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GREEN
STORIES

Asia's first mentoring and pitching lab for wildlife and environment documentaries

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Industry Mentors

16

Selected Projects

8

Observer Positions

20

Volunteer Positions

About Us

Green Stories supports and nurtures nonfiction storytellers from India, South Asia and Southeast Asia through a mentorship program to develop ideas for the production of documentaries on themes around wildlife and the environment. Designed as a unique mentoring and pitching forum the week-long event will be held in Goa. The visual and narrative labs are mentored by industry professionals bringing strategic advice to incubate ideas from filmmakers, finally creating access to a global market through two days of pitching and one on one meetings with decision makers from across industry sectors.

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View the 2024 Selected Projects here!

Submit
a Project

Have an idea for a film and need support to develop it and produce it? Submit your idea and proof of concept.

Apply to Observe

Don't have an idea yet but would love to learn from the process?  Submit to be an observer.

Apply to Volunteer

Early in your career and want to surround yourself with creative energy and find a way to contribute?

Apply to be a volunteer.

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June

Applications OPEN

15

Sept

Selected Projects
Announced

Applications are now CLOSED

31

July

Green Stories Event in Goa

5-10

November

MEET THE MENTORS.

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Jannat Gargi

Executive Producer

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Gautam Pandey

Director  I  Cinematographer

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Noel Kok

Producer, NEWF

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Vicky Mathews

Writer  I  Director

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Geeta Gandbhir

Director

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Brian Tilley

Director

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Celia Tait

Producer  I  Director

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Survila Mindaugas

Director

TESTIMONIALS.

Join us to create a meaningful space for wildlife and environment filmmakers from India South Asia and South East Asia - a space where storytellers are at the centre!

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At the National Geographic Society, we believe in the power of stories to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world. Central to the power of our stories are the storytellers that dedicate their time, talent and creativity in telling them. For this reason we're honored to work with Green Stories to further support storytellers in India, South Asia and southeast Asia that are dedicating themselves to bringing the world stories that will lead to illumination and protection.

Kaitlin Yarnall

Chief Storytelling Officer,

National Geographic Society

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As the climate crisis rapidly overtakes our planet, conservation efforts are critical for our survival. Film, with its ability to move hearts and minds, has long been a tool for environmental  activism, and Green Stories' mandate to support filmmakers working in the space is both timely and necessary. I am thrilled to be part of this initiative focused on access and platforming for these essential storytellers.

Geeta Gandbhir

Director

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As the impacts of climate change become more severe and frequent, increasingly our solutions lay in our ability for adaptation rather than climate mitigation. Stories of these lived experiences serve as a reminder of the human spirit’s power to overcome and inspire hope and activism for change. I am both humbled and proud to be invited to support Green Stories vision of fostering an important community of these essential storytellers.

Noel Kok

Nature Environment & Wildlife Conservation Trust

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A good documentary by filmmakers intimately involved in the world they portray, inspires empathy – the heart’s intelligence - and reveals the truth in a way no other medium can.

I’m excited to be a part of Green Stories, because I’ve always believed an authentic, indigenous voice is irresistible to the viewer and can carry any issue or cause to the next level.

Vicky Mathews

Director  I  Producer

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Stories have always been a part of the human condition. This is how we connected, how we remembered and how we created. Stories have always held the potential to change things and today we need that change to mean creating real impact, going deeper, beyond just telling a story. The story of climate change and our planet has to become everyone's story to tell.

Gautam Pandey

Director  I  Cinematographer

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There could not be a better time for GREEN STORIES as no challenge poses a greater threat to current and future generations as  the environmental crisis of our time. How this affects wildlife and human behaviour is of critical importance

Brian Tilley

Director

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