Film for change

Using cinema to inspire, challenge, and transform.

Film for Change spotlights powerful films and visionary creators who shift narratives, open new perspectives, and spark collective action for a better future.

Cinema is one of the most universal cultural forces of our time. It shapes the way we see the world, humanizes complex issues, amplifies unheard voices, and mobilizes communities across borders. Through Film for Change, we celebrate works that reveal urgent realities, inspire empathy, and drive meaningful change.

FILM FOR CHANGE 2026

The call for projects is now open!

Film for Change’s screenplay project call is now open: come and pitch your project in front of a jury and an audience of producers, broadcasters, and key decision-makers in the industry. We are looking for stories that can reshape the collective imagination, whether they address social and environmental issues head-on or in a more subtle way.

Our mission

We highlight films and creators who explore the defining challenges of our century — climate, biodiversity, resources, justice, inequality, and the human experience. Film for Change creates a platform where art and impact meet, encouraging bold storytelling that moves audiences and accelerates solutions.

Amplifying meaningful films & creators

Spotlighting films that address planetary and social issues with courage and creativity.

Building a global impact community

Connecting filmmakers, producers, activists, impact strategists, festivals, and institutions.

Driving real-world change

Ensuring stories extend beyond the screen to spark dialogue, action, and long-term transformation.

To address the topic during the Summit

At the Summit, Film for Change brings together creators, funders, distributors and institutions around three strategic pillars that guide our programme: how stories are made, how they reach audiences, and how they generate real-world impact. These pillars shape concrete sessions throughout the event: masterclasses, panels, screenings, pitch rooms and matchmaking, helping projects move from vision to measurable change.

Storycraft & Narrative Innovation

Rethinking how stories are told to move minds and motivate action.

We explore narrative techniques, genre innovation and ethical storytelling that deepen empathy and understanding. Panels and masterclasses will examine documentary ethics, fiction that mobilizes, and new formats (interactive, short-form, immersive) that connect audiences to complex environmental and social issues.

Distribution, Reach & Audience Engagement

Making bold films find the audiences they deserve.

This pillar focuses on pathways from festival to impact: strategic distribution, community screenings, platform partnerships, and campaign design. Sessions will map how to scale reach—local screenings, education partnerships, streaming strategies, and impact distribution to turn viewers into actors.

Funding, Partnerships & Impact Measurement

Aligning finance, partnerships and evaluation for sustained impact.

We convene funders, producers and impact strategists to discuss financing models (grants, blended finance, co-production), long-term partnerships, and robust ways to measure a film’s social and ecological outcomes. The aim: create viable pipelines that sustain creators and amplify change.

How to get involved

to adress the topic during the Summit

Submit a Film or Project

Share works that challenge narratives and inspire action. We are looking for bold stories and impactful visions.

Become a Partner or Sponsor

Support creative voices and help scale stories that matter. Your partnership strengthens impact and visibility.

Join the Movement

Attend screenings, talks, and community gatherings to connect with creators and changemakers.

Highlights from past editions

The 2025 Jury

The selection of the top 6 fiction projects embodying these new narratives pitched to a jury of producers and distributors. Not necessarily activists, these modern fictions, while retaining their appeal, inspire sustainable behaviors on screen and awaken public consciousness.

Assia Barge

Head of French Film Coproduction and Development – Canal plus groupe

Chloé-Mélody Desrues

Responsable de la distribution
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Maud Leclair

Co-founder and producer – Impact Film

Kate Raworth

Responsable éco-production & RSE – Pôle contenus – Groupe TF1

2025 Reverse Pitch

Producers and broadcasters pitch their strategies: how to integrate these subjects into their editorial line?

Assia Barge

Head of French Film Coproduction and Development – Canal plus groupe

Chloé-Mélody Desrues

Responsable de la distribution
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Maud Leclair

Co-founder and producer – Impact Film

Gaëlle Mareschi

Head of orginal French Films – Netflix

Previous Conferences

Inspiring conferences to discuss the role fiction can play in the ecological transition. What are these new narratives? What imaginary can cinema contribute building ? Discussing various ways to integrate this new imaginary into creation. How action, adventure, and romance films can carry these new narratives through clandestine messages, the importance of constructing narratives in desirable and viable futures versus futures of collapse… Our goal is to use and nourish the amazing storytelling power of cinema for positive change.