Visions of Europe

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

What Was I Before

A young man experiences his last few minutes of singular consciousness while examining a wild falcon he has studied for months.

カナメヲ

A young, unnamed woman, while biking home from the bank she works at, happens upon a weakened tree goddess whose native shrine is being demolished for construction work. She rescues her and brings the goddess home with her. The two form a relationship, but what will happen to the goddess as the construction progresses?

Die Eisbombe

small selkie

SMALL SELKIE follows Skye, a young girl with a vivid imagination who yearns to become a mermaid. Against the backdrop of the loss of her mother, Skye finds solace by the sea. While collecting shells on the beach, she encounters a trapped “selkie” entangled in plastic pollution, which sparks a deep determination within her to protect the ocean from this harm. Despite her father’s initial disapproval of her hoarding the collected plastic, Skye transforms it into magnificent sea creatures.

Hug me dad

Sara runs for an eco the same day she notices something different on her left breast. Timing and readiness might save her life besides a happy event that comes as a blessing in her life between good friday and easter day, will she be able to win the battle against this silent killer?

Bitter Harvest

A farmer's herd sickens and dies, then his family and neighbors fall ill, so he bucks the state agricultural establishment as he pursues the politically-explosive investigation of how his farm, family, and friends came to be poisoned.

Fly Away Home

Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest was torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When Winter comes, Amy, and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South.

La cómoda indiferencia de la abundancia

A Fish Boy travels long distances through the countryside in search of some water to survive. In Wet City, not far from there, its inhabitants squander it daily using it carelessly. An unexpected storm will change everyone's life and put things in their place.

Il ragazzo che smise di respirare

Max is 11 years old, he is obsessed with air pollution and decides to stop breathing or at least, he wants to do it as little as possible, to live longer...will he do it?

Kenopsia

A woman who focused on being a mother feels that she no longer has any purpose now that her son has made his own life, until one lonely night after a storm, she finds a nest on the ground of her garden with a small egg that gives signs of life, and when she rescues him she puts aside her monotony to take care of him as if she were his mother.

A Clear and Present Danger

The son of a U.S. Senator takes on the cause of clean air when a friend dies of emphysema.

Grootse Dingen

Two activists and lovers meet a thrillseeking anarchist who wants to help them in their missions to improve the world. Unsure about the what and how, they start to doubt whether they can even make a difference at all - until their new friend proposes a radical plan. A short film about climate change and our inability to do 'the right thing' for the world at all times.

Ghumya

After his father's sudden death, 'Balu', a reticent, tries to survive in his day to day life..

Au 8ème Jour

It took seven days to create the world, it only took one to disrupt its balance.

El crit sord dels arbres

To protest the construction of a new car lot, a young guy named Bernat comes to the vacant lot in order to tie himself to the only left living tree. Upon arrival, Bernat finds Joel, an unknown young man who also has decided to tie himself up.

Venus 90

A film crew travels out in a future Europe to make a documentary about the birds and threats to the ecological contexts. The motto of the film has been downloaded from the Indian chief, Chief Seattle's famous words from 1855; "You can not sell the sky, and everything that affects the Earth affect the humans".

Travaux

Henri, 22, breaks his elbow playing basketball. His injury forces him to call on his friends to carry out his plan to plant a bomb at the Ministry of Ecology.

Where the Rivers Flow North

Sleeper with a top notch cast in the story of a lone wolf logger who fights developers, bankers and the modern world to maintain his way of life.

The Legend of Lochnagar

Prince Charles tells a group of children the story of the Old Man of Lochnager, based on the book he wrote.