Official Selection
FEATURE FILMS
A queda do Céu
Documentary - Brazil / Italy
2024 - 110 min
Dir. Eryk Rocha y Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha
In collaboration with the indigenous Yanomami people, “A queda do Céu” follows leader and shaman Davi Kopenawa as he struggles to restore balance to the world through carefully observed rituals and incisive commentary on the ruthless logic of an external materialistic culture. Illegal logging, gold mining and the deadly mix of epidemics these intrusions spread threaten the Yanomami's existence.
Drylands
Documentary - Spain
2023 - 97 min
Dir. Ramón Monedero
Through interviews with experts from Spain, Argentina, New York and Cyprus, and with the participation of Barron Joseph Orr, UN scientist, Drylands presents initiatives that demonstrate how soil care, through agriculture and livestock farming, can be key in the fight against desertification. The film highlights sustainable practices that face this global challenge.
Hatun Phaqcha, tierra sana
Documentary - Peru
2022 - 92 min
Dir: Delia Ackerman
This adventure begins with a powerful truth: Peru's ancient inhabitants were able to domesticate and cultivate an astonishing number of nutritious crops, but have we managed to take advantage of this and preserve them for the good of our food? Hatun Phaqcha, tierra sana shows the importance of their conservation and raises valuable questions about the vulnerability of our regions to the demands of a monoculture-promoting market and the threat of climate change.
The invention of the species
Drama - Ecuador
2024 - 91 min
Dir. Tania Hermida
Twelve-year-old Carla arrives in the Galapagos Islands in a state of mourning and silence, accompanying her father, a tortoise conservation expert. For seven days, evoking those of the Book of Genesis, she explores the island and the meaning of the words that inhabit it. Together with Darwin (15), a native islander, and Wiki (12), she discovers secret places and meets Harriet, an elderly “healer” who practices the art of healing with stories. Like the iguanas, who mutated into sea creatures to survive, Carla becomes an “Island” and learns to cling to the rocks, wait, dive and emerge to tell her story.
The route of the conquistadors
Documentary - Spain / Costa Rica
2024 - 61 min
Dir. Leire Egaña
In times of global ecological crisis, Costa Rica seems to be an oasis for its rich biodiversity. Nacho traces a route to learn about agroecological projects, discovering what the indigenous people call “good living”. Could this be the solution?
Black Butterflies
Traditional animation - Spain / Panama
2024 - 83 min
Dir. David Baute
Inspirada por mujeres reales, propone un viaje desde África, el Caribe y Asia hacia un incierto futuro para la humanidad. El cambio climático impacta en las vidas de Tanit, Valeria y Shaila, tres mujeres de puntos muy distintos del planeta pero con algo en común: las tres lo pierden todo por el efecto del calentamiento global y se ven forzadas a migrar.
Por el Paraná: la disputa por el río
Documentary - Argentina
2023 - 62 MIN
Dir. Alejo di Risio y Franco Gonzalez
Two documentary filmmakers, passionate about the river, venture on a journey along the Paraná basin to explore the deep riparian reality. The journey reveals the confrontation between global export projects and fishermen, islanders and local communities. In the midst of the largest downwelling in history, they navigate day by day to defend their unbreakable connection to water and biodiversity.
Alone in Greenland
Documentary - Spain
2024 - 80 MIN
Dir: Unai Canela
A young filmmaker embarks solo on a three-month adventure in the Arctic in search of musk oxen and polar bears. Alone in Greenland' follows his epic quest, a testament to the power of nature and a call to action for a sustainable future.
Territory
Documentary - Spain / Kyrgyzstan
2024 - 61 MIN
Dir. Álex Galán
In the Central Asian steppe, Kyrgyz herders live in conflict with a phantom animal. Hunters and nomads try to share the territory. A Serbian actor (Darko Peric), at the height of his career, embarks on a path of redemption towards his lost instincts. The high mountains of Kyrgyzstan will witness a journey to the frontiers of the wild.
