SECTION: EcoEast

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How do people shape a landscape and how does a landscape shape us? What actions do we undertake and what is the end result? What will happen if we carry on like this, and what cracks are already starting to appear on the surface - between man and nature, ecology and the economy, climate frustration and climate action, progress and disillusionment. Ranging from feature film to documentary and science fiction to family drama, the films in the EcoEast section ask how sustainably we want to live, or whether we really prefer to turn a blind eye to what is happening around us?

LIFE AND DEATH OF A CHRISTMAS TREE

KALĖDŲ EGLUTĖS GYVENIMAS IR MIRTIS

Arturas Jevdokimovas
LT/GE/DK / 2023 / 84 min

For many a decorated tree at Christmas is a must. Yet very few know the origin of their coniferous friend: in Georgia's Tlughi forest, underpaid workers risk their lives to harvest the cones whose seeds are then planted in Denmark. A reflection on ...

BURIAL

KAPINYNAS

Emilija Škarnulytė
LT/NO / 2022 / 60 min

Dull hammering on metal and a deep roar echo through a disused nuclear power plant. A snake slowly winds its way over the buttons and switches of an abandoned control panel. Powerful images and overwhelming sounds evolve into a mythological journey ...

EVERYTHING’S FINE. POTATOES IN LINE.

VŠECHNO V POŘÁDKU, BRAMBORY NA ŘÁDKU

Piotr Jasiński
PL/CZ / 2022 / 13 min

In the shadow of the Polish coal-fired Turów plant, located as it is on the border with the Czech Republic, a contest for the best potato salad evolves into a platform for international understanding. The dispute between the two nations over ...

Dry Season

Sucho

Bohdan Sláma
CZ/ DE / 2024 / 114 min

After graduating from school, Míra goes to see his father, the owner of a large agricultural business. He would like to see the neighbours’ daughter Žofka again, her unconventional parents are enemies of Míra's father however. Amongst the Romeo ...

STRANGE ABANDONED DERANGED

HIÇBIR ŞEY NORMAL DEĞIL

Ceylan Özgün Özçelik
TR / 2024 / 70 min

From eco-showpiece project to lost place: in Antalya, the Naturland Eco Park was constructed in the late 1980s. A resort built from environmentally friendly materials that promised pure nature and attracted tourists from all over the world. Today it ...

THE IMPACT DOPAD (Episode 1-4)

Alexandra Chovanová, Michaela Steigerová
CZ / 2023 / 4 episodes/ 26min min

The world finds itself on the brink of the abyss. The newsreader reports on one natural disaster after another whilst, at the same time, promoting the space program launched by the 'Rich People in Space' corporation. Not everyone is invited to take ...

WHEN FROM HEAVEN SNOW HAS FALLEN

Bogusz Max Zelech
PL / 2023 / 8 min

In a post-apocalyptic world, a lonely figure wanders across a barren wasteland. He stumbles across a relic of times gone by that provides an explanation for society’s decline. An animated short story about human greed, which - in contrast to the ...

THE LAST SPARK OF HOPE

W NICH CALA NADZIEJA

Piotr Biedroń
PL / 2023 / 88 min

Ewa, a survivor of a post-apocalyptic world, lives with the robot Arthur. But one day her only companion, who has saved her from loneliness for so long, suddenly turns into a serious threat to her life. A dystopia about climate crisis and artificial ...

VERTICAL MONEY

Vara küps

Martti Helde
EE / 2024 / 86 min

Estonia is widely regarded as a model example of post-communist transformation – organised, digitalised, Europeanised and blessed with wonderful nature. The latter finds itself under acute threat however; its forests are being cut down at a ...