Bristol film, My Garden of a Thousand Bees, sweeps the board at the ‘Green Oscars’

Bristol film, My Garden of a Thousand Bees, sweeps the board at the ‘Green Oscars’

Posted on: 14 Oct 2022

Bristol filmmaker, Martin Dohrn’s, charming lockdown documentary, ‘My Garden of a Thousand Bees’ won a grand total of 4 awards at the award ceremony.

 

Wildscreen’s Panda Awards 2022, also known as ‘the Green Oscars’, took place last night with several local organisations recognised.

 

Conservation charity Wildscreen recognises and promotes innovation in sustainable filmmaking, all the while providing a platform for industry talent around the world.

 

 

Last night, Wildscreen announced the winners of the 2022 Panda Awards, at an event at the Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel. With 17 award categories up for grabs, 5 of the 13 shorts, features and series were from Bristol-based teams.

 

‘My Garden of a Thousand Bees’ won the natural world film and television industry's top prize - the Plimsoll Golden Panda Award. The feature-length documentary takes a look at the lives of over 60 species of bees and proved to be a real favourite with wildlife lovers.

 

Bees are clearly all the buzz at the moment with Karine Aigner winning the Wildlife Photographer of the Year’s Grand Title award earlier this week for an outstanding shot of male cactus bees enveloping a female, see below.

Other Bristol-based winners include ‘Polar Bear’ for the Films at 59 Cinematography award, ‘Snakes and Ladders’ for the Tangled Bank Studios Emerging Talent Award and ‘Welcome to Earth’ for the Films at the 59 Sound Award.

 

Speaking about the event, Lucie Muir (CEO of Wildscreen Festival) has said:

 

“As a key part of Wildscreen Festival for 40 years, the Panda Awards has continued to celebrate the best in natural world storytelling among the globe’s leading innovators and creators, as well as fresh talent entering the sector. 

 

“This year’s inspiring selection of shorts, features and series uncovered some of nature’s most fascinating and enduring stories, bringing them to a worldwide audience. Congratulations to everyone who was recognised, and we look forward to seeing the evolution of natural world storytelling over the next few years.”

The 2022 ceremony, the world’s largest gathering of natural world storytellers, was hosted by wildlife television presenters Lizzie Daly and Dan O’Neill. Held in Bristol, the 40th-anniversary edition welcomes over 1,000 filmmakers, photographers, broadcasters, and content creators, from over 40 countries, for a programme of 130 events.

 

Head to the Wildscreen website for more information.

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Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.