Powerful stories
to challenge and inspire

An independent documentary production company that elevates the voices we need to hear

About us

'There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'.
There are only the deliberately silenced,
or the preferably unheard’

— Arundhati Roy

MPWR Productions is a London based independent production company, founded in 2021 by the Franco-Irish journalist Dr Myriam Francois (credits: BBC, C4, Al Jazeera). Our work focuses on ‘unheard’ stories which challenge assumptions and engage our shared humanity, using wit and flare. We also aim to collaborate with emerging artists and talent to foster innovative, intelligent, and inspiring projects.

Mission: We make critically acclaimed, commercially successful content that moves people and makes people move.

“Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes us move.” Ossie Davis

Vision: MPWR aims to be the leading global production company producing intelligent, artistic, and subversive content which centres marginalised voices and revolutionising perspectives. We balance artistically acclaimed feature documentaries for a global market, with recurring series to keep viewers engaged and invested in the issues that matter.

At MPWR, we believe films can change hearts, where minds won’t bend. In an increasingly polarised world, we believe in the power of film to change the world.

Our films champion everyday heroes, ecological causes, and a commitment to a shared humanity. And beyond the content itself, we believe in filmmaking teams which reflect the stories being told.

Powerful. Sustainable. Socially driven. We empower the voices for change by making their stories ones you just can’t miss.

  • Dr Myriam François

    FOUNDER - CEO

    Myriam is an award-winning filmmaker with a decade of documentary film making, from stand alones to series, for the BBC, Channel4, Al Jazeera and more. With a strong background in current affairs and news reporting, and a PhD in postcolonial politics from Oxford mean, Myriam marries a love of research and hard-hitting storytelling, to an obsession with pop culture . Her award-winning directorial debut "Finding Alaa" (BBC/CBC) premiered at Hot Docs and the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo. The film has won numerous awards including Jury special mention at Doc Edge. Her most recent series for Al Jazeera “France in Focus” won best series at the New York Film and TV awards 2023.

    More on her here.

  • Karl Jackson

    CREATIVE DIRECTOR

    A London-based Writer, Director and Actor born to a Jamaican father and Austrian mother. He has a zeal for telling unapologetic stories that showcase the underdog. Karl's directorial debut Relapse, about a father, recently released from prison, trying to rebuild his life, was received with critical acclaim. His second film, Independence, focused on young people in care, was awarded BFI NETWORK funding. The film is the second instalment of his trilogy on at-risk young people, and forms part of a wider TV series currently in development through his production company Mirror Door Productions. His acting credits include Sundance-nominated Dirty God, among many others. Karl brings this wealth of on-screen experience to bear in his directorial approach.

  • Lucia de la Torre

    PRODUCTION MANAGER

    Lucia is a London-based journalist, documentary filmmaker and multimedia producer whose work focuses on the power of innovative storytelling techniques to build community and foster change.

    Lucia works as a producer for the Financial Times’ in-house creative studio. Previously, she covered news, film, travel, architecture, and culture for The Calvert Journal, the world’s leading publication for society and art in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and she a co-organised The Calvert Journal Film Festival.

    As a filmmaker, Lucia is a confident producer, director, self-shooter, and editor whose work focuses on powerful individual stories that reveal issues of global importance. Her short films have been screened at festivals worldwide, and her latest project, currently in post production, has been selected for multiple pitching forums and development programmes.

Films

Clients

  • CBC Documentaries

  • BBC

  • Friends of Europe

    Brussels-based, not-for-profit think-tank for European Union policy analysis and debate.

  • HUM2N

    Alternative & holistic health service

  • Ashoka

    A collaborative network that supports and amplifies change by bringing together changemakers.

  • Creed & Culture

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