Aure Atika, Vincent Munier, Mamad Dembele, a prestigious jury for the 5th edition of the Ecoprod Award

Following director Carine Tardieu in 2025, Aure Atika, actress and writer will preside over the jury for the 2026 Ecoprod Award. She will be joined by Vincent Munier (documentary filmmaker and photographer), Mamadou Dembele (Impact Story), Philip Boeffard (NORD-OUEST), Gwladys Bouillon-Pacheco (ACCEPTE), Clémentine Buren (LA PAC), Jean-Philippe Lefevre (WWF France), and Muriel Signouret (SNCF).

For the fifth edition of the Ecoprod Award, the non-profit initiative Ecoprod has put together a prestigious jury that will be in charge of choosing the films that demonstrate a strong commitment to green production. The jury will be assessing how the candidates achieved to reduce the carbon impact of their production, manage energy consumption, protect biodiversity, limit waste and favor more sustainable set construction practices.

An exceptional and dedicated jury

The jury consists of renowned personalities from both the film industry and the field of sustainability, reflecting the diversity of the expertise necessary to evaluate a production’s environmental commitment. Its composition fully portrays the dialogue between creation and ecological responsibility, at the heart of the values supported by the Ecoprod Award.

«On a film shoot we are all joining forces to make the best possible movie. On a sustainable film shoot, we really become a team. Green production starts with simple actions – replacing plastic bottles with reusable bottles, sharing rides to reduce transportation, rethinking the catering – and all of a sudden, teamwork is not only a nice idea, it becomes reality. It creates a feeling of shared power, a more sensitive and tangible approach. Less waste, more connexions. Maybe this even comes across on screen?»

Aure Atika

Actress and writer Aure Atika can currently be seen in cinemas in the film “A place for her” by Melissa Godet. She started her career with the film “Would I lie to you?” and has since then been acting both in independent auteur films (“Poetical Refugee” by Abdellatif Kechiche, that won the Luigi De Laurentiis Award at the Venice Film Festival for best first film, “The Beat That My Heart Skipped” by Jacques Audiard, “Copacabana”, alongside Isabelle Huppert or “Mademoiselle Chambon” for which she was nominated for the best supporting actress Cesar) and in more commercial movies (“Hey good looking”, “OSS 117”). Her first novel “Mon ciel et ma terre”, published at Fayard in 2017, was awarded the Audience Award of La Coupole. In 2025, she joined the casting of the series “Belphégor” for HBO Max, in the role of Elise Wagner. Her long-standing environmental commitment led her to participate in the first episode of the environmental podcast of French newspaper Libération “Le Fil Vert” that takes it audience on the ground to meet those who are taking concrete action to protect the planet.

The jury also includes Philip Boeffard, producer and co-founder of Nord-Ouest Films, Gwladys Bouillon-Pacheco, green production coordinator and co-president of the association ACCEPTE, Clémentine Buren, impact producer and Ecoprod-certified sustainability consultant for the PAC Group that produces both commercials and feature films through their various labels (LA\PAC, PAC FILMS, LE\PAC, VERY/CONTENT, 2001), Mamadou Dembele, founder of the digital media outlet Impact Story that focuses on positive journalism, Vincent Munier, photographer and documentary filmmaker, he directed “The velvet queen” (2021) and “Whispering in the woods” (2025), for which he both won the Cesar for best documentary, Jean-Philippe Lefevre, Director of Community Engagement at WWF France, partner of this year’s Ecoprod Award, and Muriel Signouret, CSR director of SNCF.

«Cinema has the power to change how we see the world and broaden our horizon; this is why highlighting positive initiatives within the industry is essential to inspire change beyond the screen.»

Mamadou Dembele, Impact Story

Entries are open from Thursday, April 9th, to May 1st, all featured films presented at the Cannes Film Festival (all categories combined) can apply. To apply for the Award, candidates need to specify as precisely as possible the sustainable actions that were carried out during the production of their film. 

The Ecoprod Award ceremony will be held on Friday 15 May at 11am in Cannes, on WWF’s sailboat The Blue Panda.