Xiao Yang and Zhou Yutong endorsed the “Zero Carbon Golden Rooster” China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in 2021 achieves the first carbon neutrality in history
▲The guests at the conference announced that the film festival will achieve carbon neutrality in the form of watering the saplings together
Southeast Net, December 29 (The Straits Herald reporter Qian Lingling/Wen Chang Haijun/Pictures) Yesterday morning, the launching ceremony of the 2021 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival carbon neutral pilot work was held at Xiamen Juntai Hotel.
Actors Xiao Yang and Zhou Yutong attended the event and were awarded a carbon neutral certificate, endorsing the “Zero Carbon Golden Rooster Green Film Festival”, which became a highlight of this film festival.
Movies are all generating carbon emissions
Movies and carbon emissions are also related? Yes, whether it is making a movie or watching a movie, it is more or less generating carbon emissions.
A “big production” film usually also produces “big emissions”. Public data shows that taking “Batman: The Dark Knight” as an example, the production team spent a total of US$500,000 worth of gasoline, US$1 million worth of props and building materials in order to complete the filming; and in the “Avengers” series In each movie, there are thousands of actors and staff members who fly around the world to shoot different scenes, during which all food, clothing, housing and transportation will generate a considerable amount of emissions.
For a new movie, everyone basically goes to the cinema to watch it. In the case of a large number of people, the per capita carbon emissions of a movie are not much, especially those who walk, ride a bicycle, or take public transportation to go to the cinema to watch a movie. Will greatly increase. Even if you stay at home and watch movies online, the Internet and electricity consumption will generate a certain amount of carbon emissions.
Achieve the first carbon neutrality in the history of the film festival
In 2021 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival innovatively implemented carbon neutrality pilot work. The carbon emissions generated by this film festival were offset by the purchase of forestry carbon tickets, and the carbon neutrality certificate was issued by the Xiamen Carbon and Emissions Trading Center. The first carbon neutralization in the history of China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival. “This time, Xiamen and the Chinese Film Association have created a new model of’film and television + carbon neutrality’. This is the initiative to integrate the film and television industry into the overall situation of ecological civilization construction, and help the country’s innovative measures of’carbon peak and carbon neutral’ strategy. A new chapter in green ecology.” At the launching ceremony, Xiamen Municipal Standing Committee Member and Deputy Mayor Huang Xiaozhou said that Xiamen City will take this opportunity to thoroughly implement the new development concept, actively build a comprehensive, multi-level low-carbon pilot system, and build a higher level. A modern and international city with high quality and good looks. At the same time, Huang Xiaozhou also welcomes all filmmakers to come to Xiamen to explore themes and shoot creations.
In the future, we will explore the creation of a “zero-carbon film”
Yan Shaofi, deputy secretary and secretary-general of the China Film Association’s sub-party group, announced the “Green Films Promoting “Dual Carbon” Proposal” on the spot, putting forward new suggestions and new requirements for the integration of the Chinese film industry into the overall construction of the national ecological civilization.
The proposal proposes that the Chinese film industry should tell the Chinese ecological story well, spread the green film culture, practice green film creation, explore the creation of “zero-carbon films”, further promote the construction of green film special funds, and encourage film workers to actively participate in carbon neutrality behavior.
For example, actively advocate the protection of the on-site environment, the protection of green vegetation, the protection of wild animal habitats, and the protection of biodiversity during the production of film works; the promotion of the use of environmentally friendly materials to make props, sets and costumes. Film shooting and large-scale live-action performance activities are prohibited in the core area and buffer zone of nature reserves, and core scenic spots in scenic spots.
Special Environmental Film Screening at the Film Festival
At the launching ceremony, Huang Xiaozhou, member of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal Party Committee and Deputy Mayor, respectively presented to the Executive Committee of the Film Festival, the representative of the Xiamen Municipal Party Committee’s Propaganda Department, Tang Xiangyang, and the Honorary Promoter Xiao Yang of the Carbon Neutral and Green Film Festival and Zhou Yutong, the Promoter of the Carbon Neutral and Green Film Festival. 2021 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival carbon neutral certificate and personal carbon neutral certificate.
Xiao Yang made his debut with the “Chopstick Brothers” combination. In recent years, he has contributed to the big screen, such as “Old Boy”, “Father”, and “Chinatown Detective”. On the 27th, the box office exceeded the 700 million yuan mark. Zhou Yutong has appeared in popular dramas such as “The Silent Testimony of Forensic Doctor Qin Ming” and “I’m Very Good in Another Country”.
It is worth mentioning that this year’s film festival also set up a series of activities such as environmental protection film screenings, carbon peaks, carbon neutral theme exhibitions, etc., aiming to promote carbon in the whole society through the influence of film art and filmmakers. The concept of harmony, advocates the public to actively practice low-carbon production and lifestyles, and promotes the early realization of the “carbon peak” and “carbon neutral” goals.
The leading guests at the conference announced that the film festival will achieve carbon neutrality in the form of watering the saplings together. The carbon neutral pilot work of the China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival will become a new starting point for the green and low-carbon development of the film industry, opening a new chapter in film green ecology.
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