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20 films | 17 countries | 2+ hours

Session A(manita)

Amanita (11:06) - Alexa Angeles, Carolina Revilla (Mexico)
Batrachia (6:47) - Lorenzo Silano (Italy)
Dead Bird (1:29) - Matthew Lei (USA)
Flora, Fauna, Funga (16:51) - Sam Sheline (Chile)
Fungi Forage (2:10) - Molly Brown, Cy Henty, Al Ronald (UK)
Gold of the Plateau (5:52) - Miriam Follin (China)
How to Film a Mushroom (20:14) - Lucas Gortemaker (Netherlands / Belgium / Germany)
Il Fungo di Albaredo (3:40) - Lennart Reichel (Italy)
Misteria del Bosque (Mystery of the Forest) (4:40) - Ger Killeen (USA)
Mushlings (3:53) - Magdalena Berezowska (Poland)
Mushrooms in Space (5:05) - Rosi Bundz (Germany)
MUSH (2:12) - Maya Zhelyazkova (Bulgaria)
Mycelium (3:21) - Heather Whelton (UK)
Mycoaudiology: The Lost Tapes (6:32) - Sebastian Fontey-huety (UK)
Psilocybin (2:50) - Alvaro Giraldo Mesones (Spain / Canada)
Rot (2:00) - Autojektor (UK)
Silverphae (3:02) - Hannah Read (USA)
The Mushroom Keepers (16:08) - Naveed Mulki (India)
Visions of the Fungicene (5:48) - Angel Salazar (Argentina)

Session B(olete)

If Camembert Were To Disappear Too... (28:07) - Francesca Barbieri (France)

2024 |Mexico |11:06

Alba, Maydis and Judae are fungi like creatures that inhabit the big oak tree. For years they have served The Beast without ever attempting to confront him, until now... The arrival of the newest fungi member to their sisterhood will make them question the authority of The Beast. They dream of freedom but the road to get it wont be easy to take.

2024 |Italy |6:47

The empty life of a lonely boy blurs between dream and reality. His fears and desires intertwine, taking shape in a frightening and cumbersome version of himself that haunts him, revealing itself to be only a harmless observer. The choice to use 3D animation, robotic and polygonal, in contrast with a static and distant direction, aims to underline the blurred boundaries between the reality in which the protagonist exists and the imaginary world in which he lives.

2024 |USA |1:29

A dead bird decomposes. From this death, sprouts something unexpected.

2024 |Chile |16:51 |English

This short film follows Chilean mycologist and National Geographic Explorer Giuliana Furci’s search for new mushrooms in far southern Chile, on the main island of Tierra del Fuego. She’s joined by biologist and author Merlin Sheldrake and mycologist Toby Kiers from SPUN, the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks, whose goal is to map the mycorrhizal networks of the world. Together, the three scientists illuminate how—through nutrient cycling and the essential relationships they form with plants—fungi underpin every ecosystem on Earth, and outline a strategy for greater fungal inclusion in conservation policy.

2024 |UK |2:10 |English |Subtitles: English

A humorous song about foraging for mushrooms (and the necessity of having an in-depth knowledge of what is and is not safe to eat) excerpted from The Grunting of the Watford Wyrm, an animated film produced by the British comedy duo, The Electric Head.

2024 |China |5:52 |Subtitles: English

Spring has arrived on the Tibetan Plateau, and Zhuoma sets out on a search for something quite extraordinary.

2024 |Netherlands / Belgium / Germany |20:14 |English |Subtitles: English

"How to Film a Mushroom" is an experimental documentary that follows a filmmaker's journey as he attempts to create a film about mushrooms, despite his initial lack of knowledge. As he delves deeper into the world of fungi, he unintentionally explores the role of artificial intelligence in art, uncovering the implications this technology has on human self-perception. The film weaves together traditional documentary techniques with AI-generated imagery, creating a unique visual experience that reflects the organic complexity of mushrooms. The narrative draws parallels between the growth of fungi and the filmmaker's expanding understanding, illustrating the interconnectedness of nature and technology. The film also addresses themes of ego and self-discovery, as the filmmaker learns to appreciate the beauty of both the natural world and the digital realm. Through this exploration, the audience is invited to reflect on the evolving relationship between humanity and technology.

2024 |France |28:07 |French |Subtitles: English

The Camembert cheese is going to disappear soon. How can it be ?
A story of molds that gives us a lesson about biodiversity preservation.

