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Research & PR · 2025 · 14 min
Twelve Years of Tuesdays
Research documentary for NIH-adjacent funding support
The film
A translational research lab, told at the pace research actually moves — slowly, then all at once.
The problem on the table
The institute needed to communicate a decade of incremental work to philanthropic funders without flattening it into a highlight reel.
How we made it
Long-lens observational filming across two semesters, paired with sit-down interviews at the bench rather than in a conference room. Data visualization was built in-house with the lab's own figures.
Behind the scenes
- Long-lens observational filming across two semesters so bench work stayed uninterrupted.
- Interviews happened at the bench, never in a conference room.
- Data visualisation was built in-house from the lab’s own published figures.
They resisted every urge to make our work look faster than it is. That honesty is why funders trusted it.
