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Pitch your travel film idea

Find out what we are looking for in our video content.

We want to build a catalogue of travel video content that showcases world cultures, people, and places - with an emphasis on rich storytelling and your personal experience.

Please have a good look at our videos, so you don't waste your time pitching something to us that we have already featured.

In our Stories section, videos can be produced in a variety of formats – suiting your personality and style. For instance, it could be a first-person vlog style video, or a short-form documentary. Their purpose is to capture a story from the authentic point of view of a traveling world nomad.

To accompany your video, we produce a 500 to 700-word original, first-person travel narrative.

The video must go beyond the destination itself to focus on the personal experience of the traveler – the emotions they felt, what they discovered about the place, its people, or themselves, how the experience opened their heart, or changed their viewpoint. The goal is to inspire readers / viewers to travel and push their boundaries.

In particular, we're interested in licensing original video content that contains:

Brilliant storytelling: yourself as a strong central character with a great story to tell, or alternately a strong local character or characters
A central theme that falls under one of our five categories:
Love: Whether it’s crossing borders for love, forming bonds that transcend boundaries, following your passion, moving on after heartbreak, or learning to love yourself, these stories explore how travel opens our hearts and expands our possibilities

Fear: Sometimes travel is a test – of our wits, our nerve, our endurance, or all of the above – and it can take us far beyond our comfort zone. These are stories of nomads confronting their fears, testing their survival skills, and discovering just what they’re capable of

Discovery: The best journeys don’t just show us the unfamiliar – they help us understand it. In these stories, our nomads dive deep into the local culture in search of the beliefs, desires, and history behind the customs

Connection: An unfamiliar town that suddenly feels like home. A fleeting encounter that resonates forever. A stranger destined to become a friend. In these stories, our nomads share the moment the barriers fell away and they truly connected with a place and its people

Transformation: People and places change over time – and often in very profound ways. These stories are about experiences that defy expectations, and how travel can shift our views of the world, one another, and ourselves.
Stories of world cultures; including people, places, local connections, or new travel experiences
Professional standard of production including audio and video
We want to leave viewers inspired to want to travel in a responsible and authentic way, and experience what you have done
Video stories pitches will only be seriously considered upon seeing previous videos that you have created, or a video body of work
Feel free to pitch more than a one-off video, for instance a series of videos. Note however that we have a limited budget per year, so your pitch has to be something really unique in order for us to license more than one
In your pitch, please explain your personal angle on your video story, and how the story fits into one of five categories described above
And don’t forget, travel is a very sensory experience. It helps if your content also addresses sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch, time, pain/pleasure, balance, temperature (to name a few)
The fees for video stories are negotiated on a case by case basis. Please note that we pay on final video delivery.

Pitch your film ideas to video@worldnomads.com (THIS EMAIL NEEDS TO BE SET UP)