WATCH: Towards a sustainable digital future in the UK film and television industries

Hunter Vaughan and Pietari Kääpä are joined by an expert panel present the findings of their report on sustainable digital film and tv production.

Recorded 9 November 2023.

Event Hosted by Gina Neff, Executive Director, Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy

Panel:  Michelle Jenkins, Head of Production Services, Film London

Gavin Kelly, Facilities and Sustainability Manager, Northern Ireland Screen

Larra Anderson, Filmmaker and Professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Essex

Film and television production leads to a significant environmental footprint due to carbon-intensive infrastructures, energy dependencies, and waste production.

While the past two decades have seen a rise in stakeholder discourse around sustainability and in critical attention to the industry’s environmental impacts, there is still a way to go to reach the level of impact sought. To help identify a path forward, this event will examine the industry’s current sustainability strategies, and explore how ambitious environmental and social policy can be developed.

This event follows the release of a new report, exploring both digitalisation and sustainability – and where these two intersect – across the UK film and television industry.

This report comes out of extensive ongoing collaboration with industry stakeholders and policy makers. It lays out pathways to explore environmental and social sustainability, and to promote best practice in the digital age.

The transcript of the session is available here.