EP 5. Against All Odds - All life is driven by the need to breed. Yet for a few, the odds of success are overwhelmingly against them, so these have adopted the most extraordinary mating strategies of all.
Seven continents, all unique. Seven Worlds, One Planet is the latest natural history landmark from BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit, narrated by Sir David Attenborough. The series will showcase the rich diversity of Earth’s seven continents and what makes each one unique.
Credit: Director/Producer, Director of Photography
We know pandas almost entirely from zoos, and little about their behaviour in the wild. Their mountainous home in China covers a huge area of dense bamboo forest, and discovering how wild pandas live has proved almost impossible. Yet that information is vital if this beautiful species is to survive. For three years, award-winning cameraman Jacky Poon and his team of scientists and rangers have had unprecedented access to the Qin Mountains. Not only have they found wild pandas, they have filmed amazing new behaviour: males confronting each other, females held hostage, and mating. It is a breakthrough in panda filming, and a landmark in our understanding of wild pandas.
Awards and Nominations:
International Nature Film Festival Gödöllö 2021 (Gödöllö, Hungary): 1st Place (Category: International Film Review - Nature Films)
US International Film & Video Festival 2020 (Redondo Beach, USA): Gold Camera (Category: Nature, Wildlife)
Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards 2021 (Cannes, France): Finalist (Category: Environment, Ecology & Sustainability)
FINN - Festival International Nature Namur 2021 (Namur, Belgium): Official Selected
Darßer NaturfilmFestival 2021 (Darß, Germany): Nomination (Category: Outstanding International Film Productions)
AFO Academia Film Olomouc 2021 (Olomouc, Czech Republic): Official Selected (Category: International Competition)
Sondrio Festival 2020 (Sondrio, Italy): Official Selected
Goethe Science Film Festival 2020: Official Selected
NaturVision Filmfestival 2020 (Ludwigsburg, Germany): Nomination
IWFF - International Wildlife Film Festival 2020 (Missoula, USA): Official Selected (Category: Wildlife Conservation)
Credit: Direct of Photography, Field Director
Awards and nominations:
News & Documentary Emmy® Awards 2016 (New York, USA): Nomination (Category: Outstanding Nature Programming)
FIFA - Festival International du Film Animalier d'Albert 2017 (Albert, France): Grand Prix
Mountainfilm Graz 2016 (Graz, Austria): Grand Prix Graz
Festival International du Film Ornithologique de Ménigoute 2016 (Ménigoute, France): Price Protection de la Nature
Cervino CineMountain 2017 (Valtournenche and Breuil-Cervinia, Italy): Nomination (Category: Best Mountain Film of the Year)
Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam 2016 (Rotterdam, Netherlands): Nomination