Jelena Krivosic

Tag: Climate action

  • Events: Festival for Nature – Netflix’s Life on Our Planet

    The Bristol and Bath “Festival of Nature” showcased a diverse range of activities for all ages, including Natural History documentaries and behind-the-scenes insights. The talk about the Life on Our Planet series revealed filmmaking techniques used to frame the prehistoric scenes within the series, while also highlighting the interconnectedness of species today. Through this message,…

  • Film Club: Audience recommendations

    As part of the monthly environmental film club I run at UWE, Bristol I often get given many brilliant recommendations from the audience members. The discussions after our screenings explore quite a broad range of topics which has so far ranged from creating impact, behaviour change, animal welfare, decolonialisation, climate communication, anthropomorphism and the human/nature…

  • Conference: Wildscreen Presents – Science in Storytelling

    Shifting towards symbiosis: How filmmakers and researchers can work together to make impact when communicating science New scientific discoveries have become a popular feature of documentaries, natural history programmes and in the wider specialist factual television genre. From David Attenborough’s “Our Planet” series on Netflix, to Brian Cox’s “The Planets” series on BBC and even…

  • MSc research findings: Inspiring climate action through Natural History documentaries

    What stories about the climate and ecological crises do natural history documentaries actually tell us? How do filmmakers feel about the entangled crises and their role as storytellers? How can they inspire change? These are the questions that in 2021 inspired my dissertation when studying my MSc in Ecology and Sustainability, at the Centre for…