June has been a great month for Polar Star Films’ documentary department, with two prizes awarded, nominations and a new round of Media Slate funding also confirmed.

Our latest documentary FREIGHTENED – The Real Price of Shipping, has won the Deauville Green Award for Transport and Eco-mobility at this landmark festival for Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility. A big congratulations to all the team! Upcoming screenings include Sense Ficció, TV3 on 5/7/16 and DREFF in September, and don’t forget to log onto the film website to find out what you can do to become a more conscious consumer.

Our interactive scroll-doc Falciani’s Swissleaks has won the Deutsch-Französische Journalistenpreis for Multimedia as well as being nominated for the Grimme Awards. Produced by Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion in co-production with Polar Star Films you can experience the interactive documentary on Arte, La Marea or TV3. Check out the full list of Deutsch-Französische Journalistenpreis winners here and the links to the list of nominations for interactive documentary here.

Media announced last week that Polar Star Films has been awarded a further 2 more years of Slate Funding which will certainly help to keep our creative juices following as we’ve several new documentaries in an exciting preparatory phase. Watch this space!!