What is a frame?
Frames are individual images. In our movie, 25 images make up one second of film. Just like in a flipbook. You will receive a copy of one frame from one instance of our film as a thank you for your support.
FAQ
What can I do with the frame?
Anything: You can post it, change it, print it out and hang it on your wall, give it to your friends ... It's yours!
Do I now own part of the documentary?
Unfortunately not. You have purchased a copy of one of the 250,000 frames of the documentary project. By the way: there are only around 25,000 polar bears left on this planet. In other words, far fewer than the images in this movie.
What happens to my money?
We have a simple division: 75% of the funs collected via our crowdfunding will be donated to selected NGOs and 25% is used to create more important documentaries for you, which corresponds with the poise of our foundation and is legally necessary to maintain charitable status of our foundation.
How did you select the NGOs?
Through our journey, we have identified specific areas where we aim to address change by protecting our planet, humans, and animals. For each area, we have selected a non-profit-organisation that closely aligns with our mission and has a proven track record of making a meaningful impact in those areas.
Jane Goodall Institute Germany: Based on the revolutionary insights of Dr. Jane Goodall from her studies of the chimpanzees of Gombe, the Jane Goodall institute Germany advocate for comprehensive nature and species conservation, education in sustainable development, and global development cooperation.
Berlin World Wild: The species conservation program Berlin World Wild supports scientists in researching the breeding, hunting, and migratory movements of polar bears in the Arctic. The goal is to establish protected areas where the animals can find enough food.
Climate Foundation: The Climate Foundation is working to find nature-based solutions to help our beloved Earth. It supports an innovative project that restores sea ice at Hudson Bay in Canada to save the natural habitat of polar bears.
Who are you?
Michel Abdollahi is a German-Iranian journalist, author, moderator and artist. Michel Abdollahi was the protagonist of the documentary “Planet Without Apes“, which deals with the illegal trade of monkeys. The film premiered on November 4, 2020 at the “Lone Star Film Festival“ in Fort Worth, where it was recognized as the best documentary. In January 2021 it was awarded as best international documentary at the “Santa Monica Film Festival“. Since 2016 Michel is hosting a late-night show called “Käpt’ns Dinner“ inside a museum submarine on German television. He became known for various television reports and talkshows. He won the “German TV Prize 2018“ for his documentary “Im Nazidorf“ from a racist radical village in northern Germany. He was awarded the “Gustaf-Gründgens Prize“ for his lifetime achievement.
Michel Abdollahi was born in Iran in 1981. He came to Germany at the age of five. He studied law and Islamic sciences. He has the personal ambition to present the topics of species protection and climate change to young people in an entertaining way in order to make a change.
What is the project “Time to Say Goodbye”?
The project titled Time to say Goodbye consists of three parts.
Firstly: A five-part documentary series by and with Michel Abdollahi. The topic of the documentary is climate change and the protection of polar bears, which are allowed to be hunted in Canada legally. For the documentary, a polar bear hunting license has been acquired specifically. As part of the documentary, the polar bear set out to be shot was saved - as the real threat to the animal is caused by climate change, not hunting. The documentary will be published on the new YouTube channel, Truth.Unscripted, by Michel Abdollahi. The channel is partnered with the renowned media brand Spiegel TV.
Secondly: In order to bring the topic of climate change back to the public - post Covid and times of war in Europe - the well-known advertising agency Jung von Matt launched a viral campaign right before releasing the documentary. In cooperation with Berlin Zoo, a fictitious threat situation was created for the zoo's favorite polar bear Herta. An anonymous hunter threatened Herta on social media and claimed he wanted to shoot the polar bear. The campaign will be dissolved at the start of Michel Abdollahi's documentary. The central message of the campaign is: ALL polar bears are under threat. Not just Herta, who is known and loved by everyone. We can all contribute to saving polar bears by working together to fight climate change.
Thirdly: Parallel to the documentary, a crowdfunding page is being launched at www.truth-unscripted.com. Copies of the documentary are "sold" frame by frame. 75% of the donations will go to climate and species protection projects. 25% of the funds will be used to finance the upcoming journalistic documentary by Michel Abdollahi.
YouTube channel Truth.Unscripted is run by journalist Michel Abdollahi under the roof of Spiegel TV. Journalistic documentaries, backgrounds, and topics related to the documentaries will be published here and shared with the Truth.Unscripted community.
Are polar bears really endangered?
The polar bear is already classified as an endangered species on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The loss of their habitat is a particular problem for polar bears. The animals cannot find food and finding a mate is also becoming more difficult. The reason for this is man-made climate change.
