward, Scene Planning: Kristina Paquette, Lisa Piazza, Storyboard Supervisor: Chris Schouten, Storyboard Revisionist: Justin Ollevier Storyboard Artists: Katie Shanahan, Simon Paquette, Jeremy O’Neill DESIGNER Background Painter: Shi Chang, Yi Chang, Liu Fu, Jesse Millest, Justi, Background Supervisor: Yi Chang, Layout Artist: Paul Batchelor, Mikki Benaglia, Matt Gietz, Glenn, Layout Assistant: Terry O’Reilly, Layout Supervisor: Kristin Shier, Globe Design: Pascall Aupry, FX Design: Adrian Brisland, Adam Fitzgerald, Omar Al-Hafidh, Props Design: Jordan Voth, Jesse Millest, Character Design: Alan Stewart CAMERA Scott Plante EDITOR Tai Zimmer WRITER Chris Kratt, Martin Kratt NARRATOR Martin Kratt, Chris Kratt, Athena Karkanis, Heath: Voice Actors SOUND EDITOR: Audio Supervisor: Rob Kirpatrick MIXER: Paul Koffman, Tim Foy OTHER CREDIT: Production Manager: Vicki Florio, Unit Manager: Kristen Smith, Head Researcher: Nicole Tunstall
Wild Kratts
ScienceNOW
Your Inner Fish
pbs.org/your-inner-fish
http://pbskids.org/wildkratts
Tangled Bank Studios 4000 Jones Bridge Road Chevy Chase, MD 20815 United States
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
(301) 215-8900 films@tangledbankstudios.org
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
Kratt Brothers Company LTD 362 Terry Fox Dr. Unit 210 Kanata, k2k2p5 Canada
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When The Peacocks Sing - A Prequel to the Monsoons
Wild Burma
Wilder
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14-318
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Student and Emerging Science Filmmaker
Best Series or Limited Series Category
Editing, Writing, Hosted or Presenter-Led
The film is about the pre-monsoon period in Rajasthan (India) - a cusp between the extreme summers and the wet season. Set broadly in the state’s Aravali hill ranges - amidst semi-arid jungles, rocky outcrops and mesmerizing cultural heritage, the film showcases life in the region during this season - its biodiversity including creatures that are truly wild in their essence, as well as those that co-exist with people - and shows how owing to the perception and behavior, each species adapts and survives. Then the monsoons finally arrive, ushering in a change as one season gradually gives way to the next. English, 13 minutes
Burma is one of Southeast Asia’s largest and least-explored countries, home to vast swathes of rare forests rumored to house some of the world’s most exotic wildlife. But the nation has recently embraced democracy and development, and its wilderness is in peril. Join the team of scientists and filmmakers given unprecedented access to this territory that’s remained closed off from the world for 50 years. Their mission: to prove to the Burmese government that endangered animals are living here, and are in desperate need of protection. English, 3x46 minutes
What happens when scientists open up nature’s toolbox? In Making Stuff Wilder, David Pogue explores bold new innovations inspired by the Earth’s greatest inventor, life itself. From robotic “mules” and “cheetahs” for the military, to fabrics born out of fish slime, host David Pogue travels the globe to find the world’s wildest new inventions and technologies. It is a journey that sees today’s microbes turned into tomorrow’s metallurgists, viruses building batteries, and ideas that change not just the stuff we make, but the way we make our stuff. As we develop our own new technologies, what can we learn from billions of years of nature’s research? English, 58 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Mediacity: University of Salford PRODUCER Paul Reddish, Fraser Durie, Shaz Syed DIRECTOR Shaz Syed CAMERA Shaz Syed SOUND Shaz Syed, Rajesh Pridwal EDITOR Shaz Syed WRITER Shaz Syed NARRATOR Shaz Syed OTHER CREDITS Logistics: Hemraj Meena, Production Assistants: Rajesh Pridwal, Dicky Singh, Dharmendar Khandal, Research: Shaz Syed, Naresh Suresh
