With Green Eyes Productions Júlia Tordai and Zsófia Szemerédy provide sustainbility consultancy for the film, TV and entertainment sector since 2021. The projects they were involved as sustainability consultants include Moon Knight, the award-winning feature film Poor Things, Hijack, … Read more
In her role as host of the cooking show “Supper at Six” in the Apple TV+ series Lessons in Chemistry, Brie Larson dramatizes the way American housewives understood themselves in the 1950s. “Cooking is chemistry. And chemistry is life. … Read more
The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival kicked off at the Croisette. The worldwide largest film festival attracts more than 35,000 visitors who are traveling to the Cote d‘Azur. That means that many festival attendees are traveling by airplane … Read more
Francesca Nobili, a senior creative for advertising agencies and production companies in Europe and the USA, is an award-winning stop-motion animation filmmaker. With her creative lab Circle Entertainment, she produces stop-motion animated short films. While working as an advertising copywriter … Read more
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
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
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 days when cinema projectors seemed to last forever have gone. But repairing and retrofitting is also an option in the digital age. Laser projectors are becoming the norm, and several manufacturers have stopped producing lamp projectors, yet many exhibitors … Read more
The circular economy in set design marks a real turning point. Innovative solutions include lightweight cardboard flats and prefrabricated components made of recycled aluminium. Imaginative film architects can create entire worlds, which require time, money, and precious resources. When a … Read more
Robert Redford“The time for half-measures and climate denial is over. Unless we move quickly away from fossil fuels, we’re going to destroy the air we breathe, the water we drink, the health of our children, grandchildren and future generations. If we’re … Read more
Arnold SchwarzeneggerActor, Politician and Environmentalist
"The media has a powerful role to play in the fight against climate change. Through films, television, and all media outlets, we must continue to deliver the message that solutions are out there and are … Read more
Hannes JaenickeActor and filmmaker
„It‘s high time to reorganize film production in Germany in a ‚greener‘ and more sustainable way. So far, I am flabbergasted by how much our industry works in environmentally harmful ways.To this very day, it starts … Read more
Nic BalthazarDirector (Ben X, Time of My Life)
„It’s absolutely great that filmmakers all over the world are trying to clean up their act, and are trying to film as sustainable as we possibly can. Still, I think we … Read more
Nadeshda Brennicke, Actress“We are living in a time in which we can’t afford to behave irresponsibly towards nature. The more important is it that film productions try to work as environmentally friendly as possible. A film team produces every day tons of … Read more
Darren Aronofsky, Director, Noah / Jury President, 65th Berlin International Film Festival“When we did Noah we knew we were making a film about the first steward of the earth, so we wanted to be good stewards ourselves. There’s so much waste on film sets. Because of groups like Earth Angel, … Read more
Tim BevanHead of Production, Working Title
„We are green. There is a lot of waste in movies and we are very conscious of that when big sets get destroyed.
We are very much part of a (recycling) program. We are trying … Read more
Thekla ReutenActress /Ambassador of Green Film Making Project
„The question whether I wanted to the Green Film Making ambassador, was in a way the answer to personal questions I had:
How can I do things differently in life and contribute to … Read more
Rachael JoyPGA Green West / producer / host EcoPop TV
"As a TV and film producer I try to incorporate environmental storylines into my projects as much as possible. But it’s just as important, if not more, to ‚go green‘ behind … Read more
Nikola RakoceviShooting Star Berlinale 2014, (Circles, Travelator)
"As for me, I would be very glad if I had the opportunity to act green. Our environment is our inspiration so we need to protect it."… Read more
Nadja SchildknechtCo-Director Zurich Film Festival
‘The green carpet has taken root at our festival. It is good to see that audiences are increasingly aware of sustainable practices.’
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Michael Bully HerbigDirector, actor and producer
‚Green screens excepted, we will do everything in our power to be as innovative as we can in order to make our production as green as possible.‘
Photo: (c) herbXfilm Dieter Mayr… Read more
Lars JessenDirector (Fraktus, Dorfpunks, Am Tag als Bobby Ewing starb)
‘It is somewhat embarrassing that green filming is only now becoming an issue in our industry because there have long since been many possibilities to shoot more efficiently.
Technical innovations such … Read more
Helen HuntActress
I do work with a company in the States called Sungevity that leases solar panels to homes. They figured out how to move forward environmentally and how to make it economically successful.
So that’s my small but steadfast global … Read more
Douglas TrumbullProducer, Director and Visual Effects Supervisor (2001: A Space Odysee, Blade Runner)
"Trumbull Studios in Massachusetts is dedicated to being green as much as possible, including the use of LED lighting, solar power, and solar laptops. This … Read more
Dieter Kosslick, Director Berlin International Film Festival„The Berlinale is already actively addressing the sustainability subject since years. We appreciate it very much that a growing number of filmmakers, among them this year‘s jury presiden Darren Aranofsky, is following green guidelines on set.“… Read more
Benoit DelhommeDirector of Photography (A Most Wanted Man)
‘I never have been told precisely what the rules are for shooting a green movie, but we are trying to do it. This is something new for me. Sometimes people overlight scenes at … Read more
Jeremy IronsAcademy Award winner Jeremy Irons who stars in the Berlinale Competition entry The Night Train To Lisbon is a fan of source segregated recycling. „Especially in Germany you have done a lot for that. You are examplary in the … Read more
