Echoes of the Earth:
Memory, Land, and Future
12/10, Sunday, 22:30, Dusty Monkey
From vanishing forests to parched soil, from ancestral resilience to imagined tomorrows, these films trace the fragile yet unbreakable bonds between humans and the land. Each work explores how memory, ritual, and science become acts of resistance and care in the face of climate crisis and erasure. Σε επιμέλεια
Curated by Spiros Charalambous
Common Pear
Gregor Božič
15’, 2025, Slovenia, UK
Documentary
Synopsis
In a not-too-distant future ravaged by the climate crisis, a team of scientists analyses archival footage of farmers from the past in an attempt to understand their connection to the land.
In Between Storms
Entre Tormentas
Fran Zayas
14’, 2025, Puerto Rico
Fiction
Synopsis
After a hurricane ravages his hometown, a grieving man breaks into an off-limits cemetery to rescue the lost remains of his brother.
Lanawaru
Angello Faccini Rueda
15’, 2024, Colombia, Mexico, USΑ
Documentary
Synopsis
Moisés, an eleven-year-old Yukuna boy, confronts the fears of the Amazon jungle seeking solace in the indigenous traditions, healing rituals, and guidance from his grandfather, which are the core of the spiritual system for conservation of the territory.
The Good Omen
El Bon Auguri
Alba Bresolí Aliberch
14’, 2024, Spain
Documentary
Synopsis
A stone lies in a drying, forsaken soil just outside Barcelona. A group of women covers it with a red shroud. The last shepherd of the city grazes the sheep that will protect the stone with their wool. A symbiosis occurs amid the ever-nearing chimes of change on the mountain overlooking the city.
This Is Not Your Garden Este No Es Tu jardín
Carlos Velandia & Angélica Restrepo
12’, 2025, Colombia
Documentary, Animation, Experimental
Synopsis
Rooted in wetlands, páramos and centennial forests at the verge of disappearing, memories and a speculated future collide. 500 years of exploitation, exile and resilience are nourished by a collective pain and a desire to crack through it all.
