THE HERE NOW PROJECT

2025
Feature Documentary

Directed and Produced by Greg Jacobs & Jon Siskel
Edited by John Farbrother
Executive Producer Wendy Abrams
Music by Kubilay Uner

2021 was the year climate change came home. From the streets of Brooklyn to the forests of Siberia, a relentless barrage of fires, floods, and storms made devastatingly clear that the extreme weather climate scientists had been predicting for half a century had arrived. Now, in a production of unprecedented scope, Emmy-winning filmmakers Jon Siskel and Greg Jacobs chronicle that pivotal year through the eyes of everyday people around the world. Built out of thousands of hours of in-the-moment footage—no narration, no talking heads—The Here Now Project transforms the ordinary act of shooting a cell phone video into the radical act of bearing witness, capturing both the simultaneous, global nature of climate change itself and the deeply human resilience, resourcefulness, and courage needed to confront it. At once epic and intimate, the film is a wake-up call to the world from the world. The message: we're all in this, together.

Premiered at the 2024 World Economic Forum
Jackson Wild Media Award Finalist
Opening Film Blue Planet Future Festival
HotDocs
Doctober
Climate Film Festival
Cinemambiente
Doc Point Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
Braunschweig International Film Festival
Human International Documentary Film Festival
Docville International Documentary Film Festival
Movies That Matter

“A chilling work, The Here Now Project captures the effects of climate change in a visceral way…A pulsing and terrifying look at what will become of the world if we do not collectively act, The Here Now Project serves as an urgent reminder that Mother Nature will no longer allow us to sit idly and record from the sidelines.”
–POV Magazine

“An urgent, engrossing and highly effective eco-doc unlike any other…Every single climate-change denier out there should be forced to sit down and watch this documentary.”
–Moviepie

“An undeniably powerful statement.”
–OriginalCin

“A stark alarm bell worth heeding.”
–The Gate

“I was totally wowed.”
–Heatmap

“Riveting…Mesmerizing”
–The Tyee