Wildscreen Panda Awards Ceremony 2018 Friday 19 October
The Passenger Shed at Brunel’s Old Station
Hosted by Lewis Pugh and Lizzie Daly
Order of the Evening 18.30
Smithsonian Channel Welcome Reception
20.00
Presentation of awards ORF Animal Behaviour Award Music Award Films at 59 Sound Award Children’s Award NHK Science Award NHNZ Short Award Panasonic Cinematography Award Doghouse Editing Award BBC Studios People & Nature Award In Memoriam Presenter Award Smithsonian Channel Theatrical Award Script Award UWE Popular Broadcast Award Animal Friends Photo Story Award Christopher Parsons’ Outstanding Achievement Award Icon Films Emerging Talent Award Animal Friends Photo Story Award for Emerging Talent National Geographic Series Award Terra Mater Factual Studios Impact Award Innovation Award WWF Golden Panda Award
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Audio Network presents Secret Sessions The official Panda Awards after party with delicious vegan bowl food and DJ sets by Dragos Munteanu and Inie Banigo
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Welcome to the 2018 Wildscreen Panda Awards t has been a huge honour and great responsibility to be the Chair of the Panda Awards Final Jury 2018 and to be part of such a unique celebration of our industry. Since their inception in 1982, the Awards have been a lasting monument to the natural world storytelling genre. It’s an unrivalled opportunity for our global community of storytellers to honour creative innovation, excellence in the craft, to recognise and nurture the most exhilarating emerging talent and to remind us all of the vital role we play and responsibility we have in giving a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves.
group of 8-12 year olds from Easton in Bristol and a school in León, Mexico who chose Children’s Award finalists and winner!
After being gifted a shortlist of 37 nominees across 17 categories, expertly whittled down from over 800 entries by an international Nomination Jury of over 40 worldleading producers, broadcasters and craft professionals, my fellow Final Jury and I were locked in a screening room for one week to experience the most breath-taking and thought-provoking stories from the past two years. And of course, we can’t forget the most decisive of all our judges – a 30 strong
From the Jury and Wildscreen, thanks to all of you who live and breathe our genre. We’re in for a wonderful evening and we can’t wait to see what you all create next.
t was an honour to be part of the prestigious jury judging the inaugural Wildscreen Photo Story Panda Award. Even in its first year, the contest received an impressive number and diversity of submissions from around the globe. Storytellers ranged from early-career photographers just exploring the power of visual communication to great masters who excel in their craft. Our nominees were chosen for originality, creativity and powerful or moving narratives. I am excited by
This year’s nominees are a diverse blend of styles and budgets from over 12 countries. They tell the stories of single organisms to the planet as a whole, give a platform to the humans who have dedicated their lives to unearthing nature’s secrets and protecting it. They deliver much needed messages to global audiences and some simply, but beautifully, celebrate the sheer brilliance and magic of nature.
Jeremy Bradshaw Chair of the Wildscreen Panda Awards Final Jury 2018
Wildscreen’s evolution into an all-encompassing celebration of the visual storytelling crafts, and hope this Award will inspire more committed photographers to share their stories about the beauty and fragility of nature.
