INDUSTRIALS
DDC specializes in delivering well crafted films for major development organizations and businesses. Our striking images and pertinent scripts ensure that our films respond to the communications needs of our clients.

Film	Clients	Year
Succeeding at SCALE	Academy for Educational Development	2007
Unleashing Africa's Potential	The World Bank	2007
Fasimainty (Quarterly DVD)	Rio Tinto, QIT Madagascar Minerals	2007
Nature, Wealth and Power	Academy for Educational Development	2006
Devéloppement et Conservation	Fonds de Solidarité Prioritaire	2006
Le Defi d'une Génération	Wildlife Conservation Society	2006
Madagascar: Taking on Malnutrition	Sight and Life, GRET	2006
Health: For the Malagasy People	USAID - Madagascar	2006
The Hardest to Reach	Network for the Improvement of World Health	2005

Succeding at SCALE

Client:USAID - GreenCOM Project Duration:16 min Producer:Colby Gottert DirectorRado Andriamanisa

This film investigates the theory and practice of the SCALE approach and documents how the model has stimulated system-wide change within the dairy industry in Kenya, and the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants sector in Morocco. Shot on location in Kenya, East Africa the film also includes stock footage from activities in Morocco. DDC produced this film for the USAID GreenCom project in order to inform development practitioners around the world about the SCALE approach and it's implications for increasing development impact across a variety of sectors.

Unleasing Africa's Potential

Client:The Word Bank Duration:13 min Producer:Colby Gottert DirectorColby Gottert

Socio-economic growth in East Africa remains limited in part due to a lack of information communications technology (ICT) infrastructure such as internet connectivity. The World Bank is proposing to launch a the Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (RCIP), which will allow the countries of Kenya, Burundi and Madagascar to install fiberoptic infrastructure and connect to the existing global broadband network.. In this short film we see how individuals and companies are making full use of the infrastructure they have, and hear their views on the necessity of increased ICT capacity for the social and economic development of their countries.

FASIMAINTY - The QMM Ilmenite Project

Client:Rio Tinto, QIT Madagascar Minerals Duration:20 min Producer:Colby Gottert DirectorMamihasina

This series of quarterly DVDs documents the ongoing construction activities of the QIT Madagascar Minerals Project (QMM) in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. QMM a subsidiary of the multinational corporation Rio Tinto is building infrastructure including the Port of Ehoala, regional road networks and processing plants in order to extract illmenite from the region. The DDC team documents all phases of the construction activity and produces these quarterly DVDs as internal communications tools, which QMM's management uses to inform regional, national and international partners about the progress in Fort Dauphin. The DVDs include coverage of social and environmental activities in addition to construction activities.

Nature Health and Power

Client:Academy for Educational Development Duration:20 min Producer:Colby Gottert DirectorRado Andriamanisa ; Mamihasina

Experience demonstrates that when communities take on more responsibility for nature conservation, the local people can increase their economic benefits and manage natural resources more sustainably. Governments gain strategic partners in efforts to create jobs, alleviate poverty, nurture local empowerment and manage endangered resources. The locals improve their standards of living and the livelihoods of future generations. Natural resources, economic growth and governance-Nature, Wealth and Power are inseparable in the pursuit of sustainable rural development.

Développement et Conservation

Client:Fonds de Solidarité Prioritaire Duration:26 min Producer:Bertrand Guillemot DirectorRado Andriamanisa, Colby Gottert

This documentary profiles the accomplishments of the FSP-GDRN project in Madagascar. The French Government implemented the GDRN project in partnership with the Malagasy Ministry of Water and Forests in order to support environmental initiatives across Madagascar. The film focuses on several successful activities, including strengthening CITES policy, improve forest management in the Ambatondrazaka region, study the effects of deforestation in the forest of Kirindy and establishing a marine reserve in Andavadoaka.

Le Défi d'une Génération

Client:Wildlife Conservation Society Duration: 35 min Producer:Colby Gottert DirectorRado Andriamanisa

Makira, a new protected area in the northeast of Madagscar, contains numerous species found nowhere else on earth. Communities living around the protected area are being asked to share management responsibilities with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to ensure the protections of the unique forest ecosystems and the sustainable use of natural resources. In this film, we follow two famous Malagasy singers, Dama and Babaique, as they travel through the forest and meet with communities to hear their perspectives on how the forest should be managed.

Taking on Malnutrition

Client:Sight and Life, GRET Duration:23 min Producer:Ann Gottert DirectorRado Andriamanisa ; Colby Gottert

Innovative solutions to the prevalence of chronic malnutrition among Malagasy children are urgently needed. In this film, we follow mothers and their infants to see how the Nutrimad program is using community education activities to promote Koba Aina, a fortified porriage in urban and rural areas of Madagascar. We also follow a mother of school-age children to learn about Nutrimad's school nutrition program.

Health for the Malagasy People

Client:USAID Madagascar Duration:4X10 min Producer:Colby Gottert DirectorRado Andriamanisa

Over the past 15 years, the United States Government has worked hand in hand with the Government of Madagascar to improve the quality of life and the health of Malagasy families. Working with the Ministry of Health and Family Planning and other partners, the U. S. Agency for International Development has helped Madagascar to achieve a spectacular 42% reduction in child mortality over the past decade. USAID/Madagascar’s Health, Population and Nutrition (HPN) Program is working in four key areas: - Maternal and Child Health, - Malaria prevention and control, - Voluntary Family planning, and - HIV Prevention These four short films document the innovative ways that the HPN program and its partners are empowering Malagasy people to live healthier, happier lives.

The Hardest to Reach: the Ghana Boat Clinic Project

Client: Network for the Improvement of World Health, Ghana Health Service Duration:20 min Producer:Producer : Jack Gordon

Communities situated around the enormous Volta Lake in northern Ghana have a dire need for access to health services. Cut off both geographically and economically from the rest of the country, they are also cut off from accessing treatment and preventative health services. This film documents the work of Network for the Improvement of World Health, an NGO, and the Ghana Health Service to ensure better services for these isolated communities. With their small fleet of boats, committed health care providers regularly visit communities along the lake, delivering critical medical care and preventative services like vaccination and family planning.