There's only time for a handful.

We created Handful of Films to produce exquisite, impactful and handcrafted documentary and fiction films, one at a time.

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Niobe Thompson grew up with The Nature of Things and ended up hosting the show.

Follow composer Jonathan Kawchuk as he creates the music for an Emmy© winner.

Follow animator Bruce Alcock as he creates the animations for an Emmy© winner.

Follow cinematographers Athan Merrick and Ryan Wilkes as they create a fantasy forest for an Emmy© winner.

Composer Jonathan Kawchuk creates the sound of science for this exploration of nature’s favourite element.

Animator Bruce Alcock takes us into the atomic and molecular worlds of carbon’s journeys.

How did we film the private lives of bees?

Follow our crew on an 11-country exploration of our bond with horses.

Composer Darren Fung creates a breathtaking symphonic score for this exploration of horses.

Follow our crew on an 18-month odyssey to follow the human journey out of Africa.

Composer Darren Fung creates a breathtaking symphonic score for this exploration of human origins.

We visited Chukchi reindeer herders in Arctic Russia – it wasn’t easy, or very safe.

If you really love horses, this is the place for you.