"5 Directors, 5 Green Films" project was implemented within the scope of COP31

Attention will be drawn to the sustainable production approach in the cinema industry with the "5 Directors 5 Green Films" project implemented within the scope of the 31st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31), hosted by Türkiye.

In the project carried out with the theme "Turkey, the Country That Named Its Cinema After a Tree: From Yeşilçam to Green Sets", five short films shot in line with sustainable film production criteria will be screened at COP31 Amphitheater on November 17 at 18.00.

Rıza Kocaoğlu, İlay Erkök, Aylin Kontente, Serdar Orçin, Gökhan Yıkılkan, Elit Andaç Çam, Ece Yüksel, Levent Can, Yıldız Çağrı Oktay, Emre Karayel and Bestemsu Özdemir star in the films directed by Vuslat Saraçoğlu, Ömer Faruk Sorak, Emre Kavuk, Banu Sıvacı and Uğur Yağcıoğlu.

In the project, which gave space to the creative choices of the directors in terms of subject, genre, narrative style and cinema language, environmental responsibility principles were taken into account in the planning, shooting and post-shooting stages of film production.

In this context, it was aimed to prioritize local resources and existing opportunities, efficiently plan transportation and logistics activities, reduce energy consumption and determine technical equipment according to needs. While using existing, rented, second-hand or reusable materials for elements such as decor, costumes and accessories, emphasis was also placed on reducing disposable products and separating waste.

Preventing unnecessary resource use in data storage, copying and rendering processes during the post-production phase of the project, and recording data on the environmental impacts of the productions were also among the parts of the sustainable production approach.

Birol Güven, General Director of Cinema of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, stated that Yeşilçam has unknowingly included practices that overlap with sustainable film production criteria in the past and said, "Today, we are trying to become Yeşilçam again. The world has a lot to learn from Yeşilçam." made his assessment.

The project aims to spread environmentally friendly production practices in the cinema industry by addressing sustainability not only through the subject of the films but also through the production processes.