Media Awards
Nature film’s equivalent to the Oscars®
Congratulations to this year’s finalists! Winners will be announced on November 10, 2026
New in 2026, Jackson Wild is proud to partner with Hollywood Climate Summit to elevate climate storytelling across both unscripted and scripted formats:
This partnership brings together two complementary creative communities to celebrate powerful climate storytelling across genres and mediums.
Winners from both Jackson Wild and Hollywood Climate Summit will be announced at a joint awards gala in Los Angeles in November, as the closing to a special industry event — stay tuned for more information!
Jackson Wild will continue to recognize films and media focused on nature, wildlife, conservation, climate science, and environmental impact with the Jackson Wild Media Awards.
Hollywood Climate Summit will spotlight innovative and narrative-driven (including fiction) climate content with the Hollywood Climate Summit Awards.
Each organization maintains its own categories, judging process, and final selections.
Have any questions about the awards this year? Check out our FAQ!
The Jackson Wild Media Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in nature, science, and conservation storytelling.
Animal Behavior
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A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough
A Netflix Documentary | A Silverback Films Production
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Katavi - Africa's fallen Paradise: Purgatory
A production of Terra Mater Studios, The WNET Group, Shibumi Films in association with PBS and CPB and WDR/ARTE
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Secrets of the Bees: The Hive
National Geographic and Silverback Films
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Tiger Island
BBC Natural History Unit, BBC One, PBS
Ecosystem
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Riddle in the Wind: Feathers of Change
A Terra Mater Studios, Saint Thomas Productions co-production, with the participation of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée and ARTE G.E.I.E
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The Kimberley: Australia's Wild West: River of Life
A Wild Pacific Media production, presented by Screen Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, in association with Love Nature, Screen NSW, and ARTE France. Distributed by Blue Ant Media.
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THE PLAINS
LE CINQUIEME REVE, FRANCE TELEVISION, USHUAÏA TV, LA REGION AUVERGNE-RHÔNE-ALPES, CNC.
Conservation
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Heart of a Lion
Heart of a Lion, LLC and Pontecorvo Productions, LLC
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Nuisance Bear
MUBI, A24
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Shark Whisperer
A Boardwalk Pictures Production | An Underdog Films Limited Production for Netflix
Planet in Crisis
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The Caldera
ITVS, Independent Lens, Grasso Films
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The Plastic Detox
A Netflix Documentary | An OPS Productions, An L&T Productions, With Minderoo Pictures and Concordia Studio, In association with City Hill Arts, Bay Bridge Productions and Diamond Docs
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Time and Water
National Geographic Documentary Films, Sandbox, Signpost Pictures, Ninmah Foundation, Compass Films
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We, The Hated
A Firebreak Films production in association with Passion Planet, BFI/Doc Society, Bertha Foundation
Distributed by Propagate
People & Nature
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Bucks Harbor
Two Wolves Films, National Geographic Society
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The Tale of Silyan
National Geographic Documentary Films, Ciconia Film, Concordia Studio, The Corner Shop
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To Hold a Mountain
Directed by Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić, Produced by Biljana Tutorov for Wake Up Films, In association with Points North Institute, Catapult Film Fund, Chicken & Egg Films. With the support of InMaat, IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund, Doc Society, Meadow Fund, Secret Sauce Media, Eurimages, Film Centre of Montenegro, Film Center Serbia, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, CNC, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région, Slovenian Film Centre, Viba Film, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, UNIQA SEE Future Foundation
Limited Series
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Animal Oddballs
National Geographic, Wildstar Films, and Maximum Effort
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Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age
BBC Studios in association with Apple
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Secrets of the Bees
National Geographic and Silverback Films
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Wild Side of the Moon
Produced by Humble Bee Films for Sky and Love Nature
Feature
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Checkpoint Zoo
Ghost Robot, Appian Way, Noah Media Group, After Hours, Abramorama
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Derek vs Derek
The Slate Works and Damer Films
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Nuisance Bear
MUBI, A24
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We, The Hated
A Firebreak Films production in association with Passion Planet, BFI/Doc Society, Bertha Foundation, Distributed by Propagate
Investigative
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Rhapsody on the Outlaw Ocean
A Film by Ian Urbina and William Segal
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Sentient
In Films Pty Ltd, Dogwoof, Madman Entertainment
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The Last Place on Earth
Oceanic Preservation Society
Onscreen Personality
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A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough
A Netflix Documentary | A Silverback Films Production
Featuring: Sir David Attenborough -
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How to Live on Earth
Open Planet Studios production, in association with Villars Institute Foundation and Silvania.
