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07/10/2024

For our Just Play Game Jams, we equip video game developers with a toolkit of takeaways we’ve learned from our research into how to make media that bridges the gap between impact storytelling and popular entertainment. Our latest Jam focused on narratives about the climate crisis, bolstered by insights we found in partnership with Good Energy. We weren’t only thinking of video games, though — we’d love to see how storytellers working in any medium would be inspired by our findings! This is just a peek into what you can dig into, so check out the full toolkit here: https://bit.ly/3W0rGGT

05/09/2024

Congratulations to Cinereach-supported Reality for their Peabody Awards win in the entertainment category!

This film, starring Sydney Sweeney and directed by Tina Satter, is based on the FBI interrogation transcript of U.S. Air Force veteran Reality Winner, who leaked an intelligence report about...

04/29/2024

Ready to jam for a better climate future? 🌱

Welcome to Just Play: A Game Jam for Climate Futures, produced by Cinereach in collaboration with Anima Interactive and powered by Dreamspace.

Create a video game that explores climate themes through gameplay and story!

🌊The jam starts NOW🌿

Submissions open until May 17, 2024.

PRIZE - $10,000 USD

Finalists will be showcased at the Hollywood Climate Summit 2024.

ITCH.IO - https://itch.io/jam/just-play-jam-climate
WEBSITE - https://www.justplayjam.com/
SUBMIT - https://animainteractive.typeform.com/submit

There is only one submission Typeform this time - you will submit it once you are ready to submit your game to the jam.

Please be sure to join the jam and submit the jam on itch.io too!

Jam theme - Just Play: A Game Jam for Climate Futures

To explore more of the theme, check out our toolkit: https://www.justplayjam.com/toolkit

04/25/2024

Congratulations to the team behind Cinereach-supported Reality for their 2024 Peabody Awards nomination!

https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/peabody-award-nominations-2024-1234977715/

04/18/2024

Exciting news! Cinereach-supported NEW WAVE is headed to !

🌟 NEW WAVE is headed to ! 🌟

We are ecstatic to share that NEW WAVE will have its World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in the documentary competition section!

Our team has been toiling over NEW WAVE for almost six years. It has been no small feat and we’re so excited to celebrate with all of you. It has been such an incredible experience discovering all the ways that this music and community has shaped our lives. THANK YOU for everything— sharing family photos + memories, growing this community, supporting us every step of the way— you’re the reason we dance.🕺🏻🎶👩‍🎤

ABOUT THE FILM: Mile-high hair. Synthesized sounds. Teenage rebellion. Filmmaker Elizabeth Ai was on a mission to excavate an untold story of rebellious punks in the chaotic world of 80s Vietnamese new wave until she rediscovers a buried past.

SAVE THE DATE: for our World Premiere on Saturday, June 8th at 5:30PM. Individual tickets go on sale on Tuesday, April 30th at tribecafilm.com/festival.

Stay tuned for more news re: screening details, upcoming events, + more!

04/15/2024

Thrilled to share that Cinereach-supported Locust by KEFF will premiere in competition at Cannes Critics’ Week!

"As the 2019 Hong Kong protests erupt across the strait, Zhong-Han, a silent twenty-nothing in Taiwan, leads a double life – working at a family restaurant by day, and running with a group of local gangsters by night. But when the ownership of the restaurant changes hands, it sets off an unexpected chain reaction that forces Zhong-Han to witness and confront the corrupt power games of his country."

Learn more at cinereach.org/films/locust.

04/10/2024

Follow our story at cinereach.org.

04/10/2024

Formats we work in may vary, but our purpose is constant: harness the power of story to inspire greater curiosity, agency, and empathy. As a not for profit organization, we’re excited to expand our portfolio to include more media, such as graphic novels, gaming, events, and others, in order to engage even more audiences. Learn more at cinereach.org.

