Greenpeace
Oilympics
Oilympics calls out how giant fossil fuel corporation Eni is using the Winter Olympics & Paralympics to greenwash its climate destruction.
This animated film for Greenpeace is calling for the International Olympic Committee to drop all oil and gas sponsorship. Winter sport needs snow, not fossil fuels.
Director
Jorik Dozy & Sil van der Woerd
Executive Producer
Alea Rahim
VFX Production Company
Redivider Studio
Credits
Production Company
Frames of Change Project & Studio Birthplace
Film Director
Jorik Dozy & Sil van der Woerd
Executive Producer
Alea Rahim
VFX Production Company
Redivider Studio
VFX Director/Supervisor
TimSmiT
FX Simulations and Comp
TimSmiT
Previs
TimSmiT and Matthijs Joor
Shading and Lighting Artist
Sohaib Bouiass
Character Animations
Gurkan Yilmaz
Sound Designer
Joe Wills
Color Grade
Alex Gregory, Harbor Picture Company
Social Media Manager
Marsya Mohd Johari
Researcher
Theresa Cellona
Greenpeace Team
Russell Harvey
Aureliano Verità
Massimo Guidi
Michela Desantis
Ian Duff
Studio Birthplace Represented by Creator’s Inc
Music Credits
Winter by Antonio Vivaldi
Recording by Philip Milman (Lud & Schlatt’s Musical Emporium)
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0)
Media Provided by
Getty Images, Pond 5
Greenpeace 2026
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Oily Sponsors
Eni’s annual fossil fuel emissions could melt enough glacier ice to fill 2.5 million Olympic swimming pools. Meanwhile, more than half of the potential host cities for Winter Games will become "climate-unreliable" by the 2080s due to the climate crisis.
It's clear: One cannot sponsor the winter games while at the same time fuel its collapse. This isn’t sponsorship, it’s sportswashing.
"We wish for the Winter Olympics what we wish for our planet: cold winters, real snow and ice, keeping our Planet cool and the Winter Games alive. Fossil fuel companies like Eni, an official sponsor of the 2026 Winter Olympics, are actively ruining that future for all of us."
Directors Jorik Dozy & Sil van der Woerd
Screen to Streets
Following the release of the film, Greenpeace Italy held protests and a demonstration in front of the Piazza Duomo, Milan, installing our oil-dripping Olympic Rings in real life.
The campaign sparked international coverage and pressured both Eni and the International Olympic Committee to respond.
More than 70k people have signed Greenpeace’s petition, which has been delivered to the International Olympic Committee.
In the Media
Human-Made
The world of snow and fossil fuel explosions you see in Oilympics was brought to life by the craft of VFX Director Tim Smit and his team at Redivider Studio.
Watch the VFX Breakdown below.
