Panda Award Nominations 2022 Announced
By Wildscreen
11th August 2022
Wildscreen are thrilled to announce the nominees for the Wildscreen Panda Awards 2022 – the highest honour in the international natural world storytelling industry - for its 40th anniversary edition!.
A standout production with 5 nominations is feature film My Garden of a Thousand Bees. The Passion Planetproduction follows acclaimed wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn, who, locked down by coronavirus, turns his lenses on the surprising and spectacular bees living in his own urban garden in Bristol, England.
Tied for nominations is BBC Studios Natural History Unit’s landmark series highlighting the dramatic lives of plants, The Green Planet. This series, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, uses pioneering new filmmaking technology and the very latest science to reveal the strange and wonderful world of plants like never before.
Terra Mater Studios leads the wayas the most nominated production company outside of the United Kingdom, with 7 category nominations. Their feature film Patrick and the Whaleis in the running for 3 awards. The film follows former lawyer Patrick Dykstraon his travels to Dominica, as he seeks to find a special sperm whale he once encountered, who reveals the hidden world of her species.
Since 1982
The globally acclaimed Panda Awards, the ‘Green Oscars’ of the international wildlife film and TV industry, have sat at the heart of the Wildscreen Festival since 1982.
The awards consist of 15 craft and specialist categories and 16 awards including our coveted Golden Panda for best overall production. In 2022, Wildscreen welcomed back the Behaviour, Impact and On-Screen Talent Awards as well as creating a standalone Sustainability Award to further our commitment to protecting our natural world as an industry.
The 2022 Panda Award nominees will be announced mid-August. Winner will be announced at the Panda Awards Ceremony on Thursday 13 October 2022.
Congratulations to the outstanding productions nominated for the 2022 Panda Awards and in the running to receive a coveted bronze Wildscreen Panda.
Out of the 700+ submissions from 38 countries, these final 25 shorts, features and series shone the brightest, featured the very best craft and surprised our jury with their achievements.
One of the following productions will go on to receive the gold-enveloped trophy, the Golden Panda at the Awards Ceremony on 13 October.
BBC Studios, PBS, bilibili, ZDF, China Media Group CCTV9, France Televisions & The Open University
Key Cinematography Credit(s): Tim Shepherd, Oliver Mueller, Todd Kewley, James Aldred, John Brown, Sam Lewis, Chris Field, Eric Huyton, Andrew Lawrence
United Kingdom
Editing Award
My Garden of a Thousand Bees
Passion Planet, The WNET Group, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios in association with Ammonite Films
Key Editor(s): Steve White
United Kingdom
Patrick and the Whale
Terra Mater Studios
Key Editor(s): Mark Fletcher
Austria
Penguin Town: Learning to Fly
Netflix, Red Rock Films, Red Rock Films International
Passion Planet, The WNET Group, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios in association with Ammonite Films
United Kingdom
Mark Fletcher, Walter Köhler and Wolfgang Knöpfler
For the film Patrick and the Whale
Terra Mater Studios
Austria
Elisabeth Oakham
For the episode The Green Planet: Human Worlds
BBC Studios, PBS, bilibili, ZDF, China Media Group CCTV9, France Televisions & The Open University
United Kingdom
Off The Fence Production Team Award
Patagonia – Life on the Edge of the World
Plimsoll Productions Team: Martha Holmes, James Smith, Linda Stephens, Kate Laurie, David Hayes, Rene Araneda, Kevin Zaouali, Rob Wootton, Nick Smith-Baker, Adrian Seymour, Linda Dale, Claire Beirne, Laura Jones, Zoe Strasman, Josie Taylor, Kayleigh Mann, Coli Whelan, Tessa Chan, Ceci Vargas, Sara Montoya, Tom Colvile, Ignacio Walker, Kendra Ivelic.
United Kingdom
Path of the Panther
Grizzly Creek Films, Wildpath, Common Pictures
Production Team: Eric Bendick, Carlton Ward Jr., Tori Linder, Thomas Winston, Jeff Reed, Malia Byrtus, Danny Schmidt, Dawson Dunning, Rick Smith, Katie Bryden, Andrew Harrison Brown, Scott Sterling, Ashley Siana, Alex Freeze, Kevin Matley, Brian Eimer, Lauren Yoho, George McKenzie Jr.
United States
Springwatch 2020
BBC Studios Natural History Unit ‘The Watches Production Team’ including; Rebecca Candy, Helen Wallbank, Lee Rich, Matthew Andrews, Ben Harris, Laura Howard, Laura Whitley, Rosemary Edwards, Joanna Brame, Mark Flowers
United Kingdom
Scripted Narrative Award
My Garden of a Thousand Bees
Passion Planet, The WNET Group, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios in association with Ammonite Films
Key Scriptwriter(s): David Allen, Martin Dohrn
United Kingdom
Penguin Town: Hot and Bothered
Netflix, Red Rock Films, Red Rock Films International
Key Scriptwriter(s): Andy Mitchell
South Africa
Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains- Episode 2: Rebirth
A TERRA MATER FACTUAL STUDIOS, WILDLIFE FILMS production
Key Scriptwriter(s): Dereck Joubert
Austria
Terra Mater Studios Series Award
Mediterranean: Life Under Siege
Boreales
France
Patagonia – Life on the Edge of the World
Plimsoll Productions
United Kingdom
Penguin Town
Netflix, Red Rock Films, Red Rock Films International
South Africa
Films at 59 Sound Award
My Garden of a Thousand Bees
Passion Planet, The WNET Group, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios in association with Ammonite Films
Key Sound Credit(s): Jonny Crew, Paul Ackerman, Hannah Gregory
United Kingdom
Patrick and the Whale
Terra Mater Studios
Key Credit(s) for Sound: Bernhard Zorzi, Michael Plöderl
Austria
Welcome to Earth: The Silent Roar
Nutopia
Key Credit(s) for Sound: Sam Castleton, Tom Foster, Jay Price, Phil Bax, Sean Millar, Parker Brown
United Kingdom
Aurum Sustainability Award
Springwatch 2021
BBC Studios Natural History Unit
United Kingdom
Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale
Netflix, Wild Space Productions, Natural History Film Unit Botswana and Freeborne Media
United Kingdom
SURVIVORS: Rediscovering the Short-Tailed Rain Crayfish
Bookend Trust / Bookend Enterprises Pty. Ltd
Australia
Wildscreen has assembled industry experts across all crafts, fields and countries to help select the very best productions of the past two years.
"This year’s diversity of subject matter and film makers brought 700 entries from 38 countries. Covid continued to bring us closer to our own backyards, inspiring intimate storytelling experiences and some brave experiments... Judging hundreds of films and discussing their merits is challenging and time consuming. But judges unanimously agreed that it was a wonderful experience." Ruth Berry
Wildscreen Festival 2022 will take place live in Bristol and online between 10—14 October 2022, with a variety of ticket pass options, including reduced rates for concessions, hybrid and virtual. Tickets can be purchased here.
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