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
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Film noir meets green storytelling
For his award-winning short film Venice Boulevard the Los Angeles-based writer/director Joey De La Cruz chose the film noir genre for a green storytelling approach. The black and white film received the Best Suspense Short award at the Show Low … Read more
Drivers of Sustainabilty in Europe@Cannes
The European Green Deal is taking shape in the film and media landscape. Mandatory production standards, awards, tools and training are giving green film production a boost in various European key territories. International industry experts will provide an insight in … Read more
Stop using chemicals
The world of stop-motion animated films is colorful and delightful. And what could be more fun than playing with puppets? But if we take a closer look at the production reality, it’s a different story. Hazardous substances used in synthetic … 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
Green actions at the 79th Venice Fim Festival
The 79th Venice Film Festival aims to carbon neutrality. In 2021, various trees were planted and an electric boat was chartered for a drive to the islands. This year, La Biennale di Venezia is officially making green announcements. The first … Read more
Love, carbon and unknown heroes in Deauville
The increasing awareness for topics such as ecology, climate change, energy transition and food revolution has given a big boost to the 11th edition of the Deauville Green Awards. “We are very happy that so many people came to … Read more
Cannes and the cleaning of colors
The 75th Cannes Film Festival opened with the humorous zombie remake Final Cut by Michel Hazanavicius, which is about the making of a zombie film and turns into a disaster when the film crew is attacked by actual zombies. The … 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
Green animation film Growing Plains at BBC
With her third animated short film, British producer Jessica Wheeler created a small sensory snapshot of a world where the biology of humans has changed in order to adapt to the decayed ecological systems on the planet. Systems that once … Read more