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Documentary films for social change.

20/05/2025

Our trained facilitators are documenting a short community voice story using mobile phones, focusing on freshwater monitoring and the community's perspective on river cleanliness.

14/05/2025

Newly trained facilitated conducting a facilitated film screening at a local court with traditional leaders including Chiefs and local authorities and other key stakeholders.

13/05/2025

Day 1 STEPS Training of Facilitators workshop at Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Region in Limpopo.

26/02/2025

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓!

The time has come to 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠!🎬 This year, we challenge filmmakers to 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚 and bring diverse, bold, and authentic narratives to the big screen.

📅 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 31st March 2025
📅 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 30th April 2025

Be part of the movement. 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚!

👉🏽 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐰: https://filmfreeway.com/festivals/70835

23/12/2024

It is with great sadness that we inform you of the sudden passing of our dear friend, Iikka Vehkalahti. Iikka was our co-founder, board member and champion. He will always be remembered for his sharp wit and humour and his unwavering commitment to documentary filmmaking and filmmakers across the world. We will miss him dearly.

04/12/2024

Sesotho Media & Development session on the importance of stakeholder engagement.

27/11/2024

Mobile film story development capacity building followed by an introduction to editing software- Davinci Resolve session with STEPS network partners.

21/11/2024

"Access to your community is one of the important things about storytelling". Here is a recap session on developing community voices into strong compelling short stories filmed with mobile phones. Country teams got the opportunity to strengthen their interview skills.

13/11/2024

A short discussion with Jacqueline about her film Temperature Rising. Followed by a session on story development by Don Edkins and Jacqueline Van Meygaarden on why story matters, identifying a character and what kind of questions to ask. Viewed and analysed examples of Community Voices filmed with mobile phones to identify possible stories/ characters about young people's collective actions to address climate change.

13/11/2024

DAY 2 of the STEPS Network Convening. Introduction to UNESCO Biosphere Youth Network from Vusi a representative of K2C Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Region Limpompo. Followed by a presentation on Climate Resilience, Adaptation, Mitigation. In small groups teams walked around the room, to write down on flip chart paper definitions, description of what the terms, climate crisis, global warming, weather, climate resilience, mitigation, action etc means.

04/11/2024

Presentation from TSURO on Climate Resilience followed by a group activity on what we can do to make Mother nature happy.

04/11/2024

DAY 1 of STEPS Network Convening at Bertha Retreat, Boschendal. Network partners from South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Uganda. coming together for a packed week of learning and sharing. Seen here is the first presentation of the day by African film activists for climate Resilience.
Special thanks to Bertha Foundation for providing the space for a diverse group of youth.

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Gardens

Opening Hours

Monday	09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 17:00
Thursday	09:00 - 17:00
Friday	09:00 - 17:00

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+27 21 4655805

Website

http://www.stepsforthefuture.co.za/

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