EXCLUSIVE: As Hollywood struggles to bounce back from the devastating wildfires that broke out earlier this month, filmmakers are tackling climate change at Sundance Film Festival.
The Sustainable Entertainment Alliance will host the panel ‘Green Sets to Great Stories: Filmmaking in a Changing Climate’ on Monday at 11:30am at The Box at The Ray, bringing together filmmakers to discuss how climate change has impacted their films, productions and overall lives.
The event will feature a series of 15-minute discussions, including one with director Greg Nava (Selena, Frida) and United Farm Workers Union co-founder Dolores Huerta, the subject of his latest biopic.
Other talks feature writer-director Max Walker-Silverman (Rebuilding), writer-director Sierra Falconer (Sunfish) and Cinereach CCO Candice McFarlane. Tickets and more info are available online.
A consortium of leading film, television and streaming stakeholders committed to reducing the entertainment industry’s overall environmental impact, the Sustainable Entertainment Alliance includes A24, Amazon, Amblin, Disney, Fox, NBCU, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Village Roadshow, Warner Bros Discovery.
This year’s Sundance Film Festival comes at a somber time for Hollywood after the Los Angeles wildfires broke out earlier this month, resulting in at least 28 deaths and extensive damage across L.A. County. Actors like Milo Ventimiglia, Adam Brody, Leighton Meester and Billy Crystal have lost their homes in the destruction, as well as Sundance featured director Meera Menon (Didn’t Die).
