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Alle artikelen die GFM in de laatste 10 jaar heeft
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Disposable Coffee Cups NO’MO, with JOCO!
What about all of those disposable coffee cups used on a long day’s shoot?Luckily, our friends in Australia have a solution for the diversion of this coffee related waste. Green your set with the most fabulous and renewable JOCO tea/coffee cup! JOCO cups, have a splash safe and spill free custom one-way lid design, meaning you won’t have to worry about spilling coffee on expensive film set materials when you need a shot of caffeine on the job!
The JOCO lasts longer than most reusable coffee mugs, look ridiculously stylish, and is made of glass- so you can taste your coffee and not your cup! Barista certified sizing means crew can keep and use the cups long after a shoot is over!
Check out the online shop. Pick. Add. Order. Be the coolest coffee drinking green-set around. Hurray!
And of course, don’t forget… at The Green Film Making Project, we are huge lovers and supporters of using the reusable Dopper waterbottle on-set to avoid waste as well. The Dopper is stylish, Dutch by design, easy to clean, and BPA free !
Solar Cinema goes worldwide
‘It could be so easy!’ is one of the statements that The Dutch company Solar Cinema wants to embody. Solar Cinema, is a mobile cinema van powered by, you guessed it, solar energy! The van has solar panels on its roof which can be loaded during daytime and power screenings afterwards. They also Robes de mariée
rent their solar system to different festivals and initiatives in Holland and abroad.
Image: Michel Boulogne
Accessible & very mobile
Prins founded the Solar Cinema in 2006 because she wanted to create a system that enabled her to screen films in an accessible and entertaining way for a broad audience. At the same time she shows how easy it can be to make the film industry more sustainable. She came across the idea after noticing a company in England that used a converted car trailer as a solar cinema system.Robes de mariée a-line Prins thought this was a brilliant idea and using her van made things even easier and mobile. She also tried using natural gas and an electric driven car, but both options were not sufficient for her goals.
Worldwide ambitions
Solar Cinema has worldwide ambitions and is already working with partners in Chili, Uruquay, Mexico and Brasil – every country has its own mobile cinemas driving around. Since there were not that many cultural events in Latin America yet compared to West-Europe, her concept caught on fast and became a huge success. The fact that there are a lot of places without electricity made the choice
for Latin America even more obvious: solar energy is such a practical solution! Governments and local sponsors were very willing to support Solar Cinema.
Solar Cinema is currently expanding its network to other countries, including Tunesia and Indonesia. They hope to create a universal label called ‘Eco cinema’ to make the solar cinema a well-known blueprint and thereby helping to bring all networks together – including companies that are doing similar things like One Way Theatre in Brighton (UK) and Cinema Solaire in Brittany (France).
Eva Radke
Following our latest Who’s Who entry, we had a chance to talk to the most inspiring Eva Radke about the evolution of her Film Biz Recycling project, as well as some of her more personal thoughts regarding green filmmaking and the future of an environmentally sustainable, socially conscious industry: tête-à-tête. read more…
Eva Radke (NYC)
As founder and president of New York City’s ambitious Film Biz Recycling project, Eva Radke can be proud of the contributions that she and the initiative have made towards a greening of the film industry. Since 2008, Film Biz Recycling has been able to work with more than 600 productions in order to divert about 800,000 lbs. (or about 400 tonnes!), of would-be-waste from the NYC disposal system. read more…
Masterclass Green Film Making at EYE
On April 19, we hosted a masterclass on Green Film Making in conjunction with the Film and Science Festival, at the beautiful Eye in Amsterdam. The Film Festival was organized by Institut Francais and the theme for this year’s festival was Cities of the Future. We were
honoured to welcome two true pioneers in the field of sustainable film making: Michael Geidel (Green Film Initiative) and Mathieu Tronquit (Ecoprod). The masterclass was visited by students of The Utrecht School of the Arts, the Dutch Film Academy and The Amsterdam University College.
The event was hosted by our very own Chai Locher, who provided a presentation on the industry realities, benefits, and opportunities presented by green filmmaking practices.
He introduced our Green Film Making Competition’s structure, with a breakdown on the success of last year’s edition. He also presented a break down of this year’s competitors and their projects.
Next up was expert Mathieu Tronquit who was joining us for this event after arriving from France. As a representative of the established French initiative EcoProd, Mathieu explained the structure as well as on-the-ground efforts, and opportunities provided by the initiative. He introduced us to the great idea of skill specific workshops as offered by EcoProd to industry professionals. For example, EcoProd has just finished hosting it’s first industry workshop devoted to the sustainable options and innovative technologies available for on-set lighting and lighting crew. This session was met with great enthusiasm and interest by industry professionals, and Mathieu regards it one of EcoProds most current successes. Mathieu brought us a fresh perspective and a great amount of experience on the sustainability dimensions of the film industry. We want to encourage France-Dutch co-productions to shoot in gorgeous Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur so that they can learn from the great amount of sustainable tools and opportunities established there through AGIR!
Michael Geidel was also joining us from Germany as a representative of Climate Media Factory and the Green Film Initiative. He gave us an overview of his related German initiatives – how they work, what they do. His presentation emphasized the most important why-s of green film making, while he highlighted the opportunities present within green film making now, and in the future. His information and ideas seemed most accessible to our students in attendance who have less practical industry experience, but big aspirations for the future. Michael also underscored the desire and need for greater European collaboration in an efficient industry shift to sustainable practise – we agree. The productive exchange of experience and ideas that took place at our workshop on Friday is a perfect example of just how effective collaboration can be.
After the main speakers, Chai opened the floor to provide an opportunity for attendees to directly engage with our panel of international experts, sharing ideas and asking questions. Feedback from students in attendance expressed eager attitudes to see green film making efforts introduced as a standard within their common study curriculum and practise. Gabriel Chabanier shifted focus from sustainable production in asking questions about sustainable distribution and marketing options. This provided opportunity for sustainability consideration in another phase of the film making process. This was a most productive component of our workshop, inspiration was drawn, and connections were made.
A most successful and productive day
indeed! Thank you to Institut Francais and the Film and Science Festival, EcoProd and Mathieu Tronquit, The Climate Media Factory and Michael Geidel, and Eye. We look forward to working with all of these collaborators again in the future.
Michael Geidel (Germany)
Despite the fact that Germany is a pioneer of change regarding sustainable energy production and consumption policies, it is lagging behind on the international scale regarding the greening of its film industry. Michael Geidel however, is helping to change that. read more…