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INTOLERABLE BEAUTY: INNOVATING CLIMATE STORYTELLING

Craft Filmmakers behind Yurlu | Country, Floodland and Power to Country share their approach to climate storytelling that invites us to witness climate realities not as distant crises, but as shared futures demanding innovation and care to drive the urgent action needed now.

Documentary voices are leading the most urgent climate and environmental storytelling today, offering first-hand accounts of survival, accountability and justice in the face of environmental upheaval.

Filmmakers behind three bold new works, Yaara Bou Melhem (Yurlu | Country), Jordan Giusti (Floodland), and Genevieve Grieves (Power to Country), share how they have reimagined climate and environmental stories to deepen their impact and bring us closer to achieving real change. Projects crafted not only with profound care and creativity, but also ones that have resonated with audiences across theatrical exhibition, festivals, broadcast and impact screenings.

Moderated by Documentary Australia’s Stephanie King, this session explores how these projects invite us to witness climate and environmental realities not as distant crises, but as shared futures demanding innovation, care and action.

 

Image credit: Floodland (image courtesy of Bonsai Films, 2025)

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