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Jul 11
1 min

The Choice at the Games For Change Festival 2020!

We have truly wonderful news! The Choice has been invited to showcase at the Games For Change Festival. Their goal is to empower game cre...

Jun 2
1 min

Winning Creative Challenge and Femme Futures Grants from Kaleidoscope!

We have some truly wonderful news today! In the first edition of grants started by Kaleidoscope to support artists, The Choice VR won not...

May 18
7 min

Our Austin Adventure - A cancelled SXSW, filming interviews and a small global pandemic

Read about our trip to Austin where we filmed the last two interviews and closed the filming part of The Choice production.

Feb 27
5 min

Why are we still talking about it? - a video

Today I am sharing a video in which I am describing The Choice VR project - why I am working on it, why am I using virtual reality, how I...

Feb 27
2 min

Abortion Story - Loisha

In February 2018 I left work after a night shift and bought a test, my period was late and I had started to fear the worst. I used oral c...

Feb 10
2 min

February Newsletter - Filming in Austin in March

Hello everyone, some great news today! Today we are writing about: Filming in Texas in March Looking for the interviewees in Austin Suppo...

Feb 7
1 min

Looking for your support - a fundraiser by Abortion Conversation Projects

As we are getting ready to film in the US in March, Abortion Conversation Projects are helping us to raise the necessary funds. As you kn...

Jan 3
2 min

2020 - the year of the most important US election!

As the New Year is already here, we hope you had a great holiday time and were able to take some time off, rest, and be with your familie...

Dec 15, 2019
1 min

What The Choice is about? & Getting ready to film interviews in Austin, Texas!!!

We made a short video explaining what our project is about. You can watch it here: I know I have an accent, so there are subtitles availa...

Dec 1, 2019
19 min

Kayleigh's abortion story, UK

My name is Kayleigh, I am from the UK and I am 33 years of age. I found out I was pregnant on the evening of 22nd August 2018 (a Wednesda...

Nov 13, 2019
2 min

Presenting The Choice at The Talking Back Feminist Media Conference - this weekend!

Hey everyone, some cool news today! I will be presenting The Choice at the conference organized by Shameless Magazine - the Talking Back ...

Nov 4, 2019
2 min

Tatyana, Canada: My abortion story is nothing but positive.

My abortion story is nothing but positive. I luckily live in Canada, where abortion is completely legal and accessible (not always easily...

Oct 19, 2019
4 min

The Choice at Vancouver International Film Festival

We are very excited to let you know that we were recently in Vancouver - as a part of a pitching event organized by Kaleidoscope Fund and...

Aug 26, 2019
5 min

Karin, Montreal: The news we received shattered our world.

When I first learned I was pregnant, I was ecstatic. My husband and I had been married for almost a year and it felt so right. We had bee...

Aug 6, 2019
1 min

Vote for our SXSW2020 presentation before August 23rd!

SXSW opened their voting for picking the panels for next year, and our panel on making volumetric interactive documentary The Choice - it...

Jul 29, 2019
2 min

Our VRTO Presentation - Youtube video

In June we were invited to present our documentary at VRTO conference here in Toronto Keram Malicki-Sanchez, VRTO's creator and executive...

Jul 16, 2019
5 min

The Choice VR in The Guardian!

We are very, very happy to share some very cool information with you. Recently Laura Hudson wrote a piece for The Guardian, describing fe...

Jun 23, 2019
1 min

Cheryl, USA: "Each of my pregnancies ended the way I chose."

In late 1991, I unexpectedly got pregnant. I had a kid already, about six months old. I was using condoms. I hadn't really thought about ...

May 18, 2019
2 min

Today I am angry - from our May Newsletter

Yes, I know, I didn’t write for a while, and I keep planning to do it, but just too many things have been happening. But today I will not...

May 16, 2019
2 min

Milla Jovovich: I don’t like to get political and I try to only do it if a really have to

I don’t like to get political and I try to only do it if a really have to and this is one of those times. If someone doesn’t want to continu

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