04/03/2024

At Cinereach, we believe in the power of story to change the world. Learn more about our expanded mission as story incubator and production company weaving narrative change and popular entertainment across film, TV, video games, graphic novels, social platforms and more!

https://deadline.com/2024/04/cinereach-pivots-to-media-incubator-under-new-ceo-jennifer-strachan-1235874490/

04/03/2024

After almost two decades of funding and creating award-winning, inspiring films, Cinereach is expanding its work across media to co-create projects that reimagine what story can do. Learn more at cinereach.org.

03/20/2024

After the wrap-up of SXSW this past weekend, we're taking a moment to look back at Just Play, our global game jam on a mission to challenge video game developers to explore themes of justice in creative ways to open minds and inspire new perspectives. We hosted an award ceremony, a booth at the SXSW’s Creative Industries Expo and participated in a panel on Narrative Change in Entertainment.

Want to learn more? Join our newsletter at connect.cinereach.org/a/newsletter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72l1onIAB0Q

Just Play: A Game Jam for Justice, an official SXSW 2024 games event co-created by Cinereach and Anima Interactive.Including an Awards Ceremony, a guest-spea...

12/27/2023

Need an example of story’s power to change the world? 2023 marked the 40th anniversary of THE DAY AFTER, a TV movie that not only shifted the way the world thought about nuclear war but may have even helped prevent one.

https://youtu.be/UgdPBUEgKXA?si=8kGdl9hpQeg2mwM7

The Hollywood Reporter recently looked back at this landmark television event: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/how-the-day-after-saved-the-world-1235711200/

A rare promo for what was (and probably still is) the most famous TV movie of all time, The Day After. Ernie Anderson laying it on heavy with the voiceover....

12/21/2023

"A growing body of research, meanwhile, is dispelling the notion that climate storytelling is not box office, or can’t deliver ratings... The University of York study found there is audience demand for climate content that spans genres and interest is heightened when projects intersect with overlapping social issues. Focused on UK viewers, it noted the interest was for local stories and content that shows solutions."

Storytellers have a vital role to play in the conversation around climate, and new research points to audience demand for these narratives. This is one of the topics we're focusing on now, with more to share in the coming year.

EXCLUSIVE: While the headlines around the COP28 climate change conference focused on the protracted negotiations around the final agreement, Deadline can reveal how BAFTA and albert set up on the g…

12/19/2023

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12/12/2023

What We're Reading: "Is the portrayal of the ocean as dark, dangerous and unknowable also a barrier to engaging the public on what a complex and fragile place it can be?"

We’ve always been fascinated by tales set on the sea. UK author and researcher Natalie Hart makes a great case here for the vital role new ocean-set narratives can play in our global climate story.

I rarely enjoy reading fiction about the ocean. I write this despite working in marine protection; despite being an author and an avid reader; and despite loving being in, on and around the sea. I …

12/10/2023

Cinereach's first foray into video games is Just Play: A Game Jam for Justice, a $10,000 competition now underway which will culminate in an official SXSW 2024 games event and ceremony.

Learn more in this exclusive GamesBeat announcement:

Cinereach and Anima Interactive announced Just Play: A Game Jam for Justice as a gaming competition with a $10,000 prize.

12/08/2023

Cinereach's work is founded on the recognition that stories shape perceptions, and perceptions shape realities. Few storytellers have done more to open hearts and shift perspectives than prolific TV producer Norman Lear, who died Tuesday at 101. We honor his memory.

This insightful appraisal from NY Times critic James Poniewozik offers a reflection on what made Lear's work so influential, forever changing television. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/arts/television/norman-lear-all-in-the-family.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EU0.5thA.v6TKUe1qEADW&smid=url-share

Follow Norman Lear to discover more on his remarkable life and career, and honor his vital legacy through the work of the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, which bears his name.

12/06/2023

Are you ready to team up, jam, and create a social impact-focused game in one month?

The grand prize? $10,000.

