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Awards and selections

Festival awards and selections for our films, and the industry awards the studio has won, newest first.

Documentary · South West Peatland Partnership

The Living Layer

A season on four South West moors with the people restoring their peat.

  • Overall Winner · Edinburgh Conservation Film Festival 2026
  • Runner-up, Best Somerset or South-West Film · Frome International Climate Film Festival 2026
A woman smiling on the moor at dusk, from The Living Layer
Peat pools across open moorland under a wide sky, from The Living Layer
A hand pressed into wet sphagnum moss, from The Living Layer
A vehicle on a track across the moor at dusk, from The Living Layer
A man in an orange jacket looking out over pools on the moor, from The Living Layer
A dragonfly resting on an open hand, from The Living Layer

Documentary · C Level and URZE

The Bio Estrela Project

A fundraising film for a regeneration project in Portugal’s Serra da Estrela.

  • Regional Panorama Award · CineEco, Serra da Estrela International Environmental Film Festival 2024
  • Official Selection · Braga Science Film Fest 2024
A woman in a straw hat in the Serra da Estrela, Portugal, from The Bio Estrela Project
Sunrise over the Serra da Estrela mountains in Portugal, from The Bio Estrela Project
An older man in a hat and quilted gilet in the evening light, from The Bio Estrela Project
A car on a forest track in the Serra da Estrela, seen from the air, from The Bio Estrela Project
A beetle on a piece of bark held between two fingers, from The Bio Estrela Project

Documentary · BBC Spotlight and BBC World

Survival: To the Brink and Back

Robin Hanbury-Tenison’s climb after Covid, for BBC Spotlight and BBC World.

  • Featured Project · British Council, UK Films and Festivals 2025
  • Broadcast on BBC World
Robin Hanbury-Tenison resting on a granite tor after the climb, from Survival: To the Brink and Back
Robin Hanbury-Tenison walking over the moor with his family and their dog, from Survival: To the Brink and Back
Robin Hanbury-Tenison laughing with his family at the top of the tor, from Survival: To the Brink and Back
A man reading by an open window looking out over fields, from Survival: To the Brink and Back

Awards

Juried awards for our films and for the studio.

YearAwardFilm
2026Edinburgh Conservation Film Festival
Overall Winner		The Living Layer
2026Frome International Climate Film Festival
Runner-up, Best Somerset or South-West Film		The Living Layer
2024CineEco, Serra da Estrela International Environmental Film Festival
Regional Panorama Award		The Bio Estrela Project
2024The Drum Awards for Agency Business
Highly Commended, Agency of the Year (less than 10 staff)		Here Now Films
2024Business Awards UK, Media and Entertainment Awards
Best Media Start-Up		Here Now Films

Clutch also lists us among its top video production companies in London and the UK for 2026. Read our reviews on Clutch.

Selections

Festivals and programmes that chose our films to screen or to list, without a prize.

YearAwardFilm
2025British Council, UK Films and Festivals
Featured Project		Survival: To the Brink and Back
2024Braga Science Film Fest
Official Selection		The Bio Estrela Project
2024VÍANATUR Environmental Film Festival
Selected		The Bio Estrela Project
2024International Short Cinema Festival
Official Selection		The Bio Estrela Project

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