Project type: environment

Oct

2023

La rebelión de las flores

In the year 2019, women from various indigenous nations of Argentina peacefully occupy the Ministry of the Interior in Buenos Aires. There, they advocate for an end to violence in their home territories and emphasize the urgent need to restore reciprocity and solidarity between peoples and nature. Despite the indifference of the state and society, the film also highlights another, more solidary aspect of society.

Trailer

Director’s statement

Argentina 2022
Maria Laura Vásquez
1:20:00 h
Spanish with English subtitles

Feature / Docu

Oct

2023

Do Quilombo pra Favela – Alimento para a Resistência Negra

In the Ribeira Valley in southeastern São Paulo, a cooperative of Quilombola farmers is coming together to combat the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. They developed an emergency plan to distribute organically grown food from their traditional farms to vulnerable communities in the Favelas.

Brazil 2022
Manoela Meyer, Roberto Almeida
22:37 min.
Portuguese with English subtitles

Short / Docu

Oct

2023

Vãnh gõ tõ Laklãnõ

An archaeologist, a poet, a preacher and a kujá, a teacher and a rap singer retrace the history of the Laklãnõ/Xokleng people, inhabitants of southern Brazil: the old times of the forest, the near-extinction, the rescue of the language and culture and the placement in the political spotlight.

Content Alert: Colonialist violence is thematized.

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Brazil 2022
Barbara Pettres, Flávia Person, Walderes Coctá Priprá
25:00 min
Portuguese with English subtitles

Short / Docu

Oct

2023

La Melodía Torrencial

A town plagued by a prolonged drought places its fate in the hands of a wandering musician whose accordion music possesses the mystical ability to summon rain.

Mexico 2022
José Luis Saturno
06:55 min
Spanish with English subtitles

Short / Animation

Oct

2023

De Panka

A candy wrap turned into a boat, it will survive adventures that lead it to create environmental awareness.

Ecuador 2021
Alejandro Espejo
03:38 min

Short / Animation / Student Project

Oct

2023

Bauxita

Brazil is one of the most dangerous countries for environmentalists. Brazil’s largest bauxite deposit is located in the rural community of Belisário, in the middle of the Atlantic rainforest, one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. The small community was shaken when the beloved Gilberto, a Franciscan Friar, received a death threat followed by the lines: “you’ve been talking against mining way too much”.

Content Alert: Death threats are reported.

Trailer

Brazil 2023
Thamara Pereira
15:00 min.
Portuguese with English subtitles

Short / Docu