Here's how to enter⬇
linktr.ee/justplayjam

12/01/2023

Welcome to Just Play: A Game Jam for Justice, an official SXSW 2024 games event produced by Cinereach and Anima Interactive.

This global games competition is on a mission to challenge video game developers to explore themes of justice in creative ways to open minds and inspire new perspectives.

Check it out: justplayjam.com!

11/03/2023

Congrats to Cinereach-supported FRYBREAD FACE AND ME, coming to select theaters and Netflix on November 24!

FRYBREAD FACE AND ME follows two adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds as they bond during a summer on their grandmother’s Arizona ranch. Produced by Chad Burris and executive produced by Taika Waititi, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato. The film stars Kier Tallman, Charley Hogan, Martin Sensmeier, Kahara Hodges and Sarah Natani. Native filmmaker Billy Luther of the Navajo, Hopi and Laguna Pueblo tribes wrote and directed the film.

Array Releasing has acquired Billy Luther's "Frybread Face and Me." It has set Nov. 24 for a Netflix and limited theatrical release.

10/31/2023

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Here's your reminder to live deliciously, from Robert Egger's Cinereach-supported THE WITCH. 🐐

SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/A24subscribeLike a nightmare you just can't shake, THE WITCH is back in theaters nationwide. This weekend only! THE WITCH -- Now ava...

10/09/2023

Explore Indigenous stories with these Cinereach-supported films.

SONGS MY BROTHER TAUGHT ME — stream on Showtime/Paramount+ and Kanopy
UP HEARTBREAK HILL — stream on Hoopla and Kanopy
WILD INDIAN — stream on Starz and Kanopy
ON THE ICE — rent on Amazon and Apple

07/06/2023

Cinereach is hiring! We're seeking a Director of Production to oversee the development and ex*****on of innovative and impactful content across multiple platforms.

https://app.trinethire.com/companies/31250-cinereach-ltd/jobs/78960-director-of-creative-production

06/26/2023

Wrap up the last week of 🏳️‍🌈 with these Cinereach-supported documentaries and narrative features spotlighting LGBTQIA+ themes, characters and/or creators. (See our June 1 post for more films.)

06/23/2023

Congrats to Boots Riley on the premiere of his critically-acclaimed, wildly imaginative new Prime Video series, I'M A VIRGO. Cinereach is proud to have supported and helped produce Boots' award-winning feature directorial debut, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (2018).

06/13/2023

If you're in New York, you have one more chance to see the Cinereach-supported coming-of-age drama DEAD GIRLS DANCING on the big screen at the Tribeca Film Festival this Friday, June 16.

As described in this review, come for the "immaculate vibes," stay for the "impressively grounded" performances and "extraordinary visuals."

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06/09/2023

"Dead Girls Dancing — The sweet, sticky air of summer—and the promise and potential it eternally seems to hold—is downright palpable in German director Anna Roller’s dreamy feature debut."

This Cinereach-supported drama will have its world premiere tonight at the Tribeca Film Festival.

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06/08/2023

"On a road trip across Italy, recent high school graduates Ira, Malin and Ka pick up the intriguing backpacker Zoe. As the four girls stumble across an abandoned village, they start to experiment with the limits of their newly found freedom, away from the expectations of their parents and teachers.?

Cinereach-supported drama DEAD GIRLS DANCING from writer/director Anna Roller will have its world premiere tomorrow (Friday) at the Tribeca Film Festival. Check out the trailer:

TRIBECA 2023 and MUNICH IFF 2023On a road trip across Italy, recent high school graduates Ira, Malin and Ka pick up the intriguing backpacker Zoe. As the fou...

06/01/2023

Celebrate 🏳️‍🌈 with these Cinereach-supported documentaries and narrative features spotlighting LGBTQIA+ themes, characters and/or creators.

05/30/2023

REALITY, starring Sydney Sweeney and directed by Tina Satter, is now streaming on Max.

The HBO film adapts the FBI transcript from Reality Winner’s interrogation into a stunning thriller.