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2016 Finalists + WINNERS

Watch a highlight reel of the 2016 finalists!

2016 WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

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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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EARTH & SKY

Sponsored by Sky-Skan
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WINNER
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough: Episode 1 Builders

Atlantic Productions
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Inside the Mega Twister
National Geographic Studios for National Geographic Channel
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Making North America: Origins
A NOVA Production by Windfall Films for WGBH Boston
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SCIENCE OF LIFE

Sponsored by HHMI  Tangled Bank Studios
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WINNER
Sonic Sea

Discovery Channel presents a Natural Resources Defense Council, Imaginary Forces, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Diamond Docs film
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David Attenborough's Light on Earth
Terra Mater Factual Studios/Ammonite Films, CuriosityStream, with BBC, UKTV, ABC Australia
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Islands of Creation
Produced by Day's Edge Productions and Smithsonian Channel
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Mind of a Giant
Vulcan Productions,
​Off The Fence in partnership with Nat Geo WILD
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CHANGING PLANET

Sponsored by North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
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WINNER
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
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Lethal Seas
360 Degree Films Pty Ltd. for NOVA/WGBH Boston in association with ARTE and Unité Découverte Et Connaissance
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Sonic Sea
Discovery Channel presents a Natural Resources Defense Council, Imaginary Forces, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Diamond Docs film
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HEALTH & MEDICINE

Sponsored by Discovery
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WINNER
Twice Born: Stories from the
​Special Delivery Unit: Ep. 1

Trailblazer Studios
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In Defense of Food
Kikim Media
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Memory Hackers
A NOVA Production by Little Bay Pictures for WGBH Boston
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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
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PHYSICAL

Sponsored by Panasonic
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WINNER
Inside Einstein's Mind

A NOVA Production by Windfall Films Ltd. (part of the Argonon Group) for WGBH Boston, in association with the BBC
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The Beginning and the End of the Universe: The Beginning
BBC, The Open University
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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
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TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

Sponsored by National Geographic Partners
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WINNER
The Origami Code

La Compagnie des Taxi-Brousse, Fact+Film, Leonardo Film, ZDF/3Sat
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Operation Lighthouse Rescue
A NOVA Production by Windfall Films LTD (Part of the Argonon Group) for WGBH Boston 
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Raiders, Raptors and Rebels: Inside the Magic
​of ILM

Lincoln Square Productions, LLC
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Rise of the Robots
A NOVA Production by Terri Randall Productions for WGBH Boston
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BEING HUMAN

Sponsored by Vulcan Productions
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WINNER
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman:
Are We Bigots?

Produced by Revelations Entertainment for Science Channel
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Dawn of Humanity
A Production of NOVA and National Geographic Studios for WGBH Boston
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First Peoples: Asia
Wall to Wall, PBS, ARTE France
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SHORT FORM SERIES

Sponsored by PBS Distribution
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WINNER
Think Like a Scientist

Produced for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute by Day's Edge Productions
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Nature Boom Time!
World By Charlie Productions for Nat Geo KiDS
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Shelf Life
American Museum of Natural History
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LONG FORM SERIES

Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy
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WINNER
Uranium - Twisting the Dragon's Tail

Genepool Productions, in association with Screen Australia, Film Victoria, SBS, PBS and ZDF/ARTE
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Genius by Stephen Hawking
Bigger Bang Communications, PBS, National Geographic Channels International
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Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
Atlantic Productions
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Making North America
A NOVA Production by Windfall Films for WGBH Boston
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SHORT

Sponsored by WGBH
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WINNER
Moth Mimicry: Using Ultrasound to Avoid Bats

Gorongosa Media Project and Off The Fence, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Jason Silva: Transhumanism
CuriosityStream
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Microsculpture
Tanya Cochrane Films & Levon Biss in association with Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
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Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others
Spine Films, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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IMMERSIVE: FULLDOME, 3D & LARGE FORMAT

Sponsored by Fujinon
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WINNER
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies 3D

Atlantic Productions, Sky 3D
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Asteroid: Mission Extreme
National Geographic, Sky-Skan
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From Dream to Discovery
Produced by the staff of the Charles Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science, Boston
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INTERACTIVE

