Ecology
24 films
Beyond Eden
dir. Al Johnstone
dok2025
In the 1970s, following the wave of radical social changes, a group of American lesbians decided to create a world without men, settling far away from big metropolises. After 50 years, some of them return to see what has remained of the place that was to become their new Eden.
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Birds of Paradise (Rajskie ptaki)
dir. Tomek Ducki
anim2025
Birds live happily and in a carefree manner on an island made of their own celebrations. When a mysterious object is washed ashore, the everyday life of the bird community begins to falter. The new, colourful world is fascinating, but it also leads to conflict. A perverse tale about harmony and the fine line between progress and chaos.
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Bloodline
dir. Wojciech Węglarz
dok2024
The story of a bison, separated from its herd by the wall on the Polish-Belarusian border, which unintentionally becomes a witness to the dramatic events taking place on both sides. The drama of the animal symbolically resonates with the drama of the people separated from their loved ones.
Read moreAwards:Golden Hobby-Horse
Croak Show
dir. Suresh Eriyat
anim2024
As night falls over the marshes, a frog concert begins. Turtles, fish, snails and even a creeping snake pick up the rhythm of the music. Will the serpent, too, succumb to the magic of sound? A dynamic animation, full of anxiety as well as humour, which shows that one should not give up – even when things do not go as planned.
Read moreDom / Home
dir. Aleksandra Powalacz, Julia Powalacz
dok2025
What can you hear in the mountains? Does silence sound the same in the Tatras and in Antarctica? In this poetic tale, stimulating the senses, about journeys to the furthest corners of the globe and journeys into oneself, the guides include, among others, outstanding Polish mountaineers, such as Andrzej Bargiel, Kinga Baranowska and Anna Tybor, and traveller Marek Kaminski.
Read moreDo Painters Die Elsewhere (Dokąd umierają malarze)
dir. Michał Pietrak
dok2025
For Bolesław Gasiński, life and art have been inextricably interwoven. He left behind not only paintings but also abundant audio and video materials. They constitute the main fabric of this documentary, making a visually sophisticated portrait of an outsider.
Read moreFission (Spaltung)
dir. João Pedro Prado, Anton Yaremchuk
dok2025
Are nuclear power plants more of a threat or rescue for us? The documentary presents the hot topic of nuclear power, setting it in different places and contexts, both global and local. The film breaks it down into voices – sometimes very serious but on other occasions eccentric and funny.
Read moreNew Beginnings (Les Recommencements)
dir. Vivianne Perelmuter, Isabelle Ingold
dok2025
Al, a resident of California’s Yurok reserve, decides to embark on a long journey. Due to an environmental catastrophe, it is becoming increasingly difficult for him to engage in fishing and the demons of war are still swirling in his head. Will a reunion with his former brothers-in-arms enable him to regain his equilibrium?
Read moreNotes from Sheepland
dir. Cara Holmes
dok2023
The film’s protagonist combines, with some difficulty, her artistic career with sheep farming she took up when she inherited the family farm. She is a committed breeder that proudly wears lipstick but juxtaposes it with the work overalls in which she takes her animals to graze in the field. She eludes the gender stereotypes that have been attributed to Irish women over the years.
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Pet Farm
dir. Finn Walther, Martin Walther
dok2024
Should domestication of wild animals be allowed? Joakim has loved foxes since childhood and, many years later, he fulfilled his dream by setting up a breeding farm. However, he has to face the regulations in force in Norway.
Read morePuffling
dir. Jessica Bishopp
dok2023
On a remote Icelandic island, teenagers Birta and Selma go on rescue missions instead of late-night parties. The girls help puffins trapped by the city lights. In this intimate tale, both the rescued birds and the film’s heroines embark on a journey towards adulthood together. 12+
Read moreRadix
dir. Anne Breymann
anim2025
Two mysterious creatures meet on a tree branch. They look like birds, but they could just as well be fragments of a tree that have gained the freedom of movement. Although cautious at first, they get closer with time, start touching each other shyly and open up, both literally and metaphorically.
