IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

20 June - 3 july

2026
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Across glaciers, oceans, riverbanks and gardens, this year’s UK Green Film Festival programme journeys through landscapes under pressure, from the breathtaking, disappearing snowscapes of MELT to the submerged urban futures envisioned in BLACK WATER.

HOME IS THE OCEAN follows a family whose life at sea turns climate action into a way of living, while AGATHA’S ALMANAC offers a meditative portrait of off-grid self-sufficiency, rooted in seasonal rhythms and ecological memory. In MISSING RIO DOCE, communities navigate the toxic legacy of industrial disaster and the fight for accountability.

Together, these films reveal stories of loss and transformation, inviting us into worlds where environmental change is not abstract but deeply lived - and where crisis is met with creativity, care and courage.

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AGATHA'S ALMANAC

AGATHA'S ALMANAC
Dir: Amalie Atkins


In a world shaped by speed and excess, 90-year-old Agatha Bock’s off-grid life offers another path. Fiercely independent and alone on her ancestral farm in Canada, Agatha cultivates heirloom seeds, vegetables and flowers entirely by hand, preserving generations of ecological knowledge and sustainable practice. Without running water or modern technology, her daily rituals reflect a profound connection to land, seasonality and self-sufficiency.

Filmed over six years by an all-female crew on luminous 16mm, AGATHA’S ALMANAC immerses us in handmade textures, rural sounds and meditative processes; a quietly powerful window into a defiant way of living.

Screenings
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    BLACK WATER    

BLACK WATER
Dir: Natxo Leuza


By 2050, rising seas could leave vast areas of Bangladesh permanently submerged, forcing millions to flee inland. As the population swells and cities like Dhaka strain under the pressure, between 20 and 30 million people may have to confront one of the defining humanitarian crises of our century: climate displacement. On a planetary scale, it could become the largest mass migration in human history.

Through the lens of Bangladesh’s uncertain future, BLACK WATER explores the personal reality behind the projections, asking where people will go when the cities collapse and their homes disappear beneath the water.

Screenings
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HOME IS THE OCEAN

HOME IS THE OCEAN
Dir: Livia Vonaesch


For a Swiss family of eight, life unfolds at sea. For over 20 years, the Schwörers have sailed the globe, raising six children onboard while dedicating their lives to raise awareness about climate change, conduct field-based research in the world’s most remote regions and inspire young people to protect the planet.

Filmed over seven years, HOME IS THE OCEAN is a warm and intimate portrait of a family redefining ideas of home, learning and togetherness; an unconventional family life shaped by purpose, resilience and nature. But when a violent storm strikes, they must reconsider the choices that have shaped their world.

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           MELT           

MELT
Dir: Nikolaus Geyrhalter


Nikolaus Geyrhalter journeys through frozen landscapes, from Alpine glaciers to Antarctica, capturing lives shaped by snow and ice as they face rapid disappearance. Across Japan, France, Canada and beyond, people adapt to a changing white world through tourism, science, and survival. Through Geyrhalter’s characteristically expansive and tranquil compositions, the film observes both breathtaking beauty and alarming loss.

As snow is manufactured, seasons shift, and ancient ice retreats, MELT documents both the majesty of these environments and the quiet violence of climate change; a record of a planet that may soon survive only in film.

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MISSING RIO DOCE

MISSING RIO DOCE
Dir: Claudia Neubern


Nine years after Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, filmmaker Claudia Neubern returns to the Rio Doce. Here, a mining dam containing toxic waste collapsed, releasing poisonous sludge into the river which flows 650 km to the Atlantic Ocean.

Retracing the path of the catastrophe, the film meets those whose lives, land and livelihoods were permanently transformed. Amid lasting environmental damage, local communities remain resolute, yet still powerless against a mining company that continues to shirk responsibility. MISSING RIO DOCE is a moving portrait of wounded landscapes and the resilience of those who continue to resist.

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