Refugia: Animated Stories of Nature Thriving Through Collapse, 3min., Colombia
Directed by Lina Herrera, Natalia Romero, Cristian Barbosa, Gabriela Franco Prieto, Isabel Cavelier Adarve, mundo común
Among the cracks of the Anthropocene, sometimes it seems that we exist separated from the living world that surrounds us. That the present in crisis is the only possible trajectory and that our human identity has no alternative other than a straight line that grows, devastates, and destroys exponentially. In moments like this, the whispers of care and the sketches of interdependence become what science calls "Refugia"—pockets of seeds that safeguard the possibility of life through collapse. Through hand-illustrated frame-by-frame animation, and a story that seems whispered in one's ear, this short film is a sensitive invitation to revere and allow ourselves to be guided by the resilience mechanisms of the Nature of which we are part. A bio-poetic reflection on radical interdependence and the possibility of re-inhabiting a common world.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-refugia

Friend of Future Chicken: NASA's JPL Scientist talks to FC about the Earth!, 6min., Canada
Directed by Jocelan Thiessen, Jill Hotchkiss

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-friend-of-future-chicken

The Vanishing Fish, 22min., Thailand
Directed by Kantapat Phutthamkul
"The Disappearance of Thai Mackerel"
Thai short mackerel (Pla Tu) is critically endangered, with annual yields crashing from 140,000 to just 30,000 tons. This crisis is driven by aggressive overfishing, the use of destructive small-mesh nets that wipe out juveniles, and climate change disrupting marine ecosystems. To save this culinary icon, we must strictly enforce fishing regulations, stop consuming baby fish, and actively combat climate change before it completely vanishes from Thai seas.

https://www.instagram.com/golfwashere

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-vanishing-fish

2020: The Cosmic Mandate, 13min., UK
Directed by Susan Lim
Amidst the 2020 devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic and raging California wildfires, this animated short film charts a mission to space, powered by human resilience and the hopeful launch of NASA astronauts aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-2020