Environmental Film Festival 2025

Environmental Film Festival is back and they are celebrating their 15th year by returning to the cinema where they first started, Palace Kino.

Enjoy Australia’s premier environmental cinema showcase, with features, shorts, documentaries, cine-art, talks, community activities and more. Join them in exploring how ‘Environment Is Everywhere’, through stories of urban living, nature and beyond, with the best eco-cinema from around the world.

Experience 24 films, including 16 premieres, five talks and panels, two community gatherings and one very special festival party.

Traversing Naarm/Melbourne, with screenings at Palace Kino, Trocadero Projects and Wildflower Video Bar, the program spans Indigenous stories of power and activism, local reflections on landscape, breathtaking tales of the city and living environments, and inspiring intergenerational ideas that might just save the planet.

In this time of climate crises, reconsider the world around you through a series of incredible films and events, because Environment Is Everywhere.

Environmental Film Festival 2025 is presented by Environmental Films Australia, in association with Monash University and supported by Dr Bronner’s.

Environmental Films Australia is a volunteer-run community group based in Naarm (Melbourne) that promotes action through cinema, community and connection. They prioritise climate and environments through film, provide platforms for artists to showcase their work, and create space for people to connect and exchange solutions.