The Buzzies Awards
BEST SCIENCE PROGRAM/CONTENT - LONG FORMAT
Sponsored by HHMI Tangled Bank Studios
ARCTIC ASCENT WITH ALEX HONNOLD
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic
Production Company: Plimsoll Productions
AUSTRALIA'S SLEEP REVOLUTION WITH DR MICHAEL MOSLEY
Broadcaster/Platform: SBS Australia
Production Company: Artemis Media
DYNAMIC PLANET
Broadcaster/Platform: SKY NZ (NEON, Sky Open, Sky Go), PBS, ARTE, Blue Ant International
Production Company: NHNZ Worldwide
EIFFEL TOWER, BUILDING THE IMPOSSIBLE
Broadcaster/Platform: France TV
Production Company: Kobalt with the participation of France Télévisions
FOR WINTER
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic Society
Production Company: National Geographic Society Impact Story Lab
HUNT FOR THE OLDEST DNA
Broadcaster/Platform: PBS/NOVA, ZDF, Danmarks Radio
Production Company: HMMI Tangled Banks Studios and Handful of Films
PSYCHEDELICS: STEPPING INTO THE UNKNOWN
Broadcaster/Platform: SBS
Production Company: Blackfella Films
THE BONES
Broadcaster/Platform: ZDF and Crave
Production Company: Intuitive Pictures and Berlin Producers
BEST NATURAL HISTORY PROGRAM/CONTENT - LONG FORMAT
INCREDIBLE ANIMAL JOURNEYS
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic
Production Company: Plimsoll Productions
PATRICK AND THE WHALE (50)
Broadcaster/Platform: STV
Production Company: A Terra Mater Studios GmbH production
PLANET EARTH III - OCEAN
Broadcaster/Platform: BBC One
Production Company: BBC Studios Natural History Unit
QUEENS
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic
Production Company: Wildstar Films
SAVING THE ANIMALS OF UKRAINE
Broadcaster/Platform: PBS Nature/CBC Gem
Production Company: Yap Films/VSE Sam
SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic
Production Company: Sealight Pictures, Wildstar Films and Earthship Productions
SILVERBACK
Broadcaster/Platform: France TV
Production Company: France Televisions and BBC
THE GREAT RHINO ROBBERY
Broadcaster/Platform: Sky Documentaries
Production Company: BBC Studios
BEST HISTORY PROGRAM/CONTENT - LONG FORMAT
ALEXANDER: THE MAKING OF A GOD - THE BOY KING
Broadcaster/Platform: Netflix
Production Company: Tailfeather in association with Lion Television
CULT MASSACRE: ONE DAY IN JONESTOWN
Broadcaster/Platform: Hulu
Production Company: 72 Films
CURSED GOLD: A SHIPWRECK SCANDAL
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic
Production Company: BBC Studios
DISCO: SOUNDTRACK OF A REVOLUTION
Broadcaster/Platform: BBC TWO
Production Company: BBC Studios
FLY WITH ME
Broadcaster/Platform: PBS
Production Company: Sarah Colt Productions, American Experience
STUFF THE BRITISH STOLE (SEASON 2)
Broadcaster/Platform: Fremantle Media International
Production Company: Wooden Horse, Wildbear Entertainment
SUPERNOVA: THE FESTIVAL MASSACRE
Broadcaster/Platform: Canal Plus, ZDF, BBC, DR, SVT, KAN11
Production Company: Beetz Brothers Filmproduction
THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT: UNLOCKING THE TRUTH
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic
Production Company: Muck Media, Inc.
TSUNAMI: RACE AGAINST TIME
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic
Production Company: Blast Films
BEST WRITING
CULT MASSACRE: ONE DAY IN JONESTOWN
Broadcaster/Platform: Hulu
Production Company: 72 Films
SECRET WORLD OF SOUND WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH - EPISODE 1: HUNTERS AND HUNTED
Broadcaster/Platform: Sky Nature/Netflix
Production Company: Humble Bee Films and Infield Fly Productions
THE ZELENSKY STORY
Broadcaster/Platform: BBC
Production Company: France Télévisions and BBC
TSUNAMI: RACE AGAINST TIME
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic
Production Company: Blast Films
MOST INNOVATIVE FACTUAL PROGRAM/PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by France TV Distribution
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE
Broadcaster/Platform: PBS
Production Company: UNTOLD, Futurific Studios, DreamCrew
CONNECTIONS WITH JAMES BURKE
Broadcaster/Platform: Curiosity Stream
Production Company: Bigger Bang
HUNT FOR THE OLDEST DNA
Broadcaster/Platform: PBS/NOVA, ZDF, Danmarks Radio
Production Company: HMMI Tangled Banks Studios and Handful of Films
JOURNEYS OF BLACK MATHEMATICIANS: FORGING RESILIENCE
Broadcaster/Platform: Maryland Public Television
Production Company: Zala Films
QUEENS
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic
Production Company: Wildstar Films
SECRET WORLD OF SOUND WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH - EPISODE 2: LOVE AND RIVALS
Broadcaster/Platform: Sky Nature/Netflix
Production Company: Humble Bee Films and Infield Fly Productions
TASTE: THE FLAVOR OF LIFE
Broadcaster/Platform: Curiosity Stream
Production Company: Smith & Nasht
BEST DIRECTION
Sponsored by NHK
AT THE HEART OF THE GAMES
Directed by Jules Naudet, Gédéon Naudet
Broadcaster/Platform: France TV
Production Company: Elephant and France Televisions
HUNT FOR THE OLDEST DNA
Directed by Niobe Thompson
Broadcaster/Platform: PBS/NOVA, ZDF, Danmarks Radio
Production Company: HMMI Tangled Banks Studios and Handful of Films
PHOTOGRAPHER
Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic
Production Company: Little Monster Films / National Geographic
THE SPACE RACE
Directed by Diego Hurtado De Mendoza, Lisa Cortés
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic
Production Company: Kennedy/Marshall
TRAFFICKED: UNDERWORLDS WITH MARIANA VAN ZELLER, EP: CAUGHT IN AN AFRICAN COUP
Directed by Robert Muraskin
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic
Production Company: Muck Media, Inc.