PRODUCTION CO BBC, Smithsonian Channel PRODUCER Mark Wheeler, Anwar Mamon, Executive Producers: David Royle, Linda Goldman, Tim Martin, Tim Scoon, Series Producer: Susanna Handslip DIRECTOR Anwar Mamon, Mark Wheeler, Evie Wright SOUND Nick Allinson, Mark Roberts EDITOR Angela Maddick, Ryan Stone, Darren Flaxstone, Ryan Fox WRITER US-Version Writer: Steven Zorn NARRATOR Robert Leigh
PRODUCTION CO NOVA CO-PRODUCTION CO Executive Producer: Chris Schmidt, Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell PRODUCER Daniel McCabe CAMERA Bruce Douglas Johnson, Directors of Photography: Jason Longo, Thorsten Thielow, Stephen McCarthy, Additional Camera: Richard Fox, Bruce Douglas Johnson, Thorsten Thielow SOUND John Gooch, Steve Bores, Kim Hartmann, Mario Cardenas, Michael Krikorian, John Garrett, Axel Lischke, John Gooch, Adrian Tucker, Kim Hartmann, Michael Krikorian, Axel Lischke, Adrian Tucker WRITER Daniel McCabe HOST David Pogue
Shaz Syed Free Lance G-18/18, DLF City 1 Gurgaon, 122002 India
Smithsonian Channel 1225 19th St. NW Suite 250 Washington, DC 20036-2458 United States
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
(202) 261-1700
(617) 300-4340 kristen_sommerhalter@wgbh.org
Chasing Tigers, Elusive Elephants, Nature’s Lost Kingdom
Making Stuff II
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WildFIRE PIRE: WildFires, Climate Change and the Ecosystem
Winds of Change Hurricane: The Anatomy
World’s Roundest Object Veritasium
The (un)Luck of the Draw: Understanding Bushfire in Tasmania The Face of Fire: Tasmania The Maori Word for Fire
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14-321
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Environmental & Conservation Sciences
Physical Sciences
The WildFIRE PIRE Series of nine podcasts documents the goals, challenges and process of an international team of scientists participating in a landmark research study on wildfires and climate change. Funded by the National Science Foundation’s Partnerships in Research and Education (PIRE) program, fire and land specialists from Tasmania, mainland Australia, New Zealand, and the Western United States examine lakes, mountains, and forests to find out information about past fires in order to predict the impact of climate change on fires in the future. The research ranges from retrieving mud cores in remote latkes to studying Maori beliefs about fire and its place in society. English, 3x7
Hurricanes are the strongest storms on earth. Many begin as harmless breezes from Northern Africa; inoffensive winds that gradually move westwards over the tropical Atlantic Ocean, gathering energy from the warm seawater, building in strength and gradually forming the unmistakable spiral of extreme winds and thunderstorms that characterize hurricanes. Shot entirely in 3D, this three-part series has been produced over a three-year period, with crews standing in the path of hurricane landfalls, such as Sandy and Isaac, to witness the devastation wreaked by one of the most powerful forces on earth. English, 52 minutes
The World’s Roundest Object helps solve the longest running problem in measurement - how to define the kilogram. The current definition of the kilogram is a physical object - a platinumiridium cylinder in Paris, the only one of seven base SI units still defined by an object. Unfortunately its mass is changing so a new definition is needed. English, 12 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Montana State University Science and Natural History Filmmaking Program CO-PRODUCTION CO National Science Foundation PIRE Program PRODUCER Daniel Schmidt, Executive Producers: Dennis Aig, Cathy Whitlock DIRECTOR Daniel Schmidt CAMERA Cinematography: Daniel Schmidt SOUND Location Sound Recorders and Assistant Editors: Savannah Lozier, Simone Corderey-Cotter EDITOR Daniel Schmidt
PRODUCTION CO Veritasium PRODUCER Derek Muller DIRECTOR Derek Muller CAMERA Vanessa Hill SOUND Vanessa Hill WRITER Derek Muller NARRATOR Derek Muller
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMByI4s-D-Y
Dennis Aig Montana State University P.O. Box 713350 Bozeman, 59717 United States (406) 994-7588 daig@montana.edu
