Our team at Felis Creations would like to congratulate all the winners & nominees for the 2016 Panda Awards.
Well done to all!
WWF Golden Panda Award
The Ivory Game
A Netflix Original, here produced by Terra Mater Film Studios (Austria) and Paul Allen’s Vulcan Productions (USA), buy with DiCaprio as executive producer – beat 43 other titles from eleven countries to lift both the best in festival trophy and the Panda Award for best theatrical entry at this year’s Wildscreen – the world’s biggest festival of screen-based nature storytelling.
TERRA MATER FACTUAL STUDIOS ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR AWARD |
|
 |
Disneynature Monkey Kingdom Disneynature, Crazy Ape Productions & Silverback Films United Kingdom |
| Nominations
Africa’s Fishing Leopards America’s National Parks (for the episode Everglades) |
|
CAMPAIGN AWARD |
|
 |
HAIRY NOSE (USA) Producer(s): WildAid, McCann Shanghail & GwantsiJury comment: A very creative and funny film about an important issue which makes you smile and think at the same time. |
| Nominations
An Elephant’s Tale: Hairy Nose WildAid, McCann Shanghai, Gwantsi USA & China Migratory Connectivity Project: Songbirds Return Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Pangolin Pictures & Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center USA |
|
CHILDREN’S AWARD |
|
 |
Wild and Weird (for the episode Radical Relationships) BBC & BBC Worldwide United Kingdom |
| Nominations
My Life (for the episode Penguin Post Office) The Pray |
|
PANASONIC CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD |
|
 |
JAGO: A LIFE UNDERWATER (UK)
Producer(s): James Reed for Underdog Films, with Fantomline Pictures, James Morgan Films & Vistaar Productions Camerawork: James Morgan, Mark Sharman (underwater) & Ben Sadd (aerial) Jury comment: This film stands out for the stunning imagery and variety of shooting styles, all brilliantly realised. |
| Nominations
Disneynature Bears Life Story (for the episode First Steps) The Hunt (for the episode The Hardest Challenge) Wonders of the Monsoon (for the episode The Drought) (for small crews) In Between Jago: A Life Underwater Vanishing Kings: Lions of the Namib |
|
BBC EARTH CREATIVE INNOVATION AWARD |
|
 |
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 DocsUSAJury comment: The winning film uses an imaginative range of techniques from stunts, to undercover investigation and beautiful scientific imagery that build to an extraordinary visual climax. |
| Nominations
India’s Wandering Lions Life Is One Wild Expectations |
|
EDITING AWARD |
|
 |
Huntwatch
IFAW USA Editing by Brant Backlund & David KennedyJury comment: Beautifully crafted sequences put you on the edge of your seat and force a rethink on whether we really have seen everything before. |
| Nominations
Jago: A Life Underwater Moose: A Year in the Life of a Twig Eater The Hunt (for the episode The Hardest Challenge) |
|
ICON FILMS EMERGING TALENT AWARD |
|
 |
RYAN PATRICK KILLACKEY for YASUNI MAN (USA)
Jury comment: This was a hard fought category, but the winner is the person whose next film the jury would most like to see. |
| Nominations
Cees van Kempen for Returning: Kingfisher Tristan Thompson for Uncharted Amazon |
|
DISNEYNATURE IMPACT AWARD |
|
 |
Racing Extinction
Okeanos – Foundation for the Sea and Discovery 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 |
| Nominations
Explorer: Warlords of Ivory The Islands and the Whales |
|
MUSIC AWARD |
|
 |
STEVEN PRICE for THE HUNT (UK)
Silverback Films, co-produced with the BBC, BBC Worldwide, BBC America, The Open University, CCTV9 & NDR Naturfilm Jury comment: A masterful example of the musicians’ art where the score tells the story in perfect harmony with the pictures and sound. |
| Nominations
Jago: A Life Underwater Magical Moors |
|
PEOPLE AND NATURE AWARD |
|
 |
Honey Hunters
Arkana Studio co-produced with ARTE G.E.I.E.; Telewizja Polska S.A; Studio Produkcyjne ORKA; MX35 Wajda Szlenkier Litwin SP.J |
| Nominations
India’s Wandering Lions Jago: A Life Underwater Racing Extinction |
|
UWE POPULAR BROADCAST AWARD |
|
 |
John Bishop’s Gorilla Adventure
Tigress Productions & LOLA Entertainment |
| Nominations
Racing Extinction Wild Expectations |
|
PRESENTER AWARD |
|
 |
Explorer: Warlords of Ivory
National Geographic Studios for National Geographic Channels |
| Nominations
David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef Tribes, Predators and Me |
|
NHK SCIENCE AWARD |
|
 |
David Attenborough’s Light on Earth
A Terra Mater Factual Studios/Ammonite Films production in co-production with CuriosityStream in association with BBC, UKTV and ABC Australia |
| Nominations
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef |
|
PEOPLE AND NATURE AWARD |
|
 |
Wild Weather with Richard Hammond (for the episode Water: The Shape Shifter)An Oxford Scientific Films/Terra Mater Factual Studios/Open University Co-Production (in association with Hamster’s Wheel and PAAN) Austria/UK Script by Graham BoothJury comment: A seamless blend of narration and pieces to camera that is high on entertainment while packed with fascinating facts. |
| Nominations
The Hunt (for the episode Hide and Seek) The Memory of Fish |
|
NAT GEO WILD SERIES AWARD |
|
 |
Earth – A New Wild
A Passion Planet and National Geographic Studios Production for PBS |
| Nominations
Life Story The Hunt Wild Weather with Richard Hammond |
|
PEOPLE AND NATURE AWARD |
|
 |
In Between
Rolf Steinmann |
| Nominations
Animated Life: The Living Fossil Fish Pangolin |
|
FILMS AT 59 SOUND AWARD |
|
 |
Magical Moors
nautilusfilm GmbH – Natural History Germany in coproduction with Bayerischer Rundfunk |
| Nominations
Jago: A Life Underwater The Hunt (for the episode The Hardest Challenge) |
|
TECHNICAL INNOVATION AWARD |
|
 |
David Attenborough’s Light on Earth A Terra Mater Factual Studios/Ammonite Films production in co-production with CuriosityStream in association with BBC, UKTV and ABC Australia Austria/UKJury comment: Stunning use of specially designed cameras to reveal something genuinely new, without drawing attention to its own cleverness. |
| Nominations
Big Blue Live David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef |
|
THEATRICAL AWARD |
|
 |
The Ivory Game
A Netflix Documentary, Terra Mater Film Studios and Vulcan Productions, in association with Malaika Pictures, in association with Appian Way |
| Nominations
Naledi: A Baby Elephant’s Tale Unbranded |
|