Film Archive

How to use the Film Archive?

Every film we screen at LandxSea is chosen with care for what it shows and for what it stirs in us. Here, you’ll find a growing collection of documentaries, dramas, shorts, and hybrid works that have lit up our screens and sparked meaningful conversations.

👇 Use the tags at the bottom of this page to start exploring.

  • How to use the Film Archive?

    Every film we screen at LandxSea is chosen with care for what it shows and for what it stirs in us. Here, you’ll find a growing collection of documentaries, dramas, shorts, and hybrid works that have lit up our screens and sparked meaningful conversations.

    👇 Use the tags at the bottom of this page to start exploring.

  • Paid in Blood

    This independent documentary by Angus-based filmmaker Byron Pace follows an ambitious relocation of elephants from drought-stricken Namibia to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  • Power Station

    The story of two artists in Walthamstow who set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution.

  • Yanuni

    Yanuni is an unflinching documentary from the frontlines of the Brazilian Amazon, where Indigenous leader Juma Xipaia and her husband Hugo fight for their land, life and the future of their unborn child. This is cinema of survival.

  • When Fish Begin to Crawl

    Celebrate the Flow Country’s new UNESCO status with this visually arresting cinematic triptych. With an original soundtrack performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, this poetic meditation links ancient life to climate futures.

  • Chasing Whales

    In this experimental short, La Fille Renne travels from fjord-wrapped inlets to the open ocean in search of whales. Shimmering visuals and dreamlike narration collide to explore how our bond with these giants has morphed from song and wonder to industrial hunting, and remind us of the urgency to bear witness.

  • The World We Make is Shaped by the Stories We Tell

    A “recycled” short from past films, archive footage, and local collaboration, mapping energy from sunlit seas and peat bogs through coal, nuclear, and wind

  • Itu Ninu

    Indigenous sci-fi made-in-Leith, Itu Ninu is a green-produced film exploring themes of identity, resistance & hope under a futuristic surveillance state in 2084.

  • North Sea, Nature Untamed

    From the wild blue waters around the Scottish islands to the shallow delta of the Low Countries and up along the dramatic coastline of the Norwegian fjords, North Sea, Nature Untamed is a cinematic adventure and a voyage of discovery that will show the North Sea in all its glory.

  • The Pine Hunters

    In the Scottish Highlands’ hidden glens, a pair of ecologists set out to find the last wild Scots pines.

  • Lowland Kids

    As rising seas swallow Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, two Indigenous teenagers - Howard and Juliette - and their uncle Chris face a heartbreaking decision: whether to leave the only home they’ve ever known.

  • In the Flame We Reveal Ourselves

    A haunting, wordless hymn to our burning, beautiful world.

  • Animal Eye

    This spectacular short documentary blends scientific images with ultraviolet capture, infrared imaging, and 16mm texture to bring to life the world as seen through animal eyes.

  • Tracing Light

    What if light were the pulse of our planet? In Tracing Light, filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer (Rivers and Tides, Touch the Sound) leads us from the windswept Outer Hebrides to Germany’s Max Planck research labs.

  • Headland

    A nature reserve on the English Channel is a place of wonder and solace, shaped and haunted by violence. 

  • The Pickers

    Across Europe’s fields—from sun-drenched groves in Italy to wind-swept vineyards in Greece—The Pickers brings us face to face with the migrant harvesters whose hands bring our fruit and veg to the table.

  • Climate Shorts from Cuba

    In partnership with the Havana-Glasgow Film Festival, to mark their 10th anniversary, we’ve curated a compelling selection of short films from Cuba and by Cubans in the diaspora that celebrate creativity, innovative climate action, and community to inspire and uplift.

  • Lost for Words

    Inspired by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris's beloved book The Lost Words, the film soars across Britain's landscapes, rallying its subjects around precious nature rituals.

  • Future Council

    Filmmaker Damon Gameau invites eight bright, determined pupils—including CC from Edinburgh—on a biofuel-powered road trip across Europe to confront the giants behind the climate crisis.

  • Rivers & Tides

    Celebrate the launch of our 2025 LandxSea Film Festival theme Creative Ground: Artists Respond to the Climate with this special 25th anniversary screening of Rivers and Tides, Scottish artist Andy Goldsworthy’s iconic collaboration with director Thomas Riedelsheimer