Christoph Warrack Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, Gb

I helped the organisation develop its social and governance strategy.

B Foundry is an impact venture studio devoted to addressing the climate, nature and inclusion emergencies. It connects founders and funders, places and partners, to create dealflow for ESG and impact funds. We are early in this journey, supporting a portfolio of UK climate and social ventures, but with thousands in each category in our wider orbit. We are currently scoping a fundraise to support R&D for a platform to embody the constellation. We are committed to supporting accomplishment of a net-zero UK by 2035, the SDG goals, and to making the ventures driving these shifts available to global markets. We have spun out two ventures so far, MovingBeyond Ltd and Gather Networks Ltd. We are developing collaborations with think tanks and policy makers, in skills, impact, community empowerment and data dashboarding.

London, Gb

I was head of product at Must, leading on the conception and execution of the application, designed to transform content discovery, utility, and sharing, initially in TV and subsequently in a a range of content verticals. As a cofounder, I co-authored the business plan and financial model, which was successful in raising pre-seed investment.

Airbase is a digital platform enabling any premises to host courses of learning, and any skills practitioner or organisation to box up courses and distribute to a landscape of community-led demand. Funded pilot 2019-20. Relaunching in 2022.

Gb

Open Cinema enables any group to launch a community cinema, or build skills through a filmmaking programme. I founded the organisation in 2009, and it is now a group of companies comprising Open Cinema Foundation (OCF) and Open Cinema International Ltd (OCI).As founder, I oversee the development of strategy and finance, marketing and partnerships, operations and the generation and evolution of our creative programmes. I also support our research and reporting, and represent the company at regional, national and international events. Open Cinema has worked with over 100 organisational partners across Europe and the US to launch participatory community cinemas and filmmaking programmes. 47 film clubs in five countries are now screening films on a weekly or fortnightly basis using our tools, resources, policies and support. These include schools, homelessness centres, care homes, libraries, village halls and community centres. We work to a fully-developed theory of change, to enable any individual or community to move from exclusion to participation. We do this through a four-step process of engagement, inspiration, development and progression. Our work catalyses, for example, 90% of members to participate in a second activity at that centre. We publish research and reports on our impact annually. Many of these elements were developed with support from the Thomson Reuters Foundation's TrustLaw Connect programme, of which we were the tenth registered social enterprise. One of the firms we've worked with was given the 2015 TRF Lawyer of the Year award for their work with us, and of whom Open Cinema is now a portfolio pro bono client.Open Cinema has won many other awards and accolades for its work, and has helped advance the understanding of the positive impact of culture on and by excluded individuals and communities.

SELECTED PROJECTS:WAR / FILM (2009) Writer, Executive Producer Documentary Feature; developed with Roast Beef Films Executive Producer: Kevin Macdonald; Chief advisor: Alvaro de Soto (UN Envoy to the Middle East, 2005-07)ONE WORD FOR CINEMA (2007) Director Documentary Short / 3 mins Premiered at EU Film Festival, Kaliningrad 2007THE SURVIVOR (2006) Director, Producer Drama Short / Central Saint Martins / 25 mins Various awards (see below)KATE 123 (2005) Director Drama Short / Central Saint Martins / 13 minsOpening Film, Clerkenwell Film Festival 2005THE POETRY THIEF (2003) Writer-Director Drama Short / Tempo Films / 11 mins Produced as development of a feature-length screenplay optioned by Little Wing FilmsSHTO NOVOVO: AN ELEGY FOR THE UNION (2002) Co-Director Documentary Feature / Import Films, Harvard University, Kyrgyzstan / 52 mins Screened in London cinemas by DocHouse. Critic’s Choice, TimeOutSOUTH WEST 9 (2000)Art DepartmentFeature filmSUBTERFUGUE (1999) Writer and Sound Recordist Science Fiction Short / Tempo Productions / 13 mins Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Retrospective of British Cinema, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

London, Gb

Contributed film reviews on current releases, festivals and books

Produced reports on scripts under consideration for development at Little Wing, later Buena Onda, later The Salt Company

Short Course, Challenges Of Global Poverty

Ma, Performance (Screen Directing)

Certificate Of Higher Education, Philosophy