Private Project

Start Up For A Reason

Entrepreneurs have been shaping the world we live in. Yet, issues like access to education, food security, environmental protection are more prevalent than ever. Across four developing countries, some impressive and inspiring entrepreneurs are starting companies not for profit, but for a reason. They are impact entrepreneurs, fighting for social and environmental justice. A carbon-free production.

  • Mehdi Balamissa
    Director
    The Boss (Morocco, 11 min, 2019)
  • Adilson Borges
    Director
  • Mehdi Balamissa
    Producer
  • Adilson Borges
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Documentary, Environmental film
  • Runtime:
    52 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    December 9, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    1,500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Green Film Festival
    Krakow
    Poland
    August 14, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Italia Green Film Festival
    Rome
    Italy
    April 21, 2022
    Italian Premiere
    Golden Leaf
Director Biography - Mehdi Balamissa, Adilson Borges

The film is the fruit of the first collaboration between Mehdi Balamissa, a French-Moroccan environmental documentary filmmaker, and Adilson Borges, a French-Brazilian researcher in economy.

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Director Statement

It is time to follow the path of the impact entrepreneurs, who do not seek only profit, but are fighting to generate an impact around them and address the immense contemporary issues we are facing. Extra financial criteria have to be considered in business to finally respond to the climate and social emergencies.
In developing countries where entrepreneurial ecosystems are still at early stages of development, creativity emerges from those constraints, and impact entrepreneurs are fighting everyday for a more responsible way of doing business. Those mission-driven pioneers are showing us the way.