Jacqueline Farmer Saint Thomas Productions Village d’Entreprises Sain Henri- Rue Anne Gacon Bat 302 Marseilles, 13016 France +33 495 068 068
Derek Muller Veritasium 2415 Lawson Ave. West Vancouver, V7V2E7 Canada (310) 494-1638 veritasium@gmail.com
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Wrenched
14-323 Environmental & Conservation Sciences
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Years of Living Dangerously
End of the Woods A Dangerous Future Moving a Mountain 14-324 Best Series or Limited Series Category
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Your Inner Fish Your Inner Fish Your Inner Reptile Your Inner Monkey 14-325 Best Series or Limited Series Category
Wrenched captures the passing of the monkey wrench from the pioneers of ecoactivism to the new generation which will carry Edward Abbey’s legacy into the 21st century. The fight continues to sustain the last bastion of the American wilderness the spirit of the West. English, 93 minutes
This groundbreaking documentary event series explores the human impact of climate change. From the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy to the upheaval caused by drought in the Middle East, Years of Living Dangerously combines the blockbuster storytelling styles of top Hollywood movie makers with the reporting expertise of Hollywood’s brightest stars and today’s most respected journalists. English, 3x60 minutes
How did the human body become the complicated, quirky and amazing machine it is today? This cutting-edge scientific adventure reveals a startling truth: hidden within the human body is the story of life on Earth, and the legacy of our animal ancestors that lived hundreds of millions of years ago. Based on the best-selling book by Neil Shubin, the series travels from Africa to the Arctic Circle to uncover deep history of the human body — and how a colorful cast of ancient characters made us who we are today. English, 3x54 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Lines Across the Sand LLC PRODUCER Kristi Frazier, Patrick Gambuti Jr. DIRECTOR ML Lincoln CAMERA Ed George, Bryan Reinhart SOUND Skywalker Sound WRITER Patrick Gambuti Jr. NARRATOR Jack Loeffler
PRODUCTION CO Roaring Fork Films PRODUCER Sabrina McCormick, Stuart Sender, Sydney Trattner, Jesse Sweet, Vanessa Gould, Jacob Kornbluth, Executive Producers: Joel Bach, David Gelber, Daniel Abbasi, James Cam, CoExecutive Producers: Solly Granatstein, Maria Wilhelm, Supervising Producer: Jennifer Latham, Senior Producer: Adam Bolt CAMERA Maryse Alberti, Wolfgang Held SOUND Jason Blackburn, Brian Buckley EDITOR Megan Brennan COMPOSER Richard Marvin NARRATOR Matt Damon and Thomas L. Friedman: Episode 8, Harrison Ford and Arnold Schwarzenegger: Episode 2, Michael C. Hall and M. Sanjayan: Episode 9
PRODUCTION CO Tangled Bank Studios, Windfall Films PRODUCER Executive Producer: Michael Rosenfeld, Senior Producer: David Elisco, Series Producer: David Dugan, Producer (Episode 2): Alex Tate, Producer (Episode 3): Tom Cook DIRECTOR David Dugan (Episode 1), Alex Tate (Episode 2), Tom Cook (Episode 3) DESIGNER: Production Designer: Jamie Andrews, Sound Designer: Blair Jollands CAMERA Stuart Dunn, Piers Leigh, Stephen McCarthy, John Benam (Episode 3), Mike Coles (Episode 1), Dave Drum (Episodes 1 & 3), George Woodcock (Episode 1) SOUND John Mathie, Rich Pooler, Jonathan Andrews (Episode 3), Mario Gardenas (Episodes 1 & 2), Mark Mandler (Episodes 1 & 2), Dug Mara (Episode 1), Gustavo Moller (Episode 3), Spence Palermo (Episode 2 & 3), Zac Piper (Episode 1), David Strayer (Episode 3), David Wendlinger (Episode 3), Conley van der Westhuizen (Episode 2), Brian Whitlock (Episode 1) EDITOR (Episode 1): Paul Shepard: (Episode 2): Garry Crystal, (Episode 3): Sabrina Burnard COMPOSER Max de Wardener NARRATOR Neil Shubin
www.wrenched-themovie.com
www.yearsoflivingdangerously.com
pbs.org/your-inner-fish
ML Lincoln ML Lincoln Films LLC PO Box L Jerome, AZ 86331 United States
Joel Bach Roaring Fork Films 630 Ninth Ave. Suite 1106 New York, NY 10034 United States
