The Climate Story Fund opens on December 1.
The Doc Society Climate Story Fund provides up to $100K grants to support completion of production of creative nonfiction projects, and to pilot impact campaigns for completed creative nonfiction and fiction projects that engage audiences who are not typically included in the climate conversation.
Doc Society is a global non-profit committed to enabling great documentary films and connecting them to audiences globally. They bring people together to unleash the transformational power of independent documentary film. They serve individual filmmakers and the growing network of partners who support them globally. Since 2020, the Doc Society Climate Story Fund has awarded $1.9M to stories and impact campaigns from around the world that move us closer to a more climate just and biodiverse future.
Over the past two years, the Doc Society Climate Story Fund has supported the production and impact campaigns of 27 climate storytelling projects set across geographies spanning from Latin America to Sub Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. In spite of the continued pandemic, 18 of the projects have completed production and are moving into distribution and activating impact campaigns in collaboration with climate campaigners. Some are reaching their target audiences on public service broadcasters such as the BBC, POV, via digital platforms like Spotify and YouTube, or even messaging applications like WhatsApp. Others are being picked up by streamers including Netflix, Hulu and Disney+. All projects have signed or are negotiating distribution deals that align with campaign goals and potential to engage critical audiences in each context where they are being released.
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The global fund is open to all mediums, and will support both production and impact campaigns that are ready to launch during the next 12 months.
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