Bigger every year, and now international with a sister event in Los Angeles, this festival has a wide variety of surprising and exciting films on offer on the theme of exploring and preserving our planet…


Founded in 1991, this Festival has now become a major event in the Paris calendar, with numerous special screenings, guest appearances and events. Many of the filmmakers, scientists or explorers attend so that the public can meet and talk with them.

Highlights this year include special premieres of Appleseed: Ex Machina, 3 films in 3D (Dolphins & Whales 3D, Ocean Wonderland and Sharks 3D), a special unique screening of Arctic Tale, a documentary about polar bears, and an opening gala night screening of Journey to the North Pole, filmed during two years of exploration. The screening will be your opportunity to meet the filmmakers and explorers involved in the project.

photo (c) Tara Artics / Tara Expeditions

8 films have also been entered for the 2008 Jules Verne Award: On the Tail of the Fox, Inheriting Antarctica, Living With Big Cats, Tea Road to the Skies (temporary title), The Planet, Across the Himalayas, Serpent and the Sun (Tales of an Aztec Apprentice) and Ocean Voyagers.

Last year, the festival attracted over 38,000 people, and with many films in English there’s something for both adults and children. If you care about the planet and want to learn more, this is the film festival for you!

Not into polar bears and penguins? Here’s the trailer for Appleseed, a futuristic view of what the future of the planet could have in store for us if we are not careful…

Here’s all the essential information about the Jules Verne Aventures Film Festival 2008 in Paris

When: 25th-27th April 2008
Where: The Rex Cinema, 1 boulevard Poissonnière, Paris 2nd arrondissement. Métro Bonne Nouvelle (lines 8 & 9)
Price of admission: half-day two- or three-film passes 5 or 7 euros, all day pass 15 euros. Appleseed special HD projection with signing session by Shinji Aramaki 15 euros.
Official site: here (with full screening times, trailers and lots of useful information)

Bigger map here