Sophie Stafford Chair of the Photo Story Panda Award Jury 2018
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The Nominees ORF Animal Behaviour Award
Films at 59 Sound Award
One Ocean, from Blue Planet II
Coral Reefs, from Blue Planet II
BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit with Open University and BBC America/ Tencent/WDR/France Télévisions/CCTV9
BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit with Open University and BBC America/ Tencent/WDR/France Télévisions/CCTV9 Sound by Graham Wild, Kate Hopkins & Tim Owens
Rise Of The Warrior Apes Keo Films
Death in the Glade, from The Lions Rule Terra Mater Factual Studios in co-production with Doclights/NDR Naturfilm and National Geographic Channel in association with ARTE France/Unité Découverte et Connaissance and Shibumi Films
Music Award Andes, from Mountain: Life at the Extreme BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit for BBC Two and PBS Music by Will Slater
H is for Hawk: A New Chapter Mike Birkhead Associates co-produced with Thirteen Productions LLC and BBC in association with WNET Sound by Graham Wild, David Yapp & Ewan Dryburgh
Rise Of The Warrior Apes Keo Films Sound by Ben Peace, Tim Owens & Kate Hopkins
Children’s Award Earth: One Amazing Day BBC Earth Films & SMG Pictures
Norway’s Magical Fjords
Hedgehog Close
nautilusfilm GmbH - Natural History Germany in collaboration with Doclights/ NDR Naturfilm for NDR/ARTE/ORF/SVT Music by Jörg Magnus Pfeil & Siggi Mueller
Zest Productions
Gasp, from One Strange Rock Nutopia Ltd for National Geographic Music by Daniel Pemberton
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Poo Dunnit?, from The Zoo BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit for CBBC, DHX
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Panasonic
Cinematography Award
An Ocean Mystery: The Missing Catch
Attenborough’s Ant Mountain
Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation in association with Smithsonian Channel
Terra Mater Factual Studios in association with BBC and ABC Australia produced by Ammonite Ltd Camera by Martin Dohrn & Jack Hynes
Naked Molerat - Nature’s Weirdest Superhero Taglicht Media Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH
Rise Of The Warrior Apes Keo Films
NHNZ Short Award
One Ocean, from Blue Planet II BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit with Open University and BBC America/ Tencent/WDR/France Télévisions/CCTV9 Camera by Alfredo Barroso, Chris Bryan, Patrick Dykstra, Tom Fitz, Ted Giffords, Steve Hathaway, Roger Horrocks, Roger Munns, Didier Noirot, David Reichert, Nuno Sá & Gavin Thurston
Wild Ireland: The Edge of the World
Blood Island Lindsey Parietti
Churchill
A Crossing the Line Production for ORFUNIVERSUM/BBC/PBS/FRANCE TV/ TG4/NDR Naturfilm/Doclights/ORF ENTERPRISE Camera by Domenico Pontillo & John Murray
Storm Films Inc
M6NTHS Eline Helena Film
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The Nominees Doghouse Editing Award
Presenter Award Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees Atlantic Productions Presented by Judi Dench
Gasp, from One Strange Rock Nutopia Ltd for National Geographic Editing by Doug Moxon & Brian Hovmand
RED APE: Saving the Orangutan Offspring Films for BBC Natural World co-produced with Animal Planet Editing by Stefanie Watkins
Rise Of The Warrior Apes Keo Films Editing by Sam Rogers
BBC Studios People & Nature Award
My Congo BBC Studios’ Natural World – a co-production of BBC and Thirteen Productions LLC in association with WNET Presented by Vianet Djenguet
The Real T.rex with Chris Packham Talesmith and Cineflix Productions in association with France Télévisions for BBC & CBC Presented by Chris Packham
Smithsonian Channel Theatrical Award
Jane H is for Hawk: A New Chapter Mike Birkhead Associates, co-produced with Thirteen Productions LLC and BBC in association with WNET
Jane National Geographic Studios in association with Public Road Productions for National Geographic
Rodents of Unusual Size Tilapia Film co-produced with ITVS
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National Geographic Studios in association with Public Road Productions for National Geographic
Queen without Land Produced by Artic Light AS in association with NRK/Doclights/NDR Naturfilm/ORF/ SVT/France 3/Smithsonian Channel
The Serengeti Rules HHMI Tangled Bank Studios & Passion Planet
Wildscreen Panda Awards 2018 Script Award
Animal Friends Photo Story Award
Attenborough and the Giant Elephant A Humble Bee Films and Infield Fly Productions co-production Written by Stephen Dunleavy, Sir David Attenborough & Christine Niesen
Rise Of The Warrior Apes Keo Films Written by James Reed
Wild Ireland: The Edge of the World A Crossing the Line Production for ORFUNIVERSUM/BBC/PBS/FRANCE TV/TG4/ NDR Naturfilm/Doclights/ORF ENTERPRISE Written by John Murray
A Complicated Conservation Story by Adrian Steirn
Rescuing the Night Gardeners by Doug Gimesy
