What better way to start 2023 than by carrying out the great projects that are yet to come!
Just a few months ago, several production companies, companies and associations from different Spanish autonomous regions focused on creating sustainable shoots for the new year. In this way, they elaborated several plans to be able to carry out the upcoming projects.
The Community of Navarra is the first to get underway, with the participation of the Spain Film Commission (an association that leads the country’s positioning as a destination for audiovisual filming), the Network of Audiovisual Clusters of Spain (RedCAU, the audiovisual association that represents more than 700 companies; most of them SMEs, entities and associations in six Spanish regions, namely Galicia, Catalonia, the Basque Country (EIKEN), Navarre, the Canary Islands and Aragon) and the National Renewable Energy Centre (CENER, the centre for research applied to renewable energies and technological support for companies and institutions; it is made up of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Ciemat, the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge and the Government of Navarre).
The objective is to carry out a study on “Green Shooting” (ecological productions) in order to be able to carry out sustainable filming and productions in Spain. In this way, to achieve a greener production and reduce consumption in the environment.
This project was agreed at the last San Sebastian Festival together with Spain Film Friendly Land (one of the five programmes carried out by the Spain Film Commission, together with the Spain Audiovisual Hub Plan, component 25 of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan).
In order to produce this report, the Audiovisual Cluster of Navarre (Clavna), the entity in charge of increasing the competitiveness and quality of audiovisual companies in Navarre, together with the EIKEN association, have explained the first phase on which film shoots must focus in order to carry out a sustainable production.
First of all, they must carry out a study by searching for and analysing tools, filming accreditation seals, certifications, etc. They can find out the current situation of sustainability in audiovisual productions and filming in Spain. Unlike other international productions that focus on more environmentally friendly filming, the organisation will have to take these small-scale projects as a reference to be able to design an action plan for SMEs in the audiovisual sector for future productions. In addition to taking into account the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations.
On the other hand, several interviews will be carried out with professionals from the sector to draft a report that will review the current situation of Green Shooting in Europe and Spain.
Navarra Film Industry (audiovisual brand of Navarra), which includes the Navarra cluster (Clavna); Napar (association of audiovisual producers and professionals in Navarra), NICDO (the public company) and the General Directorate of Culture of the Government of Navarra have joined forces to work on several projects related to Green Shooting. For example, a plan has been launched to offer sustainable catering services to film shoots coming to Navarra, with the support of several restaurants and companies located in the ecological sector, in order to carry out new projects related to sustainability.
The aim of these projects is to be able to develop and work with tools that launch and facilitate ecological, social and economic practices in various phases and departments in the sector. All these actions are being developed through the so-called “Green Shooting”.
