a film festival with a difference, filmambiente, or the international environmental film festival, exhibits the best annual productions addressing environmental issues, from across the globe, all amongst the tropical settings of rio de janeiro.

it aims to spread a wide range of environmental films across a varied audience, in the hope of spreading awareness, and knowledge, whilst providing a platform for debate about the most critical issues facing our planet.

the festival began in 2011, with a diverse program that included over sixty films from all different genres, including fiction, documentaries and animations - it has gone from strength to strength, growing in popularity, and reaching larger audiences, with the recent fourth edition a huge success throughout the city.