The CALL FOR PROPOSALS will be open through 2012, while NOMAD Films further defines the scope and program for the 2013 edition, and while we continue to fundraise to support participants.

GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATION

NOMAD Films requires that selected participants heed to the below guidelines throughout the production process:

1. MENTOR: Filmmakers will each be assigned a mentor – a film industry professional and/or sustainability expert – and will have bi-weekly calls (or in-person meetings when possible) to review the production process and progress and to work through any obstacles.  NOMAD Films executives will be invited to participate in each of these calls.
2. Participants are required to meet with mentor and NOMAD Films executives PRIOR to the start of production, to determine which of the production methods suggested in the Producers Guild of America Green’s Unified Best Practices Guide will be incorporated.
3. The subject matter – whether the film or video is documentary, narrative or animated – should address or promote some aspect of sustainability, ultimately empowering the audience to make more sustainable-minded efforts in their own individual lives.
4. The project can be no shorter than FIVE (5) MINUTES in length, and no longer than THIRTY (30) minutes in length.  Any projects less than or exceeding this length must be approved by NOMAD Films before the start of production.
5. Films must be in English, or include English subtitles/text where relevant.
6. BLOGGING: Participants will be required to submit content to NOMAD Films for bi-weekly posts to the Project Green Blog.  NOMAD Films will provide themes/areas of focus for each post.  Posts should include:

○   Notes and/or feedback from various aspects of the production: what do you find easy about the guidelines? What is difficult? What is reasonable and/or what is outrageous, and what just doesn’t work? How are the guidelines positively or negatively affecting your methods of production?

○   Timeline/production planning: Do you think this was a productive two weeks? What are your goals for this coming week and what are you planning for next week?  Please discuss any upcoming key dates.

○   Photographs and/or brief video diaries providing a behind-the-scenes look at the production experience; short clips or sequences from the actual film/video.

1. Pending scheduling, availability and funding, participants and mentors will attend the screenings and participate in the Question/Answer sessions and any other Project Green related screenings and/or events.
2. NOMAD Films does not charge a submission fee for participation in Project Green.  Additionally, a portion of any financial support received for this initiative will be used to support production efforts.  That said, NOMAD Films does request that participants promote Project Green fundraising initiatives and are an active member of NOMAD Films and Project Green’s online networks.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Potential participants must submit:

-      A project proposal and/or film/video synopsis UP TO FIVE PAGES

-      A detailed projected budget for the entire production, including how much of the funding is already secured and what additional funding is needed (*NOMAD Films is unable to provide funding for projects at this time)

-      A production timeline, which includes key dates for pre-production and research through final edits (with a rough cut deadline of September 3, 2012, and a final cut deadline of September 17, 2012)

-      A completed Project Green Application

-      Signed and dated Rules and Terms of Agreement

-      Supplementary materials: Participants are invited to send reels, links, and/or additional materials which inform upon filmmaking abilities and/or experience

All information should be e-mailed as PDF attachments to sarah@nomadfilms.net.  Signed Rules and Terms of Agreement can be scanned and e-mailed, otherwise should be mailed to the below address:

Sarah Schutzki
Executive Director | NOMAD Films
86 Waverly Avenue – Ground Floor
Brooklyn, New York 11205 USA

Please contact Sarah Schutzki (sarah@nomadfilms.net) with any questions.

- Try to make all signage out of recycled or recyclable materials;
- Use only elastic bands or string to hang signs on trees – never staples, thumbtacks or tape, all of which can severely damage trees;
- Protect interior locations with corrugated cardboard made with post-consumer recycled content. When available, consider using reusable, cut-to-size, plastic mats.

When shooting in sensitive or pristine landscapes, it’s important to take extra measures to ensure minimal disruption to the natural environment.

- Contain all vehicle and foot traffic within the production vicinity, and cordon off any areas with particularly sensitive vegetation or wildlife;
- Ensure that all film-related activities are carefully managed to prevent damage to the landscape;
- Reinstate any land or vegetation that are damaged as a result of production activities;
- Scan the area thoroughly before leaving to ensure that nothing is left behind and that the area reflects its pre-production condition.

Stay tuned for more tips and hints on how to green your production, pre through post.

