BAFTA today announces the Green Light Season, an industry programme of events in partnership with BAFTA albert aimed at promoting climate change awareness through sustainable production practices and groundbreaking climate storytelling.
The season launches on Thursday 19 June and runs through to the autumn, with events across the whole of the UK, including talks, screenings, panels and masterclasses alongside a series of short, high-impact speaker sessions with inspiring climate champions and activists from across film, games and TV.
Jane Millichip, CEO of BAFTA, says: “Great strides have been taken to ensure that film, TV and games production is adhering to more sustainable ways of working. UK broadcasters and streamers are leading the way internationally in adopting a co-ordinated emission reduction programme through BAFTA albert certification. Increasingly, they are also showcasing content which highlights the climate crisis. At BAFTA, we understand that this is complex and ever-evolving work. The BAFTA Green Light Season provides a platform to showcase great work in climate content, to discuss honestly the ongoing challenges, and to encourage more content creators to adopt both sustainable production practices and embrace climate storytelling.”
The Green Light Season opens with a screening of the new film Ocean with David Attenborough. The Season also includes panel discussions at the Sheffield Documentary Festival and following on from Refugee Week, highlighting storytellers who are covering the climate refugee crisis in inspiring ways. There will be screenings and Q&As of upcoming climate content as well as masterclasses, short, high-impact speaker sessions, a popular entertainment panel discussion and an interactive comedy event included in the season.
Participants for the season include Keith Scholey (co-director, Ocean with David Attenborough), Tom Beck (Head of Live Events and Commissioning Editor, Reality & Entertainment, Channel 4), Emily Hudd (executive producer, Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back; Joe Lycett vs Sewage; Joe Lycett vs The Oil Giant), Nada Issa (producer, Joe Lycett vs The Oil Giant), Tom Davies (executive producer, The Great British Sewing Bee), and Susanne Rock (executive producer, Interior Design Masters) with more names to be confirmed in the coming days.
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BAFTA’s mission as a charity is to champion the creative and cultural importance of the screen arts across film, games, and television. Through its Awards ceremonies and year-round programme of talent initiatives and learning events that include masterclasses, lectures, scholarships, bursaries, and mentoring schemes in the UK and North America, BAFTA identifies and celebrates excellence, discovers, inspires, and nurtures new screen talent, and enables learning and creative collaboration. For more, visit www.bafta.org. BAFTA is a registered charity (no. 216726).
About BAFTA albert
BAFTA albert is the leading screen industry organisation for environmental sustainability. Founded in 2011, BAFTA albert supports the film and TV industry to reduce the environmental impacts of production and to create content that supports a vision for a sustainable future. The BAFTA-owned, industry-backed organisation offers online tools and training, events, practical guidance and thought leadership to all screen industry professionals to help them identify and act upon opportunities on and off screen which can lead to effective climate action.
