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³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ co-productions Yellowstone: Winter and Earth debuted as key winners at the 2009 Jackson Hole Film Festival this evening. A co-production with Animal Planet, Yellowstone: Winter, took home the honour for Best Wildlife Habitat Program and Best Limited Series. Earth, a ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ co-production with Disneynature, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Worldwide, Greenlight Media, B8 Media and Discovery Channel was recognized as the Best Theatrical Program and honoured for Outstanding Achievement.

Matt Forde, Executive Vice President, Sales and Distribution, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Worldwide, Americas commented, "We are extremely proud of the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Natural History Unit and honoured to be recognized by the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. All of these programs were intense and rewarding productions and we are truly thankful for our co-producers who helped take these beautiful landscapes to audiences here in the U.S."

Awards were won in the following categories:

Big Cat Live - ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Natural History Unit
Best Web Presence

Charles Darwin & The Tree of Life - ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Natural History Unit, Open University
Best Presenter Led Program - Sir David Attenborough

Earth - ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Natural History Unit, Disneynature, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Worldwide, Greenlight Media, B8 Media, Discovery Channel
Best Theatrical Program
Outstanding Achievement

Gorilla King – Tigress Productions, Ltd, Nature/THIRTEEN, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳
Best Animal Behavior Program

The Meerkats – Yaffle Films, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Natural History Unit, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Fims, The Weinstein Company
Best Editing
Silver Teton Award

O2: The Molecule That Made Our World - ORF Universum / NHU; Burning Gold Productions, AV Dokumenta, BMUKK, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳
Best Earth Sciences Program

Springwatch – ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Natural History Unit
Best 360 Campaign

Yellowstone: Winter - ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Natural History Unit, Animal Planet
Best Wildlife Habitat Program
Best Limited Series

The Wolf That Changed America - Brian Leith Productions, Thirteen/WNET New York and ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳
Outstanding Achievement

Big Cat Live: An unprecedented three weeks of live webcasting allowing viewers to follow the fortunes of Africa's biggest predators and their prey 24-hours a day. With live webcams, daily videos and reports from the crew's mobile phones and a week of live television beamed directly from the heart of Kenya's Masai Mara game reserve, the big cats came closer than ever before.

Charles Darwin & The Tree of Life: A personal insight into Darwin's theory of evolution, exploring why it is more important now than ever before. Presenter David Attenborough; Executive Producer Brian Leith.

Earth: A feature-length documentary following the award-winning series Planet Earth. Written and directed by Alastair Fothergill, the film compiles four years of production, over 2000 days in the field, 71 cameramen, 204 locations and 62 countries, to create the ultimate portrait of our planet.

Gorilla King: The tale of the struggle for survival of one abandoned gorilla, who went on to become a famous silverback - a consistent figure in an environment besieged by violence and disruption. Producers Dave Allen and Jeremy Bradshaw.

The Meerkats: For the first time Simon King enters the Meerkats’ Lilliputian world, gaining the trust and acceptance of these creatures, giving an unprecedented insight into the drama of day-to-day life at the heart of a meerkat family. Producer: Simon King.

O2: The Molecule That Made Our World: A feature length film that follows the journey of a molecule of oxygen through thousands of years, including its role in the death of the dinosaurs and other key moments in history.

Springwatch: Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King broadcast live as they follow the fortunes of a cast of unforgettable wildlife characters throughout Devon, Scotland, Ireland and Canada. Series Producer: Tim Scoones; Executive Producer: Fiona Pitcher

Yellowstone: Winter: This landmark series follows the intertwining stories of Yellowstone's iconic inhabitants: the grey wolf, the grizzly bear and the herds of antelope and buffalo. Intimate and emotional, epic and engaging, Yellowstone reveals the grandeur of this unique place as its animals struggle to survive over the course of three vividly changing seasons. Series Producer Andrew Murray; Executive Producer Mike Gunton.

The Wolf That Changed America: Follows an ensuing battle of wits between wolf and man, sparking real-life wilderness drama, the outcome of which leaves a lasting effect on a new and growing movement in America: wilderness preservation.

³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ co-productions and ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Natural History Unit productions had 21 finalists at this year's Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. The festival takes place biannually bringing together broadcasters, filmmakers, industry professionals, leading scientists, journalists, and conservationists in Grand Teton National Park.

Christine Shaw Davis