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2012 FINALISTS & WINNERS


Best Earth & Environmental Program

Sponsored by One World One Ocean
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WINNER
Flying Monsters 3D
Atlantic Productions & SKY3D with National Geographic Entertainment 
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Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey-Tilt 
A BBC/Discovery Channel 
Co-Production
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Super Spider
ZED/Nova Media for ARTE, Ushuaia TV, National Geographic US, High Fidelity and TV5 Canada 
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Best Life Sciences Program

Sponsored by Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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WINNER
Primeval New Zealand
NHNZ with NHK, Television New Zealand and New Zealand on Air
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Horizon: Playing God
BBC
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Life Force: Madagascar
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.), NHNZ, Science Channel, Animal Planet and France Télévisions
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Antzilla
National Geographic Television
Entry #12125
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Best Medical Sciences Program

Sponsored by Science Channel
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WINNER
NOVA: Separating Twins
Presented by electricsky.com, A WTFN production for NOVA
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Immortal
December Films & Pemberton Films
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Surviving :) The
Teenage Brain

Merit Motion Pictures
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Best Physical Sciences Program

Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy
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WINNER
The Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene:
What is Space?

A NOVA Production by 32-12 Media, with ARTE France and National Geographic Channel
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Curiosity: Did God Create the Universe?
Darlow Smithson and Discovery Channel
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Wonders of the Universe: Children of the Stars
BBC and Science Channel
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Best Technological Sciences Program

Sponsored by Discovery Channel
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WINNER
Concorde: Flying Supersonic
Darlow Smithson and Smithsonian Channel
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From Waterwheels
to MegaJets

Lion Television/All3Media with Words Make Pictures for National Geographic Channel
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Making Stuff: Smarter
A NOVA Production by Powderhouse Productions for WGBH
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Titanic at 100:
Mystery Solved

Lone Wolf
Documentary Group
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Best Human & Social Sciences Program

Sponsored by the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education
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WINNER
The Grammar of Happiness
Essential Media and Entertainment and Smithsonian Channel
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China's Ghost Army
A NHNZ & Shaanxi TV Production for National Geographic Channels with Thirteen/WNET
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Bones of Turkana
National Geographic Television
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Best Series or Limited Series

Sponsored by Terra Mater Factual Studios
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WINNER
Australia: The Time Traveller's Guide
Essential Media and Entertainment with NOVA
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NOVA: The Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene
A NOVA Production by 32-12 Media, The Film Posse, Spine Films, and Lone Wolf Documentary Group, with ARTE France and National Geographic Channel
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Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
The Incubator, Revelations Entertainment and
Science Channel
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Best Short Program

Sponsored by the Wyoming Film Office
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WINNER
The Making of the Fittest: 
Natural Selection in Humans
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Holt Productions, LLC
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The Making of the Fittest: The Birth and Death of Genes
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Holt Productions, LLC
Entry #12215
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Monsters of the Deep 
nWave Pictures Distribution
Entry #12086
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CoCoRaHS Presents: 
The Water Cycle

Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network and Noah Besser
Entry #12115
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Best Theatrical Program

Sponsored by Fujinon Optical Devices
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WINNER
Hidden Beauty 
Blacklight Films
Entry #12207
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To The Arctic, 3D 
Warner Bros. Pictures, IMAX Filmed Entertainment and MacGillivray Freeman Films
Entry #12189
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Undiscovered Worlds: 
The Search Beyond our Sun 

Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science, Boston
Entry #12198
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Best Immersive Program - 3D

Sponsored by National Geographic Television
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WINNER
Tornado Alley, 3D 
Graphic Films and Giant Screen Films
Entry #12218
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Space Junk, 3D 
Melrae Pictures and Red Barn Productions
Entry #12002
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To The Arctic, 3D
Warner Bros. Pictures, IMAX Filmed Entertainment and MacGillivray Freeman Films
Entry #12189
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Best Immersive - Fulldome Program

Sponsored by Global Immersion
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WINNER
Undiscovered Worlds: 
The Search Beyond our Sun

Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science, Boston
Entry #12198
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Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate Engine 
Spitz Creative Media, the Advanced Visualization Lab at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (University of Illinois), NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, Thomas Lucas Productions and Denver Museum of Nature 
& Science
Entry #12023
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Cell! Cell! Cell!
NSC Creative and INTECH Science Centre and Planetarium
Entry #12144
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Best Institutional Media Installation

