China, 25 min
Director: Marina Garcia Andreu
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
In a remote village in Yunnan, on the border with Tibet, an elderly man and his family live as guardians of the mountain. The documentary explores a way of life where the spiritual and the earthly coexist in a delicate balance. In the intimacy of their everyday gestures, a profound sensitivity towards nature emerges – nature understood not as a resource, but as an inseparable part of existence itself. It is a world that still endures, but whose future remains uncertain as generational differences begin to come to the fore.
Canada, 24 min
Director: Trixie Pacis
EUSKADI PREMIERE
On July 24, 2024, a wildfire tore through Jasper, Alberta, reducing aerialist Sasha Galitzki's home to ashes. Embers connects Sasha's loss in the wildfire and the glacial recession she has witnessed in her creative work to highlight their common cause: climate change.
France, 43 min
Director: Hugo Clouzeau
NATIONAL PREMIERE
A portrait of Piolet d'Or mountaineer Hélias Millerioux, told in fragments. His alpinism goes beyond the high peaks — he finds just as much meaning in the quiet drift of base camp life. Camcorder rolling, Hélias narrates the world he passes through with warmth and honesty: resolute in spirit, open in direction.