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🌱🎥 We’re excited to amplify this incredible opportunity via Bloomberg Green Docs, their 2026 competition is open for submissions! 💰 Enter your short climate documentary to compete for a $25,000 prize: • Open to all filmmakers • Films must be < 10 minutes • Submissions accepted through August 14, 2026 • Winner will be announced at their film festival in New York City on September 22, 2026 ➡️ To read the official rules and requirements, tap the link in our bio or visit: bloomberg.com/greendocs Questions? Send a DM to @bloomberggreen or email: [email protected] #EnvironmentalFilm #EnvironmentalFilmmakers #FilmGrants #DocumentaryFilmmaking

How does a powerful story move from idea to impact? 🎬✨ Join us for a thought-provoking panel discussion, ft. our own @asifrskhan , called “From Story to Impact: Who Funds It, Who Sees It, Who Benefits?,” where filmmakers and media professionals explore the full lifecycle of impact-driven film at Rung Film Festival in Houston. This conversation will unpack how films are financed, distributed, and brought to audiences, while also examining how storytelling can create measurable change and benefit the communities it represents. ✨ Featuring: • Aishah Iqbal (Filmmaker) • Asif Khan (Social Impact Strategist) • Hiba Said (Filmmaker) • Sabiha Mahmood (Moderator, Producer KPRC 2) This is a must-attend for Houston-area filmmakers, storytellers, funders, changemakers, and anyone passionate about the power of cinema to create meaningful impact. 🕜 Saturday, May 16 - 1:30PM 🎟️ Free to attend, open to all teen and adult audiences! 🗓️ May 16–17, 2026 🎟 Buy your tickets now at @rungfilmfest ’s link in bio and DM @asifrskhan to set up a time to chat. #RungFilmFestival #ImpactFilm #RungFilmFest2026 #SocialImpact #PakistaniFilmmaker #SouthAsianFilm #HoustonEvents #IndieFilm #PakistaniFilmmakers

Have you checked out @lilagoesviral ? 🎶🎧 One girl's music about climate change unexpectedly made her an overnight sensation! Created by @sinkingshipent + @lionforgeent and starring @missavaro , this YouTube channel has shorts that will be rolling out new episodes/songs/vlogs every week along with BTS, branded videos, and more. 🌍 If you want to follow along, you can subscribe at the link in our bio or visit @lilagoesviral . #LilaGoesViral #EcoFriendly #ClimateChangemaker

For smaller independent films, running an awards campaign can be a pipe dream due to a lack of funding. Our CEO, Brian Walker, interviewed industry experts to get their hot takes on awards season and how to get your film in front of the right people. 🎙️Stay tuned for highlight Reels of those conversations! Learn more about “To Be Seen” and our partnership with @popcollab via our link in bio. #ToBeSeen #AwardsSeason #IndependentFilm #ImpactProducing #PeabodyAwards #EmmyAwards #BobTrevinoLikesIt #SpeakTheFilm #Oscars #FilmIndustry #PopCultureCollab #FilmCommunity

🏀 MALA, in partnership with Picture Motion, is hosting a special movie screening of REBOUND at the Dolby Screening Room. REBOUND follows the Yeshiva University Men’s Basketball team through a season shaped by tragedy, identity, and resilience—set against the realities of rising antisemitism and broader tensions around belonging. 📍 Midtown Manhattan, NYC 🗓️ 7:00PM on Monday, May 18, 2026 This is more than a screening—it’s a space for meaningful, cross‑community dialogue rooted in pluralism and bridge‑building. 🎟️ RSVP: link in bio. #YeshivaUniversity #YeshivaAthletics #LismoreRoad

