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Wildscreen Panda Awards 2018 Winners Announced!
By Wildscreen
19th October 2018

Rise of the Warrior Apes, Blue Planet II and One Strange Rock lead the way at the 2018 Wildscreen Panda Awards

Wildscreen Festival 2018

A gripping feature documentary, which follows a chilling political and social drama set amongst the world’s largest troop of chimpanzees, tonight walked away with the most coveted international prize in the international wildlife film and TV genre – the WWF Golden Panda Award.

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Panda Award Winner

RISE OF THE WARRIOR APES – produced by Keo Films, stood out amongst the 37 other finalists from 12 countries to claim not only the Golden Panda but also walked away with the Script Award and Films at 59 Sound Award. Set in Ngogo, Uganda, the epic story is told through the accounts of scientists who themselves witnessed and recorded the chilling events as they unfolded over two decades.

Elsewhere, National Geographic’s ONE STRANGE ROCK, which tells the extraordinary story of Earth, swept the board in each of the three categories for which it was nominated – Innovation, Music and the Doghouse Editing Award.

Despite receiving the most nominations, BLUE PLANET II walked away with three trophies – ORF Animal Behaviour, Panasonic Cinematography (large budget) and the National Geographic Series Award.

For the first time in the 36 year history of the Awards, the Outstanding Achievement Award was awarded to a women. Ellen Windemuth, Founder and CEO of Off The Fence Productions, received the award in honour of her dedication to and innovation within the natural world storytelling genre.

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The 2018 roll of honour also included the first ever photography awards, immersing the craft fully within the 36 year old industry awards.  The Animal Friends Photo Story Award went to Australian photographer Doug Gimesy for his story documenting the plight of one of the world’s largest bats, the grey-headed flying fox. And twenty-six year old Brit, Luke Massey, walked away with the inaugural Emerging Talent Photo Story Award for his story following the lives of two peregrine falcons who have made their home amongst Chicago’s skyscrapers. The finalists and winners of the Animal Friends Photo Story Awards are currently featured in a free, large-scale outdoor exhibition located on College Green, Bristol, until 7 November.

Wildscreen Festival Panda Awards

Lucie Muir, CEO of Wildscreen, said: “Humanity’s impact, interaction and stewardship of nature, whether it be on a local or planetary scale, was a consistent message weaved throughout the entries, finalists and winners of the 2018 Panda Awards competition. And for the Panda Awards themselves, we are thrilled for a year of firsts, with the role of women and photography in the global storytelling community being recognised. But most importantly, the awards underline the power of authentic voices, whether they be of scientists, filmmakers or everyday people, to tell the most extraordinary stories, in their own words, and the power those stories have to reach the hearts and minds of others for the benefit of the natural world.”

Wildscreen Festival Panda Awards


The Wildscreen Panda Awards ceremony 2018 was hosted by television presenter Lizzie Daly and United Nations Patron of the Oceans, Lewis Pugh.

The ceremony, hosted at The Passenger Shed, concludes the 2018 Wildscreen Festival – the world’s biggest global gathering of natural world storytellers. Held in Bristol, the biennial event convenes more than 900 filmmakers, photographers, broadcasters and content creators, from over 40 countries, for an unrivalled programme of 130 events, featuring 180 industry thought-leaders.

Principal sponsors of the Wildscreen Festival 2018 are BBC Studios, Disneynature, Love Nature, National Geographic and Terra Mater Factual Studios.

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The full roll of Wildscreen Panda Award winners is:

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

ORF UNIVERSUM ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR AWARD

Blue Planet II - One Ocean
BBC Studios - The Natural History Unit with The Open University and BBC America, Tencent, WDR, France Télévisions and CCTV9
United Kingdom

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

CHILDREN’S AWARD

The Zoo - Poo Dunnit?
BBC Studios
United Kingdom

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

PANASONIC CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD (large budget)

 Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Panda Award Winner
Blue Planet II - One Ocean © Alex Vail

