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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Can regenerative practice help reshape Australia's food future?
In Melbourne, Grey-headed flying-foxes navigate the pressures of city life, climate change, and public perception.
Petros Ktenas
After inheriting her father's leather business, Tanya Van Der Water risks everything he built on an abandoned RSL club and an audacious ten-week transformation. What begins as a fight for the future of a family business becomes a story about inheritance, courage and finding new value in what others leave behind. The greatest inheritance we can leave our children isn't what we build. It's the confidence to build something beyond us.
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.
