Our Latest Work

The Climate Story Lab toolkit was launched in the Philippines in 2023 and brought together emerging Filipino filmmakers and climate advocates to produce four original short films — spanning animation, fiction, and documentary — about how climate change is already shaping lives, cultures, food systems, and livelihoods across the archipelago. 

VANISHING FIREFLIES
Dir. JP Corton / Prod. Jaime Morados
8 mins · Animation

In the quiet town of Tabango, Leyte, young Russell’s world is upended when a super typhoon forces him and his grandfather to seek shelter in an evacuation centre. Clinging to a single firefly for comfort, he discovers that even the smallest flicker can grow into a symbol of hope, memory, and quiet resilience.

THE PROPHECY
Dir. Milo Alto Paz / Prod. Cynthia Cruz-Paz
16 mins · Narrative fiction

When the fish disappear from the sea, young Nonoy turns to his grandfather, Lolo Andres, for answers. The old man recalls an ancient prophecy of oceans rising in fire and reefs crumbling to dust. As nature unravels, Nonoy asks whether hope remains and refuses to surrender his belief that change is possible.

MANILA IS A GATE OF HELL
Dir. Jerome David Zamora / Prod. Ma-an Asuncion Dagñalan, Manny Angeles, Jon Galvez
18 mins · Fiction
During one of the hottest days on record in Manila, Violet — a young waitress — is denied a day off to visit her sick son. She slips away to the city’s last remaining green lung, searching for relief. When news of her son’s worsening condition reaches her, she faces an impossible choice.

THE RIVER IN THE NOODLES
Dir. Jerome Lingan Dulin / Prod. Joseph Serna Arcegono
32 mins · documentary

A local farmer and elderly pancit cook from Tuguegarao City reflect on how changes to the ingredients of the region’s traditional noodle dish reveal a deeper story of climate change, cultural loss, and resilience. As rivers flood and fish populations dwindle, a way of life quietly disappears.

The River in the Noodles ( I Bannag Ta Pansi Batil Potun)

STORIES FOR CLIMATE ACTION
A Learning Toolkit for young Changemakers

Stories for Climate Action: A Learning Toolkit for Young Changemakers accompanies these films, helping educators and facilitators connect local Filipino stories with the global climate challenges facing communities everywhere.

Download the Toolkit here

About Us

Nicola Harford – Trustee

Nicola is Chair of the Board of Picture People MSP. She is also Managing Director of its sister organisation, iMedia Associates.  She is an experienced media and communications for development practitioner and evaluator, and has worked extensively in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Her first love is radio but in recent years her work has incorporated digital media and AI-enabled approaches to research and data analysis. Nicola divides her time between London and Harare, and heads into the African bush whenever she can.

Gordon Adam – Trustee

Gordon is co-founder of Media Support (Picture People MSP’s former name) and a founding Director of iMedia. Formerly a radio journalist with the BBC World Service, in the early 1990s he established the acclaimed ‘New Home New Life’ radio education-entertainment drama in Afghanistan. He has also set up media production NGOs in Afghanistan, Botswana and Zambia. Based on the Black Isle, Scotland, he is now an ecotourism entrepreneur and doting grandfather.

Soledad Muniz– Trustee

Soledad (known as Sole) specialises in participatory communication with particular skill and experience in using participatory video for development processes. She has worked on more than 40 projects in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia on issues including environment, indigenous peoples’ rights, gender equality, peace-building and youth and child rights. She is mother of two children, a wife, a facilitator, a project manager, an evaluator and someone who enjoys a good conversation.

Christopher Hird – Trustee