Tangled Bank Studios 4000 Jones Bridge Road Chevy Chase, MD 20815 United States
(520) 403-3187 mlimages@gmail.com
(646) 653-7954 joel@roaringforkfilms.com
(301) 215-8900 films@tangledbankstudios.org
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Your Inner Fish (Ep1)
Ancient Human Ancestors: Walking In the Woods
Your Inner Monkey (Ep3)
14-326 Biological/Life Sciences, Writing, Visualization
14-327 Short Program
14-328 Audioscape
How did the human body become the complicated, quirky and amazing machine it is today? This cutting-edge scientific adventure reveals a startling truth: hidden within the human body is the story of life on Earth, and the legacy of our animal ancestors that lived hundreds of millions of years ago. Your Inner Fish is based on the best-selling book by Neil Shubin. Episode 1 looks at how our arms, legs, necks and lungs were bequeathed to us by a fish that lumbered onto land some 375 million years ago. The genetic legacy of this creature can be seen today in our own DNA, including the genes used to build the quintessentially human feature, our hands. English, 54 minutes
When did we start walking exclusively on two legs, and how did this transition take place? Paleobiologist Neil Shubin pays a visit to Tim White and Owen Lovejoy, two anthropologists working together to understand “Ardi,” a 4.4-million-year-old fossil that sheds light on our transition to bipedalism. English, 4 minutes
How did the human body become the complicated, quirky and amazing machine it is today? This cutting-edge scientific adventure reveals a startling truth: hidden within the human body is the story of life on Earth, and the legacy of our animal ancestors that lived hundreds of millions of years ago. Your Inner Fish is based on the best-selling book by Neil Shubin. Episode 3 looks at our versatile hands, amazing vision and capable brains that we inherited from our primate progenitors that had bodies a lot like those of modern monkeys and spent tens of millions of years living in trees — but also some less beneficial traits, including our bad backs and terrible sense of smell. English, 54 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Tangled Bank Studios & Windfall Films, for PBS PRODUCER Executive Producer: Michael Rosenfeld, Series Producer: David Dugan, Senior Producer: David Elisco, Edit Producer: Kelly Neaves DIRECTOR David Dugan DESIGNER Production Designer: Jamie Andrews, Sound Designer: Blair Jollands CAMERA Mike Coles, Dave Drum, Stuart Dunn, Stephen McCarthy, George Woodcock SOUND Mario Gardenas, Mark Mandler, Dug Mara, John Mathie, Zac Piper, Rich Pooler, Brian Whitlock EDITOR Paul Shepard COMPOSER Max de Wardener WRITER David Dugan NARRATOR Neil Shubin
PRODUCTION CO Tangled Bank Studios, Windfall Films PRODUCER Tom Cook, Daniel Sheire, Executive Producer: Michael Rosenfeld, Series Producer: David Dugan DIRECTOR Tom Cook DESIGNER Production Designer: Jamie Andrews CAMERA Dave Drum, Piers Leigh, Alejandro Marin SOUND David Wendlinger, Larry Phillippe EDITOR Daniel Sheire, Sabrina Burnard NARRATOR Neil Shubin OTHER CREDITS Music: Scorekeepers Music
PRODUCTION CO Tangled Bank Studios, Windfall Films PRODUCER Tom Cook, Michael Rosenfeld, Executive Producer: Michael Rosenfeld, Series Producer: David Dugan, Senior Producer: David Elisco DIRECTOR Tom Cook DESIGNER Production Designer: Jamie Andrews Sound Designer: Blair Jollands CAMERA John Benam, Dave Drum, Stuart Dunn, Piers Leigh, Stephen McCarthy SOUND Jonathan Andrews, John Mathie, Gustavo Moller, Spence Palermo, Rich Pooler, David Strayer, David Wendlinger, Conley van der Westhuizen EDITOR Sabrina Burnard COMPOSER Max de Wardener NARRATOR Neil Shubin OTHER CREDITS Visual Effects & Animation: Jellyfish Pictures
pbs.org/your-inner-fish
pbs.org/your-inner-fish
pbs.org/your-inner-fish
Tangled Bank Studios 4000 Jones Bridge Rd. Chevy Chase, MD 20815 United States
Tangled Bank Studios 4000 Jones Bridge Road Chevy Chase, MD 20815 United States
Tangled Bank Studios 4000 Jones Bridge Rd. Chevy Chase, MD 20815 United States
