2016 WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
WINNER
GRAND HELIX AWARD
Terra Mater Factual Studios/Ammonite Films, CuriosityStream, with: BBC, UKTV, ABC Australia
Producer: Martin Dohrn, Director/Producer: Joe Loncraine, Cinematographers: Jack Hynes, Fraser Johnston, Elliot Lowndes, Jonathan Esling, Ian Stewart
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GRAND HELIX AWARD
Terra Mater Factual Studios/Ammonite Films, CuriosityStream, with: BBC, UKTV, ABC Australia
Producer: Martin Dohrn, Director/Producer: Joe Loncraine, Cinematographers: Jack Hynes, Fraser Johnston, Elliot Lowndes, Jonathan Esling, Ian Stewart
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EARTH & SKY
Sponsored by Sky-Skan
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Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough: Episode 1 Builders Atlantic Productions Watch trailer |
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SCIENCE OF LIFE
Sponsored by HHMI Tangled Bank Studios
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Sonic Sea Discovery Channel presents a Natural Resources Defense Council, Imaginary Forces, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Diamond Docs film Watch trailer |
David Attenborough's Light on Earth
Terra Mater Factual Studios/Ammonite Films, CuriosityStream, with BBC, UKTV, ABC Australia Watch trailer |
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CHANGING PLANET
Sponsored by North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
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Racing Extinction Okeanos – Foundation for the Sea and Discovery Channel present an Oceanic Preservation Society film in association with Vulcan Productions, The Li Ka Shing Foundation, Earth Day Texas, JP's Peace, Love & Happiness Foundation, Diamond Docs, Insurgent Docs Watch trailer |
Lethal Seas
360 Degree Films Pty Ltd. for NOVA/WGBH Boston in association with ARTE and Unité Découverte Et Connaissance Watch trailer |
Sonic Sea
Discovery Channel presents a Natural Resources Defense Council, Imaginary Forces, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Diamond Docs film Watch trailer |
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Sponsored by Discovery
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In Defense of Food
Kikim Media Watch trailer |
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Vaccines - Calling the Shots
A NOVA Production by Tangled Bank Studios, LLC, in association with Genepool Productions Pty Ltd. for WGBH Boston Watch trailer |
PHYSICAL
Sponsored by Panasonic
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Inside Einstein's Mind A NOVA Production by Windfall Films Ltd. (part of the Argonon Group) for WGBH Boston, in association with the BBC Watch trailer |
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Uranium - Twisting the Dragon's Tail: The Rock that Became a Bomb
Genepool Productions, in association with Screen Australia, Film Victoria, SBS, PBS and ZDF/ARTE Watch trailer |
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
Sponsored by National Geographic Partners
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The Origami Code La Compagnie des Taxi-Brousse, Fact+Film, Leonardo Film, ZDF/3Sat Watch trailer |
Operation Lighthouse Rescue
A NOVA Production by Windfall Films LTD (Part of the Argonon Group) for WGBH Boston Watch trailer |
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BEING HUMAN
Sponsored by Vulcan Productions
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Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman: Are We Bigots? Produced by Revelations Entertainment for Science Channel Watch trailer |
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SHORT FORM SERIES
Sponsored by PBS Distribution
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Think Like a Scientist Produced for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute by Day's Edge Productions Watch trailer |
Nature Boom Time!
World By Charlie Productions for Nat Geo KiDS Watch trailer |
Shelf Life
American Museum of Natural History Watch trailer |
LONG FORM SERIES
Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy
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Uranium - Twisting the Dragon's Tail Genepool Productions, in association with Screen Australia, Film Victoria, SBS, PBS and ZDF/ARTE Watch trailer |
Genius by Stephen Hawking
Bigger Bang Communications, PBS, National Geographic Channels International Watch trailer |
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SHORT
Sponsored by WGBH
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Moth Mimicry: Using Ultrasound to Avoid Bats Gorongosa Media Project and Off The Fence, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Watch trailer |
Jason Silva: Transhumanism
CuriosityStream Watch trailer |
Microsculpture
Tanya Cochrane Films & Levon Biss in association with Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Watch trailer |
Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others
Spine Films, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Watch trailer |
IMMERSIVE: FULLDOME, 3D & LARGE FORMAT
Sponsored by Fujinon
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David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies 3D Atlantic Productions, Sky 3D |
Asteroid: Mission Extreme
National Geographic, Sky-Skan Watch trailer |
From Dream to Discovery
Produced by the staff of the Charles Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science, Boston Watch trailer |
INTERACTIVE
Sponsored by Brookline Interactive Group