🌿🎥 Environmental filmmakers: Applications are now open for The Redford Center’s 2026 Grants Program! This opportunity supports environmental filmmakers working on feature-length documentaries or docuseries covering intersectional environmental issues and solutions for people and the planet. Selected filmmakers will receive $40,000 in funding, along with access to advisors, mentorship, industry connections, and a cohort of peers over a 12-month fellowship. Over the past decade, The Redford Center has supported 60 projects and awarded more than $2 million to environmental films. 💰 This year marks a significant step forward, with increased funding and expanded support for each selected team. If you’re working on a documentary or docuseries connected to environmental issues and impact, we greatly encourage you to apply for a grant from The Redford Center before May 14. Learn more and apply: link in @theredfordcenter bio. #RedfordCenterGrant #EnvironmentalFilm #EnvironmentalFilm #FilmGrants #DocumentaryFilmmaking #TheRedfordCenter

So grateful to have spent the last few days at the ReelAbilities Film Festival & Industry Summit, a festival that continues to raise the bar for what inclusive storytelling and accessibility can look like. @reelabilitiesny uplifts some of the most creative and boundary‑pushing filmmakers working today, and reminds us that these stories are for everyone, not niche audiences, but all audiences. I was honored to attend on behalf of Picture Motion, supporting our clients participating in the Crip Script + Rough Cut Pitch, and to be alongside our sister company @Kinema , where founder @christiemarchese shared insights on new, more equitable and accessible distribution models alongside Kathy Susca from The Film Collaborative and Kendra Hodgson from @womenmakemovies . What stayed with me most was the sense of community. Filmmakers, artists, and industry leaders coming together to push for a future where accessibility is built into every stage of the process: on set, on screen, behind the scenes and not as an after thought. As one of the the amazing speakers @emilyladau from @eastersealshq said, “This isn’t about one festival or one moment. It’s about building a movement. A true representation revolution for the entertainment industry.” 🖤 Be a movement, not a moment. #ReelAbilities #DisabilityRepresentation #AccessibleStorytelling #PictureMotion #Kinema #RepresentationRevolution #FilmFestivalLife

🌍 CLIMATE CHANGE-MAKER SPOTLIGHT: Meet the storyteller tracing the thread between craft, climate, and culture. @aditimayer is a journalist, photographer, and advocate who believes the fashion industry's supply chains can't be fixed until we first make them visible. 🥻 Her work does exactly that, exposing deep inequities in global fashion while amplifying the artisans, workers, and communities too often left out of the sustainability conversation. In 2020, Mayer became a National Geographic Fulbright Digital Storytelling Fellow, documenting India's farming and artisan textile traditions. Her writing has appeared in @voguebusiness , @britishvogue , @atmos , and @pbs — and her advocacy stretches from the factory floors of Los Angeles (where she began organizing in 2014 after the Rana Plaza collapse) to the boardrooms of the United Nations and @globalfashionagenda . 🧵🌿 As the founder of @theartisanarchive , Mayer bridges art, sustainability, and social justice, building a more equitable, culturally grounded vision of what fashion can be. #ClimateChangemaker #ClimateJustice #FashionRevolution #SustainableFashion #ArtisanArchive #EnvironmentalJustice #CraftAndCulture #ClimateAction #SocialImpact #FashionIndustry

📰 The momentum is building— and now you can read all about it. EIN Presswire recently published a feature on our national impact campaign with @thirddegreeburnoutfilm , the multi-award-winning documentary at the intersection of burnout, food systems, and climate change. Directed by @nivisualize and @darrensuffolk , the film has earned 12 festival awards and two U.N.-affiliated recognitions — and the audience data is just as compelling: 🍎 84% of viewers said it helped them connect diet, health, and burnout in a whole new way. 🌱 82% of Gen Z viewers said it links personal burnout to bigger systemic issues like climate change and food systems. Now we're taking it further, into classrooms, clinics, and communities where these conversations matter most. Because stories that connect the personal to the planetary deserve to be seen everywhere. Catch the full story at our link in bio. #SocialImpact #ThirdDegreeBurnout #ImpactCampaign #ClimateAction #Burnout #FoodSystems #MentalHealth #PublicHealth #MentalHealthMatters

