Spring Tide
Women shellfish gatherers leave marks of their work in the mangroves, scars drawn on roots and branches. These cuts, silent witnesses to the collection of oysters, become a living calendar. For these women, each scar is a memory of the time that has passed, a count of the high tides since the last time they […]
La Petite Âncetre
On a windswept hill, in a place still young and devoid of all life, an ancestral house builds itself. The house comes to life and unveils its long life of one hundred and fifty years. Brick by brick and beam by beam, each action, big or small, shows life. Over the years, it leads us […]
May
The documentary tells the story of Catia, one of the last residents of the self-built 6 de Maio neighborhood more than 30 years ago in Lisbon. Set at the entrance to their homes, a place of social exchange between neighbors, fears, relationships and conflicts with the institutions that seek to evict and demolish the neighborhood […]
KATWE
In the Ugandan salt lake town of Katwe, the factory has stood deserted for the past 40 years while the politicians promise to free the commu nity from poverty. Election promises turn into hearsay, and it’s an open secret that the salt lake revenues disappear through middlemen with deep pockets. The cor ruption permeates everyday […]
Headland
A nature reserve on the English Channel is a place of wonder and solace, shaped and haunted by violence. A sensitive look at life on a pebble beach reclaimed from the ocean, HEADLAND interweaves the age-old tradition of sea rescues with recent migrant crossings, as witnessed by the last of the Dungeness fishermen.
This is Wild
Blending imagination, humor, and science, This is Wild! invites young audiences to see everyday animals through fresh eyes. Narrated by the animals themselves — including an ant, a thrush, a capybara, a toad, and a gecko — the film sparks curiosity, nurtures affection for Brazilian wildlife, and reinforces the importance of cultivating care for the […]
Rooted
In the mountains of Michoacán, Mexico, the Indigenous town of Cherán did what no one thought possible: it kicked out the cartels, shut down illegal logging, and took back control of its future. “Enraizados” (Our Roots Remain) follows the community’s transformation from uprising to self-rule through the lives of three generations shaped by the movement. […]
This is Not a Garden
Garden and nature are different things. Definitions are risky and all seem incomplete. A garden is created, built. It’s a relationship made up of common stories, often ephemeral or almost invisible. THIS IS NOT A GARDEN is a wander and a collection of notes.
Tesouro Natterer
Documentary feature about the Austrian naturalist Johann Natterer, a member of the Austrian Expedition that accompanied the Archduchess Leopoldina on her journey to Brazil in 1817. Among the members of the Austrian Expedition, he was the one who stayed the longest in Brazil: 18 years, which resulted in an impressive collection of over 50,000 objects, […]
No More History Without Us
Submerged in the sea of greenwashing that drowns them daily, two Amazonian filmmakers have decided to denounce, in this film manifesto, the entrails of the historical process of inventing and exploiting the forest as an inexhaustible Garden of Eden. Between Munich and Belém, they reveal how racism and prejudice, in Brazil and throughout the world, […]