Open Session on Sustainable Production for Professionals Working in the Irish Screen Sector
Posted: 24th February 2023
TorinoFilmLab (TFL) is an international audiovisual laboratory that supports auteurs and professionals by combining training, development, funding and networking activities. Since 2008, more than 1,000 film professionals have been trained within the TFL initiatives and over 160 films have been presented at international festivals.
In 2022, TFL launched Green Film Lab to promote environmentally sustainable practices in film production and trains film professionals on how to apply a green protocol and get a certification. Green Film Lab proposes 3-day workshops held in different European regions, addressed to professionals active in the field of cinema and sustainability. Through a practical and project-based approach, participants learn how to apply the best practices in terms of energy-saving, transport, accommodation, catering, set decoration, waste management, recycling and communication.
On Saturday, 11th March 2023 from 9.30am to 1.00pm at The Fumbally Stables, Green Film Lab will offer an open session on sustainable production for professionals working in the Irish screen sector. Participation is limited to 20 people and is free of charge. To register your attendence, please email severine.petit@torinofilmlab.it by Monday, 6th March 2023.
Schedule
Registration & Welcome - 9.30am
Green Film Presentation - 9.40am–10.00am
by Linnea Merzagora, Project Manager of Green Film
The Green Film Protocol and the Rating System, launched by Trentino Film Commission fostering environmental sustainability in audiovisual productions, are tools designed to promote environmental sustainability for audiovisual productions and to guide producers in working in an environmentally sustainable manner. Green Film is also a label that certifies environmental sustainability for audiovisual productions conferred for projects conducted in an environmentally respectful manner.
Policy and Action Plan for Green Filming in Ireland - 10:00am–10:20am
by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
How Did I Start to Think about Sustainability on Set? - 10.20am–11.00am
by Giovanni Pompili, Head of Studies of Green Film Lab and Italian producer, Golden bear for Alcarràs.
From plastic water bottles to idling transport vehicles, film production can be very reckless in its use of resources. Giovanni Pompili speaks about his long-standing experience as a producer - among his works Carla Simòn’s Alacarràs, winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlinale 2022, and Sole by Carlo Sironi, awarded as Best First Feature at the European Film Awards 2020 - with a background in Fair Trade and NGO’s and thanks to that too he always promotes green set policy and CSR.
Networking coffee break with Green Film Lab participants - 11.00am–11.30am
Case Study: How a Sustainability Manager Works On Set in Ireland. Facts and Figures of a Local Experience - 11.30am–12.15pm
by Daragh Goan, Sustainability Advisor
Daragh is a founding member and SGI Rep of the Sustainability Guild of Ireland. He has been the sustainability advisor for Bodkin, the Netflix TV series filming around Ireland and he has two passions, climate activism and filmmaking.
How Does It Work on My Sets? - 12.15pm–13:00pm
by Louise Smith, Sustainability Manager, Founder and Managing Director of Neptune Sustainability.
There are two ways to consider implementing sustainability on a production:
- Focus on a sustainable production guidelines or protocol and ‘earning points’.
- Focus on the actions that will make the biggest impact on the CO2 footprint.
So, what are you doing? do you want to tick the boxes or have the biggest impact?
Louise's academic background is in science and resource management. Following several years working within an interdisciplinary Environmental Consultancy producing Environmental Impact Assessments for a variety of industries, Louise established Neptune in 2006. By 2011, Neptune's client focus shifted to the film and television industry and following two years of research into the workings of the industry, life on set, and the resulting environmental and climate impacts of production, she began work on her first studio feature in 2013 and has continued ever since.
About TorinoFilmLab
TorinoFilmLab is organised by the National Museum of Cinema, it is realised thanks to the support of Creative Europe - MEDIA programme of the European Union, Ministero della Cultura, Regione Piemonte and Città di Torino. Green Film Lab is a programme by TorinoFilmLab and Green Film, organised by Museo Nazionale del Cinema and Trentino Film Commission, in collaboration with EAVE.