Clear, thoughtful animation for complex social and educational issues.
Oakbeam Pictures is an animation studio working with NGOs, public-interest organisations, and education partners to help people understand and engage with complex social and environmental challenges.
Much of the work we’re asked to support involves nuance, sensitivity, and real-world consequences. Whether it’s explaining policy, exploring social issues, supporting learning, or encouraging positive change, clarity and trust matter.
We create animated content that makes complex ideas easier to grasp without losing their meaning. Our process combines careful storytelling, close collaboration with subject-matter experts, and a strong focus on how messages are received by real audiences. The aim is not just to capture attention, but to support understanding, reflection, and engagement.
We work across education, public interest, and social impact, from learning resources and explainers to campaign and awareness films, partnering with organisations who care about accuracy, responsibility, and long-term impact as much as creativity.
Work focused on clarity and impact
Select projects
IREX: The MEPI Alumni Program
Oakbeam Pictures worked with IREX to create a series of animated films supporting communication around the impact of the MEPI Alumni program. The animations translated research findings and lived experiences into clear, accessible narratives for an international audience.
Communicating complex issues with clarity
IDMC: Faces Of Internal Displacement.
Oakbeam Pictures was commissioned by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre to create a series of animated films supporting communication around internal displacement and cross-border movement. The work was based on real experiences and developed to help convey complex research findings in a clear, human, and responsible way.
UNIDO: Global Green Industrialisation Dialogue
Oakbeam Pictures worked with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization to create animated films supporting communication around green industrial development and sustainable growth. Developed in connection with the Global Green Industrialisation Dialogue, the work helped convey complex policy and development themes in a clear, balanced, and internationally appropriate way.
