BAFTA will run a season of industry events across the UK to promote climate change awareness. Starting this month and running until the fall, the Green Light Season will span talks, screenings, panels, masterclasses and a comedy event. The season will feature experts and activists from across film, games and TV.
The season, which is organized by BAFTA and its dedicated sustainability offshoot albert, opens with a screening of Nat Geo’s Ocean With David Attenborough. There will also be sessions embedded within the Sheffield Documentary Festival.
Confirmed industry names involved include the likes of Keith Scholey, the co-director of Ocean with David Attenborough, and Emily Hudd, exec producer of Joe Lycett vs The Oil Giant.
Jane Millichip, CEO of BAFTA, said UK producers and broadcasters are leading the way in terms of reducing emissions from production, in partnership with albert.
“Increasingly, they are also showcasing content which highlights the climate crisis,” the BAFTA boss added. “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.”
Her comments come after Sara Putt, BAFTA chair, called on the industry to find ways of telling climate stories in their output.
“Television programmes do have an impact, so let’s continue to come up with ever more creative ways of bringing climate storytelling to our screens,” she said at the BAFTA TV Awards earlier this year.
She also gave a special shout out to David Attenborough, who she said, “has led the way in bringing the fight against climate change to every household both in the UK and globally.”
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