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2025 SELECTIONS: Nature & Environment
7 Walks with Mark Brown
Pierre Creton, Vincent Barré
Filmmaker-farmer Pierre Creton and filmmaker-sculptor Vincent Barré follow paleobotanist Mark Brown across seven locations in… more info.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Sofie Benoot
When a retired nature documentary narrator passes a kidney stone, she decides to tell one more story about this forgotten world… more info.
As the Tide Comes In
Juan Palacios, Sofie Husum Johannesen
Residents of the island of Mandø experience severe weather and flood risks. Struggling with the effects of climate change, the… more info.
The Birds
David Allen, Martin Dohrn (A Film By)
A moving portrait of one man’s desperation to decipher the relationship between mass-murmurations of seabirds and a single super-speed… more info.
Birdsong
Kathleen Harris
Ornithologist Seán Ronayne from Cobh, Co. Cork is on a mission to record the sound of every bird species in Ireland. Often joined… more info.
Bloodhound Dog
Louis Moulin
A Bloodhound dog handler, Yves Martineau, endures long waits and intense research in the heart of the Canadian forest, on Matane’s… more info.
Chasing Roo
Skye Fitzgerald
An intimate portrait of wildlife rescue experts who have devoted their lives to saving Kangaroos in tension with professional… more info.
Coywolf
Lucy Adams
Coywolf is a meditation on the urban landscape of New York City and the coyotes that inhabit it. In the bustling chaos of New… more info.
Encounters in Asturias
Antoine Courtois
In the heart of the Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain, a camera crew follows the tracks of an iconic mammal: the brown bear.… more info.
Equipo No. 3
Pablo Mejia
A ride before dawn in a crowded truck bed. The sharpening of machetes and smell of sweat. A shared meal in the fields among colleagues.… more info.
The Granny & Fishes
Maria Mavati, Ehsan Farokhifard
THE GRANNY AND FISHES follows an elderly women who has been living alone for many years after the Hamoon lagoon has dried up.… more info.
Headland
Mariana Duarte
A nature reserve on the English Channel is a place of wonder and solace, shaped and haunted by violence. HEADLAND is an intimate… more info.
I Am The River, The River Is Me
Petr Lom
A canoe trip led by a Māori Elder on the first river in the world recognized as a legal person, the Whanganui River in New Zealand,… more info.
The Ice Builders
Francesco Clerici, Tommaso Barbaro
An urgent portrait of the people of the Zanskar valley and their struggle to survive extreme living conditions aggravated by climate… more info.
The Jungle
Matt Wechsler
Unraveling centuries of greed and exploitation in America’s meat industry, THE JUNGLE is a modern-day take on Upton Sinclair’s… more info.
Lacuna
Carlo Nasisse, Shirley Yumeng He
An ancient lake disappears, leaving a fertile valley. In this void, machines, animals, and humans probe the contours of its absence… more info.
Recomposing Earth
Christian Cargill
Under two feet of peaty soil in Orkney, lies the only recording of Scottish composer Erland Cooper’s unheard album. In an entirely… more info.
The Shepherd and the Bear
Max Keegan
THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR is a modern folktale about tradition, community and humanity’s relationship with a vanishing natural… more info.
Things That Happen On Earth
Michele Cinque
A family of modern-day cowboys has a mission: to continue raising their cattle without harming the ecosystem. Giulio and Francesca… more info.
Uncovering Animal Minds
Josie Harris
A new field of science is emerging in which researchers seek signs of decisions-making, self-awareness, and emotion in their study… more info.
UNEARTH
John Hunter Nolan, Co-Directors - Auberin Strickland, Dunedin Strickland
UNEARTH follows an inspiring set of Native Alaskan activists and commercial salmon fishermen as they navigate the treacherous… more info.
Who Loves The Sun
Arshia Shakiba
In war-torn Northern Syria, WHO LOVES THE SUN delves into the world of makeshift oil refineries and the stark realities of life… more info.
The Wolves Always Come at Night
Gabrielle Brady
After a devastating storm forces a young couple to leave their home in the Mongolian countryside, they are forced to adapt to… more info.