YVY-Tierra
Documentary - Argentina
2024 - 87 MIN
Dir. Juan Mascaró
Film about the rural communities belonging to the Movement of Excluded Workers (MTE-UTEP) in Misiones, Argentina. First in the Guarani Yriapu Community of Puerto Iguazú, then in the villages of Bella Vista and Pozo Azul, and finally in the Cooperativa de Trabajo Parajes Unidos de Puerto Libertad, we witness the collective construction that rural life implies.
SHORT FILMS
Ácharo: the story of the Rosado family
Documentary - Colombia
2024 - 14 MIN
Dir. María Alejandra Aldana Fernández
Anderson Rosado, or Ácharo as he is known in Camarones, has dedicated his life to environmental advocacy. Through his story, he reveals the serious threat that species such as the pink flamingo face from energy development in the region.
Agrochemicals. Life in danger
Documentary - Mexico
2024 - 16 MIN
Dir. Victor Manuel Méndez Villanueva
This documentary is part of a research project of the National Autonomous University of Mexico on the health damages caused by the use of agrochemicals in agricultural production, especially in children and pregnant women. This work carried out in Tlaltizapán, a few kilometers from Mexico City, proposes the recovery and exchange of knowledge as pillars of the transition to agroecological practices that improve the condition of soil, air, water and contribute to the health of the community's inhabitants.
Blow!
Documentary - Spain
2023 - 13 MIN
Dir. Neus Ballús
Documentary that explores the unknown and mysterious world of the whales that appear for a few weeks a year off the Catalan coast. Mar dreams of being able to record the sound of the whales, which appear in the Mediterranean only a few weeks a year, depending on circumstances such as the amount of rain and krill, the food on which the fin whales feed. But when he embarks with a team researching the cetaceans, Mar realizes that in order to listen to the world's largest animal, we must be silent.
Singing in dark times
Documentary - Turkey
2024 - 42 MIN
Dir. Ethem Özgüven
Antakya: even in ruins, the city persists. Beyond the destroyed buildings and buried memories, the essence of Antakya remains alive. The 'Hatay Academy Symphony Orchestra' aims to rescue that essence, bringing the pieces of the city together through music. In a perpetual state of emergency, where disaster is accelerating, these artists stand as a symbol of hope. A year after the earthquake, their art transforms the pain into something bearable, demonstrating the power of solidarity and the urgent need for change.
Cuerpo Glaciar
Documentary - Colombia
2023 - 23:16 MIN
Dir. Natalia Castañeda Arbeláez
Audiovisual essay that presents different approaches to three mountain glaciers: the Conejeras (Colombia), the Aneto (Spain) and the Mer de Glace (France). It is a “documentary desktop”, where the evolution of glaciers is critically studied from the point of view of affection, poetic and scientific discourse. It is a collage of concerns and speculations, a reflection that is placed in the territory through a journey through a historical and recent memory of the glacier. The montage, through digital windows and video sequences of its own and others, opens the space to draw a record of glacier water bodies that today are important sensors of global climate variability.
El Corazón de la Lengua
Documentary - Argentina
2024 - 7 MIN
Dir. Yanina Gruden
Two sisters get lost in the San Francisco botanical garden and a camera accidentally records their voices, their footsteps, the sound of birds, their fascination with plants and the weather.
Finca Costera
Documentary - Cuba
2024 - 8 MIN
Dir. Leonardo Rego
Agro-ecological project in Santa Fe that links agriculture, art and tourism. This area, once completely abandoned, has now been given a social, economic and touristic use. Following a sustainable management plan and respecting the environment, Finca Costera is an experience of contact with nature and the sea near Havana. The farm attempts to have a sample of Cuban biodiversity on a small scale. Yohanka and her family's efforts to take advantage of this land are admirable.
Guardians of Nature. Stories of a resistance
Documentary - Argentina
2024 - 26:29 MIN
Dir. Antonella Cardozo Casares
The short film tells the story of the resistance of the indigenous peoples and communities of the province of Jujuy one year after the process of partial reform of the provincial constitution. They keep alive their roots, their ancestral knowledge, and fight to protect their territory from the threats of excessive exploitation of natural resources in the region.
