Siskel/Jacobs Productions

03/17/2026

04/21/2025

From Brooklyn to Siberia—a relentless barrage of fires, floods, and storms reveals that climate change is here, now. Join us at the Long Island Cinema Arts Center on April 23rd at 6:30 PM for a free screening of The Here Now Project and an engaging panel discussion featuring climate experts and thought leaders.
Presented by the Cornell Brooks Institute, Eleven Eleven Foundation, and The Nature Conservancy.

04/19/2025

San Francisco Climate Week is a community-powered event series presented by Climatebase that aims to bring together the climate community to connect, collaborate, and take action on climate change! The Here Now Project is thrilled to be a part of this great opportunity!

Join us at The Vogue Theatre on April 21 for a special screening and conversation hosted by journalist Molly Wood from the Everybody in the Pool podcast, featuring our co-director Greg Jacobs and Veronique Lafargue from Xooglers in Climate.

Come be a part of this incredible experience! We hope to see you there!

03/27/2025

Four years after its premiere at a pandemic-era drive-in, The Road Up is finally available to stream! If you want to laugh, cry, and meet some unforgettable people, give it a watch!

Four people participate at Cara, a Chicago job-training program, as they seek to make the long journey from rock bottom to stable employment. Throughout, they are guided by their mentor, Mr. Jesse, whose own past drives him to help others.

07/18/2024

Honored to announce that The Here Now Project is a finalist in the "Planet in Crisis" category at the 2024 Jackson Wild Media Awards!

2024 Media Awards Winners to be announced during the Grand Teton Awards Gala on Thursday, September 5, 2024 in Washington DC. 2024 Awards Ceremony Over 500 films entered the competition in 2024, with over 1,100 category entries from 74 different countries around the world. Finalists were selected by...

03/26/2024

Thrilled to announce that The Here Now Project will have its film festival World Premiere next month at Hot Docs! Screenings are April 26 and May 1, so tell all your Torontonian peeps to come see the movie...and us!

An international diary of the impact of climate change is constructed from thousands of hours of in-the-moment footage. Through the process, we witness the deep human resilience, resourcefulness and courage necessary to confront the world’s most pressing challenge.

01/12/2024

Siskel/Jacobs Productions is heading to the World Economic Forum in Davos next week, where our new film, The Here Now Project, will have its first public screening as part of the WEF’s Open Forum Climate Hub. Shout out to our amazing creative collaborators—John Farbrother, Katerina Simic, Kubilay Uner, Sarofsky, Another Country, Nolo Digital Film—along with our global team of footage producers and the more than 200 footage sources whose videos are in the film! HereNowProject.com

The first ever Climate Hub Davos is hosted by the Swiss non-profit GreenUp. This novel space brings together people working on climate and nature, and welcomes all those wanting to collaborate and be inspired to do more. With an open foyer and interactive programme, you are invited to visit and co-c...

03/30/2022

Be sure to tune in Friday night for the season premiere of WTTW's Chicago Stories - a new documentary on the always fascinating Jane Byrne, produced and directed by the always fabulous Rachel Pikelny!

10/08/2021

An article about the premiere theatrical run of Jon Siskel and Greg Jacobs' documentary, "The Road Up," at Chicago's Gene Siskel Film Center.

10/06/2021

THE ROAD UP follows four participants in Cara, a Chicago job-training program, as they struggle to find the path from rock bottom to stable employment. Throughout, they are guided, goaded, and challenged by their impassioned mentor, Mr.