On The Edge – Inverness

Three Thousand – Asinnajaq (Canada)
Mixing animation with archival footage, the film explores the cinematic representation of Inuit. The 14-minute documentary dives into the past, present, and future of Inuit “in a new light”. (14 mins)

STAMNÄTET (The power grid) – Clara Bodén (Sweden)
A boy is standing near a power station in the inlands of Norrland, Sweden, by a waterfall that no longer exists. (5 mins)

Freeze Frame – Soetkin Verstegen, (Belgium)
Identical figures try to perform the hopeless task of preserving blocks of ice, like archivists. The repetitive movements reanimate the animals captured inside the blocks. (5 mins)

Time of a Slime Mold – Leena Pukki, (Finland)
The movement of slime mold is combined with pattern subjects selected from Karelian thread blankets. Slime molds are primitive Amoebozoa organisms that can move even they do not have a brain or nervous system. The poem heard in the background expresses themes of time, circulation and decomposing. (10 mins)

Without Us – Julie Engass (Norway)
What would happen if we suddenly disappear, if all human beings just vanish from the face of the Earth? How would nature react if it were suddenly relieved from our constant pressure? What would the world look like without us? (8 mins)

Flood – Amanda Strong (Canada) SpiderWoman and ThunderBird act as vessels, composing and carrying the story of an Indigenous youth named Thunder, navigating her way through a colonial flood. Driven by a haunting sound design, Flood is a hybrid of shadow puppetry, digital and stop-motion animation that pits truth against deception. (5 mins)

Walk-in-the-Forest – Diane Obomsawin (Canada) This whimsical animation, reminiscent of NFB classics, follows medicine man Walk-in-the-forest on a walk in the woods that leads to the discovery of an intriguing secret world. (3 mins)

Glenn, the Great Nature Lover – Anna Erlandsson (Sweeden)
Glenn loves nature. He meets the love of his life while watching birds. They decide to spend their lives in the forest forever, but preferably on their own terms. (5 mins)

Wild Summon – Saul Freed, Karni Arieli (UK)
A natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic life cycle of the wild salmon in human form. (14 mins)