Featuring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Xiye Bastida, Dan O’Neill, Sam Kass -
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Pole to Pole with Will Smith: The South Pole
National Geographic, Nutopia, Westbrook, and Protozoa
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The Tuna Truth with Serena Appleby
A Sunline Films production for the International Pole & Line Foundation, with support from Blue Marine Foundation, Sustainable Communities and Fisheries Trust, & Human Rights at Sea
Featuring: Serena Appleby
NARRATION
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Animal Oddballs: Terrible Kids
National Geographic, Wildstar Films, and Maximum Effort
Narrated by Ryan Reynolds -
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Our Oceans: Indian Ocean
A Netflix Documentary Series | A Wild Space Production in association with Freeborne Media and Higher Ground
Narrated by Barack Obama
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Time and Water
National Geographic Documentary Films, Sandbox, Signpost Pictures, Ninmah Foundation, Compass Films
Narrated by Andri Snær Magnason
Global Stories - Long Form
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A Day on Earth
If Not Us Then Who? Supported by: Powers of Madeleine, Earth Alliance, Skoll Foundation, Skyscrape foundation
Filmed in 27 countries
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Daughters of the Forest
Sandbox Films, EFICINE, Oscura, Fiasco, Doc Society Climate Story Fund, The Redford Center, Women Make Movies, Inmaat, JNR Family Foundation, Sundance Institute, The Mycoskie - UC Berkeley Psychedelic Documentary Fellowship, Hot Docs First Look Prize, Flourish Trust, Melony and Adam Lewis.
Mexico
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Remathau: People of the Ocean
Nia Tero
USA (Hawaii) and Federated States of Micronesia
Global Stories - Short Form
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Billam
Ramasya, Nature Conservation Foundation, Ashraya Hastha Trust, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies and Cholamandalam Investment And Finance Company Ltd.
India
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Like Friend, Like Deer
A Film by Malek Eghbali
Iran
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Wild Hope: Rhino Ops
An HHMI Tangled Bank Studios and Nature Environmental and Wildlife Conservation Trust, NPC (NEWF) Production
South Africa
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COLOURISE: Exploring the Magical World of Biofluorescence
The University of the West of England, Naveendran Jayabalan
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Escape
The University of The West of England, Anna Danielle Moore
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The Hermit Housing Crisis
National Film and Television School, Lulu Wood
Documentary Short
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Between Breaths
A Film by Florian Ledoux and Jozef Kaut
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Chuuraa
A film by Evgenia Arbugaeva. Supported by National Geographic Society.
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Plant Life
Speculative Films, Tangled Bank Studios, Catapult Film Fund, Berkeley Film Foundation
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SILA
National Geographic Society, TENT Film
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Wild East
Maia Wikler Productions, Sideyard Studios
Digital Short
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For Deer Life
Dream Wild Films and My World Film Grant (Amberjack Films, Schoolyard Films, Jackson Wild)
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I'll Need to Leave for a Little While
A collaborative project between Malaysian and Vietnamese filmmakers, supported by the Studio Bluegreen Fund.
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The Butterfly Lab
Grasso Films
Jackson WIld x Earth ALliance IMpact Pitch
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Derek vs Derek
The Slate Works and Damer Films
Impact Producer: Nicola Faye Brown -
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The Last Place on Earth
Oceanic Preservation Society
Impact Producer: Project Impact -
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To Hold a Mountain
Directed by Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić, Produced by Biljana Tutorov for Wake Up Films, In association with Points North Institute, Catapult Film Fund, Chicken & Egg Films. With the support of InMaat, IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund, Doc Society, Meadow Fund, Secret Sauce Media, Eurimages, Film Centre of Montenegro, Film Center Serbia, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, CNC, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région, Slovenian Film Centre, Viba Film, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, UNIQA SEE Future Foundation
Impact Producers: Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić
SHARED CATEGORIES
Shared Categories recognize work that strongly aligns with the missions of both Jackson Wild and Hollywood Climate Summit.
