Eco-grief (Klimaatrouw)

Grief due to the disappearance of nature or to the extinction of yet another species: ecological mourning is unfortunately no longer a new phenomenon. On the flip side of warm, cosy autumn days, there are floods, forest fires, and other natural disasters. As part of the Ontroerd Kortfilmavonden, Kortfilm.be presents a programme that gives room to emotions of confusion, loss, and activist discontent. However, we move beyond doom and seek a collective space where imagination is a resistance strategy.

The ecological crisis also inspires filmmakers to produce activist pamphlets or poetic reflections. In this short film programme, our suffering climate is given audiovisual support by experimenting with pellicule or imagining dystopian worlds using archival footage or sci-fi interpretations. The silver screen becomes a place where lost ecosystems, traditions, or land are reclaimed, either as a temporary memory or an immortalised cry for help.

The screening will be followed by a conversation with One Field Fallow, a queer-run venue in Brussels for artistic research, neighborhood and community work.