The Man Who Planted Trees
The story of one shepherd's single-handed quest to re-forest a desolate valley in the foothills of the French Alps throughout the first half of the 20th century.
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Plants
For a whole summer, 17-year-old Florencia has to look after her brother, who is trapped in a persistent vegetative state. From time to time she reads to him from a comic about plant souls that take control of human bodie
The Age of Flowering Plants
Valeria works in a nocturnal flower shop where the plants emit eroticism. In her circle of friends, some humans have long, pointed ears, others have wings. Filmmaker Magaly Ugarte de Pablo tells a supernatural tale with
Sex Life of Plants
After a head injury makes a dimwit stranger out Barbara's beloved Guille, she ceases to feel desire for him. Nearing 35, and longing for motherhood, she settles with a new partner, while the memory of lost love harrows h
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
A women's prison on a tropical island is a hellhole where the inmates are raped, tortured and otherwise abused by the evil commandant and brutal guards. However, one of the guards falls in love with a beautiful inmate, a
In the Mind of Plants
Neurobiology has shown in the recent years that contrary to the traditional boundaries between animal and plants, plants can feel, move and even think. Over the recent years, a small but growing group of researchers fro
Treewashing: The Planting Illusion
Will trees save the planet? That is the promise made by many public policies, timber companies, NGOs, and multinational corporations. With deforestation accelerating and CO2 emissions reaching record levels, planting tre
The tree has been planted
An open book is the window to enter this protest short film about the wait for a permit to plant a laurel tree in the River Plate. The Viceroy, king and queen must all sign the authorization. Too much time for such a vit
Toroboro: The Name of the Plants
A botanical expedition in Ecuador's Amazon becomes a medium for an indigenous Huaorani community to remember the genocidal colonization it suffered in the 1960s. Meanwhile, a group of ecologists from the capital tries to
And my plants?
Letter film made by a grandson to his grandmother showing he is taking care of her plants.
Planting: a present, a future
Bariloche, 2023. A group of volunteers travel to the burned forest to carry out a planting day, where Dani and others explain the importance of planting trees.
The Man Who Plants Baobabs
For the past 50 years, a man has been planting baobab trees every year in his village located in western Burkina Faso. At the age of 80 today, he has planted over 3,000 baobab trees that stretch as far as the eye can see
Spring at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris
A defective Ricoh camera brings out luminous traces on images shot in Ektachrome. The japanese sherry trees in blossom, at the Jardin des Plantes, next to the film-makers flat.
plants with spikes or thorns
An experimental short film about sensory seeking behaviour in childhood. Filmed on VHS.
Soft Plants
Naked, on the back of a sheep, soft office worker Willie rides trough the forest. His body is still in the office, but his mind wanders between dangerous flowers, li-los and an imaginary friendship for a soft sheep.
The Planter
On his own initiative, Hélio da Silva transformed a neglected area in his neighborhood by planting thousands of trees, creating the Tiquatira Linear Park. It is São Paulo's first linear park and stands as one of the larg
Taste of Plants
Mountain plants have always been of use to humans. Whether in the Alps or the Pyrenees, we will understand which plants are edible, how to cook them, which plants have medicinal qualities. Passionate people and naturalis
Plantarians
An English-style garden, a plot of earth in New York’s Central Park, a garden and a cemetery in Maastricht: Plantarians asks, 'what does it mean to have a garden?' Divided into episodes, the film studies the capacity of
Plants And Nothing Else
Short film showing plants and a scene with a lonely dog
Ruderal Plants (Secrets of Nature #4)
'Secrets of Nature' was a series of short films produced by the BBC in the 20s and 30s about animals, plants and our relationship to them. In 2021, and in tandem with the 'Cinema e Razão Ecológica' conference, Teresa Cas