(301) 215-8900 films@tangledbankstudios.org
(301) 215-8900 films@tangledbankstudios.org
(301) 215-8900 films@tangledbankstudios.org
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Your Inner Fish
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Zeppelin Terror Attack
Zombees: Flight of the Living Dead
14-329 Earth Sciences, Editing
14-330 Technological Sciences, Human & Social Sciences, Audioscape, Editing, Writing, Visualization
14-331 Short Program
How did the human body become the complicated, quirky and amazing machine it is today? This cutting-edge scientific adventure reveals a startling truth: hidden within the human body is the story of life on Earth, and the legacy of our animal ancestors that lived hundreds of millions of years ago. Your Inner Fish is based on the best-selling book by Neil Shubin. Episode two reveals the key events in our evolutionary saga that began about 250 million years ago, when ferocious, reptilelike animals that roamed the Earth started the process of evolving into shrew-like mammals. Our reptilian ancestors left their mark on many parts of the human body, including our skin, teeth and ears. English, 54 minutes
In the early days of World War I, Germany, determined to bring its British enemies to their knees, launched a new kind of terror campaign: bombing civilians from the sky. But the aircraft delivering the lethal payloads weren’t planes. They were Zeppelins, enormous airships, some the length of two football fields. With a team of engineers, explosives experts, and historians, NOVA investigates the secrets behind these deadly war machines. Zeppelin Terror Attack explores the technological arms race that unfolded as Britain desperately scrambled to develop defenses that could neutralize the threat, while Germany responded with ever bigger and more powerful Zeppelins. Why were these German monsters of the sky, filled with highly flammable hydrogen gas, so difficult to shoot down? How were their massive gas bags pieced together from the intestines of millions of cows? Experts reconstruct and detonate deadly WWI incendiary bombs and test fire antique flaming bullets, all to discover how the British came up with the unique artillery that would finally take down the biggest flying machines ever made. English, 57 minutes
Something strange and unsettling is happening to Bay Area honeybees. Entomologists at San Francisco State University have identified the culprit: a tiny parasitic fly is causing the bees to exhibit bizarre nocturnal behaviors before suffering a gruesome demise. English, 6 minutes
PRODUCTION CO Tangled Bank Studios & Windfall Films for PBS PRODUCER Alex Tate, Executive Producer: Michael Rosenfeld , Series Producer: David Dugan, Senior Producer: David Elisco DIRECTOR Alex Tate DESIGNER Production Designer: Jamie Andrews, Sound Designer: Blair Jollands CAMERA Stuart Dunn, Piers Leigh, Stephen McCarthy SOUND Mario Gardenas, John Mathie, Spence Palermo, Rich Pooler, Conley van der Westhuizen EDITOR Garry Crystal, Online Editors: Tamer Osman, Stef Henley COMPOSER Max de Wardener NARRATOR Neil Shubin
PRODUCTION CO Produced by Windfall Films Ltd. for NOVA/WGBH Boston CO-PRODUCTION CO In association with Channel 4 and National Geographic Channels PRODUCER Ian Duncan, Johnny Shipley, Senior Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell, Senior Producer: Julia Cort DIRECTOR Ian Duncan CAMERA Director of Photography: Mike Coles SOUND Keith Rodgerson WRITER Ian Duncan NARRATOR Jay O. Sanders
PRODUCER Multimedia Producer: Josh Cassidy, Senior Interactive Producer: Craig Rosa EDITOR Jenny Oh, Managing Editor: Paul Rogers
Your Inner Fish
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http://blogs.kqed.org/science/video/zombeesflight-of-the-living-dead/
Tangled Bank Studios 4000 Jones Bridge Rd. Chevy Chase, MD 20815 United States
Kristen Sommerhalter WGBH/NOVA 1 Guest St. Boston, MA 02135 United States
Sevda Eris KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110 United States
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