Unlearning Sustainability: A Broader Look at Film Production

What does it truly mean to be sustainable in cinema? In this conversation, we will go beyond labels and certifications to challenge common assumptions about sustainable film production. Together with Spanish sustainable film festival director Marta Garcia Larriu, an international leading figure in green film, and Portuguese producer Bruno Moraes Cabral, from Wonder Maria Films, who recently obtained the Green Film certificate, we will explore the broader dimensions of sustainability—environmental, social, and cultural—and open the floor to your questions. This is not about easy answers, but about rethinking how stories are made and the impact they leave behind.

Open to all accredited festival participants.

Speakers: Marta García Larriu and Bruno Moraes Cabral

Marta García Larriu is the founder of Another Way, an association that promotes new perspectives and narratives for a sustainable future. Through it, she informs, educates, and raises awareness about the climate crisis and other challenges aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. She leads the Another Way Film Festival on sustainable progress, alongside film cycles, training in green audiovisual production, and narrative-shifting projects. An economist by training, Marta has over fifteen years of experience as an independent producer (“Madre”, Goya winner, Oscar nominee), working with directors like Costa-Gavras and Gilles Paquet-Brenner. She has lived in NY, Buenos Aires, and Panama, and writes and speaks on cinema and sustainability.

Bruno Moraes Cabral founded Garden Films in 2011, where he produced and directed educational, institutional, and documentary films. Among others, he produced the award-winning documentary “Praxis”, historical series for RTP, and Claudio Carbone's “Hasta que Muera el Sol”, which screened at more than 40 international festivals. In 2020, he founded Wonder Maria Filmes with Andréia Nunes, Fernanda Polacow, and João Nuno Pinto, where he also develops fiction projects, with a special focus on Brazil and Africa. He produced “Big Bang Henda”, by Fernanda Polacow, “As Fado Bicha” by Justine Lemahieu, the “Porta Premium” series by Tota Alves for RTP, among others. João Nuno Pinto's feature film “18 Buracos Para o Paraíso” (18 Holes to Paradise) is the first Portuguese project to be certified Green Film, premiering this year in Thessaloniki and Mar del Plata.