Premier Science Media Competition Honors Finalists Record submissions top 500+ Awards Gala to be held at Harvard Art Museum Jackson, WY (August 1, 2016) – Today the Jackson Hole Science Media Awards (JHSMA) announced finalists in 22 categories spanning content, program and craft in the science media field. JHSMA celebrates the world’s most effective science storytellers and stories. This year’s competition saw more than 500 entries competing for 25 special awards.
More than 115 international judges screened an aggregated 2,100 hours in order to select the finalists. The Jackson Hole Science Media Awards is a project of Jackson Hole WILD. Awardwinners will be announced at a gala celebration on September 21 at the Harvard Art Museum in Boston. Films will be showcased and honored at the Science Media Awards and Summit at the Hub (SMASH) at WGBH Studios in Boston. This threeday conference will gather 300+ top scientists and science media stakeholders from around the world to share new work, new approaches and new ideas. Keynotes include:
● Joi Ito, Director of MIT Media Lab
● Steven Pinker, cognitive psychologist and one of the world’s foremost writers on language, mind and human nature
● Richard Wrangham, primatologist and leading expert on human behavioral evolution
Tickets are now available for the Summit: http://www.sciencemedisummit.org/summit Follow all the news using #sciencemedia @scienceSMASH Congratulations to our finalists:
CONTENT CATEGORY FINALISTS:
Earth & Sky
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough: Ep.1 Builders Atlantic Productions Inside the Mega Twister National Geographic Studios for National Geographic Channel Making North America: Origins A NOVA Production by Windfall Films for WGBH Boston
Science of Life
David Attenborough’s Light on Earth Terra Mater Factual Studios/Ammonite Films and Curiosity Stream, with: BBC, UKTV, and ABC Australia Islands of Creation Day’s Edge Productions for Smithsonian Channel Sonic Sea Discovery Channel presents a Natural Resources Defense Council, Imaginary Forces, International Fund for Animal Welfare, and Diamond Docs production Mind of a Giant Vulcan Productions, Off the Fence in partnership with Nat Geo WILD
Changing Planet
Lethal Seas 360 Degree Films Pty Ltd. for NOVA/WGBH Boston in association with ARTE and Unité Découverte Et Connaissance 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, and Insurgent Docs Sonic Sea Discovery Channel presents a Natural Resources Defense Council, Imaginary Forces, International Fund for Animal Welfare, and Diamond Docs production Health & Medicine In Defense of Food Kikim Media Memory Hackers A NOVA Production by Little Bay Productions for WGBH Boston Twice Born: Stories From The Special Delivery Unit: Ep. 1 Trailblazer Studios Vaccines—Calling the Shots A NOVA Production by Tangled Bank Studios, LLC, in association with Genepool Productions Pty Ltd. for WGBH Boston Physical Sciences Inside Einstein’s Mind A NOVA Production by Windfall Films Ltd. (part of the Argonon Group) for WGBH Boston produced in association with the BBC The Beginning and the End of the Universe: The Beginning BBC, The Open University Uranium – Twisting the Dragon’s Tail: The Rock That Became the Bomb Genepool Productions, in association with Screen Australia, Film Victoria, SBS, PBS and ZDF/ARTE Technology & Innovation Operation Lighthouse Rescue A NOVA Production by Windfall Films Ltd. (part of the Argonon Group) for WGBH Boston Raiders, Raptors and Rebels: Inside the Magic of ILM Lincoln Square Productions, LLC Rise of the Robots A NOVA Production by Terri Randall Productions for WGBH Boston The Origami Code La Compagnie des TaxiBrousee, Fact + Film, Leonardo Film and ZDF/3Sat Being Human Dawn of Humanity A Production of NOVA and National Geographic Studios for WGBH Boston First Peoples: Asia Wall to Wall, PBS, ARTE France Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman: Are We Bigots? Produced by Revelations Entertainment for Science Channel
PROGRAM CATEGORY FINALISTS:
Short Form Series (under 20 minutes)
