About Us

KEO Films Limited

We are KEO films – Ingenious, pioneering and authentic.

Established in 1996 KEO Films is a multi-award winning integrated broadcast, commercial and digital production company regularly voted into the top few places in peer polls for TV Indies.  KEO develops and produces content that has something to say and has a reason to exist beyond achieving ratings.  KEO’s strong ethical brand reputation and innovative approach have resulted in its programming becoming ratings powerhouses and award winners.  A fact well illustrated by Exodus: Our Journey to Europe for BBC 2, Eden for Channel 4,  Skint for Channel 4, Hugh’s War on Waste for BBC 1, The Romanians are Coming for Channel 4 and the hugely successful River Cottage brand.

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Awards & Accolades

Awards & Accolades

Jackson Wild Media Awards 2021 – Long Form: Ecosystem for Day Zero

News and Documentary Emmys 2021 – Award for Outstanding Historical Documentary: Once upon A Time In Iraq

BAFTA TV Awards 2021 – Factual Series for Once upon A Time In Iraq

Broadcast TV Awards 2021 – Best Documentary Series: Once upon A Time In Iraq

Royal Television Society 2021 – Programme Awards Best Documentary: Once upon A Time In Iraq

Realscreen Awards 2019 – Award of Excellence: Lifestyle and the Lifestyle: Travel and Exploration award for My Year with the Tribe.

Wildscreen Panda Awards 2018 – WWF Golden Panda Award, the Script Award and Films at 59 Sound Award for Rise of the Warrior Apes.

Royal Television Society, West of England Awards 2018 –  winner Natural History category for Rise of the Warrior Apes.

International Emmy Awards 2017 – Best Documentary – Exodus: Our Journey to Europe

Televisual Bulldog Awards 2017 – Best Indie & Best Editing (Exodus: Our Journey to Europe). 2nd places for Best Documentary (Exodus: Our Journey to Europe) and Factual Feature (Hugh’s War on Waste).

BAFTA TV Awards 2017 (Exodus: Our Journey to Europe) – Factual Series

Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards 2017  (The Cook Who Changed Our Lives) – Best Programme

Learning on Screen Awards 2017 (Exodus: Our Journey to Europe –  Premiere Award and the General Education Broadcast Award)

BAFTA TV Craft Awards 2017 (James Bluemel – Best Director/Factual for Exodus: Our Journey to Europe)

RTS Television Awards 2017 (Exodus: Our Journey to Europe – Best Documentary Series)

Broadcasting Press Guilds Ceremony (Exodus: Our Journey to Europe  -Innovation Award)

Broadcast Peer Polls Indie Survey (Keo Films ranked 3rd)

Broadcast (Exodus: Our Journey to Europe – Best Documentary Series 2017)

RTS Award (Simon Sykes, Nick Fenton and Sunshine Jackson – Best Editing Award Documentary/Factual for Exodus: Our Journey to Europe)

RTS Award (James Bluemel – Best Director Award for Exodus: Our Journey to Europe)

Liberty Human Rights Award 2017 (Exodus: Our Journey to Europe)

Prix Italia Award 2017 (Exodus: Our Journey to Europe)

Guild of Food Writers Award 2016 (Hugh’s War on Waste – Broadcast Award)

Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards 2016 (Hugh’s War on Waste – TV Programme of the year)

Broadcast Awards 2016 (The Romanians Are Coming – Best Documentary Series)

RTS Awards 2016 (The Romanians Are Coming – Best Documentary Series)

Broadcast Peer Poll (The Best Places to Work in TV in 2016)

Tops Televisual Peer Poll 2012

Bulldog Awards 2012 (Best Indie)

Observer Food Monthly Awards 2012 (Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall – Best Cookbook)

Observer Food Monthly awards 2011 (Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall – Food personality)

Green Awards 2009 (Landshare – Best Green Use of Mobile Apps and Technologies)

Observer Food Monthly Awards 2004 (Tales From River Cottage – Best Food & Drink TV Programme – 2nd Place)

Advice, Information & Instruction Awards 2004 (Tales From River Cottage)

Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards 2005 (KEO films – Television Programme)

Real Screen Awards 2010 (River Cottage: Summer’s Here – Lifestyle/Food Outstanding Achievement)

Ethical Awards 2010 (Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall – Campaigner of the Year)