Workshop in Lisbon (Portugal) | 7th-9th November 2025
Green Film Lab works to create awareness about sustainability in the film industry, starting from scratch. It is a residential 3-day project-oriented workshop tailored for both audiovisual professionals and sustainability consultants.
It promotes environmentally sustainable practices in film production while providing professionals with fresh insights into implementing green protocols and obtaining certification. The second workshop of 2025 will be held in Lisbon (Portugal) from 7th to 9th November, thanks to the partnership of Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual and Portugal Film Commission.
Content of the workshop is based on the Green Film Rating System featuring the sustainability plan and the certification process.
Linnea Merzagora, Green Film Project Manager, will present the Green Film rating system and will meet the professionals with individual projects in one-to-ones talks.
Participants will engage in simulating the development of a sustainability plan. The training will be enhanced with case studies and plenary sessions covering various aspects of sustainability. The workshop is held in English. We especially welcome applications from professionals who are Portugal based and/or professionals who will shoot in Portugal.
Green Film Lab targets:
Film and tv series industry professionals involved in the early development, pre-production and production stages, interested in getting and improving their skills in sustainable practices on set. They can apply with or without a project to work on.
Professionals with at least two years of experience in the field of environmental management interested in learning how an audiovisual production is carried out.
Professionals from the screen industry already working on sustainability on set.
Delegates from Funds, Film Commissions, Film Institutions interested in knowing more about sustainability on set.
Green Film Lab is a programme by TorinoFilmLab and Green Film, organised by Museo Nazionale del Cinema and Trentino Film Commission. The programme is realised thanks to the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Sub-programme of the European Union, and in collaboration with ACE Producers, EAVE and Ecoprod.
