The full programme has been announced for the third annual LandxSea Festival, Scotland’s Environmental Film Festival, running at the state-of-the-art community-run Montrose Playhouse.
Running from 12 - 14 September, the 2025 festival will explore the theme Creative Ground: Artists Respond to the Climate, spotlighting visual artists, musicians, poets, performers, and filmmakers who are helping us navigate a changing world with clarity and care.
LandxSea 2025 will open on Friday 12 September with the Scottish premiere of the Screen Scotland-supported Lost For Words, a poetic journey across Britain’s landscapes and seasons, inspired by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris’s beloved book The Lost Words, reclaiming the vanished names of the wild - and with them, our bond to nature. The film’s director Hannah Papacek Harper will attend the premiere, along with renowned Scottish nature writer and artist Amanda Thomson.
Scottish premieres include Tracing Light, which journeys from Hebridean shores to German photon labs, pairing artists and physicists in a luminous exploration of light’s power to shape nature and fuel discovery. The film’s Scotland-based producer Sonja Henrici and executive producer Leslie Hills will attend the premiere.
The festival will close on Sunday 14 September with the Scottish premiere of Yanuni, a thrilling eco doc produced by Leonardo DiCaprio. From a remote village to the political frontlines of the climate crisis, the feature follows Brazilian Indigenous chief Juma Xipaia as she fights to protect the Amazon and the future of her unborn child. The film’s director Richard Ladkani will attend the premiere.
Explore the full programme on the LandxSea website.
Rachel Caplan, Festival Director said: "This year’s theme, Creative Ground, celebrates the vital role artists play in helping us navigate a changing climate. From Indigenous sci-fi to luminous orchestral film, the programme reflects our belief that imagination is essential for transformation."
Anthony Baxter, Festival Co-Founder and BAFTA Scotland winning Filmmaker said: "It’s incredible to see LandxSea grow into a national platform for environmental cinema, based right here in Montrose. We’re proud to bring stories that inspire change to audiences of all ages."
LandxSea 2025 is pleased to have exceptional two year support from Screen Scotland, part of Creative Scotland, delivering services and support with funding from the Scottish Government and The National Lottery; and Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network, awarding funds from Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding from the BFI. Lead Sponsors include: Angus Climate Hub, GSK, and Montrose Rope and Sail/Montrose Bag Company; and North Light Award Sponsor Lisa Kentgen. Additional generous support is provided by the Montrose Playhouse.
Tickets to all screenings go on sale at 12 noon on Thursday 7 August on the LandxSea website.
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Image credits
Header image: Still from North Sea, Nature Untamed (De Wilde Noordzee), credit Dutch Maritime Productions / Joost van Uffelen
Still from Lost For Words, courtesy of Hopscotch Films / Rétroviseur Productions