Searching for new narratives in fiction

Films and series hold immense sway over collective imagination.

Our objective is to accelerate the evolution of the audiovisual industry and to harness the storytelling power of cinema for positive change.

We weave new narratives into familiar stories—more inclusive, human-centric, and environmentally aware.

Next Edition – April 25, 2025, 4:30 PM
at the Grand Palais, Paris

Practical Information

🗓️ Join us at the Grand Palais in Paris on April 25, 2025, at 4:30 PM.

📍 An event at the heart of the ChangeNOW Summit

Film for Change highlights solution-driven stories and supports the next generation of talent in the audiovisual industry.

3 pillars

to adress the topic during the Summit

Conferences

Film for Change explores narratives, storytelling approaches, and the role of industry players in addressing societal and environmental challenges.

Script Pitches

Presentation of the selected projects following the call for scripts, embodying the new narratives of tomorrow.

Reverse Pitches

Studios, producers, and distributors share their expectations and needs when it comes to impact-driven storytelling.

🎟️  Free access to conferences for ChangeNOW Summit participants

🎟️  Networking reserved for audiovisual professionals by invitation only

Are you an audiovisual professional (without a ChangeNOW pass) and interested in attending Film for Change?

Program

Followed by a networking cocktail from 6:30 PM 

Stories to shape a new world

An event bringing together the audiovisual sector – producers, distributors, authors, actors – and new narrative experts to promote more inclusive and environmentally conscious narratives at the heart of mainstream fiction.

Exploring through conferences and inspiring project pitches how fiction can contribute to the construction of a more sustainable collective imaginary.

Pitch Session

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.

The Jury

Assia Barge

Head of French Film Coproduction and Development

Canal plus groupe

 

Chloé-Mélody Desrues

Responsable de la distribution

mk2

Maud Leclair

Co-founder and producer

Impact Film

Emilie Demanche

 Responsable éco-production & RSE – Pôle contenus

Groupe TF1

Revers Pitch

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

Gaëlle Mareschi

Head of orginal French Films

Netflix

Chloé-Mélody Desrues

Responsable de la distribution

mk2

Assia Barge

Head of French Film Coproduction and Development

Canal plus groupe

 

Maud Leclair

Co-founder and producer

Impact Film

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.

The Speakers

Jeremie Renier

Actor and Director

CUT

 

Emma Stewart

Sustainability Officer

Netflix

Cyril Dion

Author and filmmaker

Amy Redford

Director, Producer, Actress

RedSkye

Harry Tordjman

Producer

MY BOX

Hannah Jones

Producer

MY BOX

Céline Sallette

Actrice

CUT

Film screening

We also offer evening screenings as part of ChangeNOW Planet Week, as well as daytime screenings during the summit. 

Many thanks to the reading committee who helped us select the projects

Mathieu Delahousse

Directeur général

Flying Secoya

Juliette Vigoreux

 Co-fondatrice

La Base et Collectif CUT !

Guillaume Calop

Co-fondateur

 Le Lab Femmes de Cinéma

& Les Arcs Film Festival