Program areas at Redford Center
Fiscal sponsorships:in 2023, we provided $5.4 million in funding and other filmmaker services to film and media projects through fiscal sponsorship. We see this support as inextricably linked to our commitment to invest instorytellers and amplify the number of, and audience for, environmental stories.
Films that move:we screened 19 environmental documentaries through our free "films that move" virtual screening series since re-launching the program in may of 2023. The films have reached nearly 2000 viewers on eventive, our new streaming platform.collective action:in june, we sponsored "the people vs climate change" in collaboration with popshift (by pathos labs). This private event convened 50 people from around the world whose lives have been drastically affected by climate change to meet with 50 of hollywood's leading writers in a series of private one-on-ones, with the goal of imaging how we might tell better, more imaginative climate stories. In march we sponsored the hollywood climate summit pitchfest, alongside nbc universal. The event received 125 climate-themed film scripts and tv pilots, from which 24 finalists were chosen to pitch their ideas to hollywood executives, producers, agents and/or managers through curated one-on-one meetings. Nature connection:in february 2023, we hosted our second nature connection pitch event with if/then shorts and big sky documentary film festival in missoula, mt. We began working on a new project to commission 3 to 5 short films on nature connection and to develop impact campaign infrastructure to support our entire portfolio of nature connection films.
Redford Center grants:redford Center grants provides development production, and impact funds, story and networking support to filmmakers working on environmentally-focused film projects that drive awareness, engagement and action on a variety of topics. Funded by a number of major donors, 2023 was the second year of the fourth, two-year cycle of the program, which launched in 2016. We hosted a professional development summit for 24 filmmakers from the 12 filmmaking teams we funded in year 1, in collaboration with the 2023 mountainfilm festival. We awarded $400,000 in production and impact funding for six of the 2022-2023 grantees.