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First look: Sea Lions of the Galapagos streaming on Disney+ from April 22

18th March 2025

We thrilled to share a first-look of our new feature film Sea Lions of the Galapagos streaming on Disney+ from April 22. Our film 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 … Read more

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DISNEY+ Launches in UK as Lockdown begins and our Films are released!

Our two newest Disneynature films, “Elephant” and “Dolphin Reef”,  launched on Disney+ on the 3rd of April 2020.   Disneynature’s Elephant follows African elephant Shani and her spirited son Jomo as their herd make an epic journey hundreds of miles across the vast Kalahari Desert. … Read more

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Silverback Films featured in Top 100 Global Production Companies by Realscreen magazine

Silverback Films is proud to be featured in the Top 100 Global Production Companies in Realscreen magazine, the leading trade magazine in the US covering non-fiction TV.   Here’s what they had to say: SILVERBACK FILMS Bristol | www.silverbackfilms.tv Recent … Read more

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Our Planet Halo wins at the Webby Awards

We have just heard that the Our Planet Halo has been very successful at the Webby Awards, the ‘Oscars of the Internet’ winning:   “Webby Winner 2020 in the Documentary Shortform category” for Sponge Cities   “Webby Winner Best Augmented … Read more

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Our Planet Nominated for 3 Webbies!

Our Planet has been nominated for three Webbies! These are arguably the top internet awards so a really big deal!   Please help us to win and become the best of the Internet by voting for Our Planet in the … Read more

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Dancing with the Birds wins the IWFF’s Best Animal Behaviour Program

Dancing with the Birds won the IWFF Best Animal Behaviour program for 2020 in Missoula last night!   http://wildlifefilms.org/2020-winners/   Congratulations to Huw and the whole team, this is a well deserved award for an outstanding film!  

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Winners Announced! World Wildlife Day Film Showcase: Biodiversity

Good news for the HALO team!   Two of their films were announced as winners yesterday at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City in celebration of World Wildlife Day and organised by CITES, the UNDP and Jackson Wild: … Read more

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David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet Trailer Released

 HE INTRODUCED US TO THE WORLD. NOW HE TELLS HIS GREATEST STORY. WORLD PREMIERE ON AUTUMN 2020 Sir David Attenborough in Chernobyl, Ukraine photographed while filming David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet. The official trailer for Sir David Attenborough’s … Read more

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Dancing with the Birds released on Netflix

“Dancing with the Birds”, our 50 min film on Birds of Paradise in Papua New Guinea came out on Netflix October 23rd 2019. “From ruffing their majestic feathers to nailing im-peck-able courtship routines, birds of paradise flaunt their best moves in … Read more

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Our Planet Awards

Steve Price has won a Hollywood Music in Media Award for his wonderful Our Planet score.   Our Planet has been nominated for a Broadcast Award in the Specialist Factual category.   Our Planet has been nominated in the “Best … Read more

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2019 Jackson Wild Media Awards Winners

Silverback Films won four awards at Jackson Hole on the 26th September 2019:   “Our Planet: High Seas”  Winner – Best Ecosystem Film Awarded to the program that most effectively explores a unique habitat and its wildlife.   “Our Planet: Frozen Worlds” … Read more

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Our Planet Wins Two Emmy Awards

Silverback Films were very proud to learn that “Our Planet” won “Outstanding Documentary or Non Fiction Series” at the 2019 Emmy awards on Saturday 14th September. Sir David Attenborough also won Outstanding Narrator for the series!

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Our Planet scoops up 10 EMMY 2019 nominations!

Silverback Films were extremely happy and proud to hear that “Our Planet” was nominated in the 2019 Emmy Nominations for 10 Emmys!   The 10 nominations are: OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SERIES (Frozen Worlds) OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM … Read more

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