Indigenous peoples and traditional communities on the road to COP30

In April 2025, APIB (the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil) and the National Council of Traditional Peoples and Communities brought leaders together to consolidate their demands for COP30, as part of the campaign "A resposta somos nós" (We are the answer). The meeting produced a political letter with four pillars: land rights, direct funding, sociobiodiversity and a just energy transition. GIZ wanted less an event recap and more a piece that would spread these demands, especially those on land and funding.

We worked from about 30 minutes of interviews, 12 minutes of the letter being read aloud and around a hundred shots of the panels. The reading of the letter became the film's backbone, intercut with interviews, remarks from the panels and songs, which carry the transitions and keep the tone away from the institutional.

The edit sought balance between Indigenous peoples and traditional communities, between genders and generations, and between leaders from Brazil and from other Amazon Basin countries. Each person appears with their name and organization, and the script was approved by GIZ and APIB.

The same material produced two short videos in social media language, one on land rights and the other on direct climate finance, to circulate on the channels of APIB and the Network of Traditional Peoples and Communities.