It all began when Film and Tells’ founder, Oscar Hedin, saw a picture in a news article that caught his attention. The picture showed people climbing up a tree, poking at flowers with long sticks. The people in the picture did the insect’s job; they were human pollinators. Oscar always had a significant engagement concerning issues where humans and the environment come into conflict.  Immediately, a desire arose to find out more about these people: what do their lives look like, and what is it like to live in an ecological collapse?  

Oscar reached out to the nature filmmaker, Mikael Kristersson, and they connected through their mutual desire to tell a story about the complex relationship between humanity and nature in the valley of Hanyuan. They formed a creative team that was to be strengthened with Åsa Ekman.  

After adequate planning and researching, Mikael travelled to China. Once at the airport in Sichuan provincial capital Chengdu, Mikael met with field producer and interpreter Yu Ma, who attended all Mikael’s excursions in China. The first four-month-long and eventful stay in Sichuan had begun. Traveling and working as a lone westerner with an interpreter proved to be a successful concept. In this way, they came very close with the three families in the film.

The knowledge about our planet’s complex ecosystem is expanding with a vertiginous speed. As our knowledge increases it enables us to influence, change and prevent destructive development. Book a workshop with your local association, county, or workplace.

Our workshops are formed around unique film material from Earth: Muted. You will get a unique insight into what a world without bees would be like, and what we risk encountering if we do not act quickly and altogether. The purpose of our workshops is to initiate or accelerate an already evoked work towards a more sustainable food production that has fewer negative impacts on pollinators and biodiversity.

ADo you work for a company or organization that wants to partake in the work for a more sustainable food production? A valley in China may seem far away, but the fact is that a large part of the products we buy in grocery stores are produced under similar conditions. We import large quantities of fruit and vegetables where the control of pesticides is non-existent, which affects humans and the environment. Both where the product is produced and where it is consumed. We want to be a positive force in trying to reverse this development.We believe in cross-border partnerships to achieve maximum change. The more societal actors that agree on a common goal, the more impact we can have. We welcome collaborations and would love to hear from you!

Contact Strategic Partnership Manager, Mikael Geitner, for a conversation about how we can work together.

Film and Tell’s vision are to contribute to a better world. We drive positive social change with qualitative documentaries, creative distribution, and clever impact. We call our method Real Stories. Real Change.

Based on real stories and together with our partners we create lasting initiatives for positive social change. Together we’ve contributed to impact in several previous and ongoing project, in areas such as children’s’ rights, rare deceases, and integration.