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It was an extraordinary night for Silverback Films at the 2026 Wildscreen Panda Awards, with three of our productions winning Panda Awards, including the coveted Golden Panda, and our co-founder Keith Scholey honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Sir David Attenborough shared a special video message at the ceremony, paying a heartfelt tribute to Keith, … Read more
Silverback Films celebrated two wins at the 2026 Venice TV Awards, with Ocean with David Attenborough recognised for Cinematography and Parenthood winning the Technology & Innovation Award. Ocean with David Attenborough, our feature documentary produced with Open Planet Studios for … Read more
Our new feature documentary Dolphins: My Close Encounters celebrated its World Premiere at the 22nd Zurich Film Festival last night, with marine biologist Angela Ziltener, Producer and Director Barny Revill and Executive Producer Keith Scholey in Zurich to mark the … Read more
We’re incredibly proud to share that Ocean with David Attenborough has won two awards at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards. Our National Geographic feature documentary was recognised in two categories celebrating the extraordinary craft behind the film: Outstanding Cinematography for … Read more
Silverback Films has partnered with ocean science and education organisation The Hydrous and immersive production studio Submersa Studios to develop a new generation of immersive ocean experiences. The partnership brings together Silverback’s acclaimed natural history filmmaking and underwater cinematography, Submersa’s … Read more
Silverback Films’ first foray into immersive storytelling, Disneynature’s Wolf: An Immersive Experience, has been selected for Venice Immersive at the Venice Film Festival. The 180-degree immersive experience is an accompanying piece to Disneynature’s Wolf, streaming on Disney+ on Earth Day … Read more
Get a first look at our new BBC One documentary as Hamza Yassin journeys across Kenya in search of some of Africa’s most spectacular – and most threatened – birds of prey. Hamza: African Birds of Prey airs Sunday 30 … Read more
For Chapter 4 of The Dinosaurs, producer and director Darren Williams wanted the aftermath of the T. rex and Ankylosaurus battle to feel heavy, awkward and real. Following an epic battle, a victorious T. rex is seen dragging her Ankylosaurus … Read more
We’re thrilled to share our new film Hamza: African Birds of Prey for BBC One and iPlayer, continuing our long-standing collaboration with wildlife cameraman and presenter Hamza Yassin. In this new film, we follow Hamza as he embarks on an unforgettable … Read more
We’re delighted that Hamza Yassin has been longlisted for Best Documentary Presenter at the 2026 Grierson British Documentary Awards for Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles. Produced by Silverback Films for BBC One and iPlayer, Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles follows Hamza across … Read more
Three Silverback productions have been recognised across six categories at this year’s Wildscreen Panda Awards, celebrating excellence in natural world storytelling and filmmaking. Secrets of the Bees: The Hive, A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough and Parenthood: The Greatest … Read more
We’re thrilled to share Ocean with David Attenborough has received six nominations at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special. Produced by Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios, our National Geographic feature documentary has been recognised … Read more
Silverback Films marked Pride Month with a series of activities celebrating LGBTQ+ communities and raising money for a local charity – supporting Bristol’s Transgender community. From the start of Pride Month in June through to Bristol Pride in July, our … Read more
Studio Silverback is proud to have helped produce Sir David Attenborough’s opening speech to world leaders at Cop 26 Sir David, in his official capacity as People’s Advocate, was asked to deliver a speech during the Opening Ceremony of the … Read more
We are excited to announce a brand new Breaking Boundaries website that we have built in collaboration with non-profit Count Us In. Our feature doc Breaking Boundaries, which launched on Netflix in June this year, has a simple goal: to … Read more
Studio Silverback is very proud to launch their new series Seat At The Table, a YouTube Originals: The series starts October 25th 2021, releasing 1 episode a day until we get to COP26 where the last 2 episodes will be filmed, … Read more
Ahead of COP26 YouTube have an event broadcast on Saturday 23rd called Dear Earth. It’s 100 mins of specially produced climate content aimed at the You Tube generation to respond to their demand ahead of COP26. It’s a highly eclectic … Read more
Silverback is very proud to have contributed to the first ever Earthshots Awards ceremony which was held last night in Alexandra Palace, London. Congratulation to all the winners, the runners up and our team behind the “Earthshots: Repairing the … Read more
THE MATING GAME Animals will go extraordinary lengths in their desire to mate – there are romantics, fighters, cheats and show-offs, tales of lifelong devotionand some of the most surprising and beautiful sights on Earth. The Mating … Read more
Silverback picked up two awards last night at the Jackson Wild Media Awards! David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet won the presenter-led category. Breaking Boundaries: The Science Of Our Planet won in the writing category. Congratulations to Sir David … Read more
We are delighted to announce that “David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet” a Silverback Films & WWF Production — Netflix has been nominated for two awards at the The final British Documentary Awards nominations for: Best Single Documentary – Domestic … Read more
We just heard that our film “David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet” has won three Emmys: Outstanding CINEMATOGRAPHY for a non fiction program Outstanding MUSIC COMPOSITION for a documentary series or special (Original dramatic score) Outstanding SOUND MIXING FOR … Read more
Silverback Films received an amazing Eleven nominations at this year’s Jackson Wild Media Awards. We are very proud of this achievement and look forward to hearing which of our Finalists will be winners on September 30th. Finalists: -“David Attenborough: A … Read more
We are delighted to announce that Silverback Films have six Emmy nominations! These are: David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet Cinematography Editing Music Sound Design Sound Mixing A Perfect Planet: Volcano Narration This is a huge achievement … Read more