Best Science Documentary
WINNER - Arctic Expedition. One year. One ship. On ice.
Director, Writer: Philipp Grieß
Producers: Nico Hofmann, Ute Biernat
Executive Producer Uli Zahn
Commissioning Editors: Ute Beutler, Marc Brasse, Sabine Mieder
Company: UFA SHOW & FACTUAL
Country: Germany
In association with RBB, NDR & HR
Website
The Last Hours of Pompeii / New Enigmas
Director: Pierre Stine
Writers: Flore Kosinetz, Michela Guberti, Pierre Stine
Producer: Stéphane Millière
Company: Gedeon Programmes
Country: France
In association with France 5, Curiosity Stream, NHK, Planète
Website
Reef Rescue
Director: Su Rynard
Writers: Su Rynard, Sally Blake
Producers: Merit Jensen Carr, Sally Blake, Aaron Floresco
Executive Producers: Merit Jensen Carr, Sally Blake, Rocky Collins, Ruth Johnston, Paul G. Allen
Companies: Merit Motion Pictures, Films à Cinq/Capa Presse
Country: Canada
In association with ARTE France, CBC, Vulcan Productions
Website
Best Factual Series
Supercodes - Nature's Secret Formulas
Directors: Friederike Schmidt-Vogt, Sigrun Laste
Writer: Friederike Schmidt-Vogt
Producers: Friederike Schmidt-Vogt, Thorben Osterbrink, Vivien Schwarzenberg
Company: Storyhouse Productions
Country: Germany
In association with ZDF/Terra X
Website
WINNER - Epic Warrior Women
Directors: David Bartlett, John Wate, Wu Qi
Writers: Sebastian Peiter
Producers: Sebastian Peiter, Richard Melman
Executive Producers: Tim Evans (Smithsonian Channel), Bo Zhang (Bilibili), Mikael Österby (SVT), Peter Allenbacher (ZDF/ARTE), Caroline Haidacher (ORF), Michael Renz (ZDF)
Company: Urban Canyons Ltd.
Country: United Kingdom
Website
The Animal Within
Director: Daniel Oron
Producers: Daniel Oron, Natasha Ryan
Company: Go Button Media
Country: Canada
In association with Autentic
Website
Best Short Series
WINNER - Breakthrough : Portraits of Women in Science
Directors: Emily Driscoll, Chelsea Fiske, Katie Garrett, Luke Groskin
Producer: Luke Groskin
Executive Producer: Danielle Dana
Companies: Science Friday, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios
Country: United States
Website
Swipeothesis
Directors: Shain Barry, Margaret Marotta, Al Vigil, Adnaan Wasey
Writer: Adnaan Wasey
Producer: Adnaan Wasey
Executive Producer: Adnaan Wasey
Company: WGBH
Supported by Rita Allen Foundation
Country: United States
Website
Spermatozoa SOS / Matière Grise
Directors: Patrice Goldberg, Cyril Fleury
Producer: Patrice Goldberg (Matière Grise)
Company: RTBF
Country: Belgium
Website
Southern Lights
WINNER - Nature´s Fear Factor
Director, Writer & Producer: David Murdock
Writers: David Murdock, Jared Lipworth
Executive Producers: Jared Lipworth, Sean B. Carroll, Julia Cort, Chris Schmidt
Field Producer: Brett Kuxhausen
Editor: Emmanuel Mairesse
Scientific Advisors: Laura Prugh, Geoffrey Trussell
Company: A NOVA Production by HHMI Tangled Bank Studios for WGBH Boston
Country: United States, Mozambique
Broadcaster: PBS/NOVA
Website
Kill or Cure? The Story of Venom
Director & Producer: David Symonds
Writer: Belinda Gibbon
Associate Producer: Alice Goodman
Executive Producer: Penny Palmer
Series Producer: Elle Gibbons
Company: ABC Television
Country: Australia
Website
Anum Lawenche / Ancestral Secrets
Director, Writer: Jota Loyola Crovetto
Producer: Juan Ramirez
Executive Producers: Carola Fuentes, Rafael Valdeavellano
Company: La Ventana Cine
Country: Chile
Website
Homeland Earth
The Witness is a Whale
Producers, Directors, DoPs: Nick Dean, Cheryl Dean
Writer, Editor: Mark Fletcher
Executive Producers: Sabine Holzer, Martin Mészáros
Key Collaborators: Jonathan Pryce, Barnaby Taylor
Companies: Spindrift Images, Terra Mater Factual Studios, Mark Fletcher Productions
Country: Austria
Website
WINNER - Borealis
Director: Kevin McMahon
Producers: Kristina McLaughlin, Michael McMahon, Justine Pimlott, Kevin McMahon
Executive Producers: Michael McMahon, Anita Lee, Jane Jankovic
Companies: Primitive Entertainment, The National Film Board of Canada & TVO
Country: Canada
In association with: ZDF/ARTE and NHK
Website
Arctic Expedition. One year. One ship. On ice.
Director, Writer: Philipp Grieß
Producers: Nico Hofmann, Ute Biernat
Executive Producers: Uli Zahn
Commissioning Editors: Ute Beutler, Marc Brasse, Sabine Mieder
Company: UFA SHOW & FACTUAL
Country: Germany
In association with RBB, NDR & HR
Website
Young Audience Award
Hidden Wild
Directors: Neil Losin, Nathan Dappen
Writers: Nathan Dappen, Neil Losin, David Hutchinson
Producers: Neil Losin, Nathan Dappen
Company: Day's Edge Productions
Country: United States
Website
Clarita´s Universe
Director, Writer, Producer: Tomás Lipgot
Company: Duermevela SRL
Country: Argentina
In association with CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council- Argentina)
Website
WINNER - ZDF Youtube Terra X plus: Ice age-mystery. Too lazy? Why did giant ground sloths go extinct?
Director, Writer: Florian Breier
Producer: Nils Otte
Company: Bilderfest GmbH
Country: Germany
In association with Terra X
Website
Immersive Science
Makings of a Malignancy
Escape room, Installation, Game
Director, Writer: Dr Ken Dutton-Regester
Key Collaborators: Keziah Jarrett, Seraphim Escape Rooms Ipswich (Escape Room Design), Natalie Hill (Escape Room Design), Madeleine Kersting Flynn (Medical Illustration), Iris Fung (Artist), Simulated Sun (Music Score), Ash Gordon, Ash Gordon Design, (Logo Design), Sebastian Velasquez, Astro Brisbane (Film Production), Matthew Smith, Feel Good Media (Film Production)
Scientific Consultants: Dr Kelly Brooks, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Vaishnavi Nathan, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Natasha Broit, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Company: Excite Science
Country: Australia
Website
Hypha
Virtual Reality, Installation
Director, Writer: Natalia Cabrera
Writer: Juan Ferrer
Producer: Sebastian Gonzalez
Company: Maltrato Films
Country: Chile
Website
WINNER! In Orbit - An Interactive Journey
Kinetarium, Game, Interactive, 360 Video
Directors: Michael Scholz
Key Collaborators: Judith Gieringer, Julia Klein, Dominic Kossinna, Sebastian König
Company: halbautomaten Kommunikationsdesign GmbH
Country: Germany
Website