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Silverback Films has won three awards at the 2026 Jackson Wild Media Awards, with Secrets of the Bees recognised for Cinematography and Animal Behavior, and A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough taking home the Writing Award. The winners were announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles on 10 November, celebrating outstanding achievement in nature, … Read more
We’re delighted to share that Hamza Yassin has won Best Documentary Presenter at the 2026 Grierson Awards for Silverback Films’ Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles. The award was presented at the Grierson British Documentary Awards ceremony at London’s Roundhouse on 10 … Read more
National Geographic has announced The Real Frozen (working title), a new natural history series produced by Silverback Films in collaboration with Walt Disney Animation Studios, bringing the magic of Disney’s beloved Frozen films to life through extraordinary wildlife stories and … Read more
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 … 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
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
Voting has now opened for the 16th annual Televisual Bulldog Awards that celebrate the very best of British television. The awards range across drama, comedy, factual entertainment, entertainment, documentary, sport and more as well as craft categories including cinematography and music. … Read more
ECOSPHERE ventures to astonish audiences with the world’s best in VR technology, natural history storytelling and conservation filmmaking. PHORIA, an award winning immersive technology studio, today announced the worldwide online release of ecosphere, their groundbreaking VR nature documentary series produced … Read more
OUR PLANET has been nominated for THREE BAFTA TV awards: Photography: Factual / Our Planet – Frozen Worlds Photography: Factual / Our Planet – Coastal Seas Sound: Factual / Our Planet – One planet Congratulations to all the teams, and crossing all fingers for the awards! … Read more
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
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
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
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
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!
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