The Green Screen standard for environmentally friendly film and television production, which was developed in the Murmansk Region to reduce the carbon footprint of projects filmed in the Arctic and Far North, could potentially be extended to other regions of Russia. Svetlana Soldatova, Head of the Polar Region Film Production Support Centre, told TASS, noting that the carbon footprint calculator is universally applicable.

'Of course, the Green Screen eco-standard was originally developed for the Arctic and Far North with their fragile ecosystems, but the information it contains is likely to be applicable and relevant for film industry professionals in other regions of Russia as well. We've created a universal method for calculating the carbon footprint of film projects based on the Cladonia eco-calculator,' Soldatova said.

She added that the eco-calculator developed from scratch is a one-of-a-kind tool to assess the film industry's impact on the environment. 'This tool covers all stages of production from the start of filming to post-production. This resource was created jointly by filmmakers and ecologists, so it takes into account the specifics of film production and its impact on the ecology of the area where the film crew operates,' Soldatova said.

The Kola Peninsula is the northernmost region of Russia that Russian film producers are keen to explore. The Murmansk Region Film Production Development Centre has been established in the region to support filmmakers, and a law on film rebates has been adopted. In recent years, several major film projects shot in the Polar Regions have been released in Russia.

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