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From 5 – 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. Through thought-provoking screenings and meaningful dialogue, 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.

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 registered charity, all movie ticket sales are eligible for tax rebates.

Click the button below to fill out the Google Form, where you will see a UEN number to make 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 30min before the start time of the film.

Please email us at info@singaporefilmsociety.com for any queries.

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 explores delicately 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.

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 eco-system 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 activity for any country. But how do we negotitate to what expense do we forgo environmental degradation for economic needs. This documentary explores nuancely and also raises important questions about the environment.

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 to we actively involve them in important decision makings for environmental considerations? Future Council may provide the directions to how we can work hand in hand with the future generations to find meaningful ways to tackle environmental issues.

The Singapore Environment Council (SEC) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation (NGO) that catalyses action towards environmental sustainability via standards setting, consumer action, training and education. We work with the public, private and people sectors to influence thinking on sustainability issues and drive positive change.

We are a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) accredited NGO, and the only Singapore member of the Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN), the non-profict association of leading eco labelling organisations worldwide. We are an approved Institution of Public Character (IPC) with tax exemption status to donors.

For more information, please visit: https://www.sec.org.sg/index.html

In its 60+ years, the Singapore Film Society (SFS) has collaborated with a wide range of partners from theatrical distribution, diplomatic missions, academic and cultural institutions to present the best of international cinema in Singapore. SFS is renowned and popular for its leading-edge programming and organisational skills in film festival management and marketing. Some of SFS’ key events include the annual Singapore Chinese Film Festival, European Union Film Festival and MINDS Film Festival. The mission statement of the Singapore Film Society has been to promote film appreciation as art and entertainment, in hopes to bridge the gap between art-house cinema and the commercial film industry.

For more information, please visit: https://www.singaporefilmsociety.com/

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