New Eco-Technician Training Program in the Cultural and Creative Industries of Film and Audiovisual Media

In light of current environmental challenges and in order to preserve the world of tomorrow, it is essential to educate and raise awareness among professionals in the audiovisual sector.

Offered bythe Montpellier-Sète University Institute of Technology (IUT), this university diploma program —"Eco-Technician in the Cultural and Creative Industries of Film and Audiovisual Media"— was developed in close collaboration withÉcole Travelling, the Ecocirculab Chair, and Sète Agglopole with the aim of reducing the environmental impact of audiovisual productions and supporting them in their ecological transition.

The goal of this training program is to engage all stakeholders in the sector in aneco-management initiative by providing them with the tools and methods
to take action in the film and audiovisual industries, and more broadly in the performing arts (festivals, etc.), as well as in the video game industry.

Target Skills

This university diploma combines theoretical and practical instruction to enable continuing education students to acquire the following key skills:

• Measuring the carbon footprint of a production process
• Assess the maturity level of management regarding decarbonization and the circular economy
• Identify the impacts as soon as the scenarios are reviewed and provide recommendations
• Develop a comprehensive eco-management strategy
• Outline the challenges and raise awareness among the teams
• Develop a roadmap for implementing actions
• Select partners and service providers
• Advising professionals
• Mastering the field of sustainable development

A Comprehensive Program

1. Responsible Management in Audiovisual Production
   
   => Transition and the Circular Economy in Management
   => HRM / CSR / Management
   => Management: Production Budgets and Sustainability
   => Assessing Environmental Costs: Accounting and Sustainable Management Control
   => Responsible Project Management
   
2. Audiovisual Production in Transition
   
   => Ecological Art and Art in the Anthropocene Era
   => Environmental Policy in Audiovisual Production
   => Health, Environment, Safety, and Security
   => Ecological Transition for Stakeholders in the Audiovisual Sector
   
3. Practical Issues of Circularity in Audiovisual Production
   
   => Law: Health and Safety
   => Waste Management, Circular Economy, Sets and Costumes
   => Digital Sobriety
   => Energy Efficiency and Workflow Management
   
4. Circularity and Eco-Design from Scriptwriting to Post-Production: Operational Tools
   
   => Eco-Responsible Practices in the Audiovisual Industry
   => Script Analysis and Environmental Impact
   => Selection of Eco-Responsible Sets and Equipment
   => Eco-Responsible Analysis of a Work Plan
   
5. Filming and Assessment
   
   => Eco-friendly Filming of Fiction
   => Assessment
   => Carbon Footprint

Training session

This university diploma includes 112 hours of in-person instruction.

One training session is scheduled for this year:

• Course dates: June 8 to July 8, 2026
• Exam: September

Are you interested in this training course?

For more information and to apply, visit the École Travelling website.

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