Australian scientist Denis Anderson’s pursuit to save the world’s
disappearing bees. Denis discovered the deadly mite Varroa Destructor
that has decimated bees around the world, leaving Australia the only
Varroa-free country with European honeybees still living in the wild.
FILM CREDITS
Director: Stefan Moore
Producers: Anna Cater, Susan MacKinnon
Executive Producer: Susan MacKinnon
Production Company: Mitra Films
Partners: National Geographic, SBS, Screen Australia, NSW Film & TV Office, Quercus Foundation, Rose Gilder, Diversicon Environment Foundation, Melbourne Community Foundation, Documentary Australia Foundation
Year of Production: 2009
Duration: 52 mins
AWARDS AND SCREENINGS
2009 Best Local Documentary Feature, SMH Couch Potato Awards (TV Critics Award)
2010 Director’s Prize SCINEMA CSIRO Awards
2010 Earth Vision Award – Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival
2010 Finalist Eureka Prize for Science Journalism
2010 Finalist Best Documentary, Science, Technology and the Environment, ATOM Awards
2009 Honourable Mention Chris Awards – Columbus International Film Festival
2010 Blue Planet Festival
2010 Vineyard Film Festival Cyprus
2010 FIFO Tahiti International Film Festival
2010 Santa Barbara Film Festival
2009 Festival of Sustainable Development Films – ekotopfilm, Bratislava
2009 Environmental Film and Video Festival – Portugal
2009 Guangzhou Documentary Festival