2025

Animal Nature Future Film Festival

ANNOUNCEMENT OF

OFFICIAL SELECTION

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Between Salt and Sky

Felipe Rosa-Brazil | Chile

From Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni, Between Salt and Sky

Short Documentary | 17 mins

follows an ancient vicuña ritual now endangered by climate change and the global race for lithium. Between Salt and Sky unfolds in Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni, where earth and sky blur into infinity. Ariel Flores and the Rio Grande community fight to preserve the ancient ritual of shearing wild vicuñas amid climate change and the looming lithium rush. Blending breathtaking landscapes with urgent questions of tradition, exploitation, and resilience, the film captures humanity's fragile coexistence with nature and asks what we are willing to sacrifice in the name of progress.

Kali Waal

Jasper Baldwin Coppes-Netherlands

Short Documentary | 22:29 mins

In a lake scarred by toxic mud, Kali Waal listens to voices human and non-human, reshaping the story of nature itself. A group of foreign researchers travels to a lake marked by ecological controversy, where they uncover strange changes affecting both its waters and the lives of human and non-human inhabitants. As they record local experiences and observe the shifting landscape, the film reveals the complex relationship between pollution and ecological protection. At the heart of their journey lies an unsettling question: can a natural reserve truly be healed with toxic mud, as industries claim, or is deeper damage unfolding?

Something Mutual

Magaly Ugarte de Pablo-Mexico

Short Documentary | 5 mins

A poetic essay on the silent dialogue between Mexico City's flora and humanity, where light and shadow weave a botanical poem. Something Mutual is a visual essay that explores the presence of urban flora in Mexico City, giving voice to the plants that surround us. Through contemplative images and quiet reflection, it uncovers the hidden narratives of the city's nature and reveals the delicate connections between plants and people. Both poetic and vivid, the film stands as a testimony to resilience, inviting us to rethink our silent dialogue with these green companions and imagine a more harmonious coexistence.