Wildstar Films

30/10/2024

25/10/2024

A few highlights from Wildscreen Festival last week! ✨🎥

23/10/2024

18/10/2024

We’re totally thrilled! Queens won 2 Panda Awards at last night’s ceremony. We’ve won for both Series and Production Management Team! 🙏

Huge congratulations to the talented team who shared these powerful queens’ stories of love, strength, and sacrifice with the world... 👑

15/10/2024

A huge congratulations to everyone who worked on 'Secrets of the Octopus' and 'Queens'. We're immensely proud to say that Wildstar have received a total of 3 Critics Choice Documentary Award nominations for these productions.

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has received two nominations, for Best Science/Nature Documentary and Best Limited Documentary Series. Octopuses have three hearts, the ability to squeeze through a space the size of their eyeball and can even communicate with different species. This exceptional series, by executive producer James Cameron and narration by Paul Rudd, reveals the secret lives of these beautiful ‘aliens on earth’.


has been nominated for Best Narration. Guided by the wonderful narration of Angela Bassett, Queens tells the stories of the matriarchs who run the natural world and the incredible women bringing these tales to the screen. Stories of friendship, love, strength, and sacrifice.


Stream both series on and now.

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23/09/2024

'Tigers on the Rise' has been nominated for a Grierson Award for Best Natural History or Environmental Documentary. We are so proud of this recognition. 🙏

Narrated by Blair Underwood, 'Tigers on the Rise' celebrates the remarkable comeback of one of the world's most iconic animals. A huge congratulations to the team who put so much hard work and dedication into this production.


Now streaming on Disney+.

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09/09/2024

A huge congratulations to Angela Bassett for her win as Outstanding Narrator for Queens! 👏 We’re incredibly proud of this groundbreaking production and of all the hard work from the team that made it possible.

👑 now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.

06/09/2024

We're royally delighted to announce that our incredible series Queens has won not one, but THREE, Jackson Wild Media Awards for Limited Series, Cinematography and Original Music Score! 👑 👏

Congratulations to everyone who has worked so hard on this incredible series!

From elephants to orcas, are you ready to meet some of Mother Nature’s fiercest queens? , narrated by Angela Bassett, is now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.

12/08/2024

Happy World Elephant Day! 🐘 🌍

These forest elephants were filmed in Dzanga-Sangha National Park. To find out more about their lives and the dedicated rangers trying to protect them, watch Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory on

19/07/2024

Fantastic news! Wildstar Films have received 6 nominations for the Jackson Wild Media Awards 2024… Congratulations to everyone in the ‘Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory’ and 'Queens' teams for their nominations. 👏

🌊 ‘Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory’ nominated for Animal Behaviour and Onscreen Personality.

👑 'Queens' nominated for Animal Behaviour, Limited Series, Cinematography and Original Music Score.

A huge thank you to Jackson Wild for recognising our hard work with these accolades and again, to our brilliant collaborators at National Geographic and Disney+.

Catch on Disney+ and on Disney+ and Hulu.

18/07/2024

We are thrilled to announce that not one, but two, of our series have been nominated for Primetime Emmys! 🙏

and are both up for the Outstanding Narrator category. A huge congratulations to our wonderful narrators Angela Bassett and Paul Rudd, and the brilliant teams that helped make these shows. 💯

Thank you to the Television Academy for recognising our work and to our talented collaborators at National Geographic and Disney+.

Fingers crossed and good luck to all nominees!

👑 and 🐙 are both streaming now on Disney+ and Hulu.

20/06/2024

Wildstar Academy applications are now open until midnight on 30th June 2024! You can read more about the Academy in Televisual Magazine this week: https://www.televisual.com/news/wildstar-opens-new-wildstar-academy-applications/

10/06/2024

What a night! Not one, but TWO Daytime Emmy Awards for Team !
We won for ‘Outstanding Cinematography’ and for ‘Outstanding Travel, Adventure and Nature Program’. Congratulations to everyone who has worked so hard on this incredible series! 🎉🎉

07/06/2024

APPLY NOW! Applications for the 2024/25 Wildstar Academy placements are now OPEN.

We are looking for talented individuals with previous experience in the world of TV, film or content creation who are eager to continue their professional development. The successful applicants will benefit from the mentorship of award-winning industry leaders and hands-on training.

These are paid training opportunities to help address underrepresented groups across Wildlife Filmmaking. Click here to apply: https://www.wildstaracademy.tv/apply

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments or assistance for meetings and our communications with you.

22/05/2024

Catch this special event including a panel conversation with Wildstar Films' Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Vanessa Berlowitz, Exec Prod Chloe Sarosh, Prod & Dir Faith Musembi & Series Prods Hannah Gibson & Jennie Hammond, discussing making programmes with a focus on the natural world. Register here: https://bit.ly/WWNVOTNW

17/05/2024

We’ve had an incredible year so far and this recognition from Realscreen really highlights it. We are honoured to be named one of the Top 10 Trailblazers in the Global 100, amongst amazing companies from around the world. Of Wildstar, Realscreen said: “2023 was a strong year for the Bristol-based company, which cemented its position as a supplier of high-profile, premium natural history content to Disney+, National Geographic and Disneynature.” Thank you Realscreen!

15/05/2024

🎉 Big News! 🎉

Wildstar has been nominated for THREE Critics Choice Real TV Awards!

👑 Queens - Best Animal/Nature Show
🔍 Animals Up Close - Best Unstructured Series
🌟 Bertie Gregory - Male Star of the Year

Congratulations to all the teams!

14/05/2024

with Bertie Gregory is returning for a new epic season packed with edge-of-your-seat animal action. The team is already filming to bring you even more fascinating animal characters alongside the challenges they face on our rapidly changing planet.

Out of all the wondrous places on our planet, where are you hoping Bertie goes?

29/04/2024

WFTV members are invited to this special in-person event, which will include a panel conversation with some of the leading women here at Wildstar.

The panel includes Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer Vanessa Berlowitz, along with Executive Producer Chloe Sarosh, Producer and Director Faith Musembi and Series Producers Hannah Gibson and Jennie Hammond. They will discuss current shows including Queens, Tiger and Secrets of the Octopus, creating innovative new technology and techniques to reveal never-seen-before animal behaviour, working with Angela Bassett, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Ryan Reynolds, and how a female filmmaking perspective can lead to a different approach to uncovering untold secrets of the animal world.

RSVP here: https://www.wftv.org.uk/events-1/wild-women-new-voices-of-the-natural-world

25/04/2024

More of the fab Wildstar team have recently been out to use their 'Donate A Day'. Braving the wind and rain, they headed to Weston Super Mare to do a beach clean on behalf of the Marine Conservation Society. They managed to collect 5 big bags of rubbish - a total of 298 items!

Stay tuned for more Donate-A-Day updates, as we continue to showcase how the team utilise this benefit that allows colleagues to get paid to volunteer their time to any charitable organisation. 🌊

23/04/2024

It's been an exciting week for the team! The series has been nominated for two Daytime Emmys: for Cinematography and Travel, Adventure and Nature Program. AND the fantastic audio team picked up an RTS West Award on Sunday for Best Sound. Congratulations to the talented teams that worked so hard on the series - fingers crossed for more 🏆 to come!

22/04/2024

Celebrate Earth Day with Wildstar Films on Disney+! We are passionate about giving a voice to nature and are ecstatic to have three productions released today, , and . Huge congratulations to all the teams involved - let us know in the comments, which will you watch first? 🐯 or 🐙 ?