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Sea Lions of the Galapagos

Sea Lions of the Galapagos – streaming on Disney+ April 22. Our brand new feature for Disneynature, narrated by Brendan Fraser, dives underwater with Leo, a handsome sea lion pup whose lifelong quest to find his place in the world is fraught with challenges and filled with new encounters with an array of creatures, from ... Read more
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Ocean with David Attenborough

David Attenborough delivers his greatest message of hope in our spectacular new film, Ocean with David Attenborough – now in cinemas worldwide. The powerful documentary film from Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios was released as a global cinema event from May 8 (2025), coinciding with David Attenborough’s 99th birthday. The film will be available globally on ... Read more
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Secret Lives of Orangutans

Secret Lives of Orangutans is now streaming on Netflix (premiered 22 August 2024) From Silverback Films and narrated by Sir David Attenborough, Secret Lives of Orangutans is the world’s first feature length film about wild orangutans, revealing an intimate and never-before-seen perspective of one of our closest relatives. Following the success of Our Planet, produced ... Read more
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Parenthood – Coming Soon

Parenthood in the animal kingdom is a high-stakes game. In a world full of danger, some animal parents go to extreme lengths to ensure the survival of their offspring. Our new five-part natural history series for BBC One and iPlayer explores the extraordinary strategies and ingenious tricks that animals parents employ to give their young ... Read more
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Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story

Billy and Molly visit on the shore. Credit: National Geographic / Charlie Hamilton James Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story premiered May 6 on National Geographic and is now available to stream on Disney+ (UK)/Hulu, and on the Nat Geo YouTube channel in US. From National Geographic and Silverback Films, “Billy & Molly: An ... Read more
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Life on Our Planet

Life on Our Planet is our ground-breaking new 8-part series created by Silverback Films in association with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television – premiering on Netflix 25 October. Narrated by Academy Award®-winner Morgan Freeman, it’s the story of life’s epic battle to conquer and survive on planet Earth. Today there are 20 million species on our ... Read more
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Sea Lions of the Galapagos

Sea Lions of the Galapagos – streaming on Disney+ April 22. Our brand new feature for Disneynature, narrated by Brendan Fraser, dives underwater with Leo, a handsome sea lion pup whose lifelong quest to find his place in the world is fraught with challenges and filled with new encounters with an array of creatures, from … Read more

Read More →

Ocean with David Attenborough

David Attenborough delivers his greatest message of hope in our spectacular new film, Ocean with David Attenborough – now in cinemas worldwide. The powerful documentary film from Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios was released as a global cinema event from May 8 (2025), coinciding with David Attenborough’s 99th birthday. The film will be available globally on … Read more

Read More →

Secret Lives of Orangutans

Secret Lives of Orangutans is now streaming on Netflix (premiered 22 August 2024) From Silverback Films and narrated by Sir David Attenborough, Secret Lives of Orangutans is the world’s first feature length film about wild orangutans, revealing an intimate and never-before-seen perspective of one of our closest relatives. Following the success of Our Planet, produced … Read more

Read More →

Parenthood – Coming Soon

Parenthood in the animal kingdom is a high-stakes game. In a world full of danger, some animal parents go to extreme lengths to ensure the survival of their offspring. Our new five-part natural history series for BBC One and iPlayer explores the extraordinary strategies and ingenious tricks that animals parents employ to give their young … Read more

Read More →

Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story

Billy and Molly visit on the shore. Credit: National Geographic / Charlie Hamilton James Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story premiered May 6 on National Geographic and is now available to stream on Disney+ (UK)/Hulu, and on the Nat Geo YouTube channel in US. From National Geographic and Silverback Films, “Billy & Molly: An … Read more

Read More →

Life on Our Planet

Life on Our Planet is our ground-breaking new 8-part series created by Silverback Films in association with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television – premiering on Netflix 25 October. Narrated by Academy Award®-winner Morgan Freeman, it’s the story of life’s epic battle to conquer and survive on planet Earth. Today there are 20 million species on our … Read more

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Latest News

Ocean with David Attenborough sets UK and Irish box office record

13th May 2025

Our new film Ocean with David Attenborough (released on May 8) has smashed box office records – opening to £573,551 at the UK & Irish box office, the highest grossing opening for a nature documentary on record and the highest documentary opening of this decade in the UK & Ireland. Ocean with David Attenborough was also the widest released documentary ever in UK & Irish cinemas, playing in 580 sites. Released in cinemas worldwide to coincide … Read more

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Coldplay collaborate on ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’

11th May 2025

We’re thrilled to share that British band Coldplay have collaborated with us on ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’. ‘ONE WORLD’ from their Moon Music album features the end credits – watch the special music video which features cinematic ocean visuals from the film on Coldplay’s YouTube Channel now. ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’ is in cinemas now – and on National Geographic, Disney+ and Hulu from June 8.

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Never-before-seen footage of bottom trawling released from Ocean with David Attenborough

9th May 2025

Today we’ve released the most detailed, cinematic footage of bottom trawling ever filmed. The footage from our documentary film Ocean with David Attenborough is Attenborough’s most powerful documentary yet, co-produced by Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios. In our film, Attenborough brings audiences the untold story of how they can help save the world’s Ocean and global climate. The cinematic documentary features never-before-seen footage of bottom trawling and its devastating effects on the ocean. Bottom … Read more

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World Premiere of Ocean with David Attenborough with King Charles III

7th May 2025

Our new documentary film Ocean with David Attenborough had it’s World Premiere at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall last night, with Sir David Attenborough and King Charles III in attendance alongside many special guests.   It was an unforgettable evening bringing together influential filmmakers and celebrities, business and political leaders, and those in the conservation world. Silverback Films Co-founder and Director Keith Scholey took the stage to welcome guests and thank those that made the … Read more

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