Nature Boom Time! World by Charlie Productions for Nat Geo KiDS Shelf Life American Museum of Natural History Think Like A Scientist Day’s Edge Productions, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Long Form Series (longer than 20 minutes) Genius by Steven Hawking Produced by Bigger Bang Communications for PBS and National Geographic Channels International Great Barrier Reef With David Attenborough Atlantic Productions Making North America A NOVA Production by Windfall Films for WGBH Boston Uranium – Twisting the Dragon’s Tail Genepool Productions, in association with Screen Australia, Film Victoria, SBS, PBS and ZDF/ARTE Short Program Jason Silva: Transhumanism CuriosityStream Microsculpture Tanya Cochrane Films & Levon Biss in association with Oxford University Museum of Natural History Moth Mimicry: Using Ultrasound to Avoid Bats Gorongosa Media Project and Off the Fence, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others: Keynote Species and Trophic Cascades Spine Films, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Interactive Connected Worlds NY Hall of Science, Design I/O 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 WildCam Gorongosa The Zooniverse, Gorongosa National Park, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Immersive: Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef Virtual Reality Dive Alchemy VR HoloAnatomy Case Western Reserve University’s Interactive Commons and Cleveland Clinic Tilt Brush Google Immersive: Fulldome, 3D & Giant Screen Asteroid: Mission Extreme National Geographic, SkySkan David Attenborough’s Conquest of the Skies 3D Atlantic Productions, Sky 3D From Dream to Discovery Produced by the staff of the Charles Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science, Boston MicroMovie (under 5 minutes) The Edge Steer Films Mangroves Natural Numbers Nature Rx Dream Tree Film & Productions Remember When Pongo Media, Andy Maser Films, King Tide Motion Pictures, World Wildlife Fund, Natural Habitat Adventures Science Journalism 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 Sonic Sea Discovery Channel presents a Natural Resources Defense Council, Imaginary Forces, International Fund for Animal Welfare, and Diamond Docs film Vaccines—Calling the Shots A NOVA Production by Tangled Bank Studios, LLC, in association with Genepool Productions Pty Ltd. for WGBH Boston While You Were Sleeping Infield Fly Productions Science Ambassador E.O. WilsonOf Ants and Men Shining Red Productions, Inc. for PBS Petrified Forest! World By Charlie Productions for Nat Geo KiDS Secret Earth: Yellowstone Supervolcano Grizzly Creek Films, History 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 Engaging Young Scientists Design Squad Global WGBH Educational Foundation discover science: Let’s meet at the bottom NHK, UR, SABC2, and SABC Education Earth to Luna The Sinking Grape TV PinGuim in association with Discovery Kids Spanish Moss! World By Charlie Productions for Nat Geo KiDS Student & Emerging Science Filmmaker Pork.0 Brett Kuxhausen Red Wolf Revival Roshan Patel, Nestbox Collective Transistors: Teeny Tech that Changed the World Abby Kent Vey nou Lagon Vey nou Lagon Ltd. Audible Science: Radio & Podcast Invisibilia National Public Radio Origin Stories The Leakey Foundation Science Friday Science Friday Signal Podcast with Meg Tirrell and Luke Timmerman STAT CRAFT CATEGORY FINALISTS Writing 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 Return of the River Elwhafilm LLC Writer: Jessica Plumb 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 Editing Explorer: Warlords of Ivory National Geographic Studios for National Geographic Channel Editor: Jennifer Honn and Seth Skundrick 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 Editor: Geoffrey Richman, A.C.E., Lyman Smith, Jason Zeldes Rise of the Killer Virus Docdays Productions, Yuzu Productions, Congoo Productions, Smithsonian Networks, ZDF Editor: Marcel Ozan Riedel The Great Australian Fly 360 Degree Films Editor: Tony Stevens ASE, Assistant Editor/Animation: Alan Bennett Visualization David Attenborough’s Light on Earth Terra Mater Factual Studios/Ammonite Films, CuriosityStream, with: BBC, UKTV, ABC Australia Director of Photography: Martin Dohrn, Cinematographers: Jack Hynes, Fraser Johnston, Elliot Lowndes, Jonathan Esling, Ian Stewart Forces of Nature: Shape A BBC Production with PBS coproduced by France Televisions Cinematographers: Simon de Glanville, Tim Cragg, Roger Munns Shark Planet A BBC/Discovery Channel CoProduction 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. 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