What we have been up to...

Making a film is a long process. In the next few days and weeks, we will be telling you about the different stages of production of our 26-minute current-affair documentary.

After five months working intensively on this project, Georgina and I are looking forward to sharing our thoughts and images with the rest of the world. We are currently finishing the edit, with the generous help of Sydney-based graphic designer Adrian Smith. Other journalists, editors and interns have helped along the way and we will make sure to mention them in coming posts. We would also like to take the opportunity to thank all those, friends and relatives, who contributed financially to this self-funded project.

At the moment, we are actively looking for broadcasters and festival organisers from all over the world interested in airing our story. Biopiracy is a hot topic at the moment. The Convention on Biological Diversity’s 10th conference of parties will be taking place in just a few days in Nagoya (Japan). A protocol on access and benefit-sharing will be widely debated and probably negotiated during the conference which could have a huge impact on drug companies.

If you would like to know more about our project, you can sign up for regular updates on our twitter account @perlagoniumproj or email us at pelargoniumproject [a] gmail.com