{"id":30873,"date":"2025-08-02T22:44:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T02:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=30873"},"modified":"2025-08-04T06:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:03:17","slug":"films-across-the-festival-circuit-that-question-the-anthropocene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=30873","title":{"rendered":"Films Across The Festival Circuit That Question The Anthropocene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Human dominion on Earth is epitomised by the Anthropocene. Our species has become the main cause of all the phenomena that have warped the balance of organisms, land, water, and the atmosphere. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If the dark side of mankind has channeled its rationale to exploit the resources of the Earth, the bright side has encouraged the creative field to serve as a clarion call for the urgencies of our time. In the field of motion pictures, there\u2019s a growing number of cinematic tales that spread awareness on the ecological and social impact of the climate crisis. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Four films in particular, that have been traveling across the international festival circuit, have potently captured the issue in question. <\/span><span class=\"s2\">The audiovisual journey starts in the United States, it proceeds through Oceania, it traverses Asia and concludes in the Old Continent, specifically in a tiny Italian village.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Ancient Greeks defined the \u2018<\/span><span class=\"s1\">affairs of the cities\u2019 the decision-making of selected groups concerning the activities on the distribution of resources, i.e. politics. If cognitive abilities and language have crowned humans as the superior species, the way we put them to use is catastrophic. The film that effectively captures how politics are being put in practice in a destructive way is the investigative documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/snakeandwhale.com\"><b><i>The Snake and The Whale<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">, that has recently been at the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.festivalsiciliambiente.it\"><span class=\"s3\">SiciliAmbiente Film Festival<\/span><\/a> and is also part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/greenpointfilmfestival.org\"><span class=\"s3\">Greenpoint Film Festival<\/span><\/a> line-up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">The title plays on the ambiguity of two animals competing against each other, but the snake in question is the vicious, slimy and venomous human corruption. Over the past 50 years, four federal dams impounding the Lower Snake River in Washington State have been identified as the cause for the demise of all of Idaho\u2019s anadromous fish, that are a<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>vital component of the food chain of orcas \u2014 that are on the brink of extinction. What is bewildering is that this ongoing ecological disaster is done in the name of grain that travels by barge. The wheat, besides having the river as a course of transportation, also travels by railway, an option which surely could be implemented. It\u2019s beyond belief that in the 21<\/span><span class=\"s4\"><sup>st<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> century the economic sustainability of Washington\u2019s crop farmers hasn\u2019t considered an alternative to what is annihilating the marine fauna in the area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30875\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Snake-and-The-Whale.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"913\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Snake-and-The-Whale.jpeg 913w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Snake-and-The-Whale-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Snake-and-The-Whale-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Snake-and-The-Whale-696x464.jpeg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The beating heart of <a href=\"https:\/\/snakeandwhale.com\"><span class=\"s5\"><b><i>The Snake and The Whale<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a> is the investigative journalist and director of the film John Carlos Frey, who valiantly does not give up on holding those in positions of power to account. He does not hold back in exposing the lies of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Bonneville Power Administration, and some members of Congress, who insist on what they define as strategic importance of the dams for the region\u2019s economy and energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">The film produced by Scott Levy and Mary Grant \u2014 besides shining a light on a propaganda machine that works to keep the public in the dark \u2014 celebrates the symbiotic relationship that exists between orcas and some of the region\u2019s inhabitants. The empathy that emerges reiterates the importance of interconnectedness amongst all Earthlings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30876\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Snake-and-the-Whale2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Snake-and-the-Whale2.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Snake-and-the-Whale2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Snake-and-the-Whale2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Snake-and-the-Whale2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Snake-and-the-Whale2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Snake-and-the-Whale2-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Snake-and-the-Whale2-1068x801.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">There\u2019s another film that exposes a habitat that has been compromised, and in this case is at risk of disappearing forever. