2012 History Makers Awards Nominees
Our international juries have announced the list of nominees for the 2012 History Makers Awards. Presented on Thursday, January 26, 2012 during History Makers International 2012, the awards will recognize the very best in History, Current Affairs, and non-Fiction programming from around the world, across digital and TV platforms.
The 2012 History Makers Awards nominees are:
Best Current Affairs Production
Presented in partnership with WNET New York Public Media
The Battle for Marjah **WINNER**
Wall to Wall
In association with Roadwork Limited
For broadcaster: HBO Documentary Films and Channel 4
Country: USA/United Kingdom
Targeting bin Laden
Nutopia
For broadcaster: HISTORY, Channel Four, BBC Worldwide
Country: United Kingdom/USA
Top Secret America
Kirk Documentary Group
For broadcaster: PBS/FRONTLINE
Country: USA
Fault Lines- Mexico: Impunity and Profits
Fault Lines
For broadcaster: Al Jazeera English
Country: Mexico/USA
Remote Control War
Zoot Pictures
For broadcaster: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC-TV)
Country: Canada
Into the Abyss - A Tale of Death, a Tale of Life
Werner Herzog Film, Skellig Rock, Spring Films, Creative Differences, ZDF Enterprises
For broadcaster: Discovery US, More 4
Country: USA, UK, Austria and Germany
Best Historical Drama Production
Presented in partnership with La Storia siamo noi - Rai 150 anni
The Kennedys **WINNER**
A Muse Entertainment Production
In association with Asylum Entertainment
For broadcaster: Shaw Media and ReelzChannel
Country: Canada/USA
Nazi Hunters
Cineflix (Wartime) Inc.
In association with: Terra Vermelha Filmes EEP
For broadcaster: History (Canada & International)
Country: Canada/Brazil
Mission to Murder Hitler
Loopfilm GmbH
For broadcaster: Smithsonian Networks
Country: Germany
Best History Production
Presented in partnership with CBC
Dambusters
Windfall Films
In association with: Dambusters Canada Productions Ltd.
For broadcaster: Shaw Media/Channel 4/PBS/NOVA/National Geographic Channels
Country: United Kingdom/Canada
The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
World of Wonder
For broadcaster: HBO Documentary Films
Country: USA
The Children Who Built Victorian Britain **WINNER**
BBC Wales
For broadcaster: BBC 4
Country: United Kingdom
SOMETHING VENTURED
Miralan Productions
Country: USA
American Experience: Freedom Riders
A Firelight Films production for American Experience
For broadcaster: PBS
Country: USA
The Loving Story
Augusta Films
In association with: HBO and the National Endowment for the Humanities
For broadcaster: HBO
Country: USA
Best Interactive Production
Presented in partnership with ZDF Enterprises GmbH
Museum Secrets
Kensington Communications Inc.
For broadcaster: History Television Canada
Country: Canada
Truth and Lies: The Last Days of Osama bin Laden
CBC News and the fifth estate
In association with: fulscrn Digital Media and Communications
Country: Canada
Exile Without End: Palestinians in Lebanon **WINNER**
CBC News, Radio-Canada
In association with: ALT Productions
For CBCNews.ca/radio-canada.ca
Country: Canada
Mission US
THIRTEEN in association with WNET
Country: USA
Storming Juno Interactive
Secret Location
In association with: History Television Canada
Country: Canada
The Stream: Bahrain's Political Future
Al Jazeera English
Country: USA
Best Social Change Production
Presented in partnership with A&E Television Networks LLP
Surviving Progress
Cinemaginaire, Big Picture Media Corp and National Film Board of Canada
Country: Canada
How To Start a Revolution
The Big Indy
In association with Lion Television
Country: United Kingdom
The Loving Story **WINNER**
Augusta Films
In association with: HBO and the National Endowment for the Humanities
For broadcaster: HBO
Country: USA
Best Use of Archive in a History Production
Presented in partnership with the Association of Commercial Stock Images Licensors (ACSIL)
APOCALYPSE Hitler **WINNER**
Clarke Costelle & Cie
For broadcaster: France Télévisions
Country: France
The Third Reich: The Rise, The Fall
New Animal Productions
For broadcaster: HISTORY
Country: USA
Targeting bin Laden
Nutopia
For broadcaster: HISTORY, Channel Four, BBC Worldwide
Country: United Kingdom/USA
No Job For a Woman: The Women Who Fought to Report WWII
Hurry Up Sister Productions
Country: USA
Back from the Dead/Warrior Graveyard
October Films
For broadcaster: National Geographic Channel and Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
The Loving Story
Augusta Films
For broadcaster: HBO
Country: USA
Most Innovative Production
Presented in partnership with NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Dambusters **WINNER**
Windfall Films
In association with: Dambusters Canada Productions Ltd.
For broadcaster: Shaw Media/Channel 4 / PBS/NOVA / National Geographic Channels
Country: United Kingdom/Canada
Wartorn 1861-2010
HBO Documentary Films
In association with Attaboy Films
For broadcaster: Home Box Office
Country: USA
Horrible Histories
Lion Television
In association with Citrus Television
For broadcaster: CBBC
Country: United Kingdom
Museum Secrets
Kensington Communications Inc.
For broadcaster: History Television Canada
Country: Canada
Back from the Dead/Warrior Graveyard
October Films
For broadcaster: National Geographic Channel and Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
A Balloon for Allah
Integral Film AS
For broadcaster: NRK
Country: Norway