BEST FACTUAL - SHORT FORMAT
A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICA
Broadcaster/Platform: PBS
Production Company: Mahebe Media
FASCINATING FAILS
Broadcaster/Platform: PBS
Production Company: Brilliant B Productions
MANAGED TO EXTINCTION
Broadcaster/Platform: N/A, independent production
Production Company: Original Pursuit Inc
THE BIRD IN MY BACKYARD
Broadcaster/Platform: CBC Short Docs
Production Company: Trochilus Films
TO SOMEONE LIKE ME
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic Society
Production Company: National Geographic Society Impact Story Lab
WILD HOPE: REBUILDING A FOREST
Broadcaster/Platform: PBS Nature on YouTube
Production Company: An HHMI Tangled Bank Studios and Red Rock Films Production
BEST DOCUMENTARY CINEMATOGRAPHY (LONG FORMAT)
Sponsored by IMAX
AIMING FOR GLORY
Broadcaster/Platform: France TV
Production Company: Falabracks and France TV Studio
HUNT FOR THE OLDEST DNA
Broadcaster/Platform: PBS/NOVA, ZDF, Danmarks Radio
Production Company: HMMI Tangled Banks Studios and Handful of Films
PHOTOGRAPHER
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic
Production Company: Little Monster Films / National Geographic
SUPER SHARK HIGHWAY EPISODE 4 - THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Broadcaster/Platform: Love Nature
Production Company: Breakout Productions
THE DEVIL'S CLIMB
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic
Production Company: Plimsoll Productions
BEST MULTI-PLATFORM FACTUAL PROJECT
BUILDING STUFF WITH NOVA
Broadcaster/Platform: NOVA/PBS
Production Company: A NOVA and STEMedia production for GBH
ECLIPSE: ACROSS AMERICA
Broadcaster/Platform: ABC 7
Production Company: National Geographic
GAMES THAT ROCK THE WORLD
Broadcaster/Platform: Roku Channel
Production Company: Talesmith & Gracious Films
HOPE IN THE WATER
Broadcaster/Platform: PBS
Production Company: Intuitive content
MONSIEUR VINCENT
Broadcaster/Platform: Unframed Collection
Production Company: TOURNEZ S’IL VOUS PLAIT
WEATHERED: EARTH’S EXTREMES
Broadcaster/Platform: PBS
Production Company: Balance Media
BEST HOST/ PRESENTER IN A SCIENCE/ HISTORY OR WILDLIFE PROGRAM/ CONTENT
AUSTRALIA'S SLEEP REVOLUTION WITH DR MICHAEL MOSLEY
Host: Michael Mosley (Selected Posthumously)
Broadcaster/Platform: SBS Australia
Production Company: Artemis Media
DETHRONED
Host: Aaron Gekoski
Broadcaster/Platform: STV
Production Company: A TERRA MATER STUDIOS and FOUR CORNERS FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY production, in association with FOUR PAWS INTERNATIONAL
GORDON RAMSAY: UNCHARTED
Host: Gordon Ramsay
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic
Production Company: Studio Ramsay Global, All3Media America
JAGUAR JOURNALS EPISODE 1: MEET THE JAGUARS
Host: Lizzie Daly
Broadcaster/Platform: Love Nature
Production Company: Off the Fence
SECRET WORLD OF SOUND WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH - EPISODE 2: LOVE AND RIVALS
Host: David Attenborough
Broadcaster/Platform: Sky Nature/Netflix
Production Company: Humble Bee Films and Infield Fly Productions
SECRETS IN YOUR DATA – HOST
Host: Dr. Alok Patel
Broadcaster/Platform: NOVA/PBS
Production Company: A NOVA Production by Structure Films for GBH
TONY ARMSTRONG'S EXTRA-ORDINARY THINGS
Host: Tony Armstrong
Broadcaster/Platform: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Production Company: Fremantle Media
TRAFFICKED: UNDERWORLDS WITH MARIANA VAN ZELLER, EP: CAUGHT IN AN AFRICAN COUP
Host: Mariana Van Zeller
Broadcaster/Platform: National Geographic
Production Company: Muck Media, Inc.
The winners of the following categories will be announced at The Buzzies: Awards Presentation on Thursday, December 12.
Green Impact of the Year
Sponsored by Terra Mater Studios
- Rising Star of the Year
- Mentor of the Year
- Diversity Leadership Award
Lifetime Achievement Award in Factual Content
Sponsored by: PBS Distribution
FAQ's
How to submit?
Submissions for Congress'24 are closed.
When is the Buzzies Awards Ceremony?
The Buzzies Awards Ceremony is scheduled for December 12, 2024. We highly recommend that submitters register for Congress'24 in Marrakesh and attend the ceremony to celebrate the achievements of our community!
Who are the jurors?
The nominees that are selected for each category after the pre-screening process will be judged by three jurors from the factual industry. WCSFP is very grateful for the contributions of the jurors.
Submission guidelines for The Buzzies are subject to change. The WCSFP reserves the right to rule on all issues not expressly covered in these guidelines.