Vital Stories, Artfully Told.

Cinereach is a playground of experimentation where imaginations thrive, stories flourish, and every medium offers fresh opportunities.

Our Process

Driven by curiosity, we journey together — creating an environment that encourages experimentation, learns from failure and thrives on unexpected ideas — as we seek to catalyze meaningful narratives by incorporating community, culture and research into compelling content.

culture

At Cinereach, we understand that culture is powered by people and values. We imagine a culture that is connected by our shared humanity, finds beauty in our differences and remains curious to discover things unknown. We aim to stay attuned to the fluidity and authenticity of culture to inspire the everyday magic that influences meaningful and captivating stories. If our stories are a reflection of what culture can become, we can ignite that spark of change.

Community

At Cinereach, we believe deeply in the power of people working collectively. It's at the core of all we do. We're always seeking creators, visionaries, and change-makers who share our bold vision to co-create stories that amplify cultural shifts and lead to measurable progress. We know that change won't happen overnight, and we're determined to work together as we step hopefully into the unknown. Through mobilizing a holistic and robust array of voices and perspectives, we aspire to generate momentum, story by story, to create the preconditions for new systems to emerge.

research

Big thinking can lead to surprising ideas and entertaining stories that can shift systems, spark change and impact culture. Utilizing systems thinking, we're harnessing data-driven research and cross-checking our ideas. Working alongside social scientists, psychologists, lived experience experts and audience researchers, we're identifying narrative intervention points that can lead to measurable system shifts. At Cinereach, we believe merging science with community and culture will result in stories that audiences don't want to put down.

content

At Cinereach, we're incubating new ideas and leveraging the power of story to reach broader audiences for greater impact. That means we're embracing the concept of a creative playground, envisioning new ideas and alternative futures to create narratives in which our audiences can feel invested. From television to comic books, interactive video games to web series, we're looking to fresh mediums to produce high-impact stories that captivate and delight.

our story

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2023

Cinereach pioneers new ways of story-making across all mediums and incubates culture-shifting ideas to drive impact at scale. Including the Civic Leadership Stories Project.

2021

Cinereach expands focus beyond film to include all kinds of media.

2020

Cinereach supports the diversify.film database. Cinereach supports the Black TV & Film Collective inaugural fellowship.

2019

Cinereach partners with The Black List. Cinereach is recognized by the IDA with the Pioneer Award.

2017

Cinereach partners on SFFILM Invest, resulting in the funding of films including Mogul Mowgli, Cryptozoo and All Light, Everywhere.

2016

Cinereach launches the Organizational Support Program. Cinereach absorbs Film Presence, creates the Sustained Audience Development Program. Cinereach supports Sundance to create The Art Of Non Fiction. Cinereach creates the inaugural Producer’s Award.

2015

Cinereach begins making program-related investments, eventually resulting in co-financing films such as Sorry To Bother You, The Assistant and Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

2013

Beasts of the Southern Wild is nominated for four Oscars. Cinereach launches the Cinereach Fellowship.

2011

Cinereach engages its first full production, Beasts of the Southern Wild.

2008

Cinereach starts providing grants to fiction work as well. Cinereach launches the Reach Film Fellowship for emerging filmmakers.

2006

Cinereach makes its first grant, provides support to nonfiction film projects, and organizations.

2023

Cinereach pioneers new ways of story-making across all mediums and incubates culture-shifting ideas to drive impact at scale. Including the Civic Leadership Stories Project.

2021

Cinereach expands focus beyond film to include all kinds of media.

2020

Cinereach supports the diversify.film database. Cinereach supports the Black TV & Film Collective inaugural fellowship.

2019

Cinereach partners with The Black List. Cinereach is recognized by the IDA with the Pioneer Award.

2017

Cinereach partners on SFFILM Invest, resulting in the funding of films including Mogul Mowgli, Cryptozoo and All Light, Everywhere.

2016

Cinereach launches the Organizational Support Program. Cinereach absorbs Film Presence, creates the Sustained Audience Development Program. Cinereach supports Sundance to create The Art Of Non Fiction. Cinereach creates the inaugural Producer’s Award.

2015

Cinereach begins making program-related investments, eventually resulting in co-financing films such as Sorry To Bother You, The Assistant and Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

2013

Beasts of the Southern Wild is nominated for four Oscars. Cinereach launches the Cinereach Fellowship.

2011

Cinereach engages its first full production, Beasts of the Southern Wild.

2008

Cinereach starts providing grants to fiction work as well. Cinereach launches the Reach Film Fellowship for emerging filmmakers.

2006

Cinereach makes its first grant, provides support to nonfiction film projects, and organizations.

meet the team

Theresa Berens

Art Director

Terry Chang

Chief Legal Officer and Business Affairs Lead

Melissa Estro

Director, Finance

Margaret Klingler

Operations Manager

Syia Lewis

Chief Operating Officer

Candice McFarlane

Chief Creative Officer

Brooke Moreland

Director, Community, Learning & Design

Ryan Rosen

Executive Assistant

Jennifer Strachan

Chief Executive Officer
Recognized by the IDA with the Pioneer Award

Testimonials

“Cinereach is at the cutting edge of the narrative and culture change game. They are thinking critically about how entertainment can drive change to make this country more just, inclusive, and equitable.”
Nat Kendall-Taylor, PhD
CEO, FrameWorks Institute
“It is a blessing when an organization puts into practice their deep values around developing the containers for creatives to not only thrive as art makers but also as human beings.”
Erin Washington
Founder, SoulCenter
"Cinereach has been an incredible partner —their team's readiness to share advice, make introductions, and help us navigate the evolving industry landscape was essential as we launched the Civic Leadership Stories Project."
Will Jenkins
Civic Leadership Stories Project
“With its new strategy, focused on social impact through storytelling, Cinereach will build on its extraordinary track record to make media that makes a difference.”
Liz Manne
Co-founder & Principal, Story Strategy Group

Featured Projects

Learn more Our work
Mija
The Hottest August
Sorry to Bother You
After Yang
The Mole Agent
Midnight Family

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