La nueva ola de añil
Documentary - Mexico / Puerto Rico / Canada
2024 - 12 MIN
Dir. Karla Claudio
Residents of the Oaxacan village of Niltepec - whose name in Nahuatl means Indigo Hill - guide us through the process of extracting the blue pigment known as indigo from the jiquilite plant (Indigofera suffruticosa).
La otra isla (de miel)
Documentary - Cuba
2024 - 20 MIN
Dir. Damián Pérez Téllez
History of the Isle of Youth through a family of beekeepers
La piel de nuestra memoria
Fiction - Mexico
2024 - 10 MIN
Dir. Edmundo Galicia
Audiovisual work that explores the connection between identity, memory and spirituality through the Chinantec culture. The narrative follows a symbolic journey through the Chinantec jungle, where elements of nature, mythology and daily life are intertwined.
Maravillas de la Evolución
Documentary - Colombia
2024 - 15 MIN
Dir. Francisco Arango Ceballos
Classified as the rarest insects in the world, the Membrácidos are a legion of tiny and eccentric bugs that live in our forests. We explored their intimacy to record their whimsical designs and amplify their enigmatic way of communicating; stridulations and stomps that travel like a telegraph through the plants they inhabit producing hallucinatory sounds. We traveled through their life cycle and also witnessed their tragedies, where the protagonists followed a crude libretto written over millions of years by nature's relentless wisdom.
Metalmorfosis
Documentary - Cuba
2024 - 21 MIN
Dir. Maikel Jorge Pascual
In a world marked by uncertainty and lack of awareness, Emilio finds his purpose in reuse. From his community's garbage dump, he transforms scrap metal into works that reveal the hidden beauty of the discarded. In his reality, every resource counts and every forgotten object becomes an opportunity to create. His approach, misunderstood by many, is a cry of poetic resistance against oblivion, an invitation to build a more sustainable future. This is a story of resilience and the transformative power of creativity in the face of adversity.
Microplásticos
Animation - Argentina
2024 - 2:24 MIN
Dir. Jesús Sarrocco
AI-generated puppets come to life in a colorful world, showing us the invisible threat of microplastics. Through expressive movements and an increasingly polluted environment, the creatures reveal how this plastic waste infiltrates nature and our lives. This innovative visual project combines technology and a powerful environmental message, inviting the audience to become aware of and act against plastic pollution.
Onde era Mar
Documentary - Brazil
2023 - 11:19 MIN
Dir. Paloma Gomide
Urbanization, ambition and pride buried spaces of affection and nature in Florianópolis. This island contains phantom spaces that revive in the memory of those who lived there. Where there was sea, now there is a square, a street, a shopping mall. The day of our reconquest has arrived.
Producción agrícola integrada en pequeña propiedade
Documentary - Brazil
2024 - 10:15 MIN
Dir. Eduardo Pacca Luna Mattar y Elizio Ferreira Frade Junior
Come and discover the importance of integrated practices combined with sustainable management at “Finca Integral”, a landmark property in San Bartolo Ameyalco, Mexico. The documentary takes you into the heart of a small organic farm that integrates dairy production, vegetable farming and agribusiness fueled by methane gas produced by a biodigester. Witness how farmers raise worms, produce silage and transform organic waste into valuable resources. Join us on this inspiring journey of sustainability and innovation.
Sueño finlandés y paranoico
Animation - Argentina
2024 - 7 MIN
Dir. Jimena Aguilar
How can we talk about the future when there seems to be no future? Maybe everything exploded and the only thing left is a voice full of images flowing. What is all this? The future? A prologue to the future?
T´ipaqkuna kullakitas (Hermanitas Tejedoras)
Documentary - Argentina
2023 - 9:19 MIN
Dir. Sofía Quirós y Daniel Canto Molina
Felicia is a woman who migrates from Bolivia to Argentina after a promising job offer. But things are not as expected. In the midst of difficulties, she encounters the story of Bartolina Sisa, a great fighter of the Aymara people. This short film was created as part of an animation workshop with the participation of members of the Agrupación Bartolina Sisa.
The white Ptarmigan of the white mountains
Animation - Scotland / Cuba
2023 - 2:05 MIN
Dir. Ivette Ávila Martín
Severe climatic changes have affected the lives of ptarmigan birds in the snowy mountains of Scotland. This species is in danger of extinction.
