The biennial wildlife film festival celebrates the best of animal and nature shows from around the world and this year graphics-heavy programmes such as The Nile,Sea Monsters and Dune all receive nominations.
Awards organisers said that the trend reflects "a noticeable change in commissioning and viewing trends within a diversifying market place."
The BBC Natural History Unit picked up 14 nominations as either commissioner or producer while BBC Specialist Factual received two nods for its Elephants: Spy in the Herd show.
Other UK producers nominated in the 18 categories include: Aardman, Tigress Productions, OSF productions, DOX productions, Granada Bristol and Icon Films.
In total the Wildscreen 2004 awards received 405 entries. Winners will be announced during the Festival Week (10-15 October) this year.
For a full list of finalists see below.
- ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR AWARD
Cats Under Serengeti Stars
BBC Natural History Unit / UK . Co-produced with BBC Worldwide
Platypus-World's Strangest Animal ABC Natural History Unit / Australia
Co-produced with Discovery Channel & Telcast International GmbH
Sea of Snakes
Kaufmann Productions / Australia. Co-produced with WDR & ARTE in association with National Geographic Channels International
The Social Climbers (Life of Mammals)
BBC Natural History Unit /UK. Co-produced with Discovery
2. CAMPAIGN
Ancient Forest
Greenpeace / UK
Cull of the Wild: The Truth Behind Trapping
Animal Protection Institute / USA. Co-produced with 21st Paradigm
Rainwater Harvesting
Centre for Science and Environment / India
Say No To Bushmeat - Stop Killing Wild Animals
Conservation International / USA
3. CINEMATOGRAPHY
Cheetahs: Racing to Survive
National Geographic TV & Film / USA
The Elephant the Emperor and the Butterfly Tree
OSF Productions / UK. Commissioned by BBC Natural History Unit
My Halcyon River
BBC Natural History Unit / UK
ROAR: Lions of the Kalahari
Tim Liversedge Productions / USA
4. EARTH SCIENCES
The Amber Time Machine
Otter Films Ltd / UK. Commissioned by the BBC
Magnetic Storm
DOX Productions / UK. Commissioned by Channel 4
The One Degree Factor
Sea Studios Foundation / USA. A Sea Studios Foundation Production for Vulcan Productions, Inc. and National Geographic Television and Film
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea
Stephen Low Distribution / Canada
5. EDITING
Big Cat Week (Series 5, Programme 4)
BBC Natural History Unit / UK. Co-produced with Animal Planet & BBC Worldwide
Dragonfly - Beauty or Beast?
Mark Payne-Gill / UK. A BBC Natural History Unit / Discovery Co-production
Elephants: Spy In the Herd
BBC Specialist Factual / UK
Missing - Presumed Eaten
BBC Natural History Unit / UK. Co-produced with Discovery
6. FILMMAKERS FOR CONSERVATION AWARD
Richard Brock
Maria Falcon
Hardy Jones
Mike Pandey
Alan Root
7. INNOVATION
Bugs!
SK Films/Canada. Produced by Principal Large Format in association with Image Quest 3-D, co-produced by the UKFTV, financed with The Film Consortium and The Film Council. Presented by Terminix and distributed by SK Film Inc.
Elephants: Spy in the Herd
BBC Specialist Factual / UK
First Flight
ORF Universum NHU / Austria. Co-produced with Burning Gold Productions Ltd & AV Dokumenta for ORF in co-production with the BBC in association with WDR.
Giant Claw
BBC Specialist Factual, Arts & Current Affairs, Independents & Nations / UK
Co-produced with Discovery Channel & Commissioned by Adam Hemp
8. INTERACTIVE
The Life of Mammals Website
BBC Science & Nature Interactive / UK
Waters to the Sea: The Chattahoochee River
Center for Global Environmental Ed. Hamline Univ. / USA
Wildfiles.tv Interactive
Wildfiles.tv, Reel Girls Media / Canada
wildlive!
Fauna & Flora International / UK. Co-produced with Vodaphone
9. LARGE FORMAT
Bugs!
SK Films / USA. Produced by Principal Large Format in association with Image Quest 3-D, co-produced by the UKFTV financed with The Film Consortium and The Film Council. Presented by Terminix and distributed by SK Film Inc.
