2018 Wildscreen Panda Award nominations
Blue Planet II - One Ocean
BBC Studios - The Natural History Unit, The Open University, BBC Worldwide, Tencent, BBC America, WDR, France Televisions and CCTV9
United Kingdom
The Lions Rule - Death in the Glade
A Terra Mater Factual Studios production in co-production with Doclights / NDR Naturfilm and National Geographic Channel in association with ARTE France / Unité Découverte et Connaissance and Shibumi Films
Austria
Rise of the Warrior Apes
Keo Films
United Kingdom
Earth: One Amazing Day
BBC Earth Films & SMG Pictures
United Kingdom / China
Hedgehog Close
Zest Productions
United Kingdom
The Zoo - Poo Dunnit?
BBC Studios - The Natural History Unit for CBBC, DHX
United Kingdom
LARGE BUDGET
Attenborough’s Ant Mountain
A production of Terra Mater Factual Studios in association with BBC and ABC Australia produced by Ammonite Ltd
Austria
Photography by: Martin Dohrn & Jack Hynes
Blue Planet II - One Ocean
BBC Studios - The Natural History Unit, The Open University, BBC Worldwide, Tencent, BBC America, WDR, France Televisions and CCTV9
United Kingdom
Photography 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
A Crossing the Line Production for ORF-UNIVERSUM, BBC, PBS, FRANCE TV, TG4, NDR Naturfilm/Doclights, ORF ENTERPRISE
Ireland
Photography by: Domenico Pontillo & John Murray
One Strange Rock - Gasp
Nutopia Ltd for National Geographic
United Kingdom
Editors: Doug Moxon & Brian Hovmand
RED APE: Saving the Orangutan
Offspring Films, for BBC Natural World co-produced with Animal Planet
United Kingdom
Editor: Stefanie Watkins
Rise of the Warrior Apes
Keo Films
United Kingdom
Editor: Sam Rogers
Lindsey Parrieti
For the film Blood Island
Lindsey Parietti in association with the University of the West of England
United Kingdom
Mahmoud Mansouri
For the film In the Realm of the Spider-tailed Viper
Wildlife Pictures Institute
Iran
Karl Davies
For the film Landscape of Consumption
Karl Davies
United Kingdom
One Strange Rock - Home
Nutopia Ltd for National Geographic
United Kingdom
Our Blue Planet
BBC Studios - The Natural History Unit, BBC Worldwide and OceanX Media
United Kingdom
The Protectors
Here Be Dragons with Annapurna Pictures and African Parks for National Geographic
United States
LARGE BUDGET
Blue Planet II - Our Blue Planet
BBC Studios - The Natural History Unit, The Open University, BBC Worldwide, Tencent, BBC America, WDR, France Televisions and CCTV9
United Kingdom
Giraffes: Africa's Gentle Giants
AGB Films & Gripping Films, co-produced with Thirteen Productions LLC and BBC Natural World in association with WNET
United Kingdom
The Last Animals
Atlas Films and Foxtail Entertainment in association with Artemis Rising Foundation, The British Film Company and Diamond Docs
United States
SMALL BUDGET
Al Jazeera Investigations - The Poacher's Pipeline
Al Jazeera Media Network
Qatar
Hedgehog Close
Zest Productions
United Kingdom
Toad People
Wilderness Committee
Canada
Mountain: Life at the Extreme - Andes
BBC Studios - The Natural History Unit for BBC Two and PBS
United Kingdom
Music by: Will Slater
Norway's Magical Fjords
nautilusfilm GmbH - Natural History Germany in collaboration with Doclights GmbH/NDR Naturfilm for NDR, ARTE, ORF, SVT
Germany
Music by: Jörg Magnus Pfeil & Siggi Mueller
One Strange Rock - Gasp
Nutopia Ltd for National Geographic
United Kingdom
Music by: Daniel Pemberton
H is for Hawk: A New Chapter
- A Mike Birkhead Associates production, co-produced with Thirteen Productions LLC and BBC Natural World in association with WNET
United Kingdom
Jane
National Geographic Studios in association with Public Road Productions for National Geographic
United States
Rodents of Unusual Size
A Tilapia Film and ITVS co-production
United States
A Complicated Conservation Story
Adrian Steirn
Australia
Rescuing the Night Gardeners
Doug Gimesy
Australia
