We’re quick to celebrate film festival laurels.We’re slower to ask where they came from. Today there's a tidal wave of 'monthly awards' easy available for any filmmaker seeking instant easy validation and gaining Likes on...
Oh gosh, I've been wanting to write about this topic for some time, so here it is: There’s an unfortunate trend creeping into filmmaking these days: documentaries getting stretched, padded, and bloated, not because...
WorkCabin Films has produced a special Saving The Night Caller (Filmmaker’s Cut), a version that allows us to continue to tell this inspiring conservation story about researchers from Birds Canada and the University of...
I receive dozens of emails every year from aspiring young filmmakers wondering how to break into the field of becoming a conservation filmmaker. So here goes, my best advice. It’s not an easy path. There’s no...
This October, we packed up our gear — not for another shoot — but for a journey across the border. Filmmaker Gregg McLachlan and co-producer Cynthia Brink of WorkCabin Films travelled to Marquette, Michigan, for...
A pair of WorkCabin Films documentaries, The Bird House and Saving The Night Caller | Uncovering Echoes in The Dark, have been announced as Official Selections for the Fresh Coast Film Festival October 16-19,...
When I first imagined my career, I pictured myself as a wildlife technician spending my days in the field, collecting data, and working hands-on to help protect our natural world. That was the goal. Life,...
At WorkCabin Films, conservation filmmaking isn’t just something we do — it’s everything we do. We’re not generalists. We don’t bounce from corporate ads to weddings to conservation shoots. Our lens is always focused...
This might not be a welcomed read for your conservation nonprofit's communications team. But it needs to be heard in this age of generating neverending volumes of social media content. Content isn't a story. Full...
At WorkCabin Films, we're knee-deep in a year of powerful storytelling, immersed in wild places, and lending our lens to voices that too often go unheard. With three new conservation documentaries now in production,...