Warriors Who Once Feared Elephants Now Protect Them by Ami Vitale
Icon Films Emerging Talent Award
UWE Popular Broadcast Award
Blood Island by Lindsey Parietti One Ocean, from Blue Planet II BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit with Open University and BBC America/ Tencent/WDR/France Télévisions/CCTV9
Asia, from Monkeys: An Amazing Animal Family Offspring Films for Sky 1
In the Realm of the Spider-tailed Viper by Mahmoud Mansouri Landscape Of Consumption by Karl Davies
Animal Friends Photo Story Award for Emerging Talent
Episode 1, from RARE: Creatures of the Photo Ark A WGBH co-production with So World Media LLC in association with National Geographic Channels
High Rise Falcons by Luke Massey Lifeblood by Austin Ferguson Salvaging Scavengers by Jen Guyton
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The Nominees National Geographic Series Award
Blue Planet II BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit with Open University and BBC America/ Tencent/WDR/France Télévisions/CCTV9
Planet Earth II BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit, BBC America, ZDF and France Télévisions
The Lions Rule Terra Mater Factual Studios in co-production with Doclights/NDR Naturfilm and National Geographic Channel in association with ARTE France/Unité Découverte et Connaissance and Shibumi Films
Terra Mater Factual Studios Impact Award (for large budgets)
Terra Mater Factual Studios Impact Award (for small budgets)
The Poacher’s Pipeline, from Al Jazeera Investigations Al Jazeera Media Network
Hedgehog Close Zest Productions
Toad People Wilderness Committee
Innovation Award Home, from One Strange Rock Nutopia Ltd for National Geographic
Our Blue Planet BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit, BBC Worldwide and OceanX Media
The Protectors Here Be Dragons with Annapurna Pictures and African Parks for National Geographic
Our Blue Planet, from Blue Planet II BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit with Open University and BBC America/ Tencent/WDR/France Télévisions/CCTV9
Giraffes: Africa’s Gentle Giants AGB Films & Gripping Films, co-produced with Thirteen Productions LLC and BBC Natural World in association with WNET
The Last Animals Atlas Films and Foxtail Entertainment in association with Artemis Rising Foundation, The British Film Company and Diamond Docs
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Christopher Parsons Outstanding Achievement Award It can take huge teams to tell a wildlife story, to reach and engage the wider public and to protect species and habitats but there are some very special people that go above and beyond. The Christopher Parsons Outstanding Achievement Award exists to recognise those people or organisations that do exactly that. Chris was Wildscreen’s founder, former Head of the BBC Natural History Unit and the visionary behind Wildscreen’s biggest public outreach programme,
the award-winning Arkive project, which is now the world’s biggest online encyclopaedia of the natural world. He was the inspiration behind all that Wildscreen does. This award is presented by Wildscreen to honour an organisation or individual that has made a globally significant contribution to the art of storytelling, conservation and/or the wider public’s experience and understanding of the natural world and the need for its protection.
Recipients previously honoured for their work are: 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990
Sir David Attenborough Heinz Sielmann Sir Peter Scott Aubrey Buxton (Lord Buxton of Alsa) James Murray & Christopher Parsons
1992 1994 1996
Nikolay Drozdov Alan Root HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1998 Desmond Hawkins & Gerald Thompson 2000 Hugo Van Lawick 2002 Hugh Miles
2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
Hans Hass Mike Salisbury Masaru Ikeo NATURE Alastair Fothergill John Downer Chris Packham
Our first and last year's winners: Sir David Attenborough and Chris
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The Jurors
The Panda Awards Juries Final Jury
Photo Story Jury
Jeremy Bradshaw (Chair of the Final Jury) Janet Han Vissering Marjorie Kaplan (Chair of the Nomination Jury) Shin Murata Birgit Peters
Peter Cairns Jasper Doest David Doubilet Britta Jaschinski Kathy Moran
Nomination Jury Lee Bacon, Kate Beetham, Simon Bell, Clare Birks, Gavin Boyland, Victoria Coules, Sophie Darlington, Tania Dorrity, Rosemary Edwards, Martin Elsbury, Ben Garrod, Kate Gorst, Jennie Hammond, Martyn Harris, Kate Hopkins, Tom Hugh-Jones, Seb Illis, Colin Jackson, Christina Karliczek Skoglund, Britta Kiesewetter, Makato Kita, Susanne Lummer, Harry Marshall, Ric Mowbray, Maria Norman, Ruth Peacey, Sarah Peat, Liz Purnell, Jane Roscoe, Chloe Sarosh, Charlotte Scott, Bobby Shiekh, Holly Spearing, Rich Warren, Roger Webb, Alex Williamson and Jeff Wilson
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