Humans are narrative beings; inspired by stories, and not by data.

Coldhouse is an agency with a singular focus on storytelling. We work to forge meaningful relationships between brands and their audiences. Our clients are pioneers – companies, organisations and individuals who are fueled by a desire to go further. Our roots in documenting expeditions to some of the harshest environments on the planet has carved within us a core appreciation of both the wonder and fragility of the natural world.

While we are now a global collective with a wide-ranging set of skills, our time in the far reaches taught us lessons that benefit our clients to this day. Crucially, that small teams of specialists – compelled by purpose and passion – can tell stories that would otherwise be out of reach, and may soon be out of time.

Whether we are creating complex campaigns or telling a story with a single photograph, our approach is the same: stories that are true to the brand, narrative-led, and inspired by the elements. The extremity of the environments that we learnt our craft in forged an expertise – both in our in-house team and extended network – which means no brief is too intricate, no concept too complex and no location too remote. We take equal pride in documenting the first ascent of a Himalayan peak, capturing the innovation and execution of a cutting-edge product, or photographing in still life the nuances of a ranger, nomad or artisan.

Being structured around a tight-knit collective, broad in its passion, talent and experience, allows us to assemble the most efficient team to tell our clients’ story in the most effective manner. From feature-length expedition documentaries to impactful branded content, technical animations to multi-season global campaigns; we tell it differently for each of our clients, journeying with them from the spark of a concept through to the final story.

In 2022 we met Danielle Sellwood, a filmmaker whose immense passion about making content accessible to the disabled community started a bit of a fire at Coldhouse. We worked together to create the "Adventure Film Accessibility Project", a project that aims to give the adventure film industry, its filmmakers and associated sponsors, a big nudge to start a movement. There are many people that love the outdoors but can't access the amazing content that the industry creates every year.

There are three parts to the project:


The first accessible session at a film festival happened on 18th November 2022 at Kendal Mountain Festival - the biggest adventure film festival in the UK. We also ran two workshops for filmmakers alongside Danielle and her blind daughter, Poppy over the weekend.

You can download the guidance document to making your own films accessible here - currently available in English and French:

Accessibility - Shifting the Culture in Sports and Adventure Filmmaking v1.2

Accessibilité — Changer d’approche dans la réalisation de films de sports et d’aventure v1.1

We will update this regularly so keep an eye out on when we post updates.

The first phase of the project has been kindly supported by Berghaus. We have big plans and are looking for more support to help screen accessible sessions at adventure film festivals around the world so please get in touch if you'd like to join the movement.

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info@coldhousecollective.com