A film by Open Planet Studios

How To Live
On Earth

Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch. A visionary feature documentary about how humans are learning to team up with nature to solve our biggest challenges.

Cinema Listings Coming Soon

Synopsis

How to Live on Earth is a visionary feature documentary that explores our vital connection to nature and its role in our future. Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch, this ultimate 'how-to guide' features inspirational, cutting-edge stories and powerful cinematography from around the world to reveal how humans are learning to team up with nature to solve our biggest challenges. Heart-warming, entertaining, energising, the film presents a hopeful vision of a future within reach – one in which nature thrives, and so do we. Coming to select cinemas from 26 June 2026. Launching globally on YouTube later this year.

Director
Fredi Devas
Producers
Fredi Devas & Jonnie Hughes
Executive Producers
Jonnie Hughes & Colin Butfield
Runtime
96 min
Language
English

"Through a series of revelatory and unexpected stories - brought together by host Benedict Cumberbatch - we wanted audiences to discover that a future in which humankind works with nature, rather than against it, may not be far away."

JONNIE HUGHES, Executive Producer & Co-Founder of Open Planet Studios
Dan O'Neill filming in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, for How to Live on Earth.
Sam Kass filming in the Bahamas for How to Live on Earth.
Xiye Bastida filming in Time Square, New York City, for How to Live on Earth.