Brazil, 2025 | 30 min Directors: Kamikia Kisedje, Fred Rahal 12+ Competition Documentary
Kamikia and Lewaiki, from the Khĩsêdjê people, are forced to abandon their largest village after detecting pesticide contamination that poisons their land, rivers, and food. Surrounded by soy monocultures, they fight to protect their culture, families, and territory, facing an invisible enemy that threatens their very existence.
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Kamikia Kisedj Brazil) Kamikia Kisedje is a filmmaker and photographer trained by the NGO Vídeo nasAldeias. He uses audiovisual documentation as a tool for cultural empowerment, territorial defense, and political mobilization of indigenous peoples, particularly his Khĩsêdjê community in the Wawi Indigenous Land.
Fred Rahal (Brazil) Fred Rahal is a documentary filmmaker shaped by guerrilla cinema, specializing in the conception and production of non-fiction films with a socio-environmental focus. He always works in harmony with the social and biological diversity of the territories, believing that audiovisual media are a powerful tool for listening, exchange and resistance. His work serves the stories that these communities wish to tell, helping to translate them into visual narratives capable of reaching a wider audience.
