International "Gold Panda" Awards Success for ITV STUDIOS Global Entertainment
ITV STUDIOS Global Entertainment is proud to announce that Superhuman: World’s Smallest People, In The Womb: Extreme Animals & Journey To The Edge Of The Universe have been awarded International “Gold Panda” Awards at this year's ceremony.
Superhuman: World’s Smallest People was awarded the Best Anthropology Concern Award, In The Womb: Extreme Animals secured the Special Jury Award (Nature & Environment) & Journey To The Edge Of The Universe was awarded the Most Innovative (Nature & Environment) Award.
Distributed by ITV STUDIOS Global Entertainment, Superhuman: World’s Smallest People is a mixture of engaging stories with accessible popular science about the human body; In The Womb: Extreme Animals brings the incredible story of evolution to life by looking at the development of four very different animals – the Shark, Kangaroo, Emperor Penguin and Parasitic Wasp; and Journey To The Edge Of The Universe is a breathtaking documentary taking viewers on an epic voyage beyond the stars in a stunning scientific and visual spectacular – the most exciting cosmology film ever made.
With nine successful festivals staged over a nearly 20-year period, the Sichuan TV Festival (SCTVF), established in 1991, is dedicated to discovering new topics, creating new content, introducing new formats, and offering new services. It has become one of the most reputable TV festivals and the most effective platforms to access the most updated TV and film marketing information in China and Asia.
The International “Gold Panda” Awards are the most international, professional and influential program competition held in China, with the International “Gold Panda” Awards of 2009 SCTVF celebrating excellence in four aspects.
Superhuman: World's Smallest People
60 minutes - Available in High Definition
A mixture of engaging stories with accessible popular science about the human body, this revealing insight into some of the world’s smallest people, including primordial dwarf He Ping Ping, the world’s shortest man who weighs the same as an average one year old, and Britain's shortest man Michael Henbury, whose young son towers above him. Explaining what effect their height has on their health and what challenges these extraordinary people face when it comes to finding work, love and happiness, the programme candidly reveals what life is like from their unique perspective, and their attempts to find happiness and acceptance in a world that often treats them as freaks.
ITV Studios for ITV1
In The Womb: Extreme Animals
2 x 60 minutes - Available in High Definition
Brings the incredible story of evolution to life by looking at the development of four very different animals – the Shark, Kangaroo, Emperor Penguin and Parasitic Wasp. Amazingly, in the earliest stages of cell organisation a kangaroo will look just like a human embryo, and an awareness of these common roots is helping scientists to understand why animals look and behave as they do. Using stunning footage and CGI, In The Womb: Extreme Animals explains how these four animals protect their young foetuses from the harshness of their natural environments.
Pioneer Productions for National Geographic Channel and Channel 4
2 x 60 or 1 x 90 minutes - Available in High Definition
Breathtaking documentary taking viewers on an epic voyage beyond the stars in a stunning scientific and visual spectacular – the most exciting cosmology film ever made. Shot in glorious High Definition, the film uses cutting edge visual effects and CGI to create the first accurate non-stop journey from our planet to infinity. One sweeping single camera move takes the audience on a wondrous and often terrifying voyage from the Earth’s surface to the far reaches of the universe, encountering all the beautiful, powerful and mysterious phenomena along the way. Narrated by Sean Pertwee (Dog Soldiers; Goal!), it shows how planets and stars are born as well as revealing amazing facts connecting all of us to incredible events at the edge of time itself.
Produced by Pioneer Productions and Handel Productions in association with Discovery Channel Canada, France 5 and National Geographic Channel with the assistance of the Canadian Films, Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit