The next round of the Climate Story Fund is open to January 7th 2022 and is open to all storytelling mediums. Following the conclusion of the COP26 climate change talks and noting the questions reverberating around the creative industries around the role of culture in climate communications, Doc Society have announced the inaugural grantees of the Doc Society Climate Story Fund (scroll down to see the list of projects or watch the reel) and to open the second funding call.

They aren’t looking for the silver bullet film that will work for everyone, rather they believe we need a multitude of storytelling “as diverse as the ecosystems we seek to save” (props to filmmaker Michael Premo for coining this phrase). They actively welcome stories that will resonate in specific regions and engage audiences who have not felt part of the climate movement; Stories that seed new norms and beliefs and offer us visions of a climate just future. To read about Doc Society’s theory of change on climate storytelling in detail and the narratives and perspectives we are prioritising, check out the reports from the UK & US Climate Story Labs.