Tag: documentary

  • Go Button Media Awarded 4 Silver Telly Awards

    Go Button Media Awarded 4 Silver Telly Awards

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    Pharaohs: Rise & Fall
    Craft-Directing
    General-History

    Secrets of Ancient Structures
     General-History

    Into the Universe: Mysteries of the Cosmos
    Series-Science & Technology

    The Telly Awards honours excellence in video and television across all screens.

    With over 13,000 entries from across the globe, and top video and television content producers. Winners were chosen by The Telly Awards Judging Council, which features more than 250 experts across the world of video.

  • Autentic reveals summer slate

    Autentic reveals summer slate

    German distributor Autentic has unveiled its summer 2026 factual slate, featuring current affairs, history, blue-chip wildlife, travel and science across a range of new documentary titles and series.

    In history, Autentic is presenting Ancient Pompeii – The Secrets of Villa Oplontis, a two-part production from Go Button Media and Autentic uncovering one of the Roman Empire’s most luxurious villas.

    Completing the slate is Milestones of the Solar System, a six-part science and technology series from Go Button Media for Munich-based Autentic. First announced at the London TV Screenings in February, it traces the events that shaped the planetary system through a combination of scientific detail and cinematic storytelling.

    Read more on C21 Media

  • UKTV to uncover more Secret Nazi Bases

    UKTV to uncover more Secret Nazi Bases

    UKTV has committed to a fifth season of Canadian prodco Go Button Media’s Second World War series Secret Nazi Bases, which explores the hidden infrastructure and dark ambitions of the Nazi regime.

    The new six-part season will begin production this summer, with delivery slated for spring 2027. International distribution, excluding the UK and Canada, remains with DCD Rights, which has already secured pre-sales with as-yet-unannounced broadcasters in New Zealand, Germany, Spain, the Nordics and Central and Eastern Europe. The first four seasons have been licensed in more than 120 territories.

    Read more on C21 Media

  • Go Button Media, ZDF Studios and Super Channel reveal Shadows & Dust: Lost History

    Go Button Media, ZDF Studios and Super Channel reveal Shadows & Dust: Lost History

    Canadian prodco Go Button Media has unveiled new historical factual series Shadows & Dust: Lost History.

    Commissioned by German producer-distributor ZDF Studios, the 8×52’ series has also been boarded by Canadian broadcaster Super Channel.

    Shadows & Dust: Long History blends historical investigation and storytelling to reveal some of the most enduring mysteries of the past, such as the lost army of Cambyses – 50,000 soldiers who disappeared in ancient Egypt.

    The series is currently in production and is due to be delivered this summer, with ZDF Studios handling global sales.

    Toronto-headquartered Go Button Media, ZDF Studios and Super Channel previously collaborated on Into the Universe: The Secrets of the Cosmos Uncovered (8×52’).

    Read more on C21 Media

  • Four 2026 Canadian Screen Nominations

    Four 2026 Canadian Screen Nominations

    Go Button Media has been nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards.

    Thank you and congratulations to each and every member of our team for all of your hard work on each of these series.

    Pharaohs: Rise and Fall

    Best Production Design or Art Direction, Non-Fiction
    Pharaohs: Rise & Fall

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    Best Original Music, Documentary
    Into The Universe

    Best Direction, Factual
    Cursed Histories

    MOTAD2 - Portrait

    Mysteries of the Ancient Dead
    Best History Documentary Program or Series

  • Nat Geo acquires Go Button Media history series Ancient Structures

    Nat Geo acquires Go Button Media history series Ancient Structures

    National Geographic has acquired Go Button Media’s history series Secrets of Ancient Structures as part of a raft of deals announced by Munich-based distributor Autentic.

    The 6 × 52-minute series examines the engineering and mystery behind famed historic monuments across the world, and is directed by Go Button’s Daniel Oron. Go Button produced the series as part of a six-series partnership with Autentic and Super Channel.

    Read more on Realscreen.com