PURPOSE-LED FILM + STUDIO
FILM + STUDIO
AT BROADEN

We believe it’s time for change: to shift perspectives and inspire action. Our films invite your audiences towards a more equitable and sustainable future.

We believe it’s time for change: to shift perspectives and inspire action. Our films invite your audiences towards a more equitable and sustainable future.

We believe it’s time for change: to shift perspectives and inspire action. Our films invite your audiences towards a more equitable and sustainable future.

MISSION

We know that thinking and doing go hand-in-hand, and that impactful stories join these dots. We’re a team of makers, artists and doers, diligently committed to our values.

Compassionate

Advocates for the natural world

Brave

Fierce, bold and resilient

Adventurous

Explorers of unbeaten paths

Pioneering

Makers of unconventional ideas

Ecological

Systems thinkers for collective futures

Artisanal

Forever committed to craftsmanship

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To increase
the width, breadth,
or scope of

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To affect or make
something affect more
people or things

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The Broaden Story

The Broaden story

2014

Bryony (architect-in-training) and George (drummer) meet at a music festival in Bilbao.

2015

Self-taught, George forges a path in film.

2016

A taste for adventure leads Bryony from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Australia. She works on parks, placemaking and public transport projects.

2017

George follows, leaving Manchester.

2018

Sydney’s creative community is a welcome home. The pair make their first project together about a cement-making town in rural New South Wales.

2019

Tears, goodbyes and a new chapter in the UK. Time to convert a 25-year old Japanese campervan and launch Broaden.

2020

Bryony and George set off in their 4m2 home-on- wheels. They craft culture and brand films, and launch their debut documentary. As the pandemic halts travel, Broaden embraces solar-powered editing and low-impact living in València, Spain.

2021

Broaden relocates to Manchester, UK. Old friends, new collaborators and good times.

2022

Bimini Bon Boulash graces the screen in a centenary campaign with the National Union of Students. Jack, Georgiana, Matt and others join the crew.

2023

Broaden are invited to Texas to represent the North West’s creative sector at SXSW.

2024

A 40ft shipping container enters the scene and Bryony’s dad Bruford comes on board. Digging, welding, cutting and sweating on the studio build continues alongside projects far and wide. Broaden’s film against high- carbon advertising premieres in British parliament.

2025

The Broaden Studio opens for business in Manchester.

2026

Three documentaries progress: ‘Reebok and Walsh’ is seen by 50,000 visitors, ‘More than Music’ premieres and ‘Djakuju’ continues production.