Ecozine Film Festival was born in 2008 with the mission of giving visibility to audiovisual productions focused on socio-environmental issues. It was born from the collaboration of the Ecozine Cultural Association with different institutions, companies and organisations.
Along all these years, we have joined several initiatives and festival organisations, such as the Green Film Network, founded in 2013, the world's largest network of festivals focused on socio-environmental issues. In 2022, Arafilmfest was born, the Network of Film Festivals and Exhibitions of Aragon, of which Ecozine is a founding member.
We have also been broadening our horizons, reaching out to more territories, thanks to the push of local agents. Ecozine is already present in Pamplona, Huesca, Aranda de Moncayo (Zaragoza), L'Eliana (Valencia), Bajo Aragón (Teruel) and Matarraña (Teruel).
18 editions also mean a continuous process of change in a world of constant change. And this change is reflected in the choice of sponsors and partners at the various venues. The evolution of the festival in the sense of environmentally conscious action can be seen above all in the fundamental issue of mobility. At Ecozine we are committed to the use of the most sustainable public transport. Similarly, our commitment extends to the search for local and environmentally friendly suppliers that benefit the territories where the festival takes place and the people who live there.
Education is one of the key skills on the road to an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable future and is therefore one of the stars of the festival. This is especially noticeable in the Youth Section and Ecozine Youth Film Festival.
Since the first edition, thousands of spectators have passed through its halls, and it has served to address issues of vital importance, creating a space for reflection and educational criticism, with the audiovisual as a fundamental element in all its genres and formats.
Also, since that first edition, the organisation decided to give symbolic recognition to people, organisations and institutions committed to improving our relationship with nature, reducing the negative impacts of human beings on ecosystems, defending territories from the new extractivist colonialisms or giving visibility to all the abuses that are committed in this regard.
This edition, which began on 11 March with educational programming aimed at schools, aims to be a call to citizens to participate, to take action, to take part.
As the young activist Xiuhtezcal Martínez summarises in the film Bigger tan us, ‘when we look at nature we don't see an us, we see something separate. Regardless of who we are, what we are doing is bigger than ourselves, because this is about everyone’.