Unsurprisingly, the most polluting stage of a film is its shooting. There are many examples of filming with a significant ecological impact. The carbon footprint of the French audiovisual industry amounted to 1.7 million tons of CO2 in 2018. That is the equivalent of a city like Reims. Initiatives are multiplying to counter it, like in Wallonia, where Benjamin Vanhagendoren has set up GREEN FILM Wallonia.

We spoke to Stig Bech who has been in the audiovisual business since 1992 and is today CEO of  Filminvest. 

To be a producer is to have that strong optimistic character that promotes problem solving. Today, these experts of the solution, are worried but more cautious. And it is in this situation of total and threatening fog that we have spoken to some of them, aware that when the world is experiencing an unstable crisis their word can change from one day to the next.

Être producteur, c’est avoir ce caractère optimiste bien trempé qui favorise la résolution de problème. Aujourd’hui, ces experts de la solution, sont inquiets mais d’avantage prudents. Et c’est dans cette situation de brouillard total et menaçant que nous avons parlé à quelques-uns d’entre eux, conscients qu’au moment où le monde connait une crise instable leur opinion et réactions peuvent changer d’un jour à l’autre.