The Farthest
MEDIA
- Teideal
- The Farthest
- Release Date
- 2017
- Irish Partner
- Crossing the Line Productions
- Funding Strand
- Slate Funding Development
- Year Funded
- 2014
The twin spacecraft, each with less computing power than a cell phone, used slingshot trajectories to visit Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. They sent back unprecedented images and data that revolutionised our understanding of the spectacular outer planets and their many peculiar moons.
Awards
- Emmy for outstanding science and technology documentary at the 39th News & Documentary Emmys in 2018.
- Barcelona International Film Festival 2017, Winner Gold Lion Award.
- Dublin International Film Festival 2017: Winner Audience Award; Best Film; Best Irish Documentary.
‘MEDIA funding has allowed us to develop ideas and produce films to the highest international standards. It has really helped elevate the quality of our work which has in turn spurred us on to even bigger and better projects.’
— John Murray, Crossing the Line Films