Pomona Pictures is a multidisciplinary production studio based in Sicily, specialising in short-form films about science and political science.
Our clients include both traditional (BBC, AJE, NBC, Bloomberg) and online broadcasters (BBC Future, BBC Reel, BBC Ideas, TED-ED), universities (Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, UCLA, Northwestern, UniME), charities and NGOs (Wellcome Trust, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, New America).
We tell stories through animations, motion graphics and documentaries – often in combination – to create unique, innovative narratives that inspire, educate and entertain.
The quality of our work has been recognised through several international prizes (Webby Awards, Telly Awards, AAAS Awards, ABSW Awards) yet the most rewarding experiences come from the strange journeys our work goes on to take: from finding that our films on combatting anti-bacterial resistance were shown to the UN General Assembly, and our film on Manufacturing Consent being used as a teaching resource for journalism students around the world, to this year discovering that a documentary on the stretch of sea in front of our home, the Strait of Messina, has organically become a teaching aid for schools across the province.
All our work is produced in Sicily by a local team of illustrators, designers, coders and film makers, who we pay fair, internationally-recognised wages, with the aim of providing opportunities usually only found in major commercial centres and reversing the creative brain drain in the region.
We are Pomona Pictures.
We make videos.
We love science.