Warriors Who Once Feared Elephants Now Protect Them
Ami Vitale
United States
Emerging Talent
High Rise Falcons
Luke Massey
United Kingdom
Lifeblood
Austin Ferguson
United Kingdom
Salvaging Scavengers
Jen Guyton
United States
Blue Planet II - One Ocean
BBC Studios - The Natural History Unit, The Open University, BBC Worldwide, Tencent, BBC America, WDR, France Televisions and CCTV9
United Kingdom
Monkeys: An Amazing Animal Family - Asia
Offspring Films for Sky 1
United Kingdom
RARE: Creatures of the Photo Ark - Episode 1
A WGBH co-production with So World Media LLC in association with National Geographic Channels
United States
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
Atlantic Productions
United Kingdom
Presented by: Judi Dench
My Congo
BBC Studios Natural World – a co-production of BBC and Thirteen Productions LLC in association with WNET
United Kingdom
Presented by: Vianet Djenguet
The Real T. rex with Chris Packham
Talesmith and Cineflix Productions in association with France Télévisions for BBC & CBC
United Kingdom / Canada
Presented by: Chris Packham
An Ocean Mystery: The Missing Catch
Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation in association with Smithsonian Channel
United States
Naked Molerat - Nature’s Weirdest Superhero
Taglicht Media Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH
Germany
Rise of the Warrior Apes
Keo Films
United Kingdom
Attenborough and the Giant Elephant
A Humble Bee Films and Infield Fly Productions co-production
United Kingdom / Canada
Script by: Stephen Dunleavy, Sir David Attenborough & Christine Nielsen
Wild Ireland: The Edge of the World
A Crossing the Line Production for ORF-UNIVERSUM, BBC, PBS, FRANCE TV, TG4, NDR Naturfilm/Doclights, ORF ENTERPRISE
Ireland
Script by: John Murray
Rise of the Warrior Apes
Keo Films
United Kingdom
Script by: James Reed
Blue Planet II
BBC Studios - The Natural History Unit, The Open University, BBC Worldwide, Tencent, BBC America, WDR, France Televisions and CCTV9
United Kingdom
The Lions Rule
A Terra Mater Factual Studios production in co-production with Doclights / NDR Naturfilm and National Geographic Channel in association with ARTE France / Unité Découverte et Connaissance and Shibumi Films
Austria
Planet Earth II
BBC Studios - The Natural History Unit, BBC America, ZDF and France Télévisions
United Kingdom
Blood Island
Lindsey Parietti in association with the University of the West of England
United Kingdom
Churchill
Storm Films Inc
Canada
M6NTHS
Eline Helena Film
United Kingdom
Blue Planet II - Coral Reefs
BBC Studios - The Natural History Unit, The Open University, BBC Worldwide, Tencent, BBC America, WDR, France Televisions and CCTV9
United Kingdom
Sound by: Graham Wild, Kate Hopkins & Tim Owens
H is for Hawk: A New Chapter
A Mike Birkhead Associates production, co-produced with Thirteen Productions LLC and BBC Natural World in Association with WNET
United Kingdom
Sound by: Graham Wild, David Yepp & Ewan Dryburgh
Rise of the Warrior Apes
Keo Films
United Kingdom
Sound by: Ben Peace, Tim Owens & Kate Hopkins
Jane
National Geographic Studios in association with Public Road Productions for National Geographic
United States
Queen without Land
Produced by Artic Light AS, in association with NRK, Doclights / NDR Naturfilm, ORF, SVT, France 3 and Smithsonian Channel
Norway
The Serengeti Rules
HHMI Tangled Bank Studios & Passion Planet
United Kingdom / United States
The winners of the 2018 Wildscreen Panda Awards will be presented at the Panda Awards Ceremony on Friday 19 October 2018 at Passenger Shed, Bristol, UK. In addition to the above awards, Wildscreen will also present the Golden Panda Award for overall best production, and the Outstanding Achievement Award which is given to an individual in recognition of their significant contribution to wildlife filmmaking, conservation and the public’s understanding of the environment.