Sponsored by Brookline Interactive Group
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WINNER
Connected Worlds

NY Hall of Science, Design I/O
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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
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WildCam Gorongosa
The Zooniverse, Gorongosa National Park, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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IMMERSIVE: VIRTUAL REALITY & AUGMENTED REALITY

 Sponsored by Terra Mater Factual Studios
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WINNER
HoloAnatomy

Case Western Reserve University’s Interactive Commons and Cleveland Clinic
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David Attenborough's Great Barrier Reef Virtual Reality Dive
Alchemy VR
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Tilt Brush
Google
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MICRO MOVIE

Sponsored by AAAS
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WINNER
Mangroves

Natural Numbers
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Nature Rx
Dream Tree Film & Productions
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Remember When
Pongo Media, Andy Maser Films, King Tide Motion Pictures, World Wildlife Fund, Natural Habitat Adventures
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The Edge
Steer Films
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SCIENCE JOURNALISM

Sponsored by Twin Cities PBS
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WINNER
Vaccines - ​Calling the Shots

A NOVA Production by Tangled Bank Studios, LLC, in association with Genepool Productions PTY LTD. for WGBH Boston
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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
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Sonic Sea
Discovery Channel presents a Natural Resources Defense Council, Imaginary Forces, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Diamond Docs film
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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
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SCIENCE AMBASSADOR

Sponsored by Nature/WNET
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WINNER
E.O. Wilson - Of Ants
​and Men

Shining Red Productions, Inc.
​for PBS
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​Host: E.O. Wilson
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Petrified Forest!
World By Charlie Productions for Nat Geo KiDS
Host: Charlie Engelman
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Secret Earth: Yellowstone Supervolcano
Grizzly Creek Films, History
Host: Craig Beals
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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
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ENGAGING YOUNG SCIENTISTS

Sponsored by Boston Museum of Science
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WINNER
Design Squad Global

WGBH Educational Foundation
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discover science: Let's meet at the bottom
NHK, UR, SABC2, SABC Education
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Earth to Luna  -
the Sinking Grape

TV PinGuim in association with Discovery Kids
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Spanish Moss!
World By Charlie Productions for Nat Geo KiDS
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STUDENT/EMERGING

Sponsored by National Geographic Society
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WINNER
Red Wolf Revival

Roshan Patel, Nestbox Collective
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Pork.0
Brett Kuxhausen
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Transistors: Teeny Tech that Changed the World
Abby Kent
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Vey nou Lagon
Vey nou Lagon Ltd
​Vanina Harel, Zara Currimjee
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AUDIBLE SCIENCE

Sponsored by BBC
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WINNER
Invisibilia

National Public Radio
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Origin Stories
The Leakey Foundation
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Science Friday
Science Friday
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Signal Podcast with Meg Tirrell and Luke Timmerman
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WRITING

Sponsored by World Wildlife Fund
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WINNER
Return of the River

Elwhafilm LLC
​Writer: Jessica Plumb
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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​
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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
​Writer: Wain Fimeri
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EDITING

Sponsored by PBS
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WINNER
​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
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Explorer: Warlords of Ivory
National Geographic Studios for National Geographic Channel 
​Editors: ​Jennifer Honn and Seth Skundrick
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Rise of the Killer Virus
Docdays Productions, Yuzu Productions, Congoo Productions, Smithsonian Networks, ZDF
Editor: Marcel Ozan Riedel
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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
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VISUALIZATION

Sponsored by Sony Electronics
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WINNER
Forces of Nature: Shape

A BBC Production with PBS co-produced by France Televisions
​Cinematographers: Simon de Glanville, Tim Cragg, Roger Munns
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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
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Shark Planet
A BBC/Discovery Channel Co-Production
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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.
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SPECIAL JURY AWARDS

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WINNER
Archiverse

​Jacob Hamman
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WINNER
Operation Lighthouse Rescue
A NOVA Production by Windfall Films LTD (Part of the Argonon Group) for WGBH Boston 
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WINNER
Transistors: Teeny Tech that Changed the World

Abby Kent
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