Battle for Change
Documentary · Kathmandu · 2024
Franny is a Swiss creator who wanted her reach to count for something. Battle for Change is the documentary we made with her in Kathmandu: the story of a school for street children, and the dance room she set out to help rebuild.
One journey, one story, one film.
Franny wanted her reach to matter
Franny had built a real audience and wanted it to count for something. She led the project and brought us in to put it on film.
A film and a dance room to rebuild
A documentary, and a dance room to help rebuild in Kathmandu. We came in to plan the shoot and the interviews. Ten days on the ground.
Ten days on the ground, planned with Franny
We flew to Kathmandu
From Frankfurt to Nepal, around 6,500 km. Living alongside the project, not visiting it.
Ten days on the ground
The school, the children, the dance room, and Franny teaching a routine. We filmed it all.
Ten days. Two cameras. One story.
On location
The team on the ground in Kathmandu, cameras in hand.
Between locations
Filming from the road, moving between the school and the city.
10 days in Kathmandu · April 2023 · ~200 children on site
Back home, we cut the film
A week or two at the edit. Ten days of footage shaped into one film, then refined with Franny until it was right.
We posted the film
We published the documentary to Franny's audience. The reach she had built finally had a job to do.
Battle for Change
Documentary · 2024
The film we made
Battle for Change. The documentary that came out of it all.
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CHF 10,000
raised for Nawa Asha Griha, the school at the heart of the film
The cause
1993
Running since
450+
children a year
~200
living on site
Nawa Asha Griha is a home and school for street children in Kathmandu, with its own clinic, bakery, and library.
“We don't make good students, but good people.”
What this one shows we can do
- Cause-driven documentary storytelling, start to finish.
- On-location production in an unfamiliar environment.
- A finished film that turned an audience into real support.
Credits
- Lead
- Franny (Francesca Dougan), who organized and led the project
- Cause
- Nawa Asha Griha, a home and school for street children in Kathmandu, Nepal
- Our role
- Planning the shoot and interviews, filming, editing, and publishing, alongside Franny
- Format
- A documentary film
- Filmed
- April 2023, around ten days in Kathmandu
- Released
- 2024
- Raised
- CHF 10,000 for the school
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