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Toni Escandell, driven by the desire to share the values of the natural world and its wildlife, set out to create and promote an audiovisual content channel. Its name, Faunix.tv: \u201cThe world that shows you the fauna of the planet.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n A digital, educational channel of public interest designed to teach, inform, entertain, and engage audiences of all ages while they learn about the animals of our planet. A world of biodiversity right before our eyes!<\/p>\n The Faunix team is made up of experts from various fields of biology and the audiovisual industry. This fusion of specialists has a clear mission: to explore, study, research, inform, and document\u2014through image and sound\u2014the behavior, phenomena, and unique characteristics of the world\u2019s wildlife, and to share it through faunix.tv in the form of documentaries, series, interviews, and soon, educational content for students.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/faunix.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toni-Escandell-cv.jpg” alt=”Toni Escandell” title_text=”Toni-Escandell-cv” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”2em||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”1px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Born in 1962, Toni Escandell is the founder of the production company Pale\u00e2rtica Films. He is an accomplished naturalist with extensive experience in wildlife filmmaking having worked with Sir David Attenborough on the BBC series “Life in Cold Blood, and he now leads the platform-channel faunix.tv”<\/p>\n Toni Escandell has gained considerable popularity among viewers in the Balearic Islands as the presenter of the series “Baleares Salvaje” (Wild Balearic Islands). His career highlights include:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2022 Director, screenwriter, and presenter of the ten four-minute episodes of the Bio\u00b7Balear series, produced for IB3TV in 2024.<\/p>\n \u2022 Director and cameraman of the documentary “Las otras aves de Baleares” (The Other Birds of the Balearic Islands), co-produced with IB3TV in 2022-2023.<\/p>\n \u2022 Director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of the 84-minute documentary \u201cMallorca, the Mother Island,\u201d co-produced with IB3TV in 2022.<\/p>\n \u2022 Director and cinematographer of the 52-minute documentary \u201cCabrera, The Ancestral Mediterranean,\u201d co-produced with IB3TV in 2021, which received the following awards:<\/p>\n Excellence Award at the 2021 Impact Docs Awards.<\/p>\n Excellence Award at the 2021 IndieFEST Films Awards.<\/p>\n Menorca Doc Fest 2021 Award for Best Nature and Sustainability Documentary.<\/p>\n Humanitarian Award, The IndieFEST 2021.<\/p>\n Excellence Award, Nature Without Borders International Film Festival 2022.<\/p>\n Official Selection, Nature Track 2021.<\/p>\n Official Selection, SOFA Film Festival 2021.<\/p>\n Selected, DUMBO Film Festival 2022.<\/p>\n Finalist, New York City Films Infest (NYCIFIF) 2022.<\/p>\n \u2022 Co-director, camera operator, and co-writer of the 52-minute documentary \u201cMenorca, Biosphere Reserve,\u201d co-produced with IB3TV. 2019, which received the following awards:<\/p>\n Excellence Award for Nature Documentary at the BEST SHORTS COMPETITION International Film Festival in California. 2020<\/p>\n Excellence Award for Nature Documentary at the Accolade Global Competition 2020<\/p>\n Humanitarian Award at the Accolade Global Competition 2020<\/p>\n Special Mention Award for Nature Documentary at the GLOBAL SHORT COMPETITION International Film Festival in Los Angeles 2020<\/p>\n Excellence Award at the IMPACT DOCS AWARDS 2020<\/p>\n Official Selection, M\u00e9nigoute International Ornithological Film Festival, France 2021<\/p>\n Official Selection, MAFF MATSALU Nature Film Festival in Estonia 2020<\/p>\n \u2022 Director, cinematographer, and co-writer of the 52-minute documentary \u201cThe Islands Charles Darwin Would Have Liked to Know: The Balearic Islands,\u201d co-produced with IB3TV in 2019, which received:<\/p>\n Excellence Award for Nature Documentary at the BEST SHORTS COMPETITION International Film Festival in California 2019<\/p>\n Excellence Award for Nature Documentary at the ACCOLADE GLOBAL FILM COMPETITION International Film Festival in California. 2019<\/p>\n AWARD OF DISTINCTION Grand Prize HUMANITARIAN for Nature Documentary at the ACCOLADE GLOBAL FILM COMPETITION International Film Festival in California. 2019<\/p>\n Special Mention Award for Nature Documentary at the GLOBAL SHORTS COMPETITION International Film Festival in Los Angeles 2020.<\/p>\n Official Selection, Sunchild 8th International Environmental Festival 2019.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u2022 Director, cameraman, and screenwriter of the internationally screened documentary “Shipwrecked by Evolution,” which has aired on ARTE France, Germany, and other channels, as well as in Asia: China, Vietnam, Korea, Thailand, etc.<\/p>\n A documentary featuring new discoveries for science, some of which have been the subject of study by scientists and botanists.<\/p>\n Shipwrecked by Evolution has won several international awards:<\/p>\n Best European Documentary Award at the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival in New York. 2017<\/p>\n Second Jury Prize at the M\u00e9nigoute International Ornithological Film Festival in France. 2017<\/p>\n Excellence Award for Nature Documentary at the Accolade Global Film Competition in California. 2018<\/p>\n Excellence Award for Nature Documentary at the Best Short Film Competition in California. 