Programme · 7–8 November 2026
Fourteen films. One weekend in the mountains.
Davos Congress — Sanada A
Nature & Exploration — CORE Selection · 5 films
02Davos Congress — Sanada B
Expeditions, People & Art · 4 films
03Kulturhuus Klosters
Children & Families · 5 films
04To be announced
Further programme details
Three screening blocks across Davos Congress and Klosters — choose a block, then open any film for its details. Programme subject to change. Individual screening times will be announced. Screening languages and subtitles will be added as confirmed.
Davos Congress — Sanada A
Nature & Exploration — CORE Selection
Polar journeys, endangered wildlife and the people protecting living landscapes.
Last Stand of the Javan Rhino
Featuring: Toby Nowlan
An expedition into Java’s jungle searches for the critically endangered Javan rhino. Photographer Toby Nowlan joins the effort to document an elusive animal and draw attention to its survival.
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The Whale Who Saved Me
Director: Matthew Harmer · Featuring: Nan Hauser
Whale biologist Nan Hauser recalls an extraordinary encounter with a humpback whale in the Cook Islands. Her account explores an unexpected moment of contact between a human and a wild ocean giant.
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The Trees of Life
Featuring: Professor Rob Jackson · A WaterBear Original
Britain’s oak trees sustain an intricate web of wildlife. Follow research into the species that depend on them and the pressures that climate change, pests and disease place on these living ecosystems.
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Muga
A film about the Muga Valley regeneration project
In Catalonia’s Muga Valley, communities, scientists and other collaborators work to restore a landscape affected by drought and biodiversity loss. Their shared project explores how regenerating land can also sustain the people who live there.
View film →Davos Congress — Sanada B
Expeditions, People & Art
Mountain ascents, Arctic communities, desert archaeology and landscapes seen through art.
Into the Land of Ice and Fire
Director: Dimitra Zirou
In Norway’s Arctic tundra, the lives of an older Sámi woman and a young boy unfold through the changing seasons. Their parallel stories explore everyday life, cultural knowledge and its passage between generations.
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Across the Namib
A film by Estelle Geneux & Ramy Fouda
An archaeological expedition crosses Namibia’s Sand Sea on foot, searching for traces of earlier human life. Towering dunes, extreme heat and remote terrain turn the search into a test of endurance as well as discovery.
View film →Workshop with a Ghost
Director: Elise Orlowski · Featuring: Toby Wright
Painter and mountaineer Toby Wright revisits landscapes depicted by earlier artists and discovers how much they have changed. Working alongside scientists and local experts, he uses art to explore the effects of a warming climate.
View film →Kulturhuus Klosters
Children & Families
Wildlife, oceans and the surprising ways animals experience the world.
DeBugged
Director: Alex Jones
Enter the insect world for a close look at the small creatures living around us. Magnified encounters reveal unusual bodies, behaviours and the hidden details that make bugs so fascinating.
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Little Penguin Love Island
Director: Annie Roth
The world’s smallest penguins search for partners on an Australian island. Follow their breeding-season adventures as they navigate courtship and the challenges of living close to people.
View film →Legends of Sable Island
Photography: Roberto Dutesco
Travel to remote Sable Island in the North Atlantic through the work of photographer Roberto Dutesco. Wild horses, wind-shaped dunes and a fragile island ecosystem offer a portrait of life at the ocean’s edge.
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What Animals See
Director: Chris Haws
See the world through animal eyes. Professor Thomas Cronin introduces extraordinary forms of vision and explores how different species’ eyes have evolved to meet the demands of their surroundings.
View film →Venue to be announced
Further programme details will be announced.
Exploration Program
Field craft, expert voices and shared tables.
A programme running alongside the screenings — the conversations, gatherings and hands-on moments that make the festival more than a cinema.
- Survival Training Camp
- A hands-on introduction to field craft, led by explorers who work in demanding environments.
- Expert Talks
- Short-form presentations from scientists, researchers and practitioners at the front line of the field sciences.
- Fireside Chats
- Unhurried conversations between explorers, filmmakers and the audience — informal, close, direct.
- Explorer Dinner
- A shared table for filmmakers, scientists, partners and guests — the exchanges that only happen off-programme.
- Panels
- Moderated discussions bringing multiple voices into one room around the questions shaping exploration today.
