Virpi Suutari, Finnish 93 min. - 2023 - Documentary - Euphoria Film The setting for this modern fable is the Finnish forest, one of the largest and oldest coniferous areas in Europe. Here, a group of young people live in symbiosis and harmony with nature. However, their decision to settle in the forest was not […]
Asgeir Helgestad 81 min - Norway - 2024 Director Asgeir Helgestad documents the state of nature in his native Norway, which he has been photographing for as long as he can remember. From the bees on his farm to the wild reindeer in the high mountains, and the puffins by the ocean, he reveals the […]
Jean-Philippe Marquis, Canada 80 min. - 2023 - Documentary - Cinema Politica A red cedar can live for over a thousand years, supporting multiple ecosystems and human cultures. But a voracious chainsaw can cut down that same tree in just a few hours. In the economics of commercial logging, the tree only acquires value once […]
Natalie Pfister, Switzerland 89 min. - 2024 - Documentary - Solothurner Filmtage The film plunges us into a school in the middle of the forest, where, over the course of a year, we observe the children who play and learn there. Thirty children, from kindergarten to CE1, spend every day here, whatever the weather […]
Valérie Pouyanne, Canada 93 min. - 2024 - The Mad Eye Given what we know about animal intelligence and sensitivity, isn't it time we reconsidered our behaviour towards pets and animals? wild? By visiting three animal shelters and hearing their stories, we discover that animals are not so different from us: intelligent, sensitive, supportive, stubborn, […]
Isa Willinger, Germany 103 min. - 2023 - Documentary - Rise And Shine World Sales Plastics are everywhere. Not only do they invade our rivers and oceans, they also permeate the air, soil and even our bodies. As the crisis deepens and recycling remains largely ineffective, the plastics industry continues to increase production. Does […]
Petr Lom, New Zealand 88 min. - 2024 - Documentary - Ten Thousand Images The Whanganui River, in Aotearoa/New Zealand, is the first river in the world to be recognized as a legal person, a living, indivisible being. Ned Tapa, the river's Māori guardian, invites an Australian First Nations elder and his daughter, activists committed […]
Pablo Chavanel, Cambodia 68 min. - 2024 - Documentary - La Boîte à Songes The proliferation of hydroelectric dams on the Mekong River, designed to supply energy to neighboring megalopolises, is forcing Samnang, the leader of an indigenous community, to fight for his survival and that of nature. Faced with pressure from the authorities, Samnang […]
David Baute, Spanish 83 min. - 2023 - Animation Tanit, Valeria and Shaila are three women from very different parts of the world, all facing the same problem: climate change. They will lose everything due to the effects of global warming, and will be forced to emigrate in order to survive.
Isabelle Carbonell, United States 67 min A Mirror of the Cosmos is a feature-length sci-fi documentary that explores how the Mar Menor lagoon, located in southeastern Spain and considered a utopian paradise, has come close to extinction and beyond. Opening with a conversation between the moon and the sea about environmental violence, the film examines […]
Pierre-François DIDEK, France 67 min. - 2023 - Documentary - Les Films en Vrac In the autumn of their lives, a group of photographers return to the Documerica Project, a gigantic photographic survey of the American environment commissioned by the government in the early 70s, at the height of ecological awareness. Embodying the moment of […]
Marion Gervais, French 104 min. - 2023 - Squawk - Twenty-Fifth Hour Anaïs, 24, is setting up as a farmer in Brittany. Nothing could stop her. Neither the administration, nor misogynistic teachers, nor a broken-down tractor, nor the vagaries of the weather... 10 years later, Anaïs is now married to a young Senegalese man, Seydou. […]
Natalie Zimmerman, Kiribati 75 min. - 2024 - Documentary - Alchemy Dream - Bellemoon OCEANIA: Journey to the Heart begins on a coral atoll - predicted to become uninhabitable by 2030 due to rising sea levels and temperatures caused by climate change. We are invited to follow the journey of a mother and her adult […]
