Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2017 WINNERS!

Animal Behaviour

Sponsored by World Wildlife Fund

Rise of the Warrior Apes
KEO Films for Discovery Networks International

Ecosystem

Antarctica in the Footsteps of the Emperor Paprika Films and Wildtouch

Conservation

Sponsored by HHMI | Tangled Bank Studios Jaguars: Brazil’s Super Cats

The Hunt: Living with Predators
A Silverback Films production, made in partnership with The Open University, for BBC, co-produced with BBC Worldwide, BBC America, CCTV9 and NDR Naturfilm

People & Nature

Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy

Ranger and Leopard
Wildlife Pictures Institute for Jam-e Jam TV Network

Changing Planet

Sponsored by Sponsored by North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Death by a Thousand Cuts
Participant and Documentales Univision present a Tarasios Production in association with Human Pictures

Science in Nature

Sponsored by Marco Polo Film s

Sonic Sea
Discovery Channel presents a film by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Imaginary Forces in association with the International Fund for Animal Welfare and Diamond Docs

Impact

Sponsored by International Fund for Animal Welfare 

Chasing Coral
A Netflix Documentary, Exposure Labs Huntwatch

PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Educational/Institutional

Sponsored by Terra Mater Factual Studios

Pavel: I Protect Tigers
WWF-UK

Limited Series - Long

Sponsored by ORF Universum

Ocean Warriors
A co-production between Animal Planet, Sundance Productions, Brick City TV and Vulcan Productions

Limited Series - Short

Sponsored by ARRI

Lens of Time
Spine Films, California Academy of Sciences, bioGraphic

Engaging Youth

My Haggan Dream, Sisbro Studios, Open Boat F ilms

Host/Presenter-Led

David Attenborough’s Light on Earth
Terra Mater Factual Studios, Ammonite Film Productions, Curiosity Stream, BBC, UKTV, ABC Australia

Short

Pangolin, Coral & Oak Studios

Micro-Movie

I am Ranger, Black Bean Productions, United for Wildlife, Ol Pejeta Conservancy

Theatrical

The Ivory Game
A Netflix Documentary, Terra Mater Film Studios and Vulcan Productions in association with Malaika Pictures in association with Appian Way

Student & Emerging Filmmaker

Sponsored by Disneynature

Wild Expectations, Equilibrio films LLC, Nedo Producciones Ltda.

Interactive

David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef: An Interactive Journey Atlantic Productions

360 Storytellling

360 Climbing Giants, Black Dot Films VR, National Geographic Partners

CRAFT CATEGORIES

Audioscape

Sponsored by Dolby Amazon Adventure

Planet Earth II: Jungles, BBC Studios Natural History Unit production, co-produced with BBC America, ZDF, Tencent and France Télévisions.

Visualization

Sponsored by Fujinon Lenses

Planet Earth II: Cities, BBC Studios Natural History Unit production, co-produced with BBC America, ZDF, Tencent and France Télévisions.

Editing

The Hunt: Hide and Seek, A Silverback Films production, made in partnership with The Open University, for BBC, co-produced with BBC Worldwide, BBC America, CCTV9 and NDR Naturfilm
Nigel Buck, Editor

Original Music Score

Planet Earth II: Grasslands BBC Studios N atural History Unit production, co-produced with BBC America, ZDF, Tencent and France Télévisions
Jacob Shea and Jasha Klebe, Composers

Writing

Sponsored by NHK

The Ivory Game
A Netflix Documentary, Terra Mater Film Studios and Vulcan Productions in association with Malaika Pictures in association with Appian Way
Richard Ladkani and Kief Davidson, Writers

Legacy Award

Kris Tomkins
Greg Carr

Special Jury

Tribe verus Pride, Terra Mater Factual Studios and Wildlfie Films

Grand Teton Award

The Ivory Game

A Netflix Documentary, Terra Mater Film Studios and Vulcan Productions in association with Malaika Pictures in association with Appian Way