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Shadowland
dir. Otso Tiainen
dok2024
This was supposed to be a documentary about an esoteric community living today in the French Pyrenees. While it was being filmed, serious accusations were made against one of the sect’s members, Hollywood director Richard Stanley. Consequently, the documentary seems stretched between a utopian fantasy and a brutal clash with reality.
Read moreSilver
dir. Natalia Koniarz
dok2025
Without this metal, there would be no modern technologies today. In the 21st century, there are still murderous working conditions in the Bolivian silver mines of Potosí, from which the profits are reaped by international corporations. The entire lives of people from this area revolve around mines, and the documentary is a raw observation of their daily routine.
Read moreAwards:Silver Horn / Nagrody specjalne
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The Gardener, the Buddhist & the Spy
dir. Håvard Bustnes
dok2025
Tycoons producing carcinogenic asbestos with impunity, activists fighting the global web of illicit connections and a man who was a double or perhaps even a triple agent – here is an investigative documentary whose protagonist continually eludes us.
Read moreAwards:Special Award
The Granny & Fishes (Poorzal)
dir. Maria Mavati, Ehsan Farokhi Fard, Ehsan Farokhifard
dok2024
An elderly woman lives in a desolate area ravaged by droughts near Lake Hamun in Iran. She is the only inhabitant of one of the villages evacuated due to the lack of water. Every day, she walks on the sun-cracked ground, collects dried fish and waits for life to return to the area.
Read moreThe Thief (Anngeerdardardor)
dir. Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken
fab2025
Kaali notices that his beloved dog has disappeared and he is determined to find her. Has someone stolen or kidnapped her? A small town on the east coast of Greenland is an unremarkable setting for an odyssey - but it is here, while looking for his pet, that Kaali finds himself.
Read moreThe Town That Drove Away (Miasto, które wyjechało)
dir. Natalia Pietsch, Grzegorz Piekarski
dok2025
The Turkish town of Hasankeyf lies on the Tigris River and has an ancient history. The construction of a huge dam, which began in 2006, has led to its submersion and the displacement of thousands of people. Following the two protagonists, we watch the destruction of the city and the accompanying socioeconomic transformation process.
Read moreTooth and Nail (După Cioate)
dir. Radu Mocanu, Mihai Gavril Dragolea
dok2024
Once a local businessman, Tiberiu is now a determined Romanian activist. He documents illegal logging in state forests and publishes the evidence on his social media. Two journalists follow in his footsteps and witness the events that seem taken out of a hard-hitting thriller.
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Trip to the Forest (Wycieczka do lasu)
dir. Sławomir Mielnik
dok2023
Won’t the TikTok and Minecraft generation die of boredom in the forest? The director accompanies the students as they spend a year on forest expeditions. The film shows the surprising emotions and discoveries of the young people as they learn to be together and get in touch with nature. 12+
Read moreUrban Duo (Lóngchāng gōngyù)
dir. HongYu Yue
anim2024
A father and son, residents of bustling Shanghai, represent different approaches to everyday life in a city. The split-screen animation juxtaposes two worlds: digital, metropolitan modernity and traditional life in harmony with nature. The film poses the question whether progress always means a better life.
Read moreWhat Does The Mud Whisper (Ras Churchulebs Talaxi)
dir. Dea Tcholokava
dok2025
In the Georgian bathhouse of Akhtala, visitors from all over the country enjoy healthy mud baths. They are accompanied by five-year-old Tako, who watches her grandmother at work. Monotonous days become an excuse for the girl to create her own world based on the legends she has heard.
Read moreWhose Woods Are These
dir. Kate Nartker
anim2024
Stepping barefoot on the grass, picking berries and, as dusk approaches, listening to the hooting of an owl and the steps of a wolf – the viewer gets to know a woman who went into the forest but never came back from it. Inspired by the true story of a missing great-grandmother, the film is a poetic tale based on scraps of memory, complemented by imagination.
Read moreZima
dir. Tomek Popakul, Kasumi Ozeki
anim2023
A cat lover, Jesus leaving the cross and Christmas carollers holding pitchforks in a snowy and icy scenery. ‘Zima’, a psychedelic journey to a small fishing village, collects as if in a lens the behaviour, customs and vices of the Polish provinces. A horror-like animation in the convention of magic realism.
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