Pamplona / Iruña
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 Robustil
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
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
UNA CANCIÓN PARA MI TIERRA
Argentina, 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
Mauricio Albornoz Iniesta