Reel Green™ Sustainable Production Training - Monday May 5, 2025
2025-05-05 11:30 - 13:30 (America/Vancouver)
Reel Green™ Sustainable Production Training is free online training for the motion picture industry. Learn how film and TV production contributes to climate change and how to adopt best practices to reduce the industry’s environmental impact. This course is a unique, engaging and solutions-based training session offering attendees the information and inspiration to live and work in a more sustainable way.
Upon successful completion of the course, attendees will:
– understand how to act to reduce their impact within the three stages of production
– recognize the impact production has on the environment
– have knowledge of the tools and techniques to lessen this impact and how to collect and report data
– receive the Trained by Reel Green™ badge
– receive the Actsafe Certificate of Completion (for B.C. Residents only)
Taking the Sustainable Production Training course is free and recommended to everyone in the motion picture industry. In this 2-hour training, crew will learn how to adopt and implement more environmentally sustainable practices in the three stages of production.

Reel Green™ Carbon Calculator Training - Monday May 26, 2025
2025-05-26 12:30 - 14:00 UTC
Reel Green™ Carbon Calculator Training is a free 90 minute online course for the motion picture industry.

Reel Green™ Sustainable Production Training – Monday June 9, 2025
2025-06-09 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver)

Reel Green™ Screening Series: THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
2025-06-18 17:30 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver)
Reel Green™ is hosting a special screening of THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING directed by Avi Lewis at The Rio Theatre. This gripping documentary, inspired by the bestselling non-fiction book by Naomi Klein, presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines of climate change across five continents over four years.
This is the first Reel Green™ Screening Series event of 2025, showcasing Canadian filmmakers who are leading the way in telling impactful climate stories on screen. The event is focused on bringing community and industry together to learn and connect through narrative and factual content formats to further conversations and help alter the trajectory of the emergency at hand.
Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Time: 6:00pm, doors 5:30pm
Venue: The Rio Theatre, 1660 East Broadway, Vancouver
Tickets: Purchase tickets here
Narrated by Klein, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING takes a global look at the climate crisis and shines a light on the broken economic system causing environmental destruction and urges the audience to consider the immediate changes they can make in their own lives to help correct the course for future generations.
Join Reel Green™ in support of Canadian filmmaking and independent theatres, and as a thank you the first 100 people to arrive at the cinema will receive a free medium popcorn🍿

Reel Green™ Sustainable Production Training
2025-08-18 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-09-26 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-24 10:30 - 12:30, 2025-11-26 10:30 - 12:30, 2026-01-21 11:30 - 13:30, 2026-02-20 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-27 14:30 - 16:30, 2026-04-17 12:30 - 14:30 (America/Vancouver)

Reel Green™ Carbon Calculator Training
2025-08-26 11:30 - 13:00, 2025-10-18 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-01-28 12:00 - 13:30, 2026-03-31 12:00 - 13:30 UTC

Virtual Production Futures | VIFF 2025
2025-10-11 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Vancouver)
Big Worlds, Smaller Footprint
Bringing worlds to life on screen once meant big sets, big travel, and big budgets. Today, virtual production makes it possible to create stunning, sustainable, and forward-thinking stories—no matter the size of the production. This panel explores how virtual production empowers creators of all sizes to push creative boundaries, tell bold narratives, and embrace sustainable practices, all while shaping the future of filmmaking.
Featured Speakers: Zach Lipovsky, Nessa Aref, Karen Lam
Moderator: Katharine Pavoni
Presented by Reel Green™ at Creative BC

Reel Green™ Carbon Calculator Training at SPF25
2025-11-04 15:00 - 15:50 UTC
Join Reel Green™ Carbon Calculator Training in-person at SPF25 in Vancouver.

Reel Green™ Carbon Calculator Training at SPF25
Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Time: 3:00 – 3:50pm PT
Venue: Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2W3
Tickets: Purchase Your Crew Pass Here

For for more information about SPF25 and Vancouver program highlights click here.

IN LOVE WITH A PROBLEM: Earth Day Screenings 2026
2026-03-16 00:00 - 2026-05-01 23:59 (America/Vancouver)
This Earth Day, you’re invited to host your own screening of IN LOVE WITH A PROBLEM – an inspiring short documentary about youth innovation and solutions to plastic pollution.
Directed by Julie Kim, the film follows two teens from Vancouver who discovered a plastic-eating bacteria in the Fraser River and set out on a journey from backyard science experiments to Silicon Valley to tackle one of the planet’s biggest environmental challenges.
Through Story Money Impact’s Earth Day initiative, individuals, educators, workplaces, and community groups across Canada can host their own free screening between March 16 and May 1. Once you register, you’ll receive access to the film along with a full Virtual Screening Kit that includes:

A discussion guide
Educational resources for youth and classrooms
Promotional materials
Impact resources and calls to action

Whether you’re organizing a classroom discussion, staff event, or community gathering, this is a great way to spark conversation about plastic pollution, innovation, and solutions.
Register for this free screener and toolkit here: storymoneyimpact.com/earthday2026
Presented by Reel Green™ at Creative BC and Vancouver Film Studios. Supported by the Province of British Columbia.

Reel Green™ Screening Series: X TRILLION
2026-04-09 18:45 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver)
Reel Green is partnering again with Surfrider Foundation Vancouver for a special screening of the documentary X TRILLION on Thursday April 9, 2026 at the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
Set a thousand miles from land, X TRILLION follows the all female eXXpedition crew led by ocean advocate Emily Penn as they sail 3,000 miles across the North Pacific – straight through the densest accumulation of ocean plastic on the planet. Directed by Eleanor Church, the film captures their high-seas journey, cutting edge microplastics research, and the team’s mission to make the unseen, seen.
This is the first Reel Green™ Screening Series event of 2026 spotlighting powerful climate stories while bringing community and industry together to spark conversations that inspire action.
Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026
Time: Doors at 6:45 PM, film at 7:00 PM
Venue: Vancouver Maritime Museum, 1905 Ogden Ave, Vancouver, BC V6J 1A3
Tickets: By donation
