From 5 to 7 June 2025, the SEC Environmental Film Festival makes its return in Singapore, a three-day celebration of powerful storytelling with a purpose. Curated to ignite conversation and inspire action, the festival brings together a selection of compelling films that confront the urgent environmental challenges facing our world today.
Organised by Singapore Environment Council (SEC) in partnership with the Singapore Film Society (SFS), the festival is more than a cinematic experience; it’s a movement.
The festival seeks to educate, engage, and empower individuals and communities to become stewards of the planet.
Proceeds from the festival will fund SEC’s outreach programmes in schools, cultivating the next generation of environmentally conscious citizens and promoting sustainable living practices from an early age.
As the SEC is a registered charity, all movie ticket sales are eligible for tax rebates
The SEC Environmental Film Festival is not just an event. It’s a call to action.
SEC Environmental Film Festival 2025 Highlights
Ticketing Information
Proceeds from the festival will fund SEC’s outreach programme in schools, cultivating the next
generation of environmentally conscious citizens and promoting sustainable living practices from an early age. As the SEC is a registered charity, all movie ticket sales are eligible for tax rebates.
Fill out the Google Forms linked in the table below, where you will see a UEN number to make a payment to SEC. Save your receipt, and we will record your form submission as confirmation for your ticket. Tickets are free seating.
Please arrive early for the best seats. We will be giving out the tickets at the registration counter 30 minutes before the start time of the film.
Please email info@singaporefilmsociety.com for any queries.
About the Films
Each of these films embodies the spirit of the festival: to challenge perspectives, elevate unheard voices, and offer cinematic windows into the most urgent environmental stories of our time.
OPENING FILM: SAVAGES
“The world does not belong to us. We borrow it from our children.”
Date: 5 June 2025, Thursday
Time: 7 pm (Registration & Reception begin at 6:00 pm)
Venue: Golden Village Suntec City
Director: Claude Barras
Year: 2024
Country: Switzerland, France, Belgium
Language: French With English Subtitles
Duration: 87min
Genre: Adventure, Animation
Rating: PG-13 (Some Nudity)
At the edge of a tropical forest, Keria is given a baby orangutan that has been rescued from the plantation where her father works.
At the same time, her young cousin Selaï has come to live with them, seeking refuge from the conflict between his nomadic family and the logging companies.
Together, Keria, Selaï, and the little ape will battle the destruction of their ancestral forest home, now under greater threat than ever.
But for Keria, the fight will also allow her to discover the truth of her own origins.
Why SAVAGES?
Savages delicately explores the consequences that deforestation adds to our environment.
Set in modern-day Borneo, the animation film by Oscar Nominated Director Claude Barras, entertains and also raises important insights on the ecosystem.
A CRACK IN THE MOUNTAIN
Date: 6 June 2025, Friday
Time: 7 pm
Venue: Golden Village Suntec City
Director: Alastair Evans
Year: 2022
Country: Hong Kong
Language: English and Vietnamese, With English Subtitles Only During Vietnamese Dialogue
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 100min
Rating: PG-13 (Some Mature Content)
Deep in the jungle of Central Vietnam lies the magnificent Hang Son Doong, which translates as ‘mountain river cave’. It is the largest cave passage in the world and a place of spectacular natural beauty.
In 2014, Hang Son Doong’s future was thrown into doubt when plans were announced to build a cable car into the cave.
With many arguing that this would destroy the cave’s delicate ecosystem and the local community divided over the benefits this development would bring, the film follows those caught up in the unfolding events.
Why A CRACK IN THE MOUNTAIN?
The tourism industry is one of the most important economic activities for any country. But how do we negotiate to what expense we forgo environmental degradation for economic needs?
This documentary raises important questions we need to ask ourselves about the environment.
FUTURE COUNCIL
Date: 7 June 2025, Saturday
Time: 7 pm
Venue: Golden Village Suntec City
Director: Damon Gameau
Year: 2024
Country: Australia
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 81min
Rating: TBA
Damon Gameau (2040, THAT SUGAR FILM) takes eight kids on the ultimate school excursion: a road trip across Europe to meet with powerful leaders and find solutions to our greatest ecological challenges.
This is a coming-of-age journey that dares to imagine a brighter future.
Why Future Council?
We always mention that we need to conserve the environment for the future generation, and how do we actively involve them in important decision-making for environmental considerations?
Future Council may provide the directions on how we can work hand in hand with the future generations to find meaningful ways to tackle environmental issues.
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