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Ein Sommer in Südtirol (2021)
Green Shooting Workshop
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Franziska Gasser (Maike Jüttendonk), a master vintner, travels to South Tyrol to look after her parents’ winery after her father Josef (Harald Krassnitzer, r.) is involved in a car accident. She is not happy to return home, in part due to long-standing conflicts: between her and her parents, between German speakers and Italians, and between her father and his arch-enemy Roberto Antonelli (Michele Oliveri, l.). Then again, there is Roberto’s charming son Marco... The television movie Ein Sommer in Südtirol, which forms part of the Herzkino series, will be broadcast on ZDF in 2021 and was shot in the autumn of 2020 in Bolzano, Brixen, Merano and the surrounding area. Karola Meeder directed, based on a script by Thomas Kirdorf.
ZDF/Stefan Ditner
Summer Love
G R E E N S H O OT I N G W O R K S H O P
Oscar Diodoro
M. Tessaro
Shooting Green in South Tyrol
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“The film industry is more than ready right now for greener film sets,” said sustainability expert Philip Gassmann in our TAKE #11 interview. Accordingly, there was a lot of interest in the multi-part Green Consultant training course that Gassmann held for IDM in 2020. “The first part of the course, held in the spring, focused on basic knowledge about how the various departments can set and maintain ecological standards,” says Renate Ranzi, the Film Location Coordinator at IDM Film Fund & Commission. The second part, which took place in November and was again a webinar, became even more concrete: “We spoke with the nine participants about the special features South Tyrol has to offer in terms of sustainability, and about how they, as green consultants, will advise producers who will shoot here in the future.” Looking forward, these new sustainability experts are to assist those productions that wish to carry out their filming in a climate-friendly manner. The funding guidelines of South Tyrol’s film subsidies will provide for this option starting in 2021: Those who select the “green option” when applying for funding – something that will also factor in to the funding decision – must take a number of criteria into account when filming in South Tyrol, such as using renewable energy on set and climate-friendly transportation. To that end, interested productions must hire a local green consultant. The course also included discussions with service providers to ensure that they, too, are prepared to meet the needs of green production. An independent institute commissioned by IDM will check whether the production complies with the criteria. “We’ve noticed that many productions are already interested in working in a more sustainable way on set,” explains Ranzi. IDM’s new “green shooting” certificate is designed to reward this willingness to lead the way in green filming, with the help of the new, local sustainability consultants.