A tale of two cities
Documentary - Puerto Rico / United States
2024 - 24:20 MIN
Dir. Harold J. Leonard Navarro
A documentary film that tells the story of underrepresented communities affected by environmental injustice in Niagara Falls, New York, and Salinas, Puerto Rico. The film was made through a joint collaboration between students and faculty from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and students from the Ferré Rangel School of Communications at Sacred Heart University in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Baba
Animation - Senegal
2024 - 30 MIN
Dir. Amath Ndiaye
On Obelus, a remote planet ravaged by a climatic disaster, a toxic cloud forces its inhabitants to lock themselves in every night. Baba, a young hunter accompanied by his dog Mbew, searches in vain for the last bison. When his friend Buju, an eccentric scientist, mysteriously disappears, Baba receives a key that could free Obelus from the oppression of the “Bison on Fire” clan. With the help of an intelligent hologram, Baba discovers a formula that allows his people to see the beauty of the night for the first time, and embarks on a mission to defend his planet.
Caribbean Wo+Man in Space and Time
Documentary - Martinique / France
2024 - 20 MIN
Dir. Shari Petti
Beginning with the volcanic forces that gave rise to the Caribbean archipelago, this work explores how geological and human transformations-from the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée to today's social movements-continue to shape the region's identity. Inspired by Kamau Brathwaite's seminal essay, “Caribbean Man in Space and Time,” the project addresses the cyclical nature of destruction and creation characteristic of the Caribbean, integrating diverse perspectives and highlighting indigenous relationships with these sleeping giants.
De la tradición a la Prohibición
Documentary - Colombia
2024 - 18:29 MIN
Dir. Daniel Camilo Rodríguez Amado
Documentary that chronicles the evolution of power plants from ancient cultural traditions to psychoactive substances banned in modern society. This film addresses the cultural and scientific transformation of these substances, exploring their impact on society and raising questions about their responsible use and potential therapeutic and spiritual benefits.
Jichi: en busca del guardián de las aguas
Documentary - Bolivia
2024 - 16 MIN
Dir. Paola Gabriela Quispe
The community of Sañonama is preparing for the celebration of its foundation, among the activities and eve processions we hear the testimonies of the water crisis that plagues the Chiquitanía and the drought that affected the entire municipality of San Ignacio de Velasco. We see how the water shortage is being faced in different ways: the effects of low water quality on families, the young people contemplating the need to migrate, the elderly recalling the traditions and nature that have been disappearing. All in their own way wondering where the guardian of the waters has gone and if, as the legend says, the water has gone with him.
La tierra explota, el tiempo se acaba
Documentary - Argentina
2024 - 84 MIN
Dir. Juan Pablo Lepore
Mega-mining, fracking and monoculture with agrochemicals are current modes of large-scale extraction of natural resources that endanger the environment and life on earth, accelerating climate change. We accompany our protagonists, leaders in the care of the environment, in the fight against pollution and plundering, building a better world at every step.
Nocturnia
Animation- Mexico
2024 - 8 MIN
Dir. Luis Felipe Hernández Alanis
A little girl visits her grandfather's library and finds a book entitled “Animals of the Night”. Intrigued, she opens it and discovers animals, insects and plants she never knew before. Her her grandfather suggests a trip to the forest at night, to appreciate the nocturnal species. species. With the book in her arms, the little girl and her grandfather enter a colorful forest full of mysteries and with full of mysteries and secrets to be revealed.
The Taste of Honey
Documentary - Bangladesh
2024 - 15 MIN
Dir. Mohammad Rakibul Hasan y Fabeha Monir
In the Sundarbans, Bangladesh, Shorbanu Khatun, a tiger widow, struggles to survive in an environment marked by climate change and social exclusion. Defying the dangers of the forest, she finds strength in her community and her connection to nature, in a story of resilience and hope.
Tour of critical areas withing the 'Integrated Ecosystem Management and Restoration of forests in the south east coast of Saint Lucia
Documentary - Saint Lucia
2023 - 2 MIN
Dir. Rusli Kamau Velinor
