Ecozine Rural
Arcadia
Poland, 8,33 min. 2023 Dir: Małgorzata Paszko
A documentary impression about the destructive human impact on nature, created with black and white images. There is only one sentence in the entire film: "Watch out".
Małgorzata Paszko
Cancer AlleyU.S.A. 8,58 min. 2023 Dir: Pamela Falkenberg and Jack Cochran
Images accompanied by a poem about what it's like to live in the small towns near the Mississippi River between East Baton Rouge and New Orleans, now dominated by more than 200 chemical plants and oil refineries, sometimes located literally in residents' backyards. Cypress trees can live more than 1,000 years, if they are not cut down for mulch or their habitat destroyed. Human life spans are much shorter, but we may not survive as a species unless we stop living as if the only thing that matters is the present and learn to think on the time scale of trees.
Images accompanied by a poem about what it's like to live in the small towns near the Mississippi River between East Baton Rouge and New Orleans, now dominated by more than 200 chemical plants and oil refineries, sometimes located literally in residents' backyards. Cypress trees can live more than 1,000 years, if they are not cut down for mulch or their habitat destroyed. Human life spans are much shorter, but we may not survive as a species unless we stop living as if the only thing that matters is the present and learn to think on the time scale of trees.
La ilusión de la abundancia
Belgium / Colombia, 59 min. 2022
Dir: Erika Gonzalez Ramirez and Matthieu Lietaert
Bertha, Carolina and Maxima’ stories are of tireless environmental resistance. They keep up the fight for protecting nature even when their life is at risk.
Despite a deeply unbalanced game, these three women share a common goal: they are leading today's fight against modern corporate conquistadors. Whereas governments and corporations are trapped in a global race to get the cheapest raw materials, Bertha, Carolina and Maxima tell us a story of tireless courage: how to keep fighting to protect nature when your life is at risk? When police repression, corporate harassment, injuries or even death threats are part of your daily routine?
Bertha, Carolina and Maxima’ stories are of tireless environmental resistance. They keep up the fight for protecting nature even when their life is at risk.
Despite a deeply unbalanced game, these three women share a common goal: they are leading today's fight against modern corporate conquistadors. Whereas governments and corporations are trapped in a global race to get the cheapest raw materials, Bertha, Carolina and Maxima tell us a story of tireless courage: how to keep fighting to protect nature when your life is at risk? When police repression, corporate harassment, injuries or even death threats are part of your daily routine?
Erika Gonzalez Ramirez and Matthieu Lietaert
La Mecha
Chile, 14 min. 2022
Dir: Nicholas Hooper H.
Marte, accused of being a witch, is persecuted and condemned to the stake. Simultaneously, the perforated mountain continues to be emptied relentlessly. While the human body and the territory transmute in a violent way, voices of resistance rise up to defend and fabricate other worlds and their possibilities.
Marte, accused of being a witch, is persecuted and condemned to the stake. Simultaneously, the perforated mountain continues to be emptied relentlessly. While the human body and the territory transmute in a violent way, voices of resistance rise up to defend and fabricate other worlds and their possibilities.
Nicholas Hooper H.
Reviving Rivers
U.S.A., 25 min., 2022
Dir: Christopher J. Carter and Raleigh E. Latham
Ánde Somby, a Sami Yorker and law professor from Tromso, Norway, has for all of his life been fighting for the right to express his "Saminess" despite the state's oppressive policy of Norwegianization.
Ánde Somby, a Sami Yorker and law professor from Tromso, Norway, has for all of his life been fighting for the right to express his "Saminess" despite the state's oppressive policy of Norwegianization.
Christopher J. Carter and Raleigh E. Latham
To Bird Or Not To Bird
Spain, 9 min. 2023
Dir: Martin Romero
To bird or not to bird, that is the question. A critical and kaleidoscopic view of the current world told through the tragicomic and grotesque experiences of some birds.
To bird or not to bird, that is the question. A critical and kaleidoscopic view of the current world told through the tragicomic and grotesque experiences of some birds.
Martín Romero
Ultima transhumanță
Romania, 90 min. 2023
Dir: Dragos Lumpan
Transhumance is the movement of livestock by shepherds in autumn and spring, along hundreds of miles between mountain and lowland pastures in order to feed and protect their herds.
“The Last Transhumance” describes in photography and film the extinction of a millennial way of life. It is an artistic, ethnographic and sociological project totaling 15 years, 6 countries (Romania, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Albania, Wales), more than 50,000 km traveled, 100,000 photos, 100 hours of footage and 100 hours audio recordings.
Transhumance is the movement of livestock by shepherds in autumn and spring, along hundreds of miles between mountain and lowland pastures in order to feed and protect their herds.
“The Last Transhumance” describes in photography and film the extinction of a millennial way of life. It is an artistic, ethnographic and sociological project totaling 15 years, 6 countries (Romania, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Albania, Wales), more than 50,000 km traveled, 100,000 photos, 100 hours of footage and 100 hours audio recordings.
Dragos Lumpan
Un campo que ya no huele a flores Mexico, 19,04 min. 2023
Dir: César Flores Correa
In the municipality of Villa Guerrero, State of Mexico, flower growers and their families live with the hope of better times; in the meantime, they live every day in a field that no longer smells of flowers...
In the municipality of Villa Guerrero, State of Mexico, flower growers and their families live with the hope of better times; in the meantime, they live every day in a field that no longer smells of flowers...
César Flores Correa