The awards finalists have been unveiled for the biennial Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, with titles including Africa (pictured), Frozen Planet and Disneynature’s Chimpanzee up for multiple prizes.
Twenty-three award winners, selected from 900 categories, will be named on September 26 at the Grand Teton Awards Gala, which takes place in Wyoming.
A portion of the category finalists are below, with information provided by Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. The full list of finalists can be found here.
CONTENT CATEGORIES:
Best Animal Behavior Program
Africa: Kalahari
BBC Natural History Unit, Discovery, BBC Worldwide, France TV & CCTV
Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo
River Road Films, THIRTEEN Productions for the PBS NATURE series, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC & BBC Worldwide
Frozen Planet: Spring
A BBC Natural History Unit, Discovery Channel, Antena 3 Television S.A., ZDF, SKAI, Open University in association with Discovery Canada
Jungle Book Bear
Gulo Film Productions and NDR Naturfilm / Doclights in c-production with NDR, NDR ARTE, ORF, BBC, National Geographic Wild in cooperation with ZDF Enterprises (Germany)
Best People & Nature Program
Kangaroo Dundee, Episode 1
AGB Films for BBC Natural World, BBC Worldwide and Animal Planet
Soul in the Sea
Abyss Films
War Elephants
National Geographic Television
Best Science and Nature Program
Bird Brain
Terra Mater Factual Studios & Parthenon Entertainment Production
The Grammar of Happiness
Essential Media and Entertainment & Smithsonian Channel
Killer in the Caves
Taglicht Media, Smithsonian Channel & WDR
Operation Iceberg: Birth of a ‘Berg
BBC Science & Discovery
PROGRAM CATEGORIES:
Best Limited Series
Africa
BBC Natural History Unit, Discovery, BBC Worldwide & France TV
Frozen Planet
A BBC Natural History Unit, Discovery Channel, Antena 3 Television S.A., ZDF, SKAI, Open University in association with Discovery Canada
Richard Hammond’s Miracles of Nature
Oxford Scientific Films, Hamster’s Wheel & Terra Mater Factual Studios
Best Hosted or Presenter-led Program
Bill Bailey’s Jungle Hero: Wallace in the Spice Islands
BBC Natural History Unit, Glassbox Productions, BBC Worldwide & Science Channel: Discovery Communications
Host: Bill Bailey
On a River in Ireland
Crossing the Line Production for RTÉ
Host: Colin Stafford-Johnson
Richard Hammond’s Miracles of Nature: Super-bodies
Oxford Scientific Films, Hamster’s Wheel & Terra Mater Factual Studios
Host: Richard Hammond
Best Theatrical Program
Disneynature Chimpanzee
Disneynature
Druid Peak
One Small Thing Productions
Flight of the Butterflies
SK Films
Titans of the Ice Age
Giant Screen Films & D3D Cinema
CRAFT CATEGORIES:
Best Cinematography
Africa: Kalahari
BBC Natural History Unit, Discovery, BBC Worldwide, France TV & CCTV
Cinematography: Africa Series Camera Team
Frozen Planet: Winter
A BBC Natural History Unit, Discovery Channel, Antena 3 Television S.A., ZDF, SKAI, Open University in association with Discovery Canada
Cinematography: Frozen Planet Camera Team
Namibia’s Desert Kingdom
Mike Birkhead Associates & Terra Mater Factual Studios
Cinematography: Martyn Colbeck
Aerial Photography: Richard Matthews
Best Editing
Africa: Kalahari
BBC Natural History Unit, Discovery, BBC Worldwide, France TV & CCTV
Editors: Matt Meech & James Taggart
Disneynature Chimpanzee
Disneynature
Editor: Andy Netley
The Green Universe
nautilusfilm, DocLights & polyband Medien
Editor: Carla Braun-Elwert
On a River in Ireland
Crossing the Line Production for RTÉ
Editor: Emer Reynolds