Films
Subject Mother Earth: Mother Earth is under attack. But luckily, she also has plenty of green-fingered soldiers. Nature and climate films that are both dystopian, overwhelming, uplifting and hopeful.
As the Tide Comes In
The 27 residents of the Danish Wadden Sea island of Mandø experience the forces of climate change in the form of severe weather and the risk of flooding. Still, they stubbornly cling to their identity as islanders, as they have done for generations.
Juan Palacios & Sofie Husum Johannesen (Co-director) / Denmark / 2023
Food Inc. 2
Turbo chickens, plant-based steaks and a pandemic. A lot has happened since the first 'Food Inc.' film, and it's time for a fresh in-depth look at the food industry and at possible solutions.
Melissa Robledo & Robert Kenner / United States / 2023
Magic Mud
Star geologist Minik Rosing loves mud. Especially Greenlandic mud, also known as glacial rock flour - but can he prove that this magical mud can really save both the climate and solve global inequality?
Jakob Gottschau / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere
Nocturnes
The night is buzzing with life in the dense jungles of the mountains on the border between India and Bhutan, where two local biologists study a microcosm of moths. A deep, atmospheric film sensation with an exceptional sound design.
Anupama Srinivasan & Anirban Dutta / India & United States / 2024
Once Upon a Time in a Forest
Biodiversity and generation gaps collide in a politically urgent and thoughtful film about two young activists' fight to save the vast Finnish forests. Is it still civil disobedience when you know you have both history and the future on your side?
Virpi Suutari / Finland / 2024 / World Premiere
Palm Oil in the Land of Orangutans
Copenhagen Zoo is partnering with a palm oil plantation in Borneo to shift production in a sustainable direction.
Dan Säll / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere
The Battle for Laikipia
Drought, politics and colonial history collide in a stormy and unpredictable conflict between Kenyan cattle herders and white ranchers in the vast African country. A complex and wise film about the consequences of climate change.
Daphne Matziaraki & Peter Murimi / United States & Kenya / 2024 / International Premiere
The Sky Above Zenica
In the centre of Europe, one of the world's three most polluted cities has united its citizens in a common fight for a viable future. But money, power and environmental politics prove to be as toxic an opponent as the factory smoke that clouds the city.
Nanna Frank Møller & Zlatko Pranjic / Bosnia and Herzegovina & Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere