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Watch the trailer for Ocean with David Attenborough

4th April 2025

We’re thrilled to share the trailer for our new film Ocean with David Attenborough. The powerful documentary from Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios set for release as a global cinema event from 8 May, David Attenborough’s 99th birthday. The global cinema event invites audiences worldwide to come together to experience Attenborough’s untold story of … Read more

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Silverback Films joins All3Media

Silverback Films Joins All3Media We are delighted to announce today that Silverback Films is to join the All3Media group. All3Media is a leading independent television, film and digital production and distribution company. The All3Media group comprises more than 40 production … Read more

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A Perfect Planet – our 5 part series is on BBC1 from January 3rd 2021

A Perfect Planet Planet Earth is perfect. Everything about our world – its size, its distance from the Sun, its spin and tilt, its moon – is perfectly suited to our existence, and our planet’s natural forces perfectly nurture life. … Read more

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Silverback Films wins 3 WILDSCREEN PANDA AWARDS 2020

Silverback Films received three Wildscreen Panda Awards this year:   The “Our Planet” camera team collected the award for cinematography which was graciously accepted on behalf of the whole team by Jamie MacPherson – live by zoom. Andy Netly received the … Read more

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Our Planet is the winner of Excellence in Video at this year’s Edward R. Murrow Awards.

You can view the full list of winners here. The Murrow Awards recognize local and national news stories that uphold the RTDNA Code of Ethics, demonstrate technical expertise and exemplify the importance and impact of journalism as a service to the community. … Read more

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Earthshots

The Earthshot Prize is the most prestigious global environment prize in history, designed to incentivise change and help repair our planet over the next ten years. Taking inspiration from President John F. Kennedy’s Moonshot which united millions of people around … Read more

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Silverback Films and Phoria won the award for ‘Best 360 Storytelling’ at Jackson Wild Media Awards 2020!

Awarded to the best natural history program created for the immersive platform of 360° Video and Virtual Reality, with the Kenya episode from the @oculus series, ‘ecosphere’. A conservation series and our first foray into #180VR, with Silverback’s Producer/Director Dan … Read more

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Our new film ‘DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET’ is out in cinemas!

PREMIERED IN CINEMAS on SEPTEMBER 28th and will be released on Netflix on October 4th 2020     One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement. In his … Read more

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Our Planet Wins a Bulldog Award for Best Specialist Factual!

Our Planet has just picked by Televisual Magazine’s Bull Dog Award for Best Specialist Factual! We are very honoured as the awards, detailing the best UK produced TV of 2019 are voted for by our industry readership. https://www.televisual-bulldogs.com/.  

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Our Planet wins two RTS West awards

We are delighted to announce that Our Planet won two RTS West awards last night!   The CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD, was received by Jamie McPherson on behalf of all the Our Planet camera team. The Judges described the camera work as “truly … Read more

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Dancing with the Birds nominated for 3 News and Documentary Emmys

We are delighted to announce that “Dancing with the Birds” has been nominated for three News and Documentary Emmys in the following categories:   Outstanding Nature Documentary Outstanding Writing Outstanding Music Composition   Congratulations to the whole team!  

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We are delighted to announce Our Wildscreen 2020 Nominations

We are delighted to announce Our Wildscreen 2020 Nominations: Our Planet – One Planet Cinematography Award   Disneynature Penguin Editing   Disneynature Penguin Music   Dancing with the Birds Music   David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet Scripted Narrative … Read more

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Our Planet has been nominated in three categories for the Televisual Bulldog Awards: for Specialist Factual, Music and Cinematography.

Voting has now opened for the 16th annual Televisual Bulldog Awards that celebrate the very best of British television. The awards range across drama, comedy, factual entertainment, entertainment, documentary, sport and more as well as craft categories including cinematography and music. … Read more

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