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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

Studio Silverback has worked with The Earthshot Prize to spotlight the inspirational 2023 finalists on the iconic Piccadilly Lights, creating a powerful moment to celebrate solutions for our planet. The finalists were visiting London for London Climate Action Week, connecting … Read more

Studio Silverback have worked with the renowned Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research to produce a short film as part of Germany’s ‘Year of Science, 2024’, dedicated to the theme: Freedom. ‘Unsere Erde, Unsere Freiheit’ (Our Earth, Our Freedom) premiered … Read more

Since it’s release last June (2023), our 4-part series Our Planet II narrated by Sir David Attenborough has topped the Netflix chart in 77 countries, with over 80 million viewing hours in 2023 alone. The show unravels the mystery of … Read more

We’re incredibly proud that Life on Our Planet was the most-watched natural history series on Netflix in 2023, topping the chart in 79 countries. Our 8-part series narrated by Morgan Freeman, and created in association with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television, tells … Read more

Today (7 Jun) Silverback has donated a professional drone kit to the Film School at boomsatsuma to help media and film students develop their aerial photography skills. Bristol Film School, at boomsatsuma, offers dynamic and exciting degrees co-created with Bristol’s … Read more

Silverback Films has joined more than 70 Bristol businesses – including Triodos Bank, Boston Tea Party, Arup, Sawday’s and Finisterre – to issue a joint letter to the parliamentary candidates for all five of the city’s constituencies, asking them to … Read more

Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story is capturing audience hearts winning awards at film festivals around the world, winning: The Audience Award for Best International Feature at NorthwestFest International Documentary Festival, Canada’s longest running non-fiction film festival. The inaugural … Read more

Silverback is proud to be celebrating Pride month. Pride Month (1st-30th June) is an inclusive celebration that honours the queer community, their history, achievements, and ongoing struggle for equality. This annual event is a powerful reminder of the importance of acceptance, diversity, … Read more

We’re excited to announce our brand new series for Netflix (as yet untitled) which will “tell the story of the rise and fall of the dinosaurs – where they came from, why they mattered, how they evolved and how they … Read more

Silverback donates £1500 to Wildlife charities

We’ve been repurposing and donating our old drone equipment for good causes, and as part of this we’ve helped junior members of our team to get flying through an internal drone sale earlier this year. It gave some of our … Read more

Meet Tawana, one of our brilliant team at Studio Silverback working on Open Planet, and 2024 Grierson DocLab trainee! Tawana’s path into the TV industry started at Silverback Films as part of our collaboration with Babbasa on their mentorship programme. … Read more

This week (13 – 19 May) has been Mental Health Awareness Week, and we’ve been getting involved with a week of staff activities to focus on building good mental health. Inspired by this year’s theme ‘Movement: Moving More for … Read more

News

Watch the trailer for Ocean with David Attenborough

Studio Silverback works with The Earthshot Prize to takeover iconic Piccadilly Lights

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research short film for German Year of Science

1 year on: behind-the-scenes of Our Planet II

Life on Our Planet is the number 1 natural history show on Netflix in 2023!

Silverback supports Bristol media and film students with boomsatsuma

Silverback Films joins Bristol businesses urging MPs to back Climate and Nature Bill

Billy and Molly wins at NorthwestFest, ECOador and Mendocino Film Fests

Silverback celebrates Pride Month 2024

Announcing our new ‘dinosaur’ natural history series for Netflix

Silverback donates £1500 to Wildlife charities

Life at Silverback: meet Tawana, Logger / Junior Researcher

Mental Health Awareness Week 2024