About The Film

At the top of our planet lies a magical realm of snow and ice – the Arctic. Every year it is transformed by an annual cycle of freeze and thaw. For millennia, this steady seasonal beat has allowed life to thrive. But our planet is warming, upsetting this natural balance and the Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on Earth. Scientists are now discovering that what happens here, affects us all.

We will all be impacted by a warming Arctic… but none more so than local communities. Working with scientists, together they are shedding light on how changes to the Arctic’s natural balance affects each and every one of us … and they haven’t given up hope. Now it is up to us all to combat global warming and ensure there is a future for this fragile wilderness… Our frozen planet.

Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch
Narrator
Benedict Cumberbatch

Academy Award Nominee Benedict Cumberbatch is known for playing the title role of “Sherlock Holmes” in a role that has earned him international acclaim and several awards including The Primetime Emmy. In 2015 Benedict portrayed Alan Turing in the multi award winning film The Imitation Game which earned him a BAFTA, Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination as Best Actor.

Other big screen performances include the role of the dragon Smaug and the Necromancer in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, Khan in JJ Abrams’ blockbuster Star Trek: Into Darkness, Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate, Little’ Charles Aiken in August: Osage County, Ford in Steve McQueen’s Oscar winning 12 Years A Slave and Billy Bulger in Black Mass.

Early TV roles included his incredibly powerful performance as Stephen Hawking, in the BBC’s highly acclaimed drama ‘Hawking’ which earned him his first BAFTA nomination. A second BAFTA nomination came in 2010 for his portrayal of Bernard in the BBC adaptation of ‘Small Island’. Benedict also starred as Christopher Stejens in the Tom Stoppard’s BBC/HBO drama ’Parades End’ based on the acclaimed novels, also earning him an Emmy nomination.

Benedict joined the Marvel Universe as the titular character in 2016’s Doctor Strange, reprising his role as Dr. Strange in the global blockbusters Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. More recently, Benedict’s performance in David Nicholls’ adaptation of Edward St. Aubyn’s beloved ‘Patrick Melrose’ has earned him a BAFTA for Best Actor and Emmy and Golden Globe Best Actor nominations. In 2022, he was nominated for a second Best Actor Academy Award Nominations for his role in The Power of the Dog.

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Filmmakers
Mark Brownlow
Producer
Mark Brownlow

Mark is a multiple BAFTA/EMMY award-winning executive producer with over twenty-five years of programming experience across a broad range of wildlife TV documentaries and giant screen - and with a passion for the oceans. He directed the Giant Screen feature film ‘Oceans - Our Blue Planet’, as well directing and producing the multi awarding 3D-originated giant screen ‘Tiny Giants’. As series producer of ‘Blue Planet II’, he employed ground-breaking technology and environmental storytelling to give an entirely new understanding of life beneath the waves. BP2 went on to become the most watched wildlife TV programme of all time and was credited with galvanizing action around ocean plastics.

As Executive Producer of ‘Frozen Planet II’, he has led the vision for the series and ventured to Antarctica to direct the ‘wave-washing’ killer whales. Other credits include Executive Producer of ‘Eden: Untamed Planet’, ‘Earth’s Tropical Islands’ and Series Producer of 'Hidden Kingdoms'.

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Rachel Scott
Director
Rachel Scott

Rachel started her career with the BBC twelve years ago specializing in landmark underwater blue chip series including BAFTA and Emmy award winning ‘Blue Planet II’, ‘Shark’ and 3D Giant Screen feature film ‘Oceans - Our Blue Planet’. Originally from Guernsey and with a fascination of the ocean since a young age she has been a diver for 20 years and spent thousands of hours underwater.

Rachel has directed several never before filmed animal behaviours for the BBC - from sea lions hunting tuna and tool using fish for Blue Planet II to secret bowhead spas and bizarre skeleton shrimp battles for Frozen Planet II. Rachel directed the 3D Giant Screen feature film ‘Arctic - Our Frozen Planet’ and produced the Frozen Ocean episode of Frozen Planet II.

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Jonathan Williams
Executive Producer
Jonathan Williams

Jonathan Williams is the Head of Commercial for BBC Earth and manages BBC Earth’s giant screen business. He was the Executive Producer of Oceans: Our Blue Planet 3D, BBC Earth’s award-winning 2018 giant screen film, as well as the 2021 award winning giant screen Film Antarctica. He has an extensive track record of developing multiplatform content and experiences that offer global audiences new ways of enjoying BBC Earth’s premium natural history content.

He is a strong believer in the power of the immersive giant screen format to excite and inspire audiences, and has spearheaded BBC Earth’s strategy in this industry. Jonathan grew up in South Africa where he developed a passion for the natural world. He spent his early career working in book publishing and, after completing an MBA, then moved to BBC Studios in 2013.

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Phil Streather
Stereo Supervisor
Phil Streather

Phil is the founder of Principal Large Format, specialising in Stereo 3D production and consulting. His 2003 giant screen film, Bugs! 3D, narrated by Judi Dench, has won many awards, including a prestigious Panda Award at the Bristol Wildscreen Film Festival and the Best Immersive award at Jackson Wild (the “Green Oscars”). Bugs! was inducted into the IMAX Hall of Fame in 2018.

Phil co-produced Meerkats 3D with Oxford Scientific Films for National Geographic/Sky 3D and produced Carmen in 3D and Madam Butterfly 3D from the Royal Opera House (presented to global cinemas by RealD and ROH). As Director of Giant Screen and Museum Films for BBC Worldwide Phil helped guide the BBC’s move into the giant screen space and was the stereo supervisor on the BBC’s acclaimed Tiny Giants 3D.

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