Welcome to the BFI Sustainable Screen Resource Hub
This free resource hub is designed to help organisations across the screen sector adopt sustainable practices and influence positive change.
Who is this for?
This hub is for organisations in the screen sector, especially those involved in activities beyond production.
It’s ideal for exhibitors, screen archives, education and training organisations, sector support bodies, and anyone working on promoting sustainability in the creative and screen industries. Whatever your role, you’ll find resources to help integrate environmental responsibility into your work.
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Scene-setting
Understand the interconnected climate, nature, and justice crisis, and the role that creativity, culture, and the screen sector play in addressing these issues.
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Getting started
Learn how to begin developing environmental commitment within your organisation – whether you're just beginning or looking to enhance your current approach.
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Taking action
A range of practical actions you can take, from reducing energy consumption to optimising your travel policies. Get detailed guidance on how to make a…
Learn morelatest resources
Stay updated with the latest tools, webinars, and case studies.
Sustainable Scenes: Audience Travel Guide for the Screen Sector
The following guidance outlines what cinemas and film festivals can do to understand audience travel impacts and how to help them make more sustainable travel choices.
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Moving Green: Business Travel for the Screen Sector
This resource outlines what you can do to both understand your business travel impacts and take action to reduce them.
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Recap: BFI Sustainable Screen Peer Sharing Session
The BFI Sustainable Screen programme ran three peer-to-peer learning sessions on sustainability: audience travel, indoor events, and sponsorships and banking. If you didn’t make it, some key insights and learnings are below – including the slides.
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New! request your free mentoring session
We offer 1:1 mentoring/support sessions for BFI-funded awardees throughout the programme, on a variety of topics. Each awardee is eligible for one session per year.
BFI Sustainable Screen Programme
The BFI National Lottery Sustainable Screen sets out to support BFI National Lottery awardees and the wider screen sector to minimise the impact of filmmaking and move towards positive environmental change.
Julie’s Bicycle delivers the “Beyond Production” strand, supporting over 100 cinemas, film festivals, cinemas, archives and sector support bodies to develop environmental understanding and practice through our free-to-use Creative Climate Tools, webinars, workshops, one-to-one support, and online resource hub.
Initially launched in Autumn 2023, we have received funding for another three years (2026-2029), helping to ensure longer-term support for the UK screen sector as we transition towards a greener, more resilient future.