The Planetary Film Archive is a research lab and repository examining intersections of climate, ecology, screen and spectatorship.

Our online collection brings together over 3,000 works across film, television, media art & gaming from the 1890s to the present day. We examine screen media through the lens of environmental science, championing works to further our understanding of climate, social and planetary justice.

The Planetary Film Archive is a collaborative, interdisciplinary and responsive platform. We invite contributions from makers, professionals, and concerned citizens across the globe. Our mission is to champion underrepresented screen narratives and reframe screen scholarship in response to contemporary earth crises.

We curate across the world, for the planet.

Our collections are under development in 2024. Explore them in progress here:

Stories of Migration

Amazonia

Coach Potatoes

Contagion Narratives

Mountain Expeditions

East Africa on Screen

Outer Space

Environmental Horrors

Road Trips

Queer Ecologies

Inspecting the Canon

Into The Earth

Beyond Capitalism

Caretakers

Petro-heroes

Stories of Asylum

Outrage + Optimism

North Africa on Screen

Disaster Spectatorship

Climate for Children

Faith & Pilgrimage

Learn about the archive as it grows by reading our blog.

Barren Lands

Tune In, Drop Out

Ocean Systems

Aboriginal Lenses

Generation Greed

Indigenous Asia

Nuclear Threats

Rising Waters

Central + South Africa on Screen

Anthroposcenes

Into The Earth

Kino-cide

Climate Policy Archives

Great Dictators

Plastic Universe

Inuit Wisdom

Industrial Resolutions

The Birds and the Bees

West Africa on Screen

Built Environments

Eco-Feminism

Colonisation Retraced

Fishing Futures

Native America

Witnessed Wars

Food Sovereignty

Flight Modes

Distant Islands

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Animal Agriculture

Arboretum

Spaceship Earth 6.0

Black Lives Matter

Murky Waters

Sustainable Fashion

Precious Extraction