April 2009 Archives

The photos from the glittering Awards event at the Royal Institution are up: see portraits of the nominees and winners, the ceremony itself, and a glimpse behind-the-scenes of us setting up during the morning.

We’ll be scurrying around trying to caption and label as many of the stills as we can, but do jump in and leave notes and comments if you like. You should also be able to download full-size versions of each photograph by clicking the ‘All sizes’ button that appears above the image when you click through to its page.

Here’s the list of category winners for the Planet SciCast Awards 2009, as announced at the ceremony in London on Monday. I’m scrambling to upload the last few films, so you’ll see the links update shortly. After that, we’ve oodles of photos of the event to publish, then hopefully a bit of a video report to follow.

Congratulations to all the winners, and the other nominees who made it to the final stage and gave them such tough competition. It was lovely to see so many of you at the Royal Institution; I hope you had a fantastic day.

Flipside Most Entertaining Film 2009

• The Geiger-Müller Groove — Let’s Get Physical

Award for Technical & Artistic Achievement 2009

• The God Particle — Vibrant Films

Best Original Score 2009

• The Geiger-Müller Groove — Let’s Get Physical

Best Presenter 2009

• The Floating Tea Bag — Teabag Techs

Best Biology Film 2009

• Photosynthesis — BB Productions

Best Chemistry Film 2009

• Chemistry Attack!! — LangClang

Best Earth Science and Environment Film 2009

• The Formation of Crude Oil — Crazy Chemistry Demonstrations

The Engineering and Technology Board Best Engineering Film 2009

• EMP Launcher v2 — The Tinkerers

The Institute of Physics’ Best SciCast Physics Film 2009

• The Geiger-Müller Groove — Let’s Get Physical

EPSRC Best Film (Adults) 2009

• It’s About Time (you switched off your television set and did physics instead) — Small Dog Productions

Best Film (Primary) 2009

• Absolute Absorbency or Not? — Barnes Primary 61!

Best Film (Secondary) 2009

• The God Particle — Vibrant Films