Environment
Environmental documentaries have the potential to shape public opinion, influence policy decisions, and contribute to broader environmental movements by raising awareness and inspiring action.
Films about the most pressing environmental issues of our time to raise awareness and inspire action.
Environmental documentaries encourage individuals to adopt sustainable practices, support environmental policies, and engage in collective action for positive change.
Environmental concerns have been prevalent since the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century when the exploitation of natural resources and the devastating impacts of industrialisation sparked environmental movements and a recognition of the critical need for ecological preservation.
In recent times, the urgency to tackle environmental issues has intensified due to the escalating threats of climate change, deforestation, pollution, and biodiversity loss.
Environmental documentaries serve as powerful tools for education, advocacy, and mobilisation. They have the potential to shape public opinion, influence policy decisions, and contribute to broader environmental movements by raising awareness and inspiring action. They encourage individuals to adopt sustainable practices, support environmental policies, and engage in collective action for positive change.
Past program: Environmental Accelerator
The Environmental Accelerator supported environmental documentaries to reach new audiences and create lasting social impact. We provided strategic guidance and pro-bono impact campaign support to maximise releases, outreach and impact.
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Petros Ktenas
Driven by a belief that waste is simply untapped potential, entrepreneur Tanya transforms her family's leather business into an innovation company determined to eliminate waste from the leather industry. In doing so, she discovers that her father's greatest legacy wasn't the business itself, but the belief that she could build something far greater.
Jane Hammond
The story of Alcoa's industrial clearing and failed rehabilitation in one of the most biodiverse forests on earth.
Lucas Corroto
A Blue Mountains airfield triggers a clash over bushfire safety, wilderness healing, and land rights.
A rescued dog’s journey brings hope for Australia’s wildlife and a lifeline to the people fighting to save it.
Their sacrifice stopped war on our shores - now WWII waste is poisoning the Solomon Islands.
Nature underwrites our very existence and yet it is taken for granted. We now find ourselves at a critical juncture.
After Colombia’s peace treaty leaves park rangers dangerously unprotected, a veteran ranger sets out across dangerous territories to build a legal case recognizing both nature and park rangers as victims of the conflict, risking her life to prove what the system refuses to see.
The Plastic Country
Completed filmAn Australian filmmaker investigates the plastic crisis, uncovering a hidden threat to our health, and our future.
