29. October 2015

As green as it gets

With Minuscule, les mandibules du bout du monde (Miniscule: The Jaws at the End of the World), the sequel to La Vallée des Fourmis Perdues (The Valley of the Lost Ants), French directors Thomas Szabo and … Read more

How far are we willing to go?

At COP21 in Paris, 23-year-old filmmaker Slater Jewell-Kemker will present clips of her first feature-length film An Inconvenient Youth, which she began shooting when she was fifteen years old. Described as An Inconvenient Truth meets Boyhood, the film follows the … Read more

We will succeed

Hollywood star, politician and environmentalist Arnold Schwarzenegger launched the nonprofit environmental organization R20.The mission is to help sub-national governments around the world to develop low-carbon and climate resilient economic development projects.
What are the biggest obstacles and challenges to … Read more

Support for sustainable solutions

The French film funding institution Centre National du Cinéma (CNC) launched a new initiative in 2014 to support sustainable solutions that is gradually gaining recognition in the French Film / TV industry. The green grants are part of CNC’s program, … Read more

Economically as well as ecologically efficient

At French public broadcaster France Télévisions, going green is taken seriously. By 2020, the TV production group will cut 8% of its carbon emissions. Sophie Delorme, corporate responsibility and sustainability manager, gives an insight into the transition to sustainability.… Read more

A new way of thinking

Olivier-René Veillon, Founding Member of Ecoprod and Chief Executive Officer of Ile-de-France Film Commission, on Ecoprod’s activities to green the French Film/ TV production.
What approach is Ecoprod taking to make the Film / TV industry more sustainable?
Ecoprod is … Read more

The green Goddess

Catherine Puiseux, Ecoprod founder and CSR Director, TF1 Group, launched the first carbon audit of the audio-visual industry in France. In collaboration with Olivier-René Veillon, she founded Ecoprod, which provides tools for sustainable productions.

Thanks to the efforts … Read more

27. October 2015

Climate messages from Italy

The Italian producer Pietro Reggiani presented the premiere of his awareness clip on climate change at the 10th Rome Film Festival. Produced by nine independent producers who are members of the Producers Guild of Italy, AGCPI, the video … Read more

24. October 2015

Day4Climate Action on one day

With the initiative Film a #Day4Climate Action Film4Climate invites people from all over the world to document climate actions, solutions and conversations that are happening within 24 hours on 29 November 2015, one day before the UNFCCC 21st Conference of … Read more

19. October 2015

Going green is a matter of survival

At the MIA Market in Rome, the Sardegna Film Commission, the Trentino Film Commission and the Torino-Piemonte Film Commission presented their approaches and concepts to green the productions in Italy. In order to define certain standards for sustainable film … Read more