The IMAX 3D documentary A Beautiful Planet shows the earth as a very fragile, beautiful place that is more or less a spaceship that is travelling around the galaxy. The film was shot by astronauts at the International Space Station … Read more
Occasioned by the green documentary film festival ECOCUP, the Goethe Institut hosted a series of Green Film Shooting lectures in Moscow. The event kicked off with a presentation at the green arts center Bookvodom, a hip meeting place for festival … Read more
As the only Russian member of Green Film Network, an international association of environmental film festivals, the 8th edition of the Green Documentary Film Festival ECOCUP is going to kick off in Moscow on February, 24. ECOCUP opens with … Read more
A young French architect unveils a groundbreaking approach to tackling climate change.
For developing a patented technology to infuse wood with a bio-based monomer that makes it three times as strong, French architect and biologist Timothée Boitouzet won the MIT … Read more
With the new awareness campaign Sky Ocean Rescue the European TV channel wants to inspire people to take action to protect our planet. After the Sky Rainforest Rescue which helped to save one billion trees in Brazil, the new action … Read more
At the 33rd edition of the Chaos Communication Congress which takes place from December 27 to 30 in Hamburg, biohacking is also an issue that will be discussed by the hacker community. PhD chemist Benjamin Rupert who has worked on … Read more
According to scientists from the National Ocenic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) November 2016 was the fifth-highest November temperature in 122 years of record-keeping. The year to date, spanning January to November in this analysis, was the warmest such period on … Read more
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, will kick off with the follow-up to Al Gore’s Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth in which the former Vice President of the United States pointed out the dangers of climate … Read more
Green production will also be an issue at the Lübeck Film Studies Colloquium which are accompanying the Nordic Film Days on November 4 and 5. Located at the Diele at Mengstraße 41-43, the two-day event invites Film and Media scholars, … Read more
The Rome Film Fest presented the premiere of Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary Before the Flood in which the Oscar-winning actor and UN Messenger of Peace shows all kind of human actions which are powerful carbon emission polluters such as coal plants, … 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
