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Greening the Screen

Delivering solutions to sustainability challenges within the screen industry. 

What is Greening the Screen?

This project expands on Ffilm Cymru’s existing sustainability efforts as part of their overarching Green Cymru programme. Through innovation funding, Greening the Screen provides solutions to green challenges in the screen industry and supports the scale-up of sustainable products, services, and processes. 

The Greening the Screen Fund will create a commitment to positive change by raising environmental awareness and increasing knowledge and understanding of sustainable screen working.

 

Greening the Screen Fund (2023-24)

The Greening the Screen fund focused on the scale-up of products, services and processes improving the environmental sustainability of the screen industry in the Cardiff Capital Region.  

Informed by the BFI and BAFTA albert’s Screen New Deal research, funded projects aimed to reduce the negative impact the sector has on the environment through key impact areas such as energy and fuel, transport, circular economy and waste, data capture and dissemination.  

Greening the Screen Development Fund (2024-25)

Informed by BAFTA albert’s Screen New Deal Transformation Plan for Wales, this Development Fund aims to turn the Cardiff Capital Region into a hub for sustainable media production.   

The fund invested over £300,000 in the development of seven innovative projects aiming to make the Welsh TV and film sector more environmentally sustainable. Projects cover varied elements of production, including power, transport, food, water, and construction materials. 

Climate Stories Fund (2024-25)

The Climate Stories Fund is for research and development (R&D) projects for feature films or immersive experiences that tell the story of the climate crisis in new and innovative ways.  

How it works 

  • Phase 1: R&D – up to £20,000 for a four-month R&D sprint, which includes an Insight Lab to provide projects with expert insights into the climate crisis and climate storytelling.   
  • Phase 2: Successful projects can apply for a further £50,000 to bring their project to life through Ffilm Cymru Wales. 

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Greening the Screen

November 2024: Welsh Film and TV companies awarded funding to develop new ideas for greening the screen sector

Ffilm Cymru Wales and Media Cymru have invested £307,675 in the development of seven innovative projects aiming to make Wales’ screen sector greener.

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Greening the Screen

May 2024: Greening the Screen Development Fund launches

Media Cymru and Ffilm Cymru Wales are launching a new Development Fund which aims to turn the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) into a hub for sustainable media production.

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Film shoot on a Welsh mountainside for Beddgelert, dir. Medeni Griffiths, Ffilm Cymru Wales.

January 2024: Piloting the path to a sustainable future with the Screen New Deal for Wales

BAFTA albert outlined the key recommendations from the Screen New Deal (SND) Transformation Plan for Wales, setting out a path to a sustainable future for the film and high-end television industries alongside its second annual Production Summit, held in Cardiff.

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Greening the Screen

September 2023: Greening the Screen funding competition launches

Ffilm Cymru Wales' Greening the Screen funds the scale-up of products, services and processes improving the environmental sustainability of the screen industry in the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR).

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