Greening The Screen Development Fund

Our Green Cymru programme supports screen sector professionals and companies in Wales to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. As part of this, we’ve partnered with Media Cymru to present our Greening The Screen Development Fund.

Climate-conscious freelancers and businesses in Wales are invited to apply for up to £50,000 to Research and Develop (R&D) ideas for sustainable solutions to the challenges of net zero and the decarbonisation of the screen sector in Wales.

We’re particularly interested in projects relating to:  

• Shifting to renewable energy in studios, offices and postproduction houses, phasing out diesel for generators, and maximising energy efficiency on set and location.
• Rethinking transport by mapping the challenge, eliminating diesel in vehicles, minimising travel, and shifting modes of transport to those using renewable energy.
• A circular approach to tackling material and food waste through better monitoring to reduce waste, prioritising local suppliers and low carbon options, and the reuse of materials and production assets.
• Information gathering and collaboration, including assessing the sustainability of assets used in production, support to green suppliers, and creating carbon budgets for production.
• Insetting and offsetting business models.

 
The Greening The Screen Development Fund is not suitable for:

• content creation (for example short films, feature films and pilots)
• one-off art commissions
• feasibility studies
• mobile hydrogen development
• commissioning business as usual activities for example, a new sustainable solution that does not have an innovative edge to the way your company usually addresses new projects
• applications that lack evidence that the proposed innovation is expected to lead to significant and positive economic impact
• applications that lack research and development or innovation. 

Successful applicants will have up to 12 months to complete their R&D, supported by Media Cymru and Ffilm Cymru Wales.

Accessibility

If you have any specific requirements that would make the application more accessible to you (such as advice, scribing or reading support) or would like to discuss this application in an alternative format (video or audio formats, audio narration, large font, plain text, or alternative language) please email media.cymru@cardiff.ac.uk or phone 02922 511 434.