Projects in genres: Climate / Environment

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A marine odyssey into the folklore, ecology and history of seaweed in northern Scotland. Voiced by harvesters, environmentalists, archaeologists and seaweed farmers behind the miracle resource.

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Young birdwatchers, Mya and Arjun, feel the pressure of climate change and the biodiversity crisis greatly. Although they feel isolated and judged by others, they are determined to stand up for what they believe in; coming of age in the age of climate chaos. Official Selection DOK Leipzig 2022

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A remote family farm is caught in the grip of climate change. Unprecedented storms, famine and disease threaten the home, livelihood and relationship of the father and son who remain there.

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Following a man waiting in his hut in the desolate expanse of the Russian Arctic. He is holding out in order to observe a natural event that occurs here, every year, but ocean warming is taking its toll. Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2022 - World premiere Academy Awards 2023 - Nomination - Best Documentary Short Film

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An old man worries about a smoker near his garden, when the weather is dry.

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Our planet is full of life. From vast oceans to wide-open skies, the diversity of life here seems infinite. But one of those here on earth has been changing the balance for all of its residents. Yet this is a story of hope. Meet the people and communities who are making a difference and showing us the way to a brighter, wilder future. Restoring our natural world and restoring our faith in humankind across Britain's WILD ISLES.

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The story of an unlikely friendship forged in isolation. After a particularly harsh winter, Brian goes into a deep depression; completely isolated and with no one to talk to, Brian does what any sane person would do when faced with such a melancholic situation, he builds a robot. Charles is that robot. (Feature developed from Jim Archer's 2017 short BRIAN AND CHARLES). Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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Machines are checking and sorting nature in an industrial greenhouse. Human hands only intervene to straighten anything that is crooked, plant delicate items, or clean the mechanics to ensure things continue to run smoothly. Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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Brothers Saud and Nadeem were raised looking at a sky speckled with black kites, watching as relatives tossed meat up to these birds of prey. Muslim belief held that feeding the kites would expel troubles. Now, birds are falling from the polluted, opaque skies of New Delhi and the two brothers have made it their life’s work to care for the injured black kites. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022 - World Cinema Documentary Competition - World premiere

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Although she is regularly featured in Vogue, designer Amy Powney of it-girl brand Mother of Pearl is an outsider, raised off the grid in rural England. Increasingly troubled by her role in fashion’s environmental impact, Amy makes a decision – transform her business model and make it sustainable or leave fashion entirely. Amy embarks on her quest, sparking a movement along the way. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2022 - Spotlight Documentary - World premiere

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A hawk, a chicken, a rat, a tree, a departed father, his struggling daughter and her distant child who has recently returned home. Within each body lies the reflections of all others.

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A journey through the social and political histories of measurement. Traversing three chapters in this history: the land surveying that drove Early Modern European land privatization, the French Revolution that drove the Metric Revolution, and the conceptual dematerialisation of measurement in the contemporary era of Big Science. Official Selection IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival 2022 - Winner, Silvestre Award