Raâ - Plantas de sabiduría para armonizar el mundo (Colombia)

Dir: Nelly Kuiru (Murui Muina M+n+ka y Muinane)

The elders of the Murui Muina M+n+ka and Muinane people of the Colombian Amazon show and explain the value of words and dialogue in managing the world from daily life in the great spiritual house or Maloca.

Four traditional experts and elders from the Murui and Muinane people, Jifayama, Kuegakurinho, Sesefai and Kiyedegago, meet in the Maloca of the Muinane people to start a dialogue and reflect on the importance of the plants of wisdom and the word of life left by Moo Buinama (creator father) to harmonize the world. This meeting involves the collection and preparation of sacred plants and the consumption of Mambe (coca leaf and yarumo mixture) and Minicuera (sweet cassava-based drink) to welcome the knowledgeable guests.

Treng Treng Kay Kay (Argentina)

Dir: María Manzanares (Mapuche)

Sound video installation that takes as inspiration a mythical story of the Mapuche people. In the origin story, there are two beings that take care of their territorial spaces, water and land. The earth being is called Treng and the water being is called Kay Kay. One does not advance on the domains of others, and this balance allows the continuity of life in the world to be maintained. For there to be balance then, everything must remain WITHOUT COMBAT.

La industria del fuego (Bolivia - Ecuador)

Dir:Jimmy Piaguaje (Siona)

Jimmy and Ribaldo, young Siekopai filmmakers of the Amazon, travel to the Bolivian Chiquitanía to investigate what is behind the fires that affect the Amazon region. Far from any media coverage, they will seek to document first-hand stories to understand how indigenous peoples face the growing threat that looms over their lives.

La Oroya (Peru)

Dir: Álvaro Sarmiento (Quechua)

The residents of La Oroya Antigua breathe highly polluted air due to the operation of the mining and metallurgical company, Doe Run Perú. Children and pregnant mothers are the most vulnerable to the effects of lead, cadmium, arsenic, sulfur dioxide and other metal gases. In 2007, the US Blacksmith Institute included La Oroya for the second time, on its list of the 10 most polluted places in the world.

IBEGWA (Panama)

Dir: Duiren Wagua (Gunadule)

IBEGWA is a short film that tells the story of Guani, an albino Gunadule boy who experiences constant discrimination for being different. To get out of his reality, Guani invents an imaginary friend, Nuchu, a character who guides him and together they build their own universe through games.

Sentir Kapanawa (Peru)

Dir: Jessy Calle Suárez (Kanawapa)

Adan, a young man from the Kapanawa community, has taken all kinds of risks to get to college and become a bilingual teacher. Without materials or friends to practice with, he will try not to forget his native language and also graduate to become a professor.

Mbyá Rembiapó Nhemombe'u - Arte Mbyá-Guarani e suas Histórias (Brasil)

Dir: Ariel Kuaray Ortega e UFFS/CeL (Guarani Mbyá)

This work was directed by indigenous filmmaker Ariel Ortega (Kuaray Poty), images captured by indigenous Patrícia Ferreira (Para Yxapy) and also by filmmaker, and report written by Ralf Ortega (Vera Poty), Ariel Ortega and professor Bedati. This project – from its direction to its editing – was made by indigenous filmmakers from the Tekoá Koenju community, members of the “Coletivo de Cineastas Indígenas” of the NGO Vídeo nas Aldeias. “They are internationally recognized filmmakers for the work they have done.” The material was released in August 2015, during the programming of the XXIII Cultural Week of Santo Ângelo. The documentary was exhibited during the Anthropological Conference, promoted by UFSC, in Florianópolis; in Posadas (Argentina), during a meeting of the Intercultural Border Schools Program; during the XXVIII National History Symposium, also at UFSC, in Florianópolis; in Montevidéu, during the Audiovisual Show of the XI Reunião de Antropologia do Mercosul, etc. The documentary has been distributed to universities in Portugal, Poland, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and, in Brazil, to UFPel, UFGD, UFPE, URI, Unimpampa, UFBA, UFSC, to the Assembleia Legislativa do Rio Grande do Sul, and more recently, no 17º CineOP/MG. Audiovisual production is intended to subsidize studies, debates and reflections on the Culture and History of Indigenous Peoples and reflect, as well as the processes of cultural resistance.

