ο»ΏMFP LAUNCHES ITS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
FEBURARY 2022

We are excited to announce the launch of our social media accounts on Facebook and Instagram. Follow us on journey around the unique "eighth continent". We will be sharing the best of our video and photographic content primarily around the themes of wildlife, conservation and a lot of behind the scenes "making of" content. Click on the animated buttons below to follow our adventures!

"After seeing fish numbers plummet, he swapped his fishing net for a camera" - BBC Africa. MFP'S Co-founder Michel "Goff" Strogoff featured in BBC Africa's online service. The social media post chronicles Goff's incredible life journey from Vezo fisherman to become "one of Madagascar’s leading conservation wildlife filmmakers and photographers." You can read the full post here

MFP photographed members of the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) who are finalists in the 2024 Earthshot prize. The team attended a series of events in Madagascar. Michel Strogoff MFP's co-founder was on hand to capture a series of imagery of the team whilst they attended events in Madagascar. You can view Goff's imagery and learn more about the vital work of HAC and the Earthshot prize project by following this link.

Herizo Randrianandrasana, shares his experience as a camera and storytelling trainee at Madagascar Film & Photography, highlighting the importance of Madagascar’s national parks and learning the craft of camera and filmmaking. After being supported through the Wildscreen Storytelling Internship Scheme in partnership with the Aina Madagascar Film Fellowship as MFP’s first Scholarship Student, he kept a diary throughout his 2-month internship, chronicling his journey with the company. You can read all about his adventures HERE!

π¦π Meet Herizo Randrianandrasana, MFP’s first Scholarship Student! We are very excited to welcome him to the team and for him to train with us over the next two months. π’ π₯The scholarship’s focus is on training Malagasy nationals in wildlife and environmental filmmaking and photography. Its ultimate goal is to create awareness around conservation and help to empower a new generation of impactful Malagasy storytellers. πΏπ¦
πππ Thanks to Wildscreen’s support, Herizo will receive a salary and the Aina Madagascar Film Fellowship will cover his travel and living expenses.

MFP recently worked with WeAct to document the cookstove project they support in Madagascar. WeAct provides fuel efficient cookstoves to households that reduce the amount of firewood needed to cook. This in turn decreases deforestation and local emissions - and improves health, income and employment opportunities for local communities. Goff traveled with the WeAct crew to Fianarantsoa to photograph in the factories that make the cookstoves and the homes of local community members that are using the stoves.

We are very proud that our good friend Mamy Razafitsalama of Planet Madagascar has won a Whitley Fund for Nature award! The award recognises Mamy’s work to protect forests and help biodiversity and people in communities in NW Madagascar. We have worked with Mamy on multiple film projects over the years and have seen first hand the vital work that he and the team are doing.

We had a fantastic time working with the RISE Our World Heritage crew
and Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy. Vatosoa and Nicolas the presenter and founder of Rise took to the air for a unique perspective on the incredible biodiversity of Madagascar as well as some of the community based solutions that are helping to protect the environment.