Also remember that different cities have varying policies regarding recycling and waste removal, so contact the Mayor’s Office and/or check with local municipalities upon scouting.

SCOUTING
- Choose alternative fuels (hybrids, electric, flex fuel) for long drives;
- When possible, scout locations via public transit, bicycle, foot or carpool;
- After choosing a location, determine ways to reduce your environmental impact there. Work with the location contact to ensure that the best methods for preservation and protection of the site are followed;
- Include public transit information with maps given to cast/crew.

Stay tuned for more tips and hints on how you can green your production, or visit pgagreen.org.

Stay tuned for more sustainable production tips and hints!

Try these economical DIY cleaners:

• Glass: 1/4 cup distilled white vinegar and 2 cups water
• Scouring cleanser: baking soda and water
• Disinfectant: Hydrogen peroxide
• Grease: Lemon juice
• Wood polish: 1/2 cup white vinegar and 1 teaspoon olive oil
• Unclog drains: equal parts baking soda and white vinegar

For more natural cleaning solutions, see Real Simple’s (realsimple.com) 66 All Natural Cleaning Solutions (and visit PGAgreen.org)!

Guidelines are listed below and here; you’ll also need to complete an application and read and sign the rules and terms of agreement.  The Producers Guild of America’s Unified Best Practices Guide will serve as Project Green’s official production resource.

The CALL FOR PROPOSALS will be open through February 29, 2012.  Selected participants will be notified March 19, 2012, and will have through September 3^rd to complete the rough cut of their project.  Final projects will screen October and November 2012.  Screening locations announced March 2012.

GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATION

NOMAD Films requires that selected participants heed to the below guidelines throughout the production process:

1. MENTOR: Filmmakers will each be assigned a mentor – a film industry professional and/or sustainability expert – and will have bi-weekly calls (or in-person meetings when possible) to review the production process and progress and to work through any obstacles.  NOMAD Films executives will be invited to participate in each of these calls.
2. Participants are required to meet with mentor and NOMAD Films executives PRIOR to the start of production, to determine which of the production methods suggested in the Producers Guild of America Green’s Unified Best Practices Guide will be incorporated.
3. The subject matter – whether the film or video is documentary, narrative or animated – should address or promote some aspect of sustainability, ultimately empowering the audience to make more sustainable-minded efforts in their own individual lives.
4. The project can be no shorter than FIVE (5) MINUTES in length, and no longer than THIRTY (30) minutes in length.  Any projects less than or exceeding this length must be approved by NOMAD Films before the start of production.
5. Films must be in English, or include English subtitles/text where relevant.
6. BLOGGING: Participants will be required to submit content to NOMAD Films for bi-weekly posts to the Project Green Blog.  NOMAD Films will provide themes/areas of focus for each post.  Posts should include:
   ○   Notes and/or feedback from various aspects of the production: what do you find easy about the guidelines? What is difficult? What is reasonable and/or what is outrageous, and what just doesn’t work? How are the guidelines positively or negatively affecting your methods of production?
   ○   Timeline/production planning: Do you think this was a productive two weeks? What are your goals for this coming week and what are you planning for next week?  Please discuss any upcoming key dates.
   ○   Photographs and/or brief video diaries providing a behind-the-scenes look at the production experience; short clips or sequences from the actual film/video.
7. Pending scheduling, availability and funding, participants and mentors will attend the screenings and participate in the Question/Answer sessions and any other Project Green related screenings and/or events.
8. NOMAD Films does not charge a submission fee for participation in Project Green.  Additionally, a portion of any financial support received for this initiative will be used to support production efforts.  That said, NOMAD Films does request that participants promote Project Green fundraising initiatives and are an active member of NOMAD Films and Project Green’s online networks.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Potential participants must submit:

-      A project proposal and/or film/video synopsis UP TO FIVE PAGES

-      A detailed projected budget for the entire production, including how much of the funding is already secured and what additional funding is needed (*NOMAD Films is unable to provide funding for projects at this time)

-      A production timeline, which includes key dates for pre-production and research through final edits (with a rough cut deadline of September 3, 2012, and a final cut deadline of September 17, 2012)

-      A completed Project Green Application

-      Signed and dated Project Green 2012 Rules and Terms of Agreement

-      Supplementary materials: Participants are invited to send reels, links, and/or additional materials which inform upon filmmaking abilities and/or experience

All information should be e-mailed as PDF attachments to sarah@nomadfilms.net.  Materials received after 11:59 PM February 29, 2012, will not be considered.

