This year, the 22nd TIFF is establishing the “Green Carpet Club” in order to further develop TIFF’s ecological and green initiatives for today’s filmmakers, film fans, and the future for the next generation.
The GCC enlists advocates of these initiatives as members. These members will convey their warm and supportive messages to cinema fans around the globe via our website.
Film fans can participate in the GCC’s many planned “green” activities, such as screenings of movies with “green” power, the Earth Conference, and so on.GCC news and activities will be updated regularly in TIFF’s mail magazine.
- Implement green activities at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
- Through the Tokyo International Film Festival, raise awareness of the importance of protecting our environment and preserving natural resources for the next generation.
- To provide filmmakers and film fans with a deeper understanding of our environment.
- To expand this network of people who love films to include more film lovers from around the world.
From Overseas*Alphabetical Order
The Opening Ceremony was a well-organized event. I wish I had come up with the Green Carpet idea for my first film festival in Brazil!
The theme of ecology and the Green Carpet are innovative ideas.
The decision to use the Green Carpet was extremely innovative. As a global citizen, I believe ecology is a very important issue and I wholeheartedly give the green light to TIFF's ambitions.
"Blindness" is a carbon-free film and we planted 7,000 trees. I think it's very important for the film industry to contribute to the preservation of the global environment.
The Green Carpet is a very innovative idea. TIFF has grown to become a great film festival for both Japan and the world.
"Cinema is magic and gets to people heart’s like nothing else. We can move people, we can engage people and we can make them dream.
The Green Carpet Club is a wonderful platform for all these good causes and it is very important that such a prestigious festival like Tokyo is behind it. "
"The idea of the green carpet is very innovative -
They are using the festival in a very nice way, promoting ecology, and I was happy to be a part of that."
TIFF continues to grow in scale and dignity. Taking environmental protection as the main theme is an excellent idea.
I'll encourage the organizers of all the other film festivals in the world to turn their ordinary red carpet to green.
From Japan*Alphabetical Order
The power of the Film Festival to express the potential of films can transform? environmental issues from political and social topics into matters closely connected to our own lives.
The spirit of TIFF should be shared with everyone. You should continue using the Green Carpet.
It's very significant that this is the first film festival in the world to try using the Green Carpet.
The Green Carpet reminds us all to be on the alert about the things around us.
To gaze at the lovely green carpet and think about the meaning of "green" together with film-lovers worldwide. Wonderful, isn't it!
TIFF is an excellent festival because it contemplates our environment through culture, namely films and art.
In the 20th century, we began recording our activities through moving pictures, which opened a new window of self-awareness, including the realization of our immaturity. At the same time, we have become the "eyes" of self-awareness for this extraordinary planet called "Earth." An outward gaze eventually turns inward. Film begins the new century as a medium that enables us to discover new things about the Earth and ourselves.
