This screening is part of the Nottingham Film Festival 2026.Chama - Portugal - 11:14
Directed by Lucas Millions Dutra
European Premiere - After having lost everything in a devastating wildfire, Luís scours the
smoldering mountain of ashes he once called home, desperate to find the only thing he has left.
On the brink of despair, he encounters Flora, a woman shrouded in mystery who could change
the course of his entire journey...
Elegy of Salt - U.S.A - 16:13
Directed by Addie Akina Knoll
Midlands Premiere - On the shores of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, a photographer with generations
of family history on Antelope Island and a Shoshone elder reflect on their relationships with a
landscape facing an environmental crisis.
Green Grass - UK - 16:45
Directed by - Aram Atkinson
Midlands Premiere - Declan is a disengaged biology student who cares more about drawing
than his degree, but now in his second year, where grades count, even his closest friends don’t
want to partner with him for this term’s assignment. Out of options, Declan is forced to work with
the new girl, Claire, a proud and ambitious Deaf eco-activist pushing through the lack of
accessibility in universities.
Impermanence - U.S.A - 25:03
Directed by Bocafloja
Filmed across Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico, Impermanence emerges as one of the few
film projects to center the experiences and contributions of racialized communities within a
discourse typically controlled by white institutional voices.
From The Dunes - UK - 2:00
Directed by - Joseph W. Harrington
The seaside village of Hemsby, UK, is famous for having some of the highest rates of coastal
erosion in the world. Between December 2025 and February 2026, 36 homes were demolished
to prevent them from falling into the sea. Harry & Luca’s family home is next. They want people
to hear about what they love about where they live and what makes is special to them. They are
not just another news headline.
Shelter - France - 8:33
Directed by Mila Jeanne Miller
After discovering that the forest sheltering the last grey wolves is about to be destroyed, two teenagers
struggle to make sense of a collapsing world, forcing them into a raw and intimate confrontation with loss,
hope, and what it means to keep fighting.
Årt - Austria - 12:14
Directed by Felix Sturmberger
In the upper reaches of the Vöckla, two scientists reintroduce endangered stone crayfish. In loud silence,
ÅRT explores conservation and the underwater world. asking what “home” means when it’s shaped not
only by place, but by the species we live alongside.
