Lindsay Branham

Biography

Lindsay Branham is an Emmy-nominated and visionary film director, a social scientist, environmental psychologist and author. She is the founder of the film production studio NOVO, where she has pioneered collaborative film-based interventions globally, focusing on mitigating inter-religious violence, increasing resilience, reducing bonded labour, increasing psychological wellbeing and more. Her mobile cinema projects have reached millions of people globally. Notable directorial works include "Even in the Rain" (2018 Venice Film Festival), "The Hidden" (2018 Tribeca Film Festival), "Behind the Fence" (2017 SXSW Grand Jury Award) and "The Deep Place" (2017). Lindsay is currently completing her PhD at the University of Cambridge on the embodied and reciprocal relationship between humans and the Earth. Her book Heartwood is forthcoming in 2025 by Sounds True. She is a Cambridge Trust Scholar. Lindsay is committed to the spiral-like relationship between storytelling, ecology and justice.