Inchishashiyi Bari (Colombia)

Dir: Gustavo Ulcué Campo y Adel Bashodida Sayo Díaz (Bari)

Inchishashiyi Barí (Our Barí Children), is one of the few existing documentaries about the Barí people, often wrongly referred to as called Motilones. This documentary is made specifically by Barí people, highlighting their origin story and how children from the Ichirrindakayra community learn about being Barí. Aerial images place us in a forest nestled in mountains as beautiful as they are mysterious. As we are invited into their territory, we see how children learn from the teachings of their grandparents, and from life in the community, where the heirs of wise warriors who inhabited the Barí world since its beginnings, coexist.

Almantal Yu'un Lekilal (Mensajeros de la Paz) (Mexico)

Dir: Octavio Anza

Twenty-two years after the massacre perpetrated by paramilitary groups in collusion with the Mexican government, the people of Acteal celebrate their martyrs and persist in their demand for justice. The voice of Guadalupe Vázquez Luna is the voice of the "Messengers of Peace", who once again, in an act of rebellious dignity, rise to denounce the humiliation, looting, marginalization and exclusion that the indigenous peoples of Acteal have survived for over five hundred years.

Allpamanda (Ecuador)

Dir: Tawna Cine Desde Territorio

This collective work is a documentary focused on the persistent struggles of the peoples and nationalities originating from Ecuador, who have a life commitment to the defense of their territories against constant threats they have been receiving from hydroelectric, oil and mining companies. The film, encompassing materials from the year 1980 to the last decade, and first-hand testimonies of Indigenous leaders, reminds us that these conflicts have not ended and that the memories of struggle must be transmitted to youth, as a legacy of what was done and still remains to be done.

Autodemarcação Já! (Brasil)

Dir: Beka Munduruku (Munduruku)

Guided by the ancestral strength of Karo Sakaybu, the greatest warrior and creator of the Tapajós River and the Munduruku people, Chief Juarez denounces the threats to life posed by the invasions of loggers and miners in the Sawré Muybu territory, while uniting his people in the fight for the demarcation of the territory. Munduruku women are one of the main forces in this fight, and they courageously face their enemies, whether in the territory, in the streets, or in Congress. Self-demarcation becomes the only way after the indigenous land is recognized, but there is no government action to demarcate or curb invasions. “Why don’t we demarcate, since the land is ours?”. Self-demarcation is full of challenges and confrontations, but the Munduruku warriors are at the forefront of this fight and expel their invaders with courage and resistance. Sawé!

Kallpa Kachi, Fuerza de la Sal (Argentina)

Dir: Marina Ruiz (Kolla y Ataama)

In the Puna region of Argentina, specifically in Salinas Grandes (Jujuy, Salta), a conflict has been growing since 2010 over lithium mining activity. Faced with the large construction of multinational companies for the exploration of metal, 33 Communities of the Kolla-Atacamas are grouped in the Mesa de la Cuenca de Salinas Grandes and Laguna de Guayatayoc to defend their territories and demand that the State and companies fulfill their rights to Free, Prior and Informed Consultation. The documentary covers some of the most significant voices of these communities, who accknowlege the Territory as imperative to their worldview. This story offers a profound message about the protection of life that, as a reality, bears the dream of Community as an ancestral form, that continues to survive.

Nedok (Mexico)

Dir: Juan Ernesto Regalado Morales (Zapoteco)

Wenceslao, a fisherman from San Mateo del Mar, is forced to work among lagoons where fish is scarce and adversity are abundant. This is all due to the growing conflict between his community and Santa María del Mar, a consequence of the construction of wind farms on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca.

Yuyaymanta (Ecuador)

Dir: Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador (CONAIE)

A group of young filmmakers, on behalf of CONAIE, recorded short interviews with victims of police brutality in June 2022, during a series of protests against the economic policies of Ecuadorian president Guillermo Lasso.

Epanae (Ecuador)

Dir: Luis Carlos Enqueri (Waorani)

We are Waorani, we’ve lived on this land for thousands of years. We take care of our jungle, water, land, air, ourselves, the animals – we are like the guardians of the jungle. Today with the arrival of multinational companies men and women decide to take a fight to protect their life and conserve the environment.

