Dr Nicole Zabel

PlanetNarratives

Media Lawyer, Script Consultant, Communications Expert

Dr Nicole Zabel - Photo: Jasper Ehrich — Photo: Jasper Ehrich

Dr Nicole Zabel is a lawyer specialising in copyright, film and media law as well as commercial and environmental law. After working at the FFA, Freshfields and most recently for six years at UFA Fiction, she now concentrates on effective narrative climate communication. As co-founder of PlanetNarratives, she combines media science, psychology and storytelling-based expertise to support filmmakers in transformative storytelling. She also advises politicians and businesses on the development of effective communication strategies and narratives that strengthen democracy – with the goal of communicating social change in an emotionally resonant, understandable and action-orientated way.

Programm

Apr29.

Humor Can Change the World! Why Comedy Is One of the Most Effective Tools for Social Change

We are living in times of multiple crises: Democracy under pressure, wars and human rights violations overlap. However, the more dramatic the situation, the more often pure problem communication leads to excessive demands. Neuroscientific findings show that facts without any emotional link often do not reach people. What really moves people is the feeling of being self-effective. And hardly any other genre has more power to build bridges than comedy.

PlanetNarratives uses specific examples from film and TV to show why humour can play a central role in climate and democracy communication. In the subsequent panel, Matthias Matschke, Laura Lo Zito, director Lars Jessen and Dr Nicole Zabel will discuss how comedy can be used in a targeted way to tell climate and democracy issues in a new way – entertaining, relevant and effective.

In cooperation with Filmfest Hamburg.

13:00–14:00h

Dr Nicole Zabel

PlanetNarratives

Programm

Humor Can Change the World! Why Comedy Is One of the Most Effective Tools for Social Change

Format: Panel

Stage: Alabama Cinema