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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

Discover how our world-class filmmakers, working with the VFX legends at Industrial Light & Magic, created the spectacular sequences from Life on Our Planet with these special behind-the-scenes films Our 8-part series is a wildlife documentary with a difference – … Read more

Our Planet II has won ‘Best Episodic Series’ at the 39th International documentary Awards (IDA) Awards. The prestigious IDA Awards took place in Los Angeles last night (Dec 12), they are dedicated to the documentary genre – celebrating the best … Read more

We’re proud to share that Life on Our Planet has been nominated for Best Science / Nature Documentary at the 8th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards. Our ground-breaking 8-part series, created by Silverback Films in association with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin … Read more

We’re proud to share that Our Planet II: World on The Move has won the award for ‘Animal Behaviour – Long form’ at the 2023 Jackson Wild Awards. The category winner is for the film that most effectively examines animal … Read more

Today (25 Sept) saw the release of the official trailer for our ground-breaking new series Life on Our Planet. From Silverback Films and Executive Producer Steven Spielberg, and narrated by Morgan Freeman, this is the story of life’s epic battle … Read more

In this special film for BBC One and iPlayer from Silverback Films, wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin is on a journey to film his favourite birds of prey in the British Isles. The film aired at 7pm on Sunday 24 September, … Read more

Hamza Yassin stunned the nation with his incredible dance moves winning Strictly in 2022. Off the dance-floor, Hamza is an accomplished wildlife cameraman and has filmed all over the world as well as capturing memorable footage for our recent Wild … Read more

Prince William and The Earthshot Prize announced the 15 Finalists for this year’s Prize at the second Earthshot Innovation Summit in New York on 19 Sept. The event, held alongside the UN General Assembly, celebrated and championed innovators focused on … Read more

Silverback Films have teamed up with wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin to track down and film some of his favourite birds of prey in an exciting new documentary for BBC One & iPlayer – Hamza: Strictly Birds of Prey. Here in … Read more

We’re excited to reveal our new project, a ground-breaking new footage library, Open Planet, announced today (18 Sept) at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. Launching globally in early-2024, Open Planet aims to revolutionise the way we tell … Read more

Silverback staff volunteered at Grow Wilder yesterday, a 12-acre Avon Wildlife Trust site in the Frenchay area of Bristol for our environmental charity day. We joined the site to get stuck into practical land management and conservation projects, working to … Read more

Today (5th Sept) the Planet India storytelling campaign, created by Studio Silverback and India’s leading creator economy platform PlucTV, launched at a global gala event in New Delhi ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit. The high-profile gala included senior government … Read more

News

Watch the trailer for Ocean with David Attenborough

The making of Life on Our Planet

Our Planet II wins IDA Award

Life on Our Planet nominated for a Critics Choice Documentary Award!

Our Planet II wins best animal behaviour at Jackson Wild Awards

Just released: Life on Our Planet official trailer

Behind the scenes of Hamza: Strictly Birds of Prey

Hamza: Strictly Birds of Prey from the Cairngorms to urban London

Meet the 2023 Earthshot Prize finalists!

Watch Hamza: Strictly Birds of Prey this Sunday (24 Sept) 7pm

Studio Silverback launch Open Planet, a free footage library for global impact

Silverback’s Wild Work Charity Day

Planet India premieres in New Delhi ahead of G20 Leaders’ Summit