ABOUT THE INSTITUTE

Sustainability in the Film and Media business is increasing and a real game changer. Some countries even made it mandatory and it helps and works in many ways.

Still there was the urgent need for a living Institute in order to join forces, train, experiment, promote and research on an international level.

So here we are: welcome to the INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN MEDIA AND EDUCATION.

OUR CORE MISSION

To establish and disseminate effective standards, instruments, and training formats for sustainable film and media production & creation– across Europe and beyond.

WHO WE ARE

INFOSME is a European Institute

co-founded by Philip Gassmann, Donald

Houwer and Melina Grahovac.

It develops scalable, practice-oriented formats for the green transformation of the media sector.

We work at the intersection of training, environmental management, storytelling, mobility and institutional consulting.

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT

- We have a creative, scientific and business background.

- We have already trained over 500 certified Green Consultants across Austria, Switzerland and Germany – in cooperation with chambers of commerce, broadcasters, public agencies and private producers.

- We are training and consulting major TV channels, Production Companies and Film Fundings.

- We have developed many effective tools and systems enabling Sustainability and make it work.

10 Years

Our Background - How did we start

All our members and colleagues are working in and for Sustainability since many years. We have gathered expertise both in creating National Standards, Sustainability Management Systems, CO2-Calculators, Curriculums for Universities, Technical Standards, Trainings for all the different departments as well as developing communication strategies and new approaches to scriptwriting and formating.

One heart

Our Director of Studies

Philip Gassmann, our Head of Studies has developed sustainability trainings for producers, production managers, directors, DOP´s, gaffers, set designers, set construction and more since 2010. Since then, he trained several thousand professionals in the Media Industry all over the world and all over the different departments.

Many Colours

Departments and Units

We aim to proove that Sustainability is a powerful, creative approach and most of all a booster and problem solver in many areas. That´s why we are approaching this topic on many levels: systemic, legal, financial, technical, psychological and in every creative area of the Medias.

Prof. Philip Gassmann - Director of Studies

The versatile director, producer, teacher and trainer is considered to be one of the most important green filming experts and trainers in Europe. He is a Professor at the University of Television and Film Munich / HFF, is consulting and training national and international broadcasters , designs green policies and advises production companies especially when it comes to international productions.
Directors of Studies and Trainer

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Melina Grahovac - Expert and Trainer

Melina Grahovac is an environmental management, finance, and mobility specialist with a focus on sustainable media production. She advises productions, broadcasters, and cultural institutions on EMS, sustainable mobility and finance. Certified Green Consultant, co-founder of the Institute for Sustainability in Media and Education, examination board member for Green Consultants at IHK Munich, and board member of the Federal Association of Green Consultants Germany (BVGCD). Expert and Trainer.
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DONALD HOUWER - EXPERT AND TRAINER

Donald is chairman of the Board of Green Consultants Germany (BVGCD), director, writer, producer and teacher. He founded the first environmental Filmfestival “Green Me” during the Berlinale and the Start Up “Betterstream”, a streaming platform for sustainable movies. Organizer of the “Storytelling for Future” workshop of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as well as the “Green Filmmaking Workshop” in Turkey in cooperation with the Goethe Institute and the Ministry of Culture.Expert and Trainer
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Judith Nemeyer - Expert and Trainer

Judith Niemeyer has been working in the film industry since 1999. After earning her degree in Media and Communication Management (BA), she joined Constantin Film in 2005, where she was involved in over 20 feature films until 2019. Her early years she focused on production, contributing to projects such as “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer” and “The Wave”. She then spent more than a decade in the distribution department as a senior publicist and making-of editor, working on films like “Pope Joan”, “Vincent Wants to Sea”, the “Suck Me Shakespeer” trilogy and “The Perfect Secret”.

To combine creative work with sustainable practices, she completed an IHK-certified program for Green Consultant Film & TV in 2020 and subsequently advised film and TV productions on Green Producing.

In 2022, she worked as a producer for Bavaria Fiction on the fourth season of “Das Boot”. Since 2023, she has been working at the television broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), where she leads the Green Producing Unit. Judith also shares her expertise as a lecturer on Green Producing and Green Storytelling at film schools and through workshops. Since 2022, she has served as a board member of the Federal Association of Green Consultants Film & TV in Germany, advocating for a sustainable future in the film and media industry.
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