Feature Film
NÃO HAVERÁ MAIS HISTÓRIA SEM NÓSBrazil, 76 min., 2024.Dir: Priscilla Regis Brasil
Submerged in the sea of greenwashing that drowns them daily, two Amazonian filmmakers have decided to denounce, in this film manifesto, the entrails of the historical process of inventing and exploiting the forest as an inexhaustible Garden of Eden. Between Munich and Belém, they reveal how racism and prejudice, in Brazil and throughout the world, are still organised around the idea of a “savage demographic emptiness”, unable to speak for itself.
Priscilla Regis Brasil
LLAVORS. VAN VOLER SOTERRAR-NOS PERÓ NO SABIEN QUE ÈREM LLAVORSSpain, 60 min., 2024. Dir: La Cosecha Comunicación
In the 1990s, several urban development projects took place in Valencia that changed the physiognomy of the city. The city expanded, affecting large areas of periurban orchards. Hundreds of hectares of productive huerta succumbed to asphalt. Many families who lived in historic farmhouses were forced to abandon their homes and a way of life rooted in the land already cultivated by their ancestors. Two of the protagonists, who lived through these events at a very young age, tell us stories of uprooting, but also of struggle, overcoming and resilience.
Alba Pascual Benlloch
SINTRÓPICA
Spain, 104 min., 2024.
Dir: Miguel García Orive
Jaime Otero, a passionate Galician farmer, and his companions Sérgio and Diogo, embark on an odyssey across the Iberian Peninsula, carrying with them the revolutionary philosophy of syntropic farming. This practice is inspired by the forest, to produce food while regenerating ecosystems.
Full of passion and hope, these three pioneers invite us to relearn and to look at nature with new eyes. Ultimately, they show us that our ability to transform our current reality will require a steady and collective effort.
Miguel García Orive
THIS FILM IS GARBAGE!
Canada, 87 min., 2024.
Dir: Andrew Nisker
Fifteen years after his eye opening examination of the average, everyday waste consumption habits of his fellow Canadians in Garbage! The Revolution Starts At Home, filmmaker Andrew Nisker finds himself more concerned than ever about humanity’s filthy habits. A quick glance outside confirms that the situation is critical. In a world full of performative greenwashing, corporations fueling the fires of mindless consumerism and governments’ futile efforts to clean up the mess, it’s no wonder that the average citizen has fallen out of touch with the waste we each create, everyday. Enlisting the help of your average condo dwelling couple and a typical rural nuclear family, Andrew once again embarks on an adventure through our waste, tracing our garbage from our carefully sorted bins to landfills and beyond, and meeting innovators along the way who are working hard to create sustainable alternatives, turning our expendable trash into repurposed treasures.
Andrew Nisker
VIDAS IRRENOVABLES
Spain, 90 min., 2024.
Dir: Francisco José Vaquero Robustillo
The replacement of fossil fuel-based energy sources with renewable energy sources is destroying the ecosystems, economies and societies of the rural world in Spain.
The lack of planning and poor management by public administrations is seriously endangering the survival of the rural world. Something that was intended to save the environment and revive village life is paradoxically turning into the opposite.Faced with this alarming situation, many people refuse to see their territories die and are giving their lives to stop this situation.
Francisco José Vaquero Robustillo
HEAVEN IS A CLOSED NIGHTCLUB
Spain, 73 min., 2024. Dir: Koba Gómez
From a photographic archive found in my father’s house -witness of a disappeared nature, of ecological struggles and the communist party of Benidorm-, this documentary intertwines the voices of my father, mother and my tata. Through some photos of the fire of Terra Mítica, they reconstruct an imaginary resistance in one of the most touristic cities of Spain. Between memories and images of the current city, a search for memory is triggered that traces a dialogue between the territory and the traces of speculation.
Koba Gómez
UNA CANCIÓN PARA MI TIERRAArgentina, 96 min., 2024.Dir:Mauricio Albornoz Iniesta
In a country town in Argentina, Ramiro Lezcano, a charismatic music teacher, discovers a disturbing fact that is standard practice in the region: airplanes and land fertilizer machines fumigate near rural schools, jeopardizing the health of their students. Ramiro decides to take action and, with inventiveness and empathy, joins the children to write songs to raise awareness of this silent tragedy and mobilize the community.
However, his initiative meets with fierce resistance: the community, caught up in the productive model that sustains it, rejects the project and the local media ignores his work. Faced with such censorship, Ramiro decides to take their protest to another level: organizing a massive concert in the middle of the countryside, an "environmental Woodstock".But the path to the event is full of obstacles. From lack of support to veiled threats, Ramiro and his students are forced to face all sorts of challenges.
Mauricio Albornoz Iniesta
APPLE CIDER VINEGARBelgium-Netherlands, 80 min., 2024.Dir: Sofie Benoot
Stones are at once the most foundational and the most overlooked parts of our lifeworld. When a retired nature documentary narrator passes a kidney stone, she decides to tell one more story about this forgotten world of stone . A hypnotic essay film asking urgent ecological questions, Apple Cider Vinegar takes the viewer on a journey meeting Palestinian quarry workers, passionate British Geologist and People living on the lava fields of Fogo.
Sofie Benoot
MONTAÑAS EN ARMONÍASpain, 82 min., 2024.Dir: Francisco Javier Fernández Bordonada
In "Mountains in Harmony: Natural and Human Treasures", we embark on a captivating journey through the awe-inspiring heights that define our most iconic landscapes. This documentary goes beyond simple mountain exploration; it is a tribute to the interconnectedness of nature and humanity.
Francisco Javier Fernández Bordonada