Ati't - Las Memorias de la Abuela Lago/The Memories of Grandma Lake (Guatemala)

Dir: Tirza Ixmucané (Maya Kaqchikel)

Grandma Lago has lived for more than 84,000 years in what is now Tzutujil and Kaqchikel land in Guatemala, a grandmother who nurtures and gives life to the land and her grandchildren. Time has passed and the grandmother faces oblivion and abandonment. Ri Ati’t doesn’t need us to save her, she regenerates herself. She needs us to listen to her.

Kawsay Sacha (Ecuador)

Dir: Eriberto Gualinga (Kichwa Sarayaku)

The Kichwa indigenous people of Sarayaku build a canoe from an old cedar tree, as a symbol of the living jungle, in their land, the central Amazon of Ecuador. In an act of reconquest and decolonization, they carry it to the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change that took place in Paris in 2015, COP 21.

Yaku Raymi (Peru)

Dir: Mullu (Quechua)

What happens when a snowbird dies? In the community of Santa Fe, Peru, water is disappearing, animals are dying due to lack of grass, and rains are sporadic. The community members know that climate change is affecting the apu or god of the mountain, but they believe that the transformation of a Quechua ritual will help them protect it and recover the snow.

Through the Dance (Indonesia)

Noveni Niryanti Usun (Dayak Bahau)

Inspired by seeing her young niece, who is naturally attracted to her culture, Through the Dance is a short documentary showing Youth’s Impact on Traditions, as simple as how the young generations, even elders, would see and copy when they see things. Seeing Richella’s spirit in performing and also promoting Dayak Bahau culture gives hope to Noveni (the filmmaker), who’s bothered by the modernization and fear that the culture will be left out and inspired her to make this short documentary to spread the message into Indigenous Peoples around the world with a tagline we see, we copy. In the film, Richella performs a couple of traditional dances in various events wearing her traditional attire and, later on, having conversations with an Indigenous Activist-Ding Hibau, in trying to understand why her hobby is actually making an impact on her people

Diiyeghan naii Taii Tr’eedaa (Alaska)

Dir: Princess Daazhraii Johnson with Alisha Carlson (Gwich'in)

A grandfather teaches his granddaughter, a young Gwich'in mother named Alisha, how reciprocity is embedded in all aspects of life. The northern lights warm the caribou; the caribou helps feed and sustain the community; the community honors the connections. Each element in nature is purposeful and related. In turn, these connections bring new meaning to Alisha and her wishes for her children and for all living beings.

Falas Da Terra: Histórias (Im)possíveis. Episódio de Hoje: Pintadas (Brazil)

Dir: Luisa Lima, Thereza de Medicis, y Graciela Guarani (Guarani-Kaiowá)

From different backgrounds and with varying views of the world, Luara (Ellie Makuxi) is back in her hometown with her best friend from university, Michele (Isabela Santana), after spending years away studying. Upon her return, Luara promises to help her cousin, Josy (Dandara Queiroz), with her music. But, when arriving at the location they agreed to record at, a special place with many childhood memories for Josy and Luara, the young women are faced with the degrading forest. Facing this scenario, they need to find a new solution for filming, but along the way, they end up facing challenges that lead them to encounters and disagreements with their fears, identities and stories.

Nu Isuik (Colombia)

Dir: Cabildo Indígena del Resguardo de Guambía (Misak)

Nu Isuik is the story of Daniel Estiven, a 6-year-old boy born with cerebral palsy. He lives with his mother and his grandfather, a Misak elder. He receives routine visits from a physiotherapist for physical therapy. In these three modes of knowledge, science, tradition and religion, Daniel begins to understand what it means to be Misak.

Aipa a Yem (Colombia)

Dir: Luzbeidy Monterrosa Atencio y Luis Trochez Tunubala

After several encounters, Adriana, a young Misak college student, develops interest in Jasay, a Wayuu photographer, who helps her understand the internal and external conflicts they face for belonging to an indigenous community, and where it's not culturally accepted to romantically and publicly love another person of the same gender.