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Einstein's Playground
MIT Game Lab, Charles Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science, Boston, Gerd Kortemeyer, Assoc. Prof of Physics, Michigan State University, Lyman Briggs College Watch trailer |
WildCam Gorongosa
The Zooniverse, Gorongosa National Park, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Watch trailer |
IMMERSIVE: VIRTUAL REALITY & AUGMENTED REALITY
Sponsored by Terra Mater Factual Studios
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HoloAnatomy Case Western Reserve University’s Interactive Commons and Cleveland Clinic Watch trailer |
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MICRO MOVIE
Sponsored by AAAS
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Remember When
Pongo Media, Andy Maser Films, King Tide Motion Pictures, World Wildlife Fund, Natural Habitat Adventures Watch trailer |
The Edge
Steer Films Watch trailer |
SCIENCE JOURNALISM
Sponsored by Twin Cities PBS
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Vaccines - Calling the Shots A NOVA Production by Tangled Bank Studios, LLC, in association with Genepool Productions PTY LTD. for WGBH Boston Watch trailer |
Racing Extinction
Okeanos – Foundation for the Sea and Discovery Channel present an Oceanic Preservation Society film in association with Vulcan Productions, The Li Ka Shing Foundation, Earth Day Texas, JP's Peace, Love & Happiness Foundation, Diamond Docs, Insurgent Docs Watch trailer |
Sonic Sea
Discovery Channel presents a Natural Resources Defense Council, Imaginary Forces, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Diamond Docs film Watch trailer |
While You Were Sleeping
Infield Fly Productions in Association with The Nature of Things, CBC TV; the Canada Media Fund, Rogers Telefund, The Ontario Media Development Corporation and CAVCO Watch trailer |
SCIENCE AMBASSADOR
Sponsored by Nature/WNET
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E.O. Wilson - Of Ants and Men Shining Red Productions, Inc. for PBS Host: E.O. Wilson Watch trailer |
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Uranium - Twisting the Dragon's Tail: The Rock that Became a Bomb
Genepool Productions, in association with Screen Australia, Film Victoria, SBS, PBS and ZDF/ARTE Host: Derek Muller Watch trailer |
ENGAGING YOUNG SCIENTISTS
Sponsored by Boston Museum of Science
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STUDENT/EMERGING
Sponsored by National Geographic Society
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Pork.0
Brett Kuxhausen Watch trailer |
Transistors: Teeny Tech that Changed the World
Abby Kent Watch trailer |
Vey nou Lagon
Vey nou Lagon Ltd Vanina Harel, Zara Currimjee Watch trailer |
AUDIBLE SCIENCE
Sponsored by BBC
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Invisibilia National Public Radio |
Origin Stories
The Leakey Foundation |
Science Friday
Science Friday |
Signal Podcast with Meg Tirrell and Luke Timmerman
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WRITING
Sponsored by World Wildlife Fund
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Racing Extinction
Okeanos – Foundation for the Sea and Discovery Channel present an Oceanic Preservation Society film in association with Vulcan Productions, The Li Ka Shing Foundation, Earth Day Texas, JP's Peace, Love & Happiness Foundation, Diamond Docs, Insurgent Docs Writer: Mark Monroe Watch trailer |
Uranium - Twisting the Dragon's Tail: The Rock that Became a Bomb
Genepool Productions, in association with Screen Australia, Film Victoria, SBS, PBS and ZDF/ARTE Writer: Wain Fimeri Watch trailer |
EDITING
Sponsored by PBS
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Racing Extinction Okeanos – Foundation for the Sea and Discovery Channel present an Oceanic Preservation Society film in association with Vulcan Productions, The Li Ka Shing Foundation, Earth Day Texas, JP's Peace, Love & Happiness Foundation, Diamond Docs, Insurgent Docs Editors: Geoffrey Richman, Lyman Smith, Jason Zeldes Watch trailer |
Explorer: Warlords of Ivory
National Geographic Studios for National Geographic Channel Editors: Jennifer Honn and Seth Skundrick Watch trailer |
Rise of the Killer Virus
Docdays Productions, Yuzu Productions, Congoo Productions, Smithsonian Networks, ZDF Editor: Marcel Ozan Riedel Watch trailer |
The Great Australian Fly
360 Degree Films in association with Screen Australia, ABC TV, Film Victoria and ZED Editor: Tony Stevens ASE, Assistant Editor/Animation: Alan Bennett Watch trailer |
VISUALIZATION
Sponsored by Sony Electronics
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Forces of Nature: Shape A BBC Production with PBS co-produced by France Televisions Cinematographers: Simon de Glanville, Tim Cragg, Roger Munns Watch trailer |
David Attenborough's
Light on Earth Terra Mater Factual Studios/Ammonite Films, CuriosityStream, with: BBC, UKTV, ABC Australia Director of Photography: Martin Dohrn, Producer/Director: Joe Loncraine Cinematographers: Jack Hynes, Fraser Johnston, Elliot Lowndes, Jonathan Esling, Ian Stewart Watch trailer |
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Uranium - Twisting the Dragon's Tail: The Rock that Became a Bomb
Genepool Productions, in association with Screen Australia, Film Victoria, SBS, PBS and ZDF/ARTE Cinematographer: Jaems Grant, A.C.S. Watch trailer |
SPECIAL JURY AWARDS
WINNER
Archiverse Jacob Hamman |
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Operation Lighthouse Rescue A NOVA Production by Windfall Films LTD (Part of the Argonon Group) for WGBH Boston Watch trailer |
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