JULY 30––August 1
The Shepherd & The Bear
Date: Thursday, July 30
Screening Time: 6 pm
Directed by Max Keegan
Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States, France
Production year: 2024
Duration: 100 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Languages: French with English Subtitles
Synopsis
Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional shepherding community. The film follows an aging shepherd who struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who becomes obsessed with tracking the bears. Through its breathtaking cinematography and immersive storytelling, THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR is a modern folktale about tradition, community and humanity’s relationship with a vanishing natural world. The film was nominated for Cinema Eye Award and British Independent Film Award.
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Hen
Date: Friday, July 31
Screening Time: 6 pm
Directed by György Pálfi
Production Countries: Germany, Greece, Hungry
Production year: 2025
Duration: 96 minutes
Genre: Drama
Languages: Greek with English Subtitles
Synopsis
With great power comes great responsibility — but what if the hero is just a hen?
Escaping from a chicken farm, she finds refuge in the courtyard of a crumbling restaurant. There, she discovers love, confronts the pecking order, and fights to protect her eggs from a greedy owner. Her droll yet touching quest for motherhood mirrors the messy compromises and silent struggles of human lives.
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Green Is A New Red
Date: Saturday, August 1
Screening Time: 6 pm
Directed by Anna Recalde Miranda
Production Countries: France, italy, Paraguay, Sweden
Production year: 2024
Duration: 105 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Languages: Spanish & Portuguese with English subtitles
Synopsis
A gripping, character-driven documentary that investigates the murder of over 1,500 environmental defenders in Latin America since 2012, revealing how today’s violence is rooted in the legacy of Operation Condor—the Cold War-era “multinational of repression” that enabled mass disappearances, land grabs, and impunity across the region. Blending intimate personal stories with powerful historical insight, the film traces a haunting lineage from past state terror to the present-day ecological crisis, exposing how the foundations of the global agribusiness empire were built on blood and silence.
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