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Living World
Films and conversations that deepen our relationship with landscapes, oceans, wildlife and the systems that sustain life.
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - NEXT EDITION:
The unknowndeserves ourattention.
◉46.8019° N · 9.8355° E▲ELEV 1560 M
7–8 November 2026
Exploration Film Festival Davos brings films, field voices and curious minds together in the Swiss Alps — widening attention toward the living world, human endeavour and the questions that shape what comes next.
Why this exists
Exploration is a way of paying attention.
The world changes according to what we choose to see.
Exploration Film Festival Davos brings stories from beyond the familiar into one room: fragile ecosystems, remote landscapes, demanding journeys, new knowledge and the people who return with a fuller view of the world.
A festival for the field sciences and the conversations that grow around them — a spotlight on scientific exploration in service of the planet.
Stories from the edge of the known.
Programme lenses
Four ways of looking further.
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Human Endeavour
Stories of resilience, curiosity, endurance and the people willing to go beyond the familiar.
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Field Knowledge
Work shaped by observation, research and lived experience — revealing what can only be understood on the ground.
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EFF Recap
A retrospective lens on past editions — films, conversations and field voices returning to screen. Selections announced closer to the edition.
From field to screen
More than a screening.
The festival brings films into conversation with the people behind them. It is a space for filmmakers, explorers, scientists, researchers and audiences to exchange ideas, challenge assumptions and leave with a wider sense of possibility.
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Films
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Conversations
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Field Voices
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New Connections
EFF DAVOS — LOOKING BACK
The First Edition, 2024
Two days of exploration cinema and live conversation in the Swiss Alps — ten documentaries spanning oceans, deserts, mountains and the polar regions, with the filmmakers and explorers behind them.
Greenland · Film
Across the Ice
01 / 10 — 2024 archive
Indigenous Cultures · Film
A Condor over Shambala
02 / 10 — 2024 archive
Karakoram — Pakistan · Film
K2 Summit
03 / 10 — 2024 archive
Panama · Film
Among the Corals
04 / 10 — 2024 archive
Made possible through support from Bayer Foundation and a consortium of institutional contributors, including MIT Connection Science, Stanford Digital Economy Lab and Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession.
Alliances
Exploration needs allies who take the long view.
Exploration Film Festival Davos works with organisations that care about the living world, meaningful exploration, scientific curiosity and the power of cinema to turn attention into momentum.
PARTNERSHIPS OPEN FOR 2026 →
The next edition
The 2026 programme is coming into focus.
Feature and short documentaries across the field sciences — oceans, forests, polar regions, deserts, mountains and space — screened alongside the filmmakers, explorers and scientists behind them.
Propose a film
Filmmakers, explorers and scientists — submit a film, conversation or field story for 2026.
Get in touch →
Davos · Switzerland
Founder
Marcelo Garcia
Marcelo Garcia is an explorer, field experimenter and convenor whose work connects human curiosity, lived experience and the questions that emerge at the edge of the known.
From Rio's television industry and more than twenty editions of the Cannes Film Festival to founding a festival for the field sciences in Davos.
As Founder of Exploration Film Festival Davos, he brings together the people and stories that make exploration matter now.