Green Film Lab

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Green Film Lab aims at training European film professionals on green practices in film production, on how to apply a green protocol and get a certification.

Along the year, Green Film Lab proposes a number of 3-day workshops held in different European regions, addressed to film industry professionals with or without a project, as well as to green managers.

Through a practical, project-based and hands-on approach, participants will learn how to apply the current best practices in terms of energy-saving, transport, accommodation, catering, set decoration, waste management, recycling and communication.

In 2022 Green Film Lab foresees 3 workshops with specific call for applications: the first workshop is held in Trento - Italy (29^th April - 1^st May, applications are now closed) in collaboration with Green Film, Trentino Film Commission, the second workshop will be held in Palma de Mallorca - Spain (28^th-31^stJuly: applications are currently open) thanks to the collaboration of Mallorca Film Commission, Fundació Mallorca Turisme and Consell Insular de Mallorca; while the third one in Sitges - Spain (14^th-16^th October: applications open from 15^th June until 1^stSeptember), in collaboration with Government of Catalonia, Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies, Catalunya Film Commission and Servei de Desenvolupament Empresarial.

TARGET PARTICIPANTS

Film professionals who want to:

- gain skills on how to apply the current best practices in terms of environmental sustainability by working on concrete projects and sustainability plans.

- know how to apply a common protocol and certification system shared through European borders that will facilitate their co-productions, easy to use and already tested by various film and TV productions.

- boost their professional profiles, as sustainable productions will become more and more required by public institutions and funds in the coming years.

- deepen their knowledge on how to manage their sets to combine sustainability with financial and organizational efficiency.

Green managers willing to get an intensive training on the audiovisual industry mechanisms and will learn how to apply their skills on sustainability to film sets, working in close collaboration with film producers.

Each workshop is open to up to 24 participants selected to work in groups under the guidance of green manager tutors with wide experience in film industry, on feature film projects almost ready to begin filming.

PROGRAMME

Each 3-day workshop kicks off with a general introduction to sustainability in film industry, then participants are divided in two groups, each working on the sustainability plans for three projects. Every project’s team will be matched with a green manager and a producer without a project.
Throughout the workshop, the groups work on a sustainability plan, reaching its first version to be shared with fellow participants on the last day. The training course will be enriched by case studies and plenary sessions dedicated to different aspects of sustainability.

The residential workshop is followed by an online meeting that is scheduled when the teams are going into production, to discuss and check the final sustainability plan.

The contents are based on the Green Film Rating System and on its two main features: the sustainability plan and the certification process for audiovisual projects. A certification represents the possibility for producers to see their efforts recognized in a tangible way and Green Film allows the certification of sustainable audiovisual projects in all European countries, including co-productions involving filming in different countries.

Green Film Lab is a programme by TorinoFilmLab and Green Film, promoted by Museo Nazionale del Cinema and Trentino Film Commission, in collaboration with EAVE. The programme is realised thanks to the support of Creative Europe - MEDIA Sub-programme of the European Union.

For more information, contact: severine.petit@torinofilmlab.it

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WORKSHOPS CALENDAR 2022

2^ndworkshop 2022 > MALLORCA: 28^th July - 31^stJuly, Palma de Mallorca (Spain)

Deadline for applications: Friday, 3^rd June, 2:00 p.m. CET

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2nd workshop 2022 – MALLORCA. Call for applications

WHEN & WHERE: 28^th July - 31^stJuly, Palma de Mallorca (Spain)

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Friday, 3^rd June 2022, 2:00 p.m. CET

In collaboration with Mallorca Film Commission, Fundació Mallorca Turisme and Consell Insular de Mallorca.

WHO CAN APPLY

- European teams of 2 people (both from the production team* or one from the production team and one Head of Department), presenting a fiction feature film or documentary project at a very advanced stage of development (2 months before the shooting at the latest), who are willing to make their audiovisual production more sustainable and improve their skills on how to work on environmentally friendly sets.

- green managers (professionals, even if working outside production, with at least two years of experience in the field of environmental management), interested in learning how an audiovisual production is carried out and how to apply their skills to the audiovisual context.

- professionals from the production team*, interested in getting and improving their skills in sustainable practices on set.

*producer/line producer/production manager/unit production manager/delegate producer

We especially welcome applications from teams who got support from the Mallorca Film Commission and/or teams who will shoot in Mallorca.

Applicants must confirm their full availability to attend the sessions.

The working language of workshops, meetings and events is English; thus, a good knowledge of English is essential to participate and all written material, all versions and drafts of the project, must be translated.

PARTICIPATION FEES

Participants with project: 500 Euro (+ VAT, if applicable) per team.

Participants without project: 150 Euro (+ VAT, if applicable) per person.

^{This amount covers workshop training, 2 nights hotel and meals during the workshop.}

HOW TO APPLY

The requested materials – to be submitted all together in 1 single PDF (10 MB max.), 12 font, 1,5 line spacing and all in English – are:

1)   Professional bio – 1 page max
2)   Motivation letter (specifying previous actions in sustainability, if any) – 1 page max
3)   Applicants and project main data - for communication purposes
4)   High-res photograph (1 MB approx.) for each participant

Plus, for professionals applying with a project:

5)   Detailed budget (Euro)
6) Financial Plan
7)   Confirmed troupe details
8)   Detailed development and production timetable
9)   Synopsis – 1 page max
10)   Treatment – 15 pages max in English (or analogue document, according to the type of project), to be attached as last element, at the end of the dossier. If selected, a script in English should be available.

For more information, contact severine.petit@torinofilmlab.it

Click on "APPLY NOW!" to access the application form and submit your candidature (before starting the application process, you need to create an account on the TFL platform).

Specifically, the call for applications dedicated to professionals without a project is available HERE, while the call for applications for professionals with a project is available HERE.

^{Due to the epidemic of Covid-19 and any possible mutation of it, we draw your attention to the fact that TorinoFilmLab may have to cancel the residential workshop(s) or to postpone it to another date for responding to the recommendations of health and government organizations. In such a case, TorinoFilmLab will notify the participants of its decision without delay. In case of cancellation, the sessions will be held online.}