Coral Reef Adventure
MacGillivray Freeman Films / USA
Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees
Science Museum of Minnesota / USA. Co-produced with Science North, Inc. & Discovery Place, Inc.
Ocean Wonderland 3D
3D Entertainment / UK. Co-produced with Gavin McKinney Productions
ROAR: Lions of the Kalahari
Tim Liversedge Productions / USA
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea
Stephen Low Distribution / Canada
10. NEWCOMER AWARD
The Laboratory Rat
Manuel Berdoy. Oxford University Veterinary Services / UK
The Policing Langur
Bedi Films / India
Tears of Wood
Patrick Rouxel, Tawak Pictures / France
Wild Dolphins and Whales of Southern California
David Anderson. Lucid Dreamer Productions/ Capt. Dave's Dolphin Safari / USA
11. NEWS
Atlantic Dawn
Channel 4 News. Commissioned by ITN
Countryfile - Dolphin Special
BBC Documentaries & Contemporary Factual / UK
Tiger Poaching
New Delhi Television / India
The Vanishing Giants
The Riverbank Studios / India
12. ONE PLANET
The Eagle Has Landed
Spider Movies Ltd / UK. Commissioned by BBC, The Natural World
The Elephant the Emperor and the Butterfly Tree
OSF Productions / UK. Commissioned by BBC Natural History Unit
The One Degree Factor
Sea Studios Foundation / USA. Sea Studios Foundation Production for Vulcan Productions, Inc. and National Geographic Television and Film
When is Enough, Enough?
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Canada
13. POPULAR BROADCAST PROGRAMME
Anatomy of a Shark Bite
Discovery Networks / USA. Co-produced with Termite Art Productions
Big Cat Week (Series 5, Programme 1)
BBC Natural History Unit / UK. Co-produced with Animal Planet & BBC Worldwide
Bug Attack
National Geographic TV & Film / USA
Sea Monsters
BBC Specialist Factual, Arts & Current Affairs, Independents & Nations / UK
14. SCRIPT
The Biggest Nose in Borneo
Off the Fence / Netherlands. A Michael Patrick Wong, Off The Fence Production in association with Discovery US, Animal Planet International, NDR NaturFilm, Canal Plus and ORF.
The Eagle Odyssey
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds / UK
Holy Cow
Icon Films / UK. Co-produced with WNET & DDE
When Animals Attract
National Geographic Television and Film / USA
15. SERIES
Big Cat Week
BBC Natural History Unit / UK. Co-produced with Animal Planet & BBC Worldwide
Life of Mammals
BBC Natural History Unit / UK. Co-produced with Discovery
Nile
BBC Natural History Unit / UK. Co-produced with Discovery
Strange Days on Planet Earth
Sea Studios Foundation / USA. A Sea Studios Foundation Production for Vulcan Productions, Inc. and National Geographic Television and Film
16. SOUNDTRACK
Cheetahs: Racing to Survive
National Geographic TV & Film / USA
The Elephant the Emperor and the Butterfly Tree
OSF Productions / UK. Commissioned by the BBC Natural History Unit
My Halcyon River
BBC Natural History Unit / UK
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea
Stephen Low Distribution / Canada
17. TVE AWARD
The 18th Elephant
ANMPU Media Trust / India
From the Shade into the Sun
Zimmedia / Zimbabwe. Commissioned by IUCN ROSA
Jobos Bay Reserve, Parts 1 & 2
GeoAmbiente / Puerto Rico
Mystery of the Saola
WWF - IndoChina / Vietnam. Commissioned by WWF
18. HIGHLY COMMENDED
Cost of Freedom
21st Paradigm / USA
Creature Comforts - Cats or Dogs?
Aardman Animation / UK
Dune
BBC Natural History Unit / Co-produced with Animal Planet
The Monkey Prince
Boreales / France. Co-produced with Gaumont
Return of the Cheetah
Granada Bristol / UK. Commissioned by Animal Planet
Summertime
Ocean Visual /UK
The Lost Crocodiles of the Pharaohs
Tigress Productions / UK. Commissioned by BBC2, the Natural World
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