Best Plant Films - 2020

The votes are in!

It’s been quite a year for us all, but we are pleased that our filmmakers were able to produce some quality plant films even in the midst of a pandemic.

This year’s entries saw a few returning filmmakers from our 2019 group, but it’s mostly newcomers who are taking home prizes. While a few of the winners created multiple films for us this year, our best overall film winner was created by a talented filmmaker who only produced this one film for us this season.

In case you’re wondering what these awards mean to the filmmakers, besides the prestige, each award comes with prize money ranging from $500 to $1,000.

We are excited to announce the winners of this year’s Second Annual PlantPop Film Awards.

Best Story

Park’s Bonsai, filmed & edited by Jonathan Rodgers and produced by John Cann.

Best Music (Original Score)

Lane King for the original scoring of Nolan Anderson: Florist & Filmmaker, filmed, edited, and produced by Charlie Pierson.

Best Cinematography

Nolan Anderson: Florist & Filmmaker, filmed, edited, and produced by Charlie Pierson.

Jury Prize

Laura Serventi Garcia, filmed & edited by Patrick Schechter. Produced by Laura Christian.

POP Award (most views in the first 30 days)

Kiley Kelson: Haku Lei Artist, filmed, edited, and produced by Lia-Lucine Cary.

Best Overall Plant Film 2020

Kiley Kelson: Haku Lei Artist, filmed, edited, and produced by Lia-Lucine Cary.

Huge thanks to our esteemed judges for this year:

Joseph Tychonievich, a Virginia-native author, editor, and fellow plant nerd.

Leon Guanzon, returning judge and videographer, photographer, and graphic designer from Norfolk, Virginia. PlantPop is Leon's baby. He saw the vision. He did all the work. He poured his heart and soul into it all. He is our original filmmaker and will be a part of the family for life.

Art Parkerson, Owner of Lancaster Farms, a wholesale plant nursery in Suffolk, Virginia. He’s also the Executive Producer for PlantPop.

Terra Turner, Marketing Guru at Lancaster Farms and Director of Photography at PlantPop.

Laura Christian, Producer at PlantPop.

To watch the winners of this year’s Film Awards and to view all the entries, check out our Film Fest page here.