The inaugural Eisvogel – Prize for Sustainable Film Production will be awarded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUV), the Federal Government’s Commissioner for Culture and Media (BKM) and the Heinz Sielmann Stiftung to recognise film productions that make use of sustainable production practices in their planning and execution. The prize is awarded together with the Allianz Deutscher Produzenten – Film & Fernsehen e.V. (association of German film, TV and media producers) and the Produzent*innenverband e.V. (association of producers).
The "Eisvogel - Award for Sustainable Film Productions" is endowed with 20,000 euros in its main category and 5,000 euros in the newcomer category.
To qualify for the prize, a production must meet the following criteria:
In their quest to promote greater sustainability in the film industry, the founders of the Eisvogel Prize chose the symbol of a kingfisher to represent an intact natural world and healthy, life-sustaining waterways. The prize aims to encourage participants from the sector to adhere to sustainability standards during the production of audiovisual media.
The
award ceremony for the last competition period took place on
15 February 2024 in Berlin in the presence of the Federal Minister for the Environment, Steffi Lemke, and the State Minister for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth.
The details for the competition conditions for the 2024/25 period are expected to be published on this website in the "
competition" section in May 2024.