The following films have been selected as the Finalists in the ROSCAR Awards 2011 competition:

THE MUSIC AWARD – SPONSORED BY SPESCOM
Nature’s Great Event: The Great Tide - BBC
Penguin Island - 360 Degree Films
Wings of Life: A Love Story that Feeds the Earth – Disney Nature

THE CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD – SPONSORED BY NHK
Nature’s Great Events: The Great Tide - BBC
Natural World: Victoria Falls - BBC Natural History Unit
Wings of Life: A Love Story that Feeds the Earth – Disney Nature
Echo: An Unforgettable Elephant - Mike Birkhead Associates

THE LIMITED BUDGET AWARD
Groen - Homebrew Films
KARINA, WILD ON SAFARI: LION CHARGE! - GODDUNNIT PROMOTIONS
South 70 - Urban Brew Studios
Nature of Life – Foster Bros. Productions for NHU Africa

THE BEST CHILDREN’S NATURAL HISTORY PRODUCTION AWARD – SPONSORED BY SPIER
The films are currently being judged by the following schools:
Victory Christian Academy, Durban
Sunlands Primary School, Cape Town
Micklefield Primary School, Cape Town
Clarendon Park Primary School, Port Elizabeth
Douglas Road Primary School, Cape Town

The Finalists will be announced on 11 March.

THE BEST ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTION AWARD – SPONSORED BY NHU AFRICA
The End of the Line -The Fish Film Company
Echo: An unforgettable Elephant - Mike Birkhead Associates
Gaia’s Choice - Alvaro Mendoza Films
A Thousand Suns - Global Oneness Project

THE EXPEDITION/ADVENTURE AWARD
River Monsters: Demon Fish - Icon films
Into the Dragon’s Lair – Foster Bros. Productions for NHU Africa
Iceman – Foster Bros. Productions for NHU Africa

THE SHORT FILM AWARD
The Guardian by STEPS and SANBI (South African National Biodiversity Institute)
My Pantanal by Andrea Heydlauff, Panthera
North Eastern Diaries - Felis Creations
My Father’s Garden - Mirko Faienza

THE PRESENTER AWARD – SPONSORED BY NGCI
Natural World: Jimmy and the Honey Hunters of Nepal - BBC Natural History Unit
Deadly 60: Baja - BBC
Animals Under Pressure - Homebrew Films
Good Morning Kalimantan - Mike Birkhead Associates

THE ALTERNATIVE BROADCAST AWARD
Life and Wonder of Odanata - Veldkijker
LIVE SAFARI – WildEarth TV
Wildlife Podcast - Earth-Touch

THE EDITING AWARD – SPONSORED BY e.tv
Echo: An Unforgettable Elephant - Mike Birkhead Associates
Shark Night - Off The Fence
Wings of Life: A Love Story that Feeds the Earth – Disney Nature
Nature’s Great Event: The Great Tide - BBC

THE BEST SCRIPT AWARD – SPONSORED BY IDC
Sex, Drugs and Plants - Parthenon Entertainment
Echo: An Unforgettable Elephant - Mike Birkhead Associates
Natural World: Clever Monkeys - BBC Natural History Unit

THE BEST SERIES AWARD – SPONSORED BY OFF THE FENCE
The Pack - Krupakar Senani Features
South Pacific - BBC Natural History Unit
Penguin Island - 360 Degree Films
Lost Land of the Volcano - BBC

THE BEST SOUND DESIGN FOR A NATURAL HISTORY PRODUCTION AWARD
Wild Japan - Studio Hamburg DocLights NaturFilm
Into the Dragon’s Lair – Foster Bros. Productions for NHU Africa
Life on Fire: Ash Runners - Saint Thomas Productions

THE BEST NEWCOMER AWARD – SPONSORED BY THE WILDLIFE FILM ACADEMY
Natural World: Sea Otters: A Million Dollar Baby - Emma Napper, BBC Natural History Unit
Life and Wonder in Odanata - VeldKijker
Love in Cold Blood - Jane Adcroft and Carla Braun-Elwert
Peace for Seals - Dvanact opic Ltd.

THE AFRICAN FILMMAKER AWARD – SPONSORED BY CAPE FILM COMMISSION
The Last Lioness - Aquavision TV Productions
Shark Night - Off The Fence
South of 70 - Urban Brew Studios