Signed Rules and Terms of Agreement can be scanned and e-mailed, otherwise should be mailed to the below address, postmarked no later than February 29, 2012.

Sarah Schutzki
Executive Director | NOMAD Films
86 Waverly Avenue – Ground Floor
Brooklyn, New York 11205 USA

Please contact Sarah Schutzki (sarah@nomadfilms.net) with any questions.

GOOD LUCK!!! We’re looking forward to seeing your proposals and to working together with you!!!

Outside of Bio Rio Cinema, in Stockholm:

Discussion at the Tekniska Museet (Technology Museum) following a Project Green screening:

The group outside of the Tekniska Museet following the screening/discussion:

More images and notes from the Project Green extravaganza in Stockholm to come!  And, of course, MUCH more on what’s next for Project Green, this year’s participants, and how you can get involved for the next edition!

The five projects selected were:

- GREASE LIGHTING – Handcrafted Films (London, England)
- WAT(EV)ER – Fountain Blue Films (Bangalore, India)
- GREEN PATRIOT POSTERS – Creative Migration (Los Angeles, California, USA)
- Community Vegetable Garden / The Story of Phuc TAN – Action Center for City Development (Ha Noi, Vietnam) – Teaser
- Thinking small – Sharath Chandra Ram (Bangalore, India) – Teaser

Production has been underway since June 2011, and the production teams have been working incredibly hard to complete the final projects in time for the screenings that start this weekend in Stockholm.

The films will screen Bio Rio Cinema on Sunday, October 2nd, at 11AM, as part of the theater’s Cinema Breakfast series.  An additional screening will take place at the Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology on Monday, October 3rd, at 4PM.  A question and answer session with filmmakers and Project Green creators will take place following each screening; a round table discussion, to further review the suggested methods of sustainable filmmaking and to create a set of industry standards, will take place on Monday, following the screening at the museum.

Biografteatern Rio Cinema
Hornstulls Strand 3
T-bana: Hornstull

http://www.biorio.se/

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology
Museivägen 7
113 31 Stockholm SWEDEN

http://www.tekniskamuseet.se/

A third screening, featuring a film selected from the prior two programs, is planned for Tuesday, October 4th.  The screening will take place during TEDx Hornstull.  Further details to be announced via GAP’s website.

Throughout the development of the Project Green initiative, and as participants’ projects have gone from mere proposals to finished works, we’ve asked many questions about how film can be used to influence behavior – the behavior of those viewing the film as well as those creating it.  Following each of the screenings in Stockholm we will ask another series of questions, related to the task of creating a film project using sustainable methods.  How realistic is “sustainable filmmaking”, in terms of efficiency as well as financially, and which, of all the methods we proposed, were the most adaptable given the strict time constraints for the production as well as for the final pieces?  Is producing sustainable projects something that can only be done on a very basic level, or could blockbuster productions even adapt?  Participants will talk about the methods they incorporated, resources they relied on, and their biggest challenges throughout this entire process.  We will learn how this initiative may or may not have influenced their approach to upcoming projects, and what it was all worth.  Most importantly, we’ll work together with participants and mentors to develop a standard list of sustainable practices, which we will share with our collaborators and with the industry at large in hopes of encouraging momentum in this movement towards sustainable production.

Buy tickets for Project Green’s premiere on Sunday, including breakfast at Bio Rio Cinema Theater, HERE!!!  And sign up to see films at the Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology HERE.

For more information about Project Green projects, participants, mentors and related events, please check out our blog: http://projectgreen2011.wordpress.com/.

And please share this information with others who may be interested in joining NOMAD Films, GAP Sweden, and the Project Green participants October 2nd, 3rd and 4th in Stockholm!

Deep inside the villages of Pali, Barmer, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Khuri,Bikaner, we could sense the real issue. But we also saw many things which gave hope. Some ancient water harvesting structures. Some effective usage methods, etc

Now its hurrying time, to finish the edit, sound and music and to come to Stockholm with a final product!!!