Content Creator
Sponsored by HHMI Tangled Bank Studios
Social Media
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Lo Esencial (The essential)
Felipe Vega Con
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Overview: This Island is a Giant Petri Dish
PBS Digital Studios, PBS North Carolina, Spotzen
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Snow Bears
Emily Driscoll
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Stranger Creatures
Mongabay
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Tiny Smooth Green Snake Eggs Hatching
Will Robertson's Wildlife
Branded Content
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Fishermen & Guitars
Jumara Films, Studio Blue Green Fund, Mar Azul Uruguayo
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Glacier Speak: Listening to Matanuska
Trailbound Sketches, KEEN Effect Films
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Land of Canaan
Canaan Palestine, National Geographic Society, Dr. Bronner's
Impact Campaign
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Can Bees Help Us Prosper Alongside Elephants?
Produced by Humble Bee Films for Sky and Love Nature
Impact Producer: ImpactWild -
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Green for Good
Universal Pictures; GreenerLight
Impact Producers: NBCUniversal & Fourth Act
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Guardianes del Golfo: From Sand to Sea
ECO (a Nuestro Futuro project)
Impact Producers: Emilia Diaz-Magaloni, Ela Diffenbaugh, Thierry Prud’homme Studer, Nicolas Diaz-Magaloni and Ana Constanza Navas
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Iyo Ang Dagat (The Sea Is Yours)
Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE)
Impact Producer: Sally Snow
Cinematography | Sponsored by The American Society of Cinematographers
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A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough
A Netflix Documentary | A Silverback Films Production
Cinematographers: Ben Cherry, Ewan Dryburgh, Benjamin Sadd and Toby Strong -
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Animal Oddballs: Daringly Different
National Geographic, Wildstar Films, and Maximum Effort
Cinematographers: Chris Watts, Simon De Glanville, Jeff Hester, Tom Rowland, Christian Marot, Andrew Studer, Olly Jelley, Hayes Baxley, Connor Gallagher -
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Muskox: Survival in the Arctic
Stay Wild Studio, Distributed by Off the Fence
Cinematographer: Chris Schmid -
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Secrets of the Bees: The Hive
National Geographic and Silverback Films
Cinematographers: John Brown, Alastair MacEwen
Editing
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A Life Illuminated
Sandbox Films
Editors: Eileen Meyer, Sebastian Zeck, Katrina Taylor -
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Nuisance Bear
MUBI, A24
Editor: Andres Landau
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Pole to Pole with Will Smith: The South Pole
National Geographic, Nutopia, Westbrook, and Protozoa
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The Tale of Silyan
National Geographic Documentary Films, Ciconia Film, Concordia Studio, The Corner Shop
Editor: Martin Ivanov
Original Music Score
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Lion: A Prince is Born
Commissioner Nat Geo, BBC Studios Natural History Unit, and Disney+, Jon Favreau’s company Fairview
Composers: Hans Zimmer, Niccolò Pacella, George Hutson Warren, Andrew Christie, Lebo M -
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Nuisance Bear
MUBI, A24
Composer: Cristobal Tapia de Veer
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Secrets of the Bees: The Pollinators
National Geographic and Silverback Films
Composer: David Mitcham -
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The Tale of Silyan
National Geographic Documentary Films, Ciconia Film, Concordia Studio, The Corner Shop
Composers: Joe Wilson Davies and HunOuk Park
Writing
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A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough
A Netflix Documentary | A Silverback Films Production
Writers: James Reed and Callum Webster
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Ghost Elephants
National Geographic Documentary Films, The Roots Production Service, Sobey Road Entertainment, Skellig Rock, Inc.
