Crossing the Line Productions are Emmy award-winning documentary producers based in Ireland making crafted films featuring powerful global and Irish stories on subjects ranging from wildlife to science to history.
In recent years we have won a Grierson Award for our acclaimed Wild Ireland series as well as best wildlife film in the world at the 'Oscars' of the genre – the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival in 2011 and Best of Festival again at both Jackson Hole & Wildscreen Film Festivals in 2013. Our film The Farthest has received universal praise globally & won the Emmy for Outstanding Science Documentary at the 2018 awards. We were nominated for three Emmy awards in 2021 and have previously been nominated for three other Emmy awards in 2018, three in 2015 and two in 2012 and have been also triple winners of best documentary series at the Irish Film & TV Awards over the years. Our films have broadcast worldwide in over 80 different countries on ORF, NDR, France TV, RTÉ, BBC, PBS, ZDF/Arte, National Geographic, Discovery and many others.
In our approach to both development and production, we are constantly striving to build on our previous experiences to create projects that push the boundaries of excellence in documentary film-making – always looking for the strongest stories, the best ways of telling them and the means of bringing them to the widest international audience possible.
RECENT NEWS:
'THE FARTHEST' WINS EMMY FOR OUTSTANDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DOCUMENTARY
At the 39th News and Documentary Emmys held in New York, 'The Farthest' scooped the award for Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary. Directed by Emer Reynolds and produced by John Murray & Clare Stronge, 'The Farthest' celebrates the remarkable Voyager space mission and the even more remarkable men and women behind the two little spacecraft that are still venturing through space to this day.
Accepting the award on the team's behalf, producer John Murray explained what a privilege it was to make the film; "..we're a small company from Ireland and to be allowed to make this film is just unbelievable".
‘The Farthest’ was made in association with Screen Ireland, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, RTÉ, BBC, ZDF, Arte, PBS. Developed with the support of the Creative Europe Programme – MEDIA of the European Union and produced with the support of investment incentives for the Irish film industry provided by the Government of Ireland.
WILD IRELAND RECEIVES TWO NOMINATIONS AT THE WILDSCREEN FESTIVAL 2018
Considered by many to be the "Oscars" of the wildlife film-making world, Crossing the Line are thrilled to have received two Wildscreen Festival nominations for 'Wild Ireland: The Edge of the World' in the categories of cinematography and script.
Showcasing the wildlife and transcendent beauty of Ireland’s Atlantic coast, the series has already won some of the UK’s most prestigious documentary prizes – a Grierson Award and a Royal Television Society NI Award. In Ireland the TG4 version Éire Fhiáin also won An tOireachtas 2017 Award. Most recently, Director of Photography Domenico Pontillo won the Best Camera awards at the 2018 IFTAs for his work on the project.
The opening show was watched by 2.9 million viewers on the BBC and was broadcast as a two hour special on PBS in the US and was a smash hit getting over 2.5 million viewers. Backers include TG4, BBC NI, ORF, PBS, NDR, France TV & Creative Europe and future broadcasts are also confirmed on SVT & YLE in Scandinavia and SBS in Australia amongst many others.
THE FARTHEST WINS BEST FEATURE DOC AT THE IRISH FILM & TV AWARDS 2018
Coming off the back of a very successful festival run, a US & UK / Ireland theatrical release and having received praise from critics and audiences alike, THE FARTHEST took home the George Morrison Award for Best Feature Docmentary at the Irish Film & Television Awards on Feb 15th 2018. Accepting the award on behalf of the whole crew, director Emer Reynolds said "a bit like the spacecraft, this film has travelled further than we could ever have dreamed."
THE FARTHEST's sound team - designer Steve Flanagan and recordist Kieran Horgan - also won the Best Sound Award for their incredible work on the film.
A CROSSING THE LINE PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH HHMI TANGLED BANK STUDIOS, IRISH FILM BOARD/BORD SCANNÁN NA hÉIREANN, IN COPRODUCTION WITH ZDF IN COOPERATION WITH ARTE, BBC, RTÉ AND PBS
“Dazzling” The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/movies/review-a-true-life-journey-into-interstellar-space-in-the-farthest.html?_r=0
“The Farthest” is exactly what the world needs right now” The LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-farthest-voyager-in-space-review-20170809-story.html
“Out of this World” The Hollywood Reporter: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/farthest-1028187
"Stirring sense of awe about mankind’s innate desire for adventure, discovery and communion with all that surrounds it." Variety: http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/the-farthest-review-1202522358/