Services
Journalism, documentary and field services
Unseen Borders offers three services. All three rest on the same base: reporting, research, editorial judgment and careful production. They are for broadcasters, news and current-affairs teams, production companies and institutions that need factual work.
01
International Journalism & Current Affairs
Reporting from where the story is, with the context that makes sense of it.
We report on international and political stories for broadcast and digital platforms. The work starts with field research, on-the-ground interviews and the editorial judgment to decide what is established, what is not, and what an audience needs in order to understand.
Who it is for
Broadcasters and digital news platforms; current-affairs programs and their commissioning editors; organizations that need independent factual reporting from the field.
What we deliver
1
Field reporting, with on-the-ground interviews and context
2
Current-affairs films, from short digital reports to longer-form pieces
3
International reporting for broadcast and online platforms
4
Interviews with officials, analysts and the people affected
5
Political and public-affairs coverage that explains consequences as well as debate
6
Research-driven factual reporting built on documents, data and first-hand sources
Delivered in Arabic, English or both.
Discuss a Commission02
Documentary & Factual Production
Documentaries built on research, access and time, not on a shot list.
We develop and produce short and feature-length factual films, from first research to final delivery. Our approach is to spend time with the people in the story and to shape the film around what the reporting supports.
Who it is for
Broadcasters and streaming platforms; production companies looking for a Toronto-based co-producer with Arabic-English field access; institutions and brands commissioning factual films, within the editorial-independence terms on our Standards page.
What we deliver
1
Short documentaries
2
Feature documentaries
3
Factual films
4
Editorial and project development: treatments and research
5
Research: archival and interview
6
Production, scaled to the story
7
Post-production: editing, sound, colour and graphics
8
Broadcast and digital delivery, including language versions and subtitles
Each production is scaled to the story, from a small crew to a larger team when the project needs it. The craft serves the reporting.
Explore Co-Production
03
Production Services
Two languages, one editorial standard.
International productions often need more than a translator. We offer Arabic-English field producing, interviews, translation and local research for international productions and news teams, by people who work in both languages and understand the context as well as the words.
Who it is for
International broadcasters and production companies working with Arabic-speaking communities, in Canada or abroad; news teams that need a bilingual reporter or field producer; documentary teams that need local research, interviews and translation.
What we deliver
1
Field producing
2
Interviews in Arabic or English
3
Translation and subtitling
4
Local research
5
Bilingual production
6
Production coordination
Translation is editorial work, not a last step.
Request Field Production Support
Process
How a project runs
01
Research
Reading, calls and a written case for why this story, and why now.
02
Access
Contributors, permissions, local partners and risk assessment.
03
Field
A small crew on the ground, for as long as the story needs.
04
Delivery
Edit, mix, language versions and files in the form you need them.
Brands, agencies and institutions
Commissioning a factual film
Brands, agencies and institutions are welcome to commission factual work. Commissioned and sponsored work is disclosed to the audience, and the commissioner does not decide what our reporting concludes. See our Standards.
Discuss a Factual FilmNot sure which service fits?
Tell us about the story and we will say how we could help.