Writer: Werner Herzog -
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The Tale of Silyan
National Geographic Documentary Films, Ciconia Film, Concordia Studio, The Corner Shop
Writers: Tamara Kotevska and Suz Curtis -
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Time and Water
National Geographic Documentary Films, Sandbox, Signpost Pictures, Ninmah Foundation, Compass Films
Writers: Sara Dosa, Jocelyne Chaput, Erin Casper, Andri Snær Magnason
Sound
Sponsored by Television Sound Peer Group
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Lion: A Prince is Born
Commissioner Nat Geo, BBC Studios Natural History Unit, and Disney+, Jon Favreau’s company Fairview
Sound: Graham Wild, Hannah Gregory, Oliver Baldwin, Tom Mercer (MPSE), Kate Hopkins (MPSE), Ellie Bowler, Rory Joseph, Tom Rees. -
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Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age: The Big Freeze
BBC Studios in association with Apple
Sound: Richard Lambert, Jonny Crew, Tim Owens, Alex Short, Myles Ackerman Smith, Rory Joseph, George Baynes, Ellie Bowler
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Secrets of the Bees: The Pollinators
National Geographic and Silverback Films
Sound: Ian Bown, Andy Devine, Jonathon Cawte, Courtney Beckford, Paul Donovan -
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The Dinosaurs: Conquest
A Netflix Documentary Series | A Silverback Films Production in association with Amblin Documentaries
Sound: Films at 59
Honorable mentions
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Captured
Coral & Oak Studios
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Orangutan
Disneynature
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The [Conserv]atives
Encompass Films, Mitten Media, Xpedition, Fluent Knowledge, Goldman Foundation, Blue Spark Media
The Hollywood Climate Summit Awards recognize excellence in creative work that brings courage and clarity to our changing world.
Climate change is the story of humanity's past choices, the shifting realities of our present, and a catalyst for visions of a brighter future. We celebrate creative work that engages with nature and climate in any tone (earnest or comedic, grounded or fantastical), offering context for the challenges we face or illuminating paths toward what's possible.
Narrative feature
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Bugonia
Element Pictures / Square Peg / CJ Enm Production in association with Pith and Fruit Tree Enterprises, Focus Features
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
Night Owl Stories, Netflix
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The Wild Robot
DreamWorks Animation, Universal Pictures
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Train Dreams
Black Bear Pictures, Kamala Films, Netflix
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Twisters
Amblin Entertainment, distributed by NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Pictures
Narrative short
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Heat Me
ABCinema, in co-production with Orama Productions
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MotherEarth Inc.
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Two Breaths
A film by Kateryna Kurganska
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Wowsabout
The Jim Henson Company, in association with PBS
Television Series - Scripted drama
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Families Like Ours
Netflix (Denmark)
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Lead Children
Netflix (Poland)
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Radioactive Emergency
Netflix
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The Last of Us
co-production between HBO and Sony Pictures Television
Television Series - scripted comedy
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Four Seasons
Netflix
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Hacks
First Thought, Paulilu, Fremulon Productions, 3Arts Entertainment
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North of North
Netflix
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Rage
Producciones Mandarina for HBO Max
Television Series - unscripted
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Building Outside of the Lines
HBO Max
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F*ck the Lawn
New Decade Films, Pier to Pier Media, SeeTree Media
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The Wild Ones
Offspring Films and Apple TV
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This is a Gardening Show
Netflix
Video Game
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Flock Around
Friend Shaped Games
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Guardian of Nature
Inlusio Interactive
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Planet Pigeon
Cracked Cubes and Thirteen Productions LLC, Minecraft EDU
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Two Falls (Nishu Takuatshina)
Unreliable Narrators
Comedy special
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Climate Science Translated
Houseband, Beyond The Deck, Utopia Bureau, Climate Science Breakthrough
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Funeral for a Glacier
Day Two Productions, Green Olive Creative
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Green Goddesses Take New York
UnchainedTV, CaveLight Films
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Slick Burn
Petty Victories
Digital Series
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Climate Town
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Do You Even Care?
Yellow Dot Studios
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Slick
Carmack Productions
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Study Hall
Complexly, Arizona State University
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The Firepit
Shelton Films, United By Nature (powered by Nature Is Nonpartisan)
podcast
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Climate Denier's Playbook
400 Parts Per Million LLC
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Sabotage
Good Luck Media, Yellow Dot Studios
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The Last City
Wondery
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Threshold
Aurice Productions
FAQs
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Winners will be announced at a joint Awards Gala in November of 2026 - more info to come!
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Yes! The joint awards ceremony will take place in Los Angeles in November 2026, as the closing to a special industry gathering — stay tuned for more information!