ABSTRACT
This chapter sketches out a possible way to green film festival studies, more precisely to seek out a new theoretical framework and accompanying methodologies that may address issues regarding, say, energy use, carbon footprint of related air travel and waste more adequately. Earlier attempts via the “new materialism” scholarship prove useful but require adaptation and the integration of aspects of the growing field of environmental media studies. Our recent experience of the COVID-19 global pandemic and the response to virtualise film festivals prompts questions concerning energy use by digital video streaming platforms and their respective energy sources. The chapter analyses and evaluates possible theoretical approaches offered by environmental media studies with suggestions on moving forward.
