Monday, July 1 at 6 p.m. - Natural Resistance KIDS

THE OAK TREE AND ITS INHABITANTS

a documentary by Laurent Charbonnier, Michel Seydoux

Original title: La Chêne. International title: Heart of Oak. Genre Documentary, - France, 2022, running time 80 minutes. Distributed from I Wonder Pictures.

Nominated for a César 2023 for Best Documentary.

How much life can pulsate around to a single tree? Fulfilling the promise of the title to the letter, Laurent Charbonnier and Michel Seydoux's film creeps, with a drone gliding from above, beneath the foliage and into the silence of a forest, until to it reaches the roots of a farnia, or pedunculate oak (quercus robur) dating back to 1810. From the very first minutes, the "queen of trees," interpreted from ancient times as a symbol of strength and endurance, is much more than observed: it is probed, dissected by the machine from taken, which exalts it as a fortified and welcoming home.

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Monday, July 1 at 21.00

THE AVAMPOST

a documentary by Edoardo Morabito

Genre Documentary, - Italy, Brazil, 2023, running time 85 minutes. Distributed from Cinecittà Luce.

Award for best documentary film at the Madrid Italian Film Festival 2023

Scotsman Christopher Clark lived for more than two decades in the Amazon with the goal that technology and nature could coexist. His greatest desire has been to draw the attention of the Brazilian government and world public opinion to the most pristine area of the forest. To do this he cherishes the idea of being able to bring Pink Floyd to back to play exactly there. The documentary records and accompanies this utopian dream.

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Tuesday, July 2 at 6 p.m. - Natural Resistance KIDS

YUKU AND THE HIMALAYAN FLOWER

a film by Rémi Durin, Arnaud Demuynck

With Agnès Jaoui, Arno, Tom Novembre, Igor van Dessel, Martin Spinhayer. Genre Animation, - France, Belgium, Switzerland, 2022, running time 66 minutes. Distributed from Trent Film.

Screened at the Locarno Film Festival and the Annecy International Animation Film Festival

In a guarded castle from a big vain cat, cute little mouse Yuku reluctantly agrees to help her mother to retrieve food and rather loves listening with her little sisters to the readings of her beloved grandmother, whom she usually accompanies with her ukulele. After a cat attack and grandmother's injury overwhelmed by the collapse of library books, Yuku sets out to collect the magical Himalayan flower, which feeds on pure light, and thus save grandmother from eternal darkness. Yuku thus retraces the steps of her favorite story and experiences an adventure fraught with obstacles and dangers, during which she is aided by animals she meets on the road and the music of her ukulele

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Tuesday, July 2 at 21.00

THE SONG OF THE EARTH

by Margreth Olin

International title: The song of earth. Genre Documentary, - Norway, 2023, running time 90 minutes. Distributed from Wanted. Selected at the Academy Awards for Best International Film.

The Song of the Earth is a majestic symphony for the big screen. The director's father becomes our guide through Norway's most picturesque valleys: where he grew up and where multiple generations have followed each other living to closely with nature in order to survive. The sounds of the earth harmonize to perfection creating a unique symphony that accompanies this breathtaking journey through landscape and memory. The Song of the Earth has the simplest possible plot: Olin returns to the Oldedalen valley in western Norway. His goal is to spend some time with his 84-year-old father, while the figure of his mother remains more in the background. Following in her parents' footsteps and their story of love and life, the filmmaker spends an entire year, finding in the seasonal scan the structure for her documentary.

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Wednesday, July 3 at 6 p.m. - Natural Resistance KIDS

THE OAK TREE AND ITS INHABITANTS

a documentary by Laurent Charbonnier, Michel Seydoux

Original title: La Chêne. International title: Heart of Oak. Genre Documentary, - France, 2022, running time 80 minutes. Distributed from I Wonder Pictures.

Nominated for a César 2023 for Best Documentary.

How much life can pulsate around to a single tree? Fulfilling the promise of the title to the letter, Laurent Charbonnier and Michel Seydoux's film creeps, with a drone gliding from above, beneath the foliage and into the silence of a forest, until to it reaches the roots of a farnia, or pedunculate oak (quercus robur) dating back to 1810. From the very first minutes, the "queen of trees," interpreted from ancient times as a symbol of strength and endurance, is much more than observed: it is probed, dissected by the machine from taken, which exalts it as a fortified and welcoming home.

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Wednesday, July 3 at 21.00

ALCARRÀS‍

a film by Carla Simón

With Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin, Xènia Roset, Albert Bosch, Ainet Jounou. Genre Drama, - Spain, Italy, 2022, running time 120 minutes. Distributed from I Wonder Pictures.

Winner of the Bear Bear as Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival 2022

In the sunny countryside of Catalonia, the Solé family lives in and cultivates from decades a vast orchard that was offered to them after the civil war by the owners, the Pinyols. A gesture of honor to rewarded crucial help, but never sealed with official documents. The Solés therefore find themselves helpless when vans loaded with solar panels arrive on the land, ready to convert the orchard and eliminate the only business the family has known.

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friday July 5 at 6 p.m. - Natural Resistance KIDS

YUKU AND THE HIMALAYAN FLOWER

a film by Rémi Durin, Arnaud Demuynck

With Agnès Jaoui, Arno, Tom Novembre, Igor van Dessel, Martin Spinhayer. Genre Animation, - France, Belgium, Switzerland, 2022, running time 66 minutes. Distributed from Trent Film.

Screened at the Locarno Film Festival and the Annecy International Animation Film Festival

In a guarded castle from a big vain cat, cute little mouse Yuku reluctantly agrees to help her mother to retrieve food and rather loves listening with her little sisters to the readings of her beloved grandmother, whom she usually accompanies with her ukulele. After a cat attack and grandmother's injury overwhelmed by the collapse of library books, Yuku sets out to collect the magical Himalayan flower, which feeds on pure light, and thus save grandmother from eternal darkness. Yuku thus retraces the steps of her favorite story and experiences an adventure fraught with obstacles and dangers, during which she is aided by animals she meets on the road and the music of her ukulele.

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friday July 5 at 21.00

UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD

a documentary by Francesco De Augustinis

Genre Documentary. Italy 2024, Duration 58 minutes.

Presented at the Festival Du Film Vert 2024 and the 21st International Ocean Film Festival

A journey to the edge of the Planet, discovering the world's fastest growing food sector: intensive fish farming.