Doc Society’s Climate Story Fund
The next round of the Climate Story Fund is open to January 7th 2022 and is open to all storytelling mediums. Following the conclusion of the COP26 climate change talks and noting the questions reverberating around the creative industries around the role of culture in climate communications, Doc Society have announced the inaugural grantees of the Doc Society Climate Story Fund (scroll down to see the list of projects or watch the reel) and to open the second funding call.
They aren’t looking for the silver bullet film that will work for everyone, rather they believe we need a multitude of storytelling “as diverse as the ecosystems we seek to save” (props to filmmaker Michael Premo for coining this phrase). They actively welcome stories that will resonate in specific regions and engage audiences who have not felt part of the climate movement; Stories that seed new norms and beliefs and offer us visions of a climate just future. To read about Doc Society’s theory of change on climate storytelling in detail and the narratives and perspectives we are prioritising, check out the reports from the UK & US Climate Story Labs.
Over the past eighteen months they have regranted over $1 million in production and impact grants to creative storytelling projects; feature docs, shorts, web series, animations, podcasts and a docudrama – take a look at the projects below.
70 / 30 – Feature documentary set in Denmark
Directed by Phie Ambo, Produced by Malene Flindt Pedersen
Supported with Impact Funding
On release globally and available in the UK here.
Ain’t Your Mama’s Heatwave – Mid Length Comedy Special set in the USA
Directed by Elijah Karriem, Produced by Hip Hop Caucus
Supported with Impact Funding
Find out more at https://aintyourmamasheatwave.com/
Asog – Comedy drama set in the Philippines
Directed by Séan Devlin, Produced by Amanda Nicole
Supported with Production + Impact Funding
El Tema – Web series helmed by Gael Garcia Bernal & Yásnaya Aguilar set in Mexico
Directed by Santiago Maza Stern, Produced by Pablo Montaño
Supported with Impact Funding
Watch now at https://lacorrientedelgolfo.net/proyecto/el-tema/
Fashion Reimagined – Feature doc set in the UK
Directed by Becky Hutner, Produced by Lindsay Lowe
Supported with Production + Impact Funding
Greener Pastures – Feature documentary set in the rural midwest of America
Directed by Sam Mirpoorian, Produced by Ian Roberston Kibbe
Supported with Production + Impact Funding
Nature Ain’t A Luxury – Short doc set in the UK
Directed by Tanya Ramsurrun & Louis VI
Supported with Development Funding
Nocturnes – Feature documentary set in India
Directed by Anupama Srinivasan and Anirban Dutta
Supported with Production + Impact Funding
Paradise – Feature documentary set in the Philippines
Directed by Karl Malakunas, Produced by Michael Collins, Marty Syjuco + Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala
Supported with Production + Impact Funding
The People Vs Climate Change – Mid length single doc set in the UK
Directed by Harriet Bird, Produced by Steve Smith, Fergus Haycock, Dov Freedman & Charlie Russell
Supported with Production + Impact Funding
Watch now in the UK at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p097sbzc (or contact us for a link if you are overseas)
The Promise – Children’s animation based on Nicola Davies’ children’s book
DIrected by Chi Tai
Supported with Production + Impact Funding
Watch now at https://www.thepromise.earth/
Radio Savia – Feminist Indigenous Podcast published from Colombia
Created by Ana Maytik Avirama & Daniela Fontaine
Supported with Impact Funding
Listen now at https://www.radiosavia.com/
Rebellion – Feature doc set in the UK
Directed by Maia Kenworthy & Elena Sánchez Bellot, Produced by Kat Mansoor
Supported with Production + Impact Funding
World premiere this week at IDFA 2021
Uyra – The Rising Forest – Feature doc set in Brazil
Directed by Juliana Curi, Produced by João Henrique Kurtz, Juliana Curi, Lívia Cheibub, Martina Sönksen & Emerson Pontes/Uyra Sodoma.
Supported with Production + Impact Funding