Our COO, @julietterichey , had a blast last week at the Moonshot Film Challenge with Founder @katrinamedoff and @hudsytv at @rosendaletheatre ! She got to watch five short films during the event, all made by crews of all women and gender-expansive people: A Nice Place to Visit, Life Begins, New World Orioles, Out of Time, and The Swipe. While there, Juliette learned about an exciting opportunity by @moonshotinitiative that we had to share. ⬇️ Applications for the Moonshot Pilot Accelerator are open now through May 27, 2026! In this highly competitive virtual accelerator program for TV writers, 6-8 fellows will receive three weeks of pitch training and industry workshops, and then have the opportunity to pitch one-on-one to Netflix, HBO, and many other studios, production companies, agents and managers. 📝 Alums have sold a show to a production company, signed with an agent, and gotten hired in a writers' room from these meetings. 🎬 This program aims to increase the representation of women and gender-expansive people on screen and in writers’ rooms. If you have a pilot script and you want the chance to pitch one-on-one to Netflix, HBO and more, apply at the link in our bio or comment MOONSHOT. PS. Picture Motion community members can receive 10% off the application fee, just send us a DM or comment MOONSHOT and we’ll send it your way. #MoonshotInitiative #FilmmakerOpportunities #MoonshotPilotAccelerator #WomenInFilm

🌲 CLIMATE CHANGE-MAKER SPOTLIGHT: Meet the advocate redefining what it means to be an environmentalist. Leah Thomas, known as @greengirlleah , is an eco-communicator and environmental justice advocate who centers the vital connection between social justice and environmentalism. Through her work, she challenges systems of oppression while empowering communities to take action rooted in equity and care. In 2020, Leah founded @intersectionalenvironmentalist , a nonprofit platform and resource hub that has become one of the leading spaces for diverse and accessible climate education. IE advocates for environmental justice, provides educational resources, and promotes inclusivity within environmental movements worldwide. Through Green Girl Productions, Leah has designed innovative programs like London's first Black EcoFeminist Summit, Earth Sessions (community-driven climate justice concerts), and a grassroots book tour spanning 70+ stops. Her book, "The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet," serves as a powerful introduction to the intersection of environmentalism, racism, and privilege, reminding us that we cannot save the planet without protecting all of its people. 📖🌱 Thomas has been named to @forbes 30 Under 30 (2024), @time TIME100 NEXT, @insider 's Climate Action 30, @marieclaire 's Creators to Watch, @ebony Power 100, and @instylemagazine 's The Badass 50. Her writing has appeared in @voguemagazine , @elleusa , @washingtonpost , and more. She also leads a crafting event series called @greengirlcrafts where attendees can learn new creative skills in community. 🎨 In-person LA programming include crafting meetups in local nature spaces and workshops. Follow @greengirlleah and explore @intersectionalenvironmentalist to join the movement for climate justice rooted in equity. #ClimateChangemaker #IntersectionalEnvironmentalism #ClimateStorytelling #EnvironmentalEducation #StorytellingForImpact #ClimateCommunication #EnvironmentalJustice #GreenGirlLeah #EcoFeminism #EnviromentalActivism

Congratulations to directors Zackary Canepari and Jessica Dimmock on 'Thoughts & Prayers' receiving a Peabody Award! 🏆 95% of American schools now run active shooter lockdown drills. This documentary pulls back the curtain on the billion-dollar industry behind that statistic and asks who it actually protects. We were proud to support the impact campaign, mobilizing 350+ youth, education, and mental health organizations around this film's @docnycfest premiere and HBO Max release. Watch ‘Thoughts & Prayers’ on @hbomax . #ThoughtsAndPrayers #PeabodyAward #SchoolSafety #GunViolence #HBOdocumentaryFilms #PeabodyAwards #ImpactProducing #PeabodyAwardWinner #SocialImpact