Festival
Anchor the edition as a whole and stand alongside its public identity.
Alliances
Partner with the Exploration Film Festival Davos.
The Exploration Film Festival Davos brings together filmmakers, explorers, scientists and audiences around stories of the living world, the field sciences and the questions shaping what comes next. The next edition takes place on 7–8 November 2026.
We invite companies, foundations, institutions and brands to help build a platform for exploration, film and discovery in one of the world's most recognised meeting places for future-focused dialogue.
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More than sponsorship
An invitation
A corporate alliance with the Exploration Film Festival Davos is a chance to contribute to something meaningful — a public cultural platform for the field sciences, exploration cinema and scientific exploration in service of the planet.
We work with a small number of partners each edition. Every alliance is shaped in conversation, so that support is recognisable inside the programme and honest about what each side brings.
Held in Davos, the festival sits in a place already known for future-focused dialogue. Partners join a room of filmmakers, scientists, institutions and audiences that few other gatherings assemble.
Why partner
What an alliance offers.
- Association with exploration, science and cultural depth.
- A high-quality Davos context, already anchored in international dialogue.
- Support for independent storytelling and cultural exchange.
- Access to a serious international ecosystem of filmmakers, institutions and audiences.
Where partners can take part
Eight areas of the festival open to partnership.
Programme
Support the films, talks and conversations at the centre of the festival.
Venue & hospitality
Shape how guests, filmmakers and delegates experience Davos.
Brand experience
Create considered moments inside and around the festival footprint.
Technology & media
Provide the tools that carry the festival to a wider audience.
Travel & mobility
Move filmmakers, guests and teams to and through Davos with care.
Food & beverage
Support the shared meals and gatherings that hold the festival together.
Knowledge & institutional
Bring scientific, cultural and academic depth into the programme.
Partnership levels
Seven ways an alliance can be shaped.
Every level is defined together with the partner. Detailed packages, deliverables and pricing are shared on request.
- Strategic Alliance
- A long-horizon partnership shaping the festival's direction alongside its founding team.
- Presenting Partner
- Association with the festival at its highest public level across a full edition.
- Major Partner
- Substantial support across programme, venue or edition-wide presence.
- Programme Partner
- Focused support for a specific strand of films, talks or awards.
- Experience Partner
- Support for a defined guest, hospitality or activation moment within the festival.
- Supporting Partner
- A meaningful contribution to a discrete part of the edition.
- Community / In-kind Partner
- Products, services or expertise that help the festival happen at the standard it sets for itself.
What partners can contribute
Support takes many forms.
- Financial support
- Direct funding that underwrites the programme and its public reach.
- In-kind support
- Products, services or infrastructure that the festival would otherwise need to source.
- Knowledge support
- Research, expertise, editorial and scientific depth brought into the programme.
- Network support
- Introductions and reach that widen the festival's ecosystem and audience.
Our five principles
The values we build every alliance on.
Alignment
Partners whose values sit close to the festival's own.
Authenticity
Real contribution over surface presence.
Contribution
Support that strengthens the programme, not the other way around.
Excellence
The standard of the festival is protected in every collaboration.
Legacy
Relationships built for editions to come, not a single moment.
Davos as a meeting place
Davos Congress
Talstrasse 49a
7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland
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Davos is already one of the world's most recognised places for future-focused dialogue. The festival takes its place in that context — bringing exploration cinema, field knowledge and cultural conversation into a setting where they are heard.
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Enquire
Begin a conversation.
To discuss partnership opportunities, please contact the Corporate Alliances team.