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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
WINNER 35,675 votes A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough, Jonnie Hughes (Goodreads Author) (With) With his definitive witness statement of life on planet Earth, naturalist, journalist, and planetary defender … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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/.
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
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!
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