Once upon a Time the Anthropocene

A minimalist eulogy to the painter Luchita Hurtado, who only experienced her breakthrough at the age of 97. A film in autumn colours about a woman in tune with nature.

A philosophical journey from the Amazon to the Ardennes. The former inaccessible, the other neatly ordered, both forests invite us to ask ourselves questions about the origin of existence.

A voice speaking the Aztec language Nahuatl and a ritual song accompany the children’s games in the rain forest. They put their ears to the trees, listening to their stories.

The abandoned village looks like an oil painting, like a still life painted in sometimes delicate, sometimes broad brushstrokes. Light and mood change with the time of day.

Toxic gas leaks into the North Sea from a munitions dump. Undeterred, the fishing industry’s assembly lines keep running. A sobering swan song for the sea as we knew it.