Taken By Nature
How do we see nature? From a distance, we admire its beauty. In its surroundings, we create places of memory and culture. Yet when we come close, it can also fill us with fear.

Elysian Fields
Strong winds brush through trees in the ancient olive grove near Delphi, reminding of the wildfires that are engulfing the country every summer. Among the trees, a family struggles to recover from past flames and a persistent lack of water.
| Cinematographer | Louis Dickhaut |
| Director | Anna-Maria Dutoit |
| Editing | Anna-Maria Dutoit |
| Melanie Jilg | |
| Music | Vasiliki Anastasiou |
| Cristos Isidorou | |
| Producer | Chara Fournari |
| Anastasis Mavrogiannis | |
| Michaela Mederer |

Grimm’s Nightmare
Grimms Albtraum
Social influences are reflected in collective stories and narratives – including “Little Red Riding Hood”. But what happens when fiction and reality get mixed up and the fairytale suddenly finds itself in right-wing rhetoric?
| Cinematographer | Jonathan Jotter |
| Director | Andrea Erja |
| Sophie Lösch | |
| Editing | Miriam Märk |
| Producer | Julia Tilk |
| Jakob Wahl | |
| Production Designer | Maike Brunner |
| Luca Reuss | |
| Screenplay | Jakob Arnu |
| Sound Designer | Cornelia ‘Nelly’ Böhm |

Tuifl
Jakob and his mother live alone in a cabin in the mountains of South Tyrol. One night, young Jakob leaves the safety of the cabin to search for a runaway lamb. Now it is up to his mother to find him – before something else does.
| Animation | Adina Barth |
| Iris Maier | |
| Director | Adina Barth |
| Editing | Tillmann Seiffert |
| Music | Leon Maximilian Brückner |
| Producer | Timon Wentz |
| Adina Barth | |
| Screenplay | Jule Peuckmann |
| Sound Designer | Lukas Huber |
| Sound Mixer | Jonathan Dönges |
| Still | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg |

Per Le Kee
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A delicate relationship exists between nature and the Karen people of the village of Maekhong. It is shaped by the Karen’s culture and traditions, deeply connected to sacred forests, mists, and rivers – as well as by a belief in magical powers.
| Cinematographer | Tham Kattiyakul |
| Natthapol Kitwarasai | |
| Director | Natthapol Kitwarasai |
| Editing | Tham Kattiyakul |
| Natthapol Kitwarasai | |
| Producer | Palita Chairit |
| Tham Kattiyakul | |
| Natthapol Kitwarasai | |
| Sound Designer | Tham Kattiyakul |
| Natthapol Kitwarasai |

The Frog
Tommaso is forced to return to his hometown. There, he witnessed his mother’s tragic drowning and was accused of being responsible for the death. Traumatized by the very places he once considered home, he is forced to confront his fears and nightmares.
| Cinematographer | Davidetommaso Melatti |
| Director | Simone Paggetti |
| Editing | Giuseppe Lacava |
| Producer | Cristiano Di Felice |
| Production Designer | Martina Modugno |
| Screenplay | Simone Paggetti |
| Sound Designer | Antonio Di Lonardo |
| Sound Mixer | Matteo Francesco Del Ciotto |