ANFFF Shorts: Earth Folio
Shorts: Earth Folio In these films, plants are not mere objects of observation, nor footnotes to knowledge. They open up multiple dimensions of perception, prompting us to reconsider how plants emerge across different timescales, how they leave their echoes in images and language, and how, as integral parts of the ecosystem, they join with other beings in writing the history of our planet. 1. Anima Natura Dir. Andrea Gudiño, Estonia, Mexico,2025, 5:58mins As a landscape begins to disappear, the wind reshapes what once seemed immovable — sometimes like a breath of life, sometimes like a looming disaster. In a blank notebook, the director records these shifting forms, responding with her own body and emotions. Intertwining memory, sensation, and materiality, the film creates fragments of visible landscapes that echo the invisible textures beneath them. A poetic meditation on change, it captures the urgency of documenting nature’s fragile transformations before they fade away. 2. Scenic View Dir. Maija Blåfield, Finland, 15:45mins Scenic View explores Finland’s forests, where primeval wilderness has become so rare it feels fictional. Blurring documentary and artifice, the film questions whether commercial forests are real, and whether staged nature films create truth or deception. With surreal, self-reflexive imagery, it challenges how we perceive landscapes and wilderness, probing the fragile line between storytelling and reality, and asking how wild our wild places truly are in a world shaped by human gaze. 3.Parallel Botany Dir. Magdalena Bermudez, United States, 11:08 mins Still life of real fruit merge with botanical illustrations of plant galls to reveal the paradox of dissection: each cut does not expose an inside but creates another surface. Through a hypnotic play of light, texture, and shifting planes, the film meditates on perception and the layered nature of reality. It invites viewers to reflect on how we look, how we divide, and how vision itself shapes our understanding of the three- dimensional world around us. 4. Veils of Landscape Dir. Chihiro Yamanaka, Japan, 2025, 5:10mins The East Wind is a poetic animated short that drifts between landscapes of blue, green, and yellow, merging mountains, water, and forest into a dreamlike flow. Built with delicate brushstrokes and accompanied by a gentle, rhythmic score, the film evokes the arrival of spring as both a visual painting and a lyrical meditation. Light on narrative but rich in atmosphere, it invites viewers into an immersive, impressionistic journey — a vibrant ode to nature’s beauty and the serenity it inspires. 5. Ginkgo and Other Times Dir. Tang Han, China,2025, 15mins Ginkgo biloba is a living fossil that has endured for over 200 million years, silently witnessing the passage of time. This poetic short film weaves elements of folklore with scientific reflection, tracing the tree’s life cycles and its deep connections to other forms of existence. As the ginkgo embodies resilience and continuity, the film invites viewers to reflect on nature’s temporality, the interdependence of life, and the enduring shadow of human greed. 6. Archipelago of Earthen Bones — To Bunya Dir. Malena Szlam, Canada, 2025, 20mins Archipelago of Earthen Bones — To Bunya traces volcanic time as a way of sensing Earth’s layered histories. Filmed on 16mm with in-camera multiple exposures, Szlam captures ancient landforms from remnants of volcanic activity to the Gondwana Rainforest, illuminated by the afterglow of the Hunga- Tonga eruption. With a soundscape by Lawrence English, the film evokes shifting geologies from Mount Beerwah to the Bunya Mountains, immersing viewers in divergent temporalities that shape our environments. 7. Porcelain Perfect Dir. Long Jing, China,2025, 6:11mins Porcelain Perfect observes the daily rhythm of Jingdezhen, where clay, fire, and human touch reveal a subtle collaboration between nature and craft.Shorts, Documentary, FestivalPT1H19M12AAndrea Gudiño
Maija Blåfield
Magdalena Bermudez
Chihiro Yamanaka
Tang Han
Malena Szlam
Long Jing
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