Current Strand:

Planting Seeds

The Garden Cinema’s strand for nature and environment-focused screenings. We have curated a selection of international films that span many genres, themes and countries to tell stories of resilience and resistance through the preservation of our natural habitat and landscape. Planting Seeds will showcase feats of rousing cinematic storytelling tackling a huge breadth of themes, from indigenous rights to craftsmanship, and communities, from courageous fishermen in the Gulf of Kutch to resourceful Macedonian beekeepers.

Many of the screenings will be introduced or followed by Q&As, while some will be complemented by extra perks to engage with the theme at hand!

The Garden Cinema is a member of The UK Green Film Network.

Upcoming Screenings

Kikuyu Land 15

The screening on 2 October will be followed by a Q&A with Kenyan director/protagonist Bea Wangondu. While investigating a local man's… Read More
Bea Wangondu, UK, Kenya, 2026, 93m.

Beyond the Amazon: Indigenous Cinema from Brazil's Other Biomes 18

The screening is followed by a Q&A with internationally renowned Indigenous filmmaker Olinda Tupinambá and artist Glicéria Tupinambá. It will be… Read More
Various, Brazil, 2026, 49m.
Wed 14 Oct

Better Go Mad in the Wild + Q&A with director Miro Remo 15

The 30th Made in Prague Festival and Tributary Releasing present the London premiere of Miro Remo’s award-winning, playful documentary Better Go Mad in… Read More
Miro Remo, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2025, 84m.
Thu 05 Nov

Past Screenings

How Deep Is Your Love 12A

Far out on the open sea, an expedition vessel travels toward one of the most remote regions on Earth, the Clarion–Clipperton… Read More
Eleanor Mortimer, UK, 2025, 100m.
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Super Nature + Q&A PG

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director Ed Sayers. Super Nature celebrates our universal connection to nature,… Read More
Ed Sayers, UK, 2025, 82m.
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Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism 12A

The screening will be introduced by Dan Harvey. When does practice become protest, or art, activism?   Award-winning documentary filmmaker Fiona… Read More
Fiona Cunningham-Reid, UK, 2024, 77m.
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London Latino Film Festival presents: Water Strike (Golpe de Agua) + Q&A 18

Water Strike is screening as part of London Climate Action Week and will be followed by an in-person Q&A with director Carla Cavina,… Read More
Carla Cavina, Puerto Rico, 2024, 80m.
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People's Emergency Briefing + Discussion 12A

The UK faces a growing climate and nature emergency. Yet most people have never been fully briefed on what it means… Read More
Ben Carey and Henrik Delehag, UK, 2026, 50m.
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Amazon Film Festival: Yanuni + Q&A 18

Juma Xipaia from the Brazilian Amazon represents the Indigenous leaders who remind us what it means to live in harmony with… Read More
Richard Ladkani, Brasil, Áustria, EUA, Alemanha, 2025, 112m.
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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet PG

To celebrate David Attenborough's 100th birthday on 8 May, we are screening A Life on Our Planet during the first week of… Read More
Alastair Fothergill, Jonnie Hughes, Keith Scholey, UK, 2020, 115m.
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Earth Day 2026: Colossal Wreck with Josh Appignanesi 12A

This special screening, part of Planting Seeds, the Garden Cinema's environmental film strand, marks Earth Day 2026, the UN-backed global event… Read More
Josh Appignanesi, UK, 2025, 90m.
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The Bough Breaks + Q&A 18

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with conservationist Alan Watson Featherstone, Danny Strong (co-director, ecologist & wildlife cameraman) and… Read More
Caroline Strong & Danny Strong, UK, 2023, 67m.
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The Ponds + Swim Peeps Social 12A

In the middle of London lies Hampstead Heath, 320 hectares of forest, parkland and wildlife, plus three swimming ponds. People take… Read More
Samuel Smith, Patrick McLennan, UK, 2018, 76m.
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