Congratulations to the following outstanding productions nominated for this year’s Panda Awards...
CHEVY CHASE, Md., July 7, 2025 – HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, Handful of Films and NOVA are proud to announce that HUNT FOR THE OLDEST DNA has won the 2025 Emmy Award for Outstanding Science & Technology Documentary, adding to a growing list of prestigious honors for the film.
Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
Hunt for the Oldest DNA
NOVA, PBS [Handful of Films, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, NOVA/GBH, ZDF, DR Danish Broadcasting Corporation]
A thoroughly human story interwoven effortlessly with magnificent footage of India’s coastlines, islands, and, of course, its hard-shelled, often reclusive inhabitants.
Taira Malaney’s Turtle Walker is an absolute treat. From the gorgeous visuals to the immensely charming and captivating Satish Bhaskar. A well-made and passionate documentary.
CHEVY CHASE, Md., June 13, 2025 – Science-focused impact and production company HHMI Tangled Bank Studios announced today that Emmy Award-winning producer, writer, director, and showrunner Chad Cohen has been tapped as Executive Producer, Development and Production.
Turtle Walker, a documentary film directed by Taira Malaney has been nominated to the 33rd Raindance Film Festival, an indie film festival held in the UK.
Also set for 2026, In the Prime of Life (w/t) sees acclaimed documentarian Janet Tobias (CNN Films’ Unseen Enemy and Race for the Vaccine) investigating the phenomenon of early onset cancer in adults aged 18 to 49, the incidence of which has increased globally by 79% between 1990 and 2019.
Meanwhile, In the Prime of Life came in the door as a pitch from Tobias. The doc explores the rise of cancers in adults under 50. It follows cancer patients and the doctors, scientists, nurses and social workers who care for them at one of the world’s leading cancer centers, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).
