Kensington Communications is a Toronto-based production company that specializes in documentary films and documentary/factual television series. Founded in 1980 by president Robert Lang, Kensington Communications Inc. has produced over 250 productions from documentary series and films to performing arts and children's specials. Since 1998, Kensington has also been involved in multi-platform interactive projects for the web and mobile devices. The company's recent productions include: for and ZDFArte, a one hour documentary about the busy urban scavengers who clean up the mountains of waste humans leave behind; for , and , co-produced with and in Paris, a feature documentary world-wide examination of the gold industry from raw material to market; and , two one-hour international co-productions which examine improvements in high performance sports technologies for CBCNature of Things, ZDF, Arte; , a one-hour POV documentary that demystifies personal and societal risk; Museum Secrets, a television series that explores museums across the globe; and Shameless Idealists, a five-part series that features interviews with changemakers and social activists like Richard Branson, Magic Johnson, and Nelly Furtado. Kensington has won a number of awards for these and other programs. Among Kensington's recent interactive projects are: the mobile app, Risk Navigator, which personalizes the users' risk reward balance; , a mobile app which allows visitors to the Royal Ontario Museum to get an augmented experience of some of the museum's artifacts; and , with web videos, games and information.
Filmography
Television Series
Museum Secrets - A 22-episode series that goes into museums all over the world and looks at the stories behind the museums' artifacts. Awarded Best Factual Series at the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards.
- a five-part series that profiles celebrity changemakers and social activists. Produced in collaboration with Free the Children
Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science, 5 seasons from 1997-2003.
The Sacred Balance, with broadcaster-environmentalist David Suzuki which is also accompanied by an interactive media site, ; awarded best science environment program, Houston Worldfest, Yorkton Short Film festival and many others.
One-off Documentaries:
Nature's Cleanup Crew
The Shadow of Gold - co-production with Films à Cinq, Paris
Champions vs. Legends - co-production with Berlin Producers and PreTV
Risk Factor
The Equalizer - co-production with Berlin Producers
;2016/17: , Best Sports Documentary, ;2014 ;2013: Canadian Screen Award, Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series, Museum Secrets ;2008: Canadian New Media Awards, Best News Information, Diamond Road Online ;2005 & 2007: Worldmedal – Docudrama, 72 Hours: True Crime ;2004: Golden Sheaf Award – Best Documentary, Social/Political Almost Home ;2004: NFB Kathleen Shannon Award, Almost Home ;2004: Platinum Award – Ecology/Environment/Conservation, Sacred Balance Show 3 Fire of Creation ;1998: Gemini Award – Science, Technology, Nature, Separate Lives ;1997: HotDocs – Vision TV Humanitarian Award, A Place in the World ;1995: Award of Excellence – Best Variety, The Biggest Little Ticket