2018<\/p>\n Humanitarian Grand Prize for Nature Documentary at the Accolade Global Film Competition in California. 2018<\/p>\n __________________________<\/p>\n Selected for special mention and certificate of merit at the VAASA WILDLIFE FESTIVAL in Finland. 2018.<\/p>\n Director, scriptwriter, cameraman and presenter of the 66-episode half-hour series entitled \u201cBalears Salvatge\u201d for IB3 television from 2009 to 2018.<\/p>\n First prize in the SOMRIU AWARDS for the best program 2018 in his last installment of the series Balears Salvatge that he has made for IB3TV.<\/p>\n Director and cameraman for Menorca of the program \u201cLa Mirada\u201d for IB3tv. More than 150 reports made. 2013 \u2013 2014.<\/p>\n Director, cameraman and screenwriter of the series “Natural History of the Island of Menorca” which consists of eight episodes: Geology, Prehuman Fauna, Plants and Mushrooms, Invertebrates, Submerged Fauna, Reptiles and Amphibians, Birds and Mammals broadcast by TV3 and International Satellite Channel. 1997- 2006.<\/p>\n Director, cameraman and scriptwriter of the documentary \u201cGenetic Memory of the Aufrany 50\u201d. Selected at the international ornithological film festival of \u201cMenigoute\u201d in France and broadcast by Televisi\u00f3 de Catalunya and the international satellite channel. In Catalan, Spanish, English and French.<\/p>\n Own images and montages in the state used in the first and second parts of the Catalan series on nature, entitled \u201cB\u00e8sties\u201d for TV3 TV.<\/p>\n Director, cameraman and scriptwriter of the documentary \u201cEcology of the Island of the Air\u201d.<\/p>\n Director, cameraman and scriptwriter of the documentary \u201cAus Aqu\u00e0tiques de Menorca\u201d, broadcast by Televisi\u00f3 de Catalunya, for Televisi\u00f3 Valenciana and the International Satellite Channel.<\/p>\n Director, cameraman and scriptwriter of the documentary \u201cAus de Menorca\u201d. Edited in Catalan, Spanish and English.<\/p>\n Director, cameraman and scriptwriter of the documentary \u201cDescens del Mil\u00e0 Reial a Menorca\u201d with the sponsorship of the Leader program of the European Union and, broadcast for Televisi\u00f3 de Catalunya and Canal Sat\u00e8l\u00b7lit Internacional.<\/p>\n Camera director and scriptwriter of the documentary \u201cEcology of the Albufera d\u2019es Grau\u201d commissioned by the government of the Balearic Islands, department of the environment and broadcast for Televisi\u00f3 de Catalunya and Canal Sat\u00e8l\u00b7lit Internacional.<\/p>\n Director, camera and scriptwriter of the documentary \u201cEl Busqueret cap negre\u201d Winner of the 20th Menorca short and documentary competition broadcast for Televisi\u00f3 de Catalunya and Canal Sat\u00e8l\u00b7lit Internacional. 2008.<\/p>\n Director, camera and scriptwriter of the documentary \u201cIllots Costaners de Menorca\u201d commissioned by the GOB.<\/p>\n Director, camera and scriptwriter of the audiovisual \u201cRaces Aut\u00f2ctones de Menorca\u201d commissioned by the GOB.<\/p>\n Director, camera of the documentary commissioned by the Consell Insular de Menorca of the international Project \u201cLIFE \u201cFlora Amena\u00e7ada\u201d.<\/p>\n Director and cameraman of “The Science Fair 2005 – 2007 – 2009” in Menorca.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n ORNITHOLOGY:<\/p>\n \u2022 Member of the Editorial Committee of the \u201cBalearic Islands Ornithological Yearbook\u201d.<\/p>\n \u2022 Member of the Committee on Rarities of Birds of the Balearic Islands.<\/p>\n \u2022 Local expert ornithologist in Menorca, certified by the Royal Society of Birds of Great Britain (RSPB) from 1985 to 2000.<\/p>\n \u2022 Has taught several ornithology courses.<\/p>\n GAMES: [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] Co-author of the “Revisi\u00f3n Avi faun\u00edstica de Menorca” published by the Museum of Zoology and the City Council of Barcelona. 1984.<\/p>\n Contributor to the encyclopedia, “Hist\u00f2ria dels p\u00e0isos Catalans” 1985.<\/p>\n Reviewer for Menorca of the book “Donde Observar Aves en Espa\u00f1a y Portugal” by Laurens Rose 1996.<\/p>\n Author of the book “Atles dels Ocells Nidificants de Menorca” research, texts and drawings. Published by the GOB. 1996.<\/p>\n Author of the book “Bolets de Menorca” author of the texts and drawings. 1999.<\/p>\n Co-author of the book “Jardins de D\u00e9u” by Margarita Rubio de Rispal. 2003.<\/p>\n Author of the book “Peixos de Menorca”. 2007.<\/p>\n Author of the book “Les Nostres Flors” Author of the texts. 2007<\/p>\n Coordinator for Menorca of the “Atlas of the Reproductive Birds of Spain” of the Spanish Ornithology Society. 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002.<\/p>\n Author of several ornithological articles in specific publications, including the “National Geographic” magazine.<\/p>\n Member of the Editorial Committee of “The Ornithological Yearbook of the Balearic Islands”.<\/p>\n Member of the Bird Rarities Committee of the Balearic Islands.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Toni Escandell, driven by the desire to share the values of the natural world and its wildlife, set out to create and promote an audiovisual content channel. Its name, Faunix.tv: \u201cThe world that shows you the fauna of the planet.\u201d A digital, educational channel of public interest designed to teach, inform, entertain, and engage audiences […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1885","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nWho is Toni Escandell?<\/h2>\n
Traject\u00f2ria professional<\/h3>\n
Author of the game “Cam\u00ed de Cavalls” from Menorca.<\/p>\n
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