THE PORTLAND ECOFILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS: NEW ECOLOGICAL SHORTS

Name: THE PORTLAND ECOFILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS: NEW ECOLOGICAL SHORTS
Released: 2026-06-20
Duration: 1 h 27 min

<div>The Portland EcoFilm Festival presents a program of six new ecological short films from around the living world, selected from our Expansive Ecological Imagination, More Than Human, and Indigenous Voices programs. Includes the winners of our curation community’s 2026 Best Short Film and Best Conservation Film Awards.</div><div><br></div><div><div>AKABABURU: EXPRESSION OF ASTONISHMENT</div><div>Directed by Irati Dojura Landa Yagarí</div><div>2025 | Colombia | 14 minutes  </div><div>Emberá Chamí and Spanish with English subtitles</div><div><br></div><div>Official Selection | Indigenous Voices | Regional Premiere</div><div>Kari, an Indigenous girl who is afraid to laugh, meets Kera, who shares with her the myth of Kiraparamia, a woman punished by the gods for laughing at her husband. Together, they discover that laughter actually set Kiraparamia free and restored her essential bond to nature.</div><div><br></div><div>LIKE FRIEND, LIKE DEER</div><div>Directed by Malek Eghbali</div><div>2025 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 13 minutes</div><div><br></div><div>Winner, Best Short Film Award (Curation Community) | Official Selection | Regional Premiere</div><div><br></div><div>Iranian filmmaker Malek Eghbali spent five years meticulously hand painting this short film. Simultaneously soft and somber, it explores the deep connection between humans, animals, and the environment we all share, inspired by the story of a wildlife ranger who killed an illegal hunter during a confrontation.</div><div><br></div><div>REINDALEN</div><div>Directed by Morgan Elizabeth Heim</div><div>2024 | Norway | 14 minutes</div><div>English with English captions</div><div><br></div><div>Winner, Best Conservation Film Award | Official Selection | Regional Premiere</div><div><br></div><div>In the fastest-warming place on Earth, two friends, Emma and Oline, and their canine sidekick, Thando, uncover how the world's smallest and fattest reindeer are thriving in certain ways because of rising temperatures. But are they seeing a positive side-effect of climate change in the Arctic, or witnessing the end of innocence for Svalbard reindeer?</div><div><br></div><div>ROOST 2020 PDX</div><div>Directed by Irene Tejaratchi Hess</div><div>2025 | USA | 19 minutes</div><div>English with English captions</div><div><br></div><div>Official Selection | Regional Premiere</div><div><br></div><div>What begins as a traditional natural history documentary about Portland’s crow roost becomes a chronicle of a city navigating a year of immense turmoil and unexpected beauty. ROOST 2020 PDX weaves together seemingly disparate threads: thousands of crows gathering to roost, empty pandemic streets, tear gas clouding protests for racial justice, federal agents occupying a city, and wildfires. Through it all, nature offers refuge, as well as a vivid illustration and reflection on the power of numbers.</div><div><br></div><div>VOX HUMANA</div><div>Directed by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan</div><div>2024 | The Republic of the Philippines | 22 minutes</div><div>Tagalog with English subtitles</div><div><br></div><div>Official Selection | Indigenous Voices | Regional Premiere</div><div><br></div><div>In the aftermath of multiple natural disasters, the police find a man in the woods. A zoologist, a sound recorder, and a news team grapple with the fact that he may be the cause of the devastation—or that he holds the key to the truth.</div><div><br></div><div>WITNESS: AN ORGANIMA FILM </div><div>Directed by Nik Arthur</div><div>2025 | Canada | 5 minutes</div><div><br></div><div>Official Selection | Regional Premiere</div><div><br></div><div>Wonderfully handcrafted, WITNESS: AN ORGANIMA FILM captures the sentience in small life-forms: ancient beings on stone, an intelligent water droplet, and spirits of sunlight. Utilizing novel animation approaches wherein natural materials guide their own stories, elemental archives invite viewers to question the nature of human purpose and renew their child-like vision.</div></div><div><br></div><div>2025 / Cuba, Spain / Spanish with English subtitles</div><div><br></div><div><div>SCREENING: SAT 6/20 4PM</div><div><br></div><div>Tickets are now available online and at the box office beginning 30 minutes before showtime.</div><div><br></div><div>This show has ADA area seating or specifically held seats available. Please call the box office at (360) 754-6670 x16 or email boxoffice@olympiafilmsociety.org if you have any questions. The wheelchair positions should not be selected by patrons who are not using wheelchairs or in need of ADA seating.</div></div>PT1H27M2026-06-20

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THE PORTLAND ECOFILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS: NEW ECOLOGICAL SHORTS"THE PORTLAND ECOFILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS: NEW ECOLOGICAL SHORTS"

Showtimes

June 20, 4:00 pm