EARTH IN FOCUS NATURE FILM FESTIVAL 2026
5–8 November 2026 · Singapore, with Fringe events on 1 November and free Sentosa screenings through November
The Future We Choose. This year’s theme runs through every film, conversation and photograph in the programme, and they share one idea: the power to shape what comes next is already in our hands. Each of us makes choices every day, as the leader of an organisation, as an employee, as a consumer and at home, and those choices, made now, will decide the future of the places and species on screen. Earth In Focus 2026 is an invitation to see what is at stake, to meet the people who have already chosen to act, and to decide what we will choose ourselves.
Alongside the screenings at Golden Village Cineleisure, the festival brings free movie screenings to Sentosa’s Movies by the Beach throughout November, a nature photography exhibition, and Fringe events at LASALLE College of the Arts and the Singapore Botanic Gardens on 1 November. The full programme, with times and venues, is at programme.earthinfocus.co.
Earth In Focus is conceived and run by Wild Space, a Singapore-based social enterprise working to conserve and protect the wild spaces of the world. Wild Space runs educational, hands-on environmental programmes that promote nature and biodiversity, so that conservation becomes part of everyday conversation. Contact the festival at [email protected].
FESTIVAL SECTIONS
Film Screenings
Finalist and official selection films from around the world at Golden Village Cineleisure, 5–8 November, plus sixteen free outdoor screenings at Sentosa through the month.
Thu 5 Nov · 7pm · Opening night: Sama & Hidden Paradise
Fri 6 Nov · 7pm · I’ll Need To Leave & The Last Place on Earth · Sold out
Sat 7 Nov · 1.30pm · Under Threat & She Measures the Earth
Sat 7 Nov · 3pm · SPOILED & Stone Biter
31 Oct – 29 Nov · Movies by the Beach, Beach Station, Sentosa · Free
Conversations
Panels and a fishbowl discussion with the filmmakers, scientists and conservationists behind the films, including the activists of The Last Place on Earth on the choices that will shape the region’s future.
Thu 5 Nov · 9pm · From Opium to Forests: Doi Tung
Sat 7 Nov · 12.30pm · The Choices That Will Shape Our Future
Sat 7 Nov · 1.30pm · The Moment Everything Changed: What Makes Us Care?
Sat 7 Nov · 3pm · Climate Adaptation: Preparing for the World Ahead
Masterclass & Workshops
Learn from working image-makers: the Hot Seat photojournalism masterclass, a talk and workshop on the Malayan tiger, and the Media Lab showcase of four student-made shorts.
Sun 1 Nov · 3pm · A Tiger on the Campus · LASALLE
Fri 6 Nov · 2pm · Hot Seat Photojournalism Masterclass
Sat 7 Nov · 11am · Media Lab Showcase · Sold out
Awards & Exhibition
The Earth In Focus Awards Ceremony for this year’s photography and film finalists, and the official opening of the nature photography exhibition at Sentosa.
Sat 7 Nov · 4.30pm · Earth In Focus Awards Ceremony
Sun 8 Nov · 4.30pm · Exhibition opening · Sentosa · Free
Sun 8 Nov · 6.15pm · Closing screening: The Fading Star · Free