2024 |Italy |3:40 |Italian |Subtitles: English

Places are made by humans and non-human actors. "Now" is the encounter of processes on multiple scales (both temporal and spacial). The poetic and speculative Science Fiction in this piece is an exploration of space and time sparked by the Fungo di Albaredo. A rock formation based in the Italian Vallagarina.

2024 |USA |4:40 |English

As an indigenous Mexican healer sings a song of praise for the mushrooms she uses in her practice, the rich imagery of fungal mysticism unfolds on the screen to complement her alluring voice.

2024 |Poland |3:53 |Polish |Subtitles: English

The film is a short documentary on Mushlings - a magical evolution of common mushrooms. Through the fairy-tale-like creatures, the film shows the beauty and variety of mushrooms and nature itself. It teaches respect for the forest and the world around us. Humans do not live here alone, this point is especially emphasized when little cute mystical mushroom creatures are at stake! Some of the pieces depicted are: King Bolets, Fly Agaric, Hoof fungus, Puffball, and many more.

2024 |Germany |5:05 |English |Subtitles: English

Fungi and space. Two words that don`t seem to have anything to do with each other. As it turns out, they do. An astrophysicist presents us the surprising story of fungi in space. Fungi in space were first discovered on the MIR station in the mid 90s. Scientists never stopped studying them since because it turns out, fungi thrive in space. Fungi made it to the ISS and may even be used as building material on other planets.

2024 |Bulgaria |2:12 |Other |Subtitles: English

In the forest a crow has died. This is the end of a life but the beginning of many other things. From the inside to the outside, lots of different creatures sustain themselves from the carcass. A fungus, generous in it's own way, helps an oak seed to grow above the ground.

2024 |UK |3:21

My film is a short experimental mixed-media animation which involves a range of techniques including embroidery animation, digital animation, and traditional animation on paper. The film is inspired by many walks in the woods and seeing all of the small mushrooms pop through the ground. Upon researching more into fungi, I discovered how interesting and intelligent they are as an organism, which also then inspired me to make a film about them. The experimentation of using different mediums within my work and how they can show interesting textures that cannot be produced digitally was very enjoyable. The process of making this film was quite laborious, however, the outcome made it entirely worth it. Contains flashing images.

2024 |UK |6:32 |English

Everyone in the mycology community has heard rumours and tales of ‘Slim’ Jim Smith and Brian ‘the Big B’ Tucker. Two mycophiles who supposedly dedicated their lives during the 70’s and 80’s to recording and documenting the sounds of fungi. Using hand-built recording machines, they discovered that mushrooms sing songs. But whatever happened to them, and where are their tapes? One man has spent the last 12 years unpicking the mushroom myths and fungi folklore in pursuit of these characters and their recordings. Did they even exist? This is the remarkable story of that search. This is Mycoaudiology; The Lost Tapes.

2024 |Spain / Canada |2:50 |English

DillanPonders awakes from a fungi trip on the desert, he is not sure where he is she starts walking. Still trippin he finds a bar and has an encounter with the death itself muajajaaa

Rot

2024 |UK |2:00

All things rot - preservation is destruction

2024 |USA |3:02

In this music video, Stinkhorn mycelium gracefully dances and grows, mirroring Hannah’s lilting music performed on fiddle (Hannah Read), banjo (Michael Starkey), upright bass (Jeff Picker) and sound design (Charlie Van Kirk). Read translating these visuals into music—taking tempo cues from the microscopic mycelium’s organic movements.

2024 |India |16:08 |English |Subtitles: English

The Mushroom Keepers unveils the profound relationships between fungi and the Khasi and Garo communities of Meghalaya, India. Through intimate conversations with the elders of these communities, it reveals the intertwined loss of biodiversity and ancestral knowledge as old-growth forests dwindle.

2024 |Argentina |5:48

Visions of the Fungicene delves into the space-time crises reshaping our reality, exploring the melting of time and ontological shifts. It envisions future ecosystems co-designed by fungi and AI, depicting planetary terraforming scenarios in a post-Anthropocene era. By training AI on the patterns of fungi like Agaricus, Amanita, and Suillus, the film creates immersive, synthetic landscapes, imagining worlds governed by non-human agencies and offering a glimpse into the pluriverses beyond our time.

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