Sponsored by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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WINNER
The Changing Climate Show 
Science North
Entry #12114
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Daily Planet Media Installation 
batwin + robin productions & North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences--Nature Research Center
Entry #12134
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LOOP
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Honeywell
Entry #12039
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Scientists' Stories 
Flacafilms & Children's Discovery Museum of 
San Jose
Entry #12209
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Best Interactive & New Media Program

Sponsored by Scientific American
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WINNER
Bear 71
National Film Board of Canada
Entry #12146
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Color Uncovered
Exploratorium
Entry #12118
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The Curiosity Machine
Iridescent
Entry #12116
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Race for the Beach at SeaWorld California's
Turtle Reef 

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.
Entry #12113
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Best Nonprofessional Program

Sponsored by Animal Planet
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WINNER
Growing up with Gadgets
Casey Kanode
Entry #12183
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Biofilm
Erik Rochner
Entry #12104
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Material Marvels: Thermoelectrics 
Ainissa Ramirez
Entry #12195
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Best Hosted or Presenter-Led Program

Sponsored by Qube
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WINNER
Australia: The Time Traveller's Guide, 
The First Steps

Essential Media and Entertainment with NOVA
Host/Presenter: 
Dr. Richard Smith
Entry #12152
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Bones of Turkana
National Geographic Television
Host/Presenter: 
Dr. Richard Leakey
Entry #12119
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The Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene: 
What is Space?

A NOVA Production by 32-12 Media, with ARTE France and National Geographic Channel
Host/Presenter:
Dr. Brian Greene
Entry #12281B
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Flying Monsters 3D
Atlantic Productions & SKY3D with National Geographic Entertainment
Host/Presenter: 
Sir David Attenborough
Entry #12202
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Best Writing Program

Sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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WINNER
Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene: 
Quantum Leap

A NOVA Production by Spine Films, with ARTE France and National Geographic Channel Written by: Josh Rosen, Julia Cort and Joseph McMaster. 
Based on the book, The Fabric of the Cosmos, by Brian Greene
Entry #12283A
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The Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene: 
What is Space?

A NOVA Production by 32-12 Media, with ARTE France and National Geographic Channel
Written by: Graham Judd, Sabin Streeter and Joseph McMaster. 
Based on the book, The Fabric of the Cosmos, by Brian Greene
Entry #12281C
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NOVA: 
Secrets Beneath the Ice

A NOVA Production by NET Television and Lone Wolf Documentary Group
Written by: Steven Reich and Gary Hochman
Entry #12267
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Best Editing Program

Sponsored by Sony Electronics
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WINNER
Bones of Turkana
National Geographic Television
Edited by: Maggie Noble
Entry #12119
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NOVA: The Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene: The Illusion of Time
A NOVA Production by The Film Posse, with ARTE France & National Geographic Channel
Edited by: Steve Audette, Jonathan Sahula and Nathan Hendrie
Entry #12282A
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Immortal
December Films & Pemberton Films
Edited by: Wayne Hyett
Entry #12234
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Best Visualization

Sponsored by Panasonic Solutions
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Planet You
Terra Mater Factual Studios
Cinematography: Johannes Poetscher and Christoph Groppenberger
Science Visualization Team: Reinhold Fragner, Rudi Erlach and Alfred Vendl 
Entry #12176
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Curiosity: 
Can You Live Forever? 

Dangerous Productions and Discovery Channel 
Cinematography: Duane McClunie 
Visual Effects and Animation: Jellyfish Studios - Will Rockall and Tom Brass
Entry #12085
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Wonders of the Universe: Children of the Stars
BBC and Science Channel 
Cinematography: Chris Openshaw and Kevin White
Visual Effects: Burrell Durrant Hifle and Nicola Kinghamr
Entry #12016
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The Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene: 
What is Space?

NOVA
Visual Effects and Animation: Pixeldust Studio - Ricardo Andrade, Richard Hawkins, Nick Jernigan
Cinematography: Mike Coles and Robert Humphreys
Entry #12065
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Special Jury Award

Sponsored by Sony Electronics
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IMMORTAL
December Films & Pemberton Films
Entry #12234
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