French Alps-Set Les Arcs Film Festival Pioneers Green Charter For Film Fests As Local Glaciers Melt

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The Les Arcs Film Festival in the French Alps kicked off its 14th edition last weekend amid sub-zero temperatures and freshly laid snow, to run from December 10 to 17   Some 600 film professionals from across Europe headed to its four-day industry program, unfolding December 10 to 13, to check out project and work-in-progress showcases, participate in a variety of workshops, network and hit the slopes.

One of the major topics on the industry program’s agenda this year was how can film festivals and the cinema industry, in general, be more sustainable and play their part in helping to rein in climate change.

With temperatures hitting lows of -15 degrees centigrade (5 degrees Fahrenheit) on pristine white slopes at altitudes between 6,400 ft (1,950 m) and 12,400 ft (3,800 m), growing fears that the world is in a climate emergency felt a long way away.

Founded in 2009 by locally raised film execs Guillaume Calop and Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin, the event runs in the first week of the Les Arcs ski season as hotels, restaurants, shops and ski hire outlets gear up for the Christmas and New Year rush.