Environmental Film Festival

Name: Environmental Film Festival
Start: 2026-06-05T10:00:00+10:00
End: 2026-06-07T17:00:00+10:00
Location: Australian Museum

Six films. Three Australian premieres. One unmissable weekend of cinema.

Date:

Friday 5 - Sunday 7 June 2026
Cost:

Member $12, non-Member $15
Location:

UG, Theatre

The Environmental Film Festival returns to the Australian Museum with a lineup of compelling documentaries that celebrate our planet and the people fighting to protect it. From stories of human impact to stories of hard-won hope, this year's program brings together the world's most compelling environmental storytellers, on the big screen where they belong.

Together, the films explore how our choices shape the world around us, and how communities, scientists and activists are working to protect what matters most. Whether you catch one film or the whole festival, you'll leave with a new way of seeing the world.

This year’s program also features a special selection of free David Attenborough screenings, celebrating his 100th birthday and his extraordinary legacy of bringing the wonders of the natural world into homes across the globe.

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Floodland (2025), directed by Jordan Giusti

Environmental Film Festival: Floodland

Lismore has always lived with floods, but as the climate crisis intensifies, residents face an impossible choice: adapt, or walk away. How long can resilience hold against a rising tide?

Friday 5 June
6.30pm - 8.30pm

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David Attenborough's Planet Earth - From Pole to Pole, directed by Alastair Fothergill & Mark Linfield

Environmental Film Festival: Planet Earth - From Pole to Pole

In this episode of David Attenborough's Planet Earth, follow the sun's seasonal journey and how it affects the lives of all creatures.

Saturday 6 June
10.30am - 11.30am

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David Attenborough's Planet Earth - Mountains, directed by Alastair Fothergill

Environmental Film Festival: Planet Earth - Mountains

In this episode of David Attenborough's Planet Earth, take a look at mountains, from their origins at Earth's lowest places to the summit of Everest.

Saturday 6 June
11.45am - 12.45pm

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David Attenborough's Planet Earth - Shallow Seas, directed by Alastair Fothergill

Environmental Film Festival: Planet Earth - Shallow Seas

In this episode of Planet Earth, David Attenborough narrates the epic journey of a humpback whale and calf traversing ecosystems, from coral paradises to storm ravaged polar seas.

Saturday 6 June
3.00pm - 4.30pm

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Yurlu | Country (2025), directed by Yaara Bou Melhem

Environmental Film Festival: Yurlu | Country

Yurlu is the ancestral Country of Banjima Elder Maitland Parker and is also the largest contaminated site in the Southern Hemisphere. Discover his fight for justice, and his unbreakable bond with the land.

Saturday 6 June
1pm - 2.45pm

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The North Drift (2022), directed by Steffen Krones

Environmental Film Festival: The North Drift

A trail of plastic waste spans across the Arctic, choking the local ecology. Filmmaker Steffen Krones teams with scientists and local guides to discovering where it comes from, where it's going, and who pays the price. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Saturday 6 June
6.15pm - 8pm

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Yumi - The Whole World (2025), directed by Felix Golenko

Environmental Film Festival: YUMI - The Whole World

Can a group of law students from the South Pacific reach the world's highest court? Armed with hope and legal precision, they aim to redefine a government's responsibility in protecting our planet.

Sunday 7 June
10.30am - 12pm

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Ikea Loves Wood (2025, directed by Tom Heinemann)

Environmental Film Festival: Ikea elsker træ (IKEA Loves Wood)

IKEA claims its timber is sustainable. Investigative journalist Tom Heinemann goes to Romania to find out if that's true - and what the production line is really costing the local communities and ecosystems. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Sunday 7 June
12.30pm - 1.45pm

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Great Natural Wonders of the World (2002), directed by Peter Crawford

Environmental Film Festival: Great Natural Wonders of the World

David Attenborough travels across the seven continents in an intrepid quest to see and reflect on the extraordinary and beautiful natural wonders of the planet.

Saturday 7 June
2.00pm - 4.00pm

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Lost for Words (2025), directed by Hannah Papacek Harper

Environmental Film Festival: Lost for Words

Nature's words are disappearing from our vocabulary. This poetic documentary travels the UK across the changing seasons and asks what we lose when language forgets the natural world, and what we may recover if we listen more closely. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Sunday 7 June
4.30pm - 6pm

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The Talbot Oration

The annual Talbot Oration showcase advances in the field of climate change research and environmental conservation, enabling the public to better understand and respond to our changing environment.

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What's on at the Australian Museum

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