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
WINNER
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough: Episode 1 Builders Atlantic Productions Watch trailer |
SCIENCE OF LIFE
Sponsored by HHMI Tangled Bank Studios
WINNER
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 |
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
In Defense of Food
Kikim Media Watch trailer |
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
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 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 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 |
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 |
SHORT FORM SERIES
Sponsored by PBS Distribution
WINNER
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
WINNER
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 |
SHORT
Sponsored by WGBH
WINNER
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
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
WINNER
HoloAnatomy Case Western Reserve University’s Interactive Commons and Cleveland Clinic Watch trailer |
MICRO MOVIE
Sponsored by AAAS
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
WINNER
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
WINNER
E.O. Wilson - Of Ants and Men Shining Red Productions, Inc. for PBS Host: E.O. Wilson 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 Host: Derek Muller Watch trailer |
ENGAGING YOUNG SCIENTISTS
Sponsored by Boston Museum of Science
STUDENT/EMERGING
Sponsored by National Geographic Society
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
WRITING
Sponsored by World Wildlife Fund
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
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 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
WINNER
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 |
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 |
WINNER
Operation Lighthouse Rescue A NOVA Production by Windfall Films LTD (Part of the Argonon Group) for WGBH Boston Watch trailer |