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Dutch ‘Green Filmmaking Experts’ Jury Mexico’s ECOFILM Festival
Foreign film industries have taken a great interest in the practical approach that Dutch producers, and the Green Filmmaking Project have been taking on; in bringing sustainable innovation to the film practise. And Mexico’s professionals in particular, have been eyeing The Green Filmmaking Project as a lucrative example within the field. This is why Chai Locher (GFMP, Project Leader) and Wiendelt Hooijer (GFMP, Project Coordinator) were asked to host a workshop on the ‘Dutch approach’ to green filmmaking, during Mexico’s ECOFILM Festival in 2013. And this year they were asked to follow-up by participating as international jury members for the 2014 festival. read more…
Film Day at the Strawberry Earth Fair, Oct.12, get your tickets!
Our creators at Strawberry Earth, who inspire people from all over the world to make sustainable choices both at home and at work, are hosting a fair! From October 11th – 12th 2014, the Strawberry Earth Fair will transform the Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam into a forest paradise packed with the latest in sustainable fashion,design, food, and film. Sunday October 12th is film day at the fair, so let yourself sit back and enjoy some organic popcorn, as you become inspired by the very best films and documentaries about our planet. The 3 films to be screened are: Burts Buzz, Into Eternity, & GMO OMG! Get your tickets here, and find out more about the film programme read more…
Green Film Making Competition for European Students: Winners are In!
Drrrrrrum roll please: the winning teams of the 2014 Green Film Making Competition for European Students have been announced! Green Film making Project Ambassador and actress Thekla Reuten was present at The Netherlands Film Festival‘s masterclass ‘Green Filmmaking: The Future of Producing’ last week, to make the big announcement. The initial task of the competition was for students to come up with innovative and sustainable solutions for existing film production practices such as: lighting, art direction, transportation, energy consumption, craft services, etc. Without further ado, the winners are: 1st the Students of Filmbase in Ireland with their production ‘Poison Pen‘, 2nd the Students of the University of Arts in The NL, and 3rd the Students of The Grand Independent in England. Congratulations to all! read more…
Breakthrough: The Netherlands Film Fund Facilitating Sustainability Manager for the Dutch Film Industry
The Dutch film industry is proud to announce, that it has found it’s first on-set Sustainability Manager. As of January 1, 2015 Els Rientjes will be the first official Sustainability Manager for the Dutch film industry. The big announcement was made by Doreen Boonekamp, on behalf of the Dutch Film Fund, and during the Netherlands Film Festival 2014. A very big step forward for the greening of the Dutch Film Industry, the news was presented to the public during the Green Film Making Project’s masterclass ‘Green Filmmaking: The Future of Producing’ on October 2. [Photo: Els Rientjes and Doreen Boonekamp, by Michael Vervuurt] read more…
UN Climmate Summit in NYC: Big moves for Greenthinking, Action, and Business
On Oct. 2 global leaders of the UN’s 120 member states got together to address action on the growing impacts of Climate Change. And how did they open the ceremony? With a short film of course! You can see that informative and emotive film here. And who was chosen to deliver one of the powerful opening speeches to the summit members? Actor Leonardo DiCaprio! Watch him here. The role of the incredibly visible film industry in generating effective response to the environment, is undeniable. read more…
Green Filmmaking Masterclass October 2, Full Program Announced
On October 2nd, during the 2014 Netherlands Film Festival (NFF), the Green Film Making Project is once again, hosting a masterclass – “Green filmmaking: the Future of Producing”. And … the programme has been finalized! For this event, international on-set Sustainability Managers and Dutch sustainability pioneers will be present alongside us, to share their visions on the future of filmmaking. Get all the details and find out which international key players will be there. read more…