Blue Planet II - One Ocean
BBC Studios - The Natural History Unit with The Open University and BBC America, Tencent, WDR, France Télévisions and CCTV9
United Kingdom
Photography by: Alfredo Barroso, Chris Bryan, Patrick Dykstra, Tom Fitz, Ted Giffords, Steve Hathaway, Roger Horrocks, Roger Munns, Didier Noirot, David Reichert, Nuno Sá & Gavin Thurston

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

PANASONIC CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD (small budget)

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Panda Award Winner


Churchill
Storm Films Inc
Canada

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

DOGHOUSE EDITING AWARD

One Strange Rock - Gasp
Nutopia Ltd for National Geographic
United Kingdom
Editors: Sam Rogers, Doug Moxon & Brian Hovmand

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

ICON FILMS EMERGING TALENT AWARD

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards
Sadly, Mahmoud's UK visa application was declined, so he couldn't collect his award in person!

Mahmoud Mansouri For the film In the Realm of the Spider-tailed Viper
Wildlife Pictures Institute
Iran

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

INNOVATION AWARD

One Strange Rock - Home
Nutopia Ltd for National Geographic
United Kingdom
Member Karla Munguia Colmenero worked on the 'Survival' episode.

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

TERRA MATER FACTUAL STUDIOS IMPACT AWARD (large budget)

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

The Last Animals
Atlas Films and Foxtail Entertainment in association with Artemis Rising Foundation, The British Film Company and Diamond Docs
United States

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

TERRA MATER FACTUAL STUDIOS IMPACT AWARD (small budget)

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

Toad People
Wilderness Committee
Canada

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

MUSIC AWARD

One Strange Rock - Gasp
Nutopia Ltd for National Geographic
United Kingdom
Music by: Daniel Pemberton

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

BBC STUDIOS PEOPLE AND NATURE AWARD

Jane
National Geographic Studios in association with Public Road Productions for National Geographic
United States

ANIMAL FRIENDS PHOTO STORY AWARD

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

Rescuing the Night Gardeners - Doug Gimesy
Australia

ANIMAL FRIENDS PHOTO STORY AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

High Rise Falcons - Luke Massey
United Kingdom

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

UWE POPULAR BROADCAST AWARD

RARE: Creatures of the Photo Ark - Episode 1
A WGBH co-production with So World Media LLC in association with National Geographic Channels
United States

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

PRESENTER AWARD

My Congo
BBC Studios Natural World – a co-production of BBC and Thirteen Productions LLC in association with WNET
United Kingdom
Presented by: Vianet Djenguet

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

NHK SCIENCE AWARD

Naked Molerat - Nature’s Weirdest Superhero
Taglicht Media Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH
Germany

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

SCRIPT AWARD

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Panda Award Winner
Rise of the Warrior Apes © Keo Films

Rise of the Warrior Apes
Keo Films
United Kingdom
Script by: James Reed

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SERIES AWARD

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

Blue Planet II
BBC Studios - The Natural History Unit with The Open University and BBC America, Tencent, WDR, France Télévisions and CCTV9
United Kingdom

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

NHNZ SHORT AWARD

M6NTHS
Eline Helena Film
United Kingdom

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

FILMS AT 59 SOUND AWARD

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Panda Award Winner
Rise of the Warrior Apes © Keo Films

Rise of the Warrior Apes
Keo Films
United Kingdom
Sound by: Ben Peace, Tim Owens & Kate Hopkins

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL THEATRICAL AWARD

The Serengeti Rules
HHMI Tangled Bank Studios & Passion Planet
United Kingdom / United States

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

WWF GOLDEN PANDA AWARD

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

Rise of the Warrior Apes
Keo Films
United Kingdom

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

CHRISTOPHER PARSONS’ OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

Ellen Windemuth

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards

Wildscreen Festival 2018

Wildscreen Festival 2018 - Pamda Awards
We are proud Wildscreen Festival Media Partners!

Panda Awards Photo's by Jason Peters with an iPhone!


2018 Panda Award Nominees


Wildscreen Festival 2018 Trailer

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See: Wildscreen 2018 Panda Award Nominees Announced

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