Dieter Kosslick, longtime director of the Berlin International Film Festival, launches Green Visions Potsdam a new film festival for sustainable living, that takes place from May 30 to June 2, 2024. The public film festival in Potsdam is based … Read more
Category Archives: Recycling
Green events @Euro Cine Expo 2023
The Euro Cine Expo 2023, Europe’s largest gathering for film, television, and broadcast professionals, will open its doors on June 30 at the Motorworld venue in Munich. Due to the huge demand of exhibitors to showcase their new products … Read more
Made to last
With its stamp of approval for refurbished products, ARRI is offering resilience, and resource protection to address hardware obsolescence and shortterm product cycles. The Approved Certified Pre-Owned Program (CPO) is expanding ARRI’s portfolio in the refurbished equipment sector. Pre-owned cameras, … Read more
The real footprint of water dispensers
A detailed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a real eye opener. While catering usually accounts for ten to fifteen percent of total carbon emissions, specific data on different catering components is largely unavailable. Tim Wagendorp, Sustainability Coordinator at Flanders Audiovisual … Read more
ARRI gives lighting products a new life
The motion picture equipment manufacturer ARRI also include lighting products in the ARRI Approved Certified Pre-Owned program. Due to the expansion of the ARRI Approved Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) program, the company offers selected pre-owned and refurbished lighting fixtures for … Read more
Green roundtable discussion@Berlinale
Ecoprod and Green Film Shooting have been raising awareness and providing information on green film production for almost a decade. These efforts are pay- ing off because green film and media initiatives are springing up throughout Europe as well as … Read more
The circular economy of composting
The days of single-use plastic products are numbered. To stop the worldwide flood of plastics into the oceans, disposable plastic tableware will be banned in the EU start- ing in July 2021. As for catering on film sets, it is … Read more
Sustainable Standards
Whether it’s Toni Sevillo holding a discussion with a prisoner in Dall’ Interno (From the Inside) or Elyas M’Barek struggling through a crisis with his girlfriend in What We Wanted or an octopus resting on a rock in … Read more
Recycle, restore, reuse
Carefully created set decorations, such as the Sun King Louis XIV’s bed chamber in Versailles or a picturesque café in Provence or a student’s digs in the high-rise district often end up in a landfill after the director calls “cut” … Read more
A second life for batteries
Whether it’s batteries, fuel cells, or cables, an increasing number of companies are developing solutions to replace polluting diesel generators. In London, the Grid Project is starting up, which will supply power from the grid to film and TV productions … Read more