Rachel Caplan Pro

Rachel Caplan is an Edinburgh-based impact producer, strategist and film festival director with over 25 years of experience in the UK and US film industries. She specialises in environmental documentary, impact strategy, audience engagement and connecting films with communities beyond traditional cinema settings.

Her impact production credits include THE OIL MACHINE (2022), directed by Emma Davie and produced by Sonja Henrici, funded by Screen Scotland and BBC Scotland. Rachel developed and delivered its UK-wide impact campaign, supporting more than 170 screenings and events and building partnerships with environmental organisations, community groups, campaigners and industry stakeholders.

Rachel is currently Impact Producer on SMOKING SHORES, directed by David Roland Warwick and executive produced by Michael Sheen and Sonja Henrici; and on OURS, a Doc Society-supported documentary short in development. In 2026 she is also working with Doc Society’s Climate Story Unit on Climate Flock, supporting a cohort of climate documentaries to develop their impact strategies, identify audiences and partners, and explore opportunities for collaboration and collective action.

Rachel is co-founder and director of LandxSea, Scotland’s environmental film festival and the first UK member of the international Green Film Network. Previously, she founded and directed the San Francisco Green Film Festival (2010–2020), served as Director of the International Ocean Film Festival in San Francisco.

Her wider industry experience includes roles with SFFILM, the BFI London Film Festival and Edinburgh International Film Festival. She has also mentored emerging impact practitioners as part of the tutoring team for the University of the Arts London/UAL Impact Storytelling Fellowship.

Her work focuses on developing impact strategies and campaigns, building partnerships across sectors, and connecting documentary filmmakers with audiences and organisations that can help their stories create meaningful environmental change.