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oceaniathefilm.com\"><span class=\"s5\"><b><i>OCEANIA:\u00a0journey\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0center<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a>, shot over the course of eight years by director Natalie Zimmerman, has been at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ischiafilmfestival.it\/index.php\/it\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Ischia Film Festival<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mvff.com\"><span class=\"s3\">Mill Valley International Film Festival<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cinematecanacionalcce.com\/evento\/festival-ecoador-oceania-viaje-al-centro\/\"><span class=\"s3\">ECOador Film Festival<\/span><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/climatefilmfestival.co.uk\"><span class=\"s3\">Frome Climate Film Festival<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">The documentary begins at the centre of the planet on a coral atoll that is expected to become uninhabitable by 2030, due to rising sea levels and temperatures brought by climate change. We are in Kiribati, and follow the day to day struggles of a mother and her adult son, who strive to preserve their culture, that has been tainted by colonisers since the mid-1800s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30877\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Oceania-Journey-to-the-Center.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Oceania-Journey-to-the-Center.png 1920w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Oceania-Journey-to-the-Center-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Oceania-Journey-to-the-Center-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Oceania-Journey-to-the-Center-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Oceania-Journey-to-the-Center-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Oceania-Journey-to-the-Center-696x392.png 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Oceania-Journey-to-the-Center-1068x601.png 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">This lyrical documentary, co-written by Tekinati Ruka, presents for the first time on the silver screen the concept of climate change refugees. The havoc inflicted on the indigenous culture and the environment is shown through multiple perspectives pertaining to scientific data, historical background and philosophical reverberation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oceaniathefilm.com\"><b><i>OCEANIA:\u00a0journey\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0center<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\"> is a visual elegy, a story of cultural survival, and a profound cry to the world. It\u2019s an experiential opportunity to ponder upon <\/span><span class=\"s1\">the need to take<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>action to save a community that struggles to stay afloat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31011\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Oceania-Journey-to-the-Center2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Oceania-Journey-to-the-Center2.png 554w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Oceania-Journey-to-the-Center2-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Another film presented at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ischiafilmfestival.it\/index.php\/it\/\"><span class=\"s6\">Ischia Film Festival<\/span><\/a>, which was also featured at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-at-sea.com\/en\/\"><span class=\"s6\">Okinawa Pan Pacific International Film Festival<\/span><\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ithra.com\/en\/visit-ithra\/attractions\/cinema\/saudi-film-festival-11\"><span class=\"s6\">Saudi Film Festival<\/span><\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/ficx.tv\/en\/peliculas\/river-returns_eng\/\"><span class=\"s6\">Gijon International Film Festival<\/span><\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/jccc.on.ca\/film\/river-returns\"><span class=\"s6\">Toronto Japanese Film Festival<\/span><\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.culture-pub.jp\/hikarukawa-en\/\"><b><i>River Returns<\/i><\/b><\/a>, directed and edited by Masakazu Kaneko. This delicate fairytale, that shifts from period piece to fantasy, blends legend and time travel to reflect upon the environmental crisis and loss of values.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">The story begins in the late summer of 1958, and is seen through the eyes of a young boy named Yucha, who lives in a riverside village that is constantly threatened by typhoons. The child gets acquainted with a flood legend, which has long been passed down through the community from a Kami-Shibai (paper theatre) storyteller. The tale involves a couple of star-crossed lovers from an unsaid period of time: Oyo and Saku. According to the legend, the broken-hearted girl drowned herself in a lagoon and her grief caused great floods every few decades ever since. Yucha has the chance to set things right, with a special ritual. His mission to restore harmony sets an example to reinstate a sense of care towards our planet and all its past, present and future living beings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30879\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/River_Returns_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/River_Returns_1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/River_Returns_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/River_Returns_1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/River_Returns_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/River_Returns_1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/River_Returns_1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/River_Returns_1-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.culture-pub.jp\/hikarukawa-en\/\"><b><i>River Returns<\/i><\/b><\/a>, also mentions how men in Yucha\u2019s time are drawn towards speculative construction, and are willing to disfigure the naturalistic surroundings. Through a fabulist narration, the film provides insight on the way Japan\u2019s mountains were home to diverse forest ecosystems, which are an essential source of water and a primary element for life. Nature\u2019s bounty has been jeopardised by the advent of modernisation, through the deforestation enacted to provide timber. If Heraclitus believed in the idea of <i>panta rhei \u2014<\/i> that everything flows \u2014 the film shows the process of change through a flux of water reprised by the innocent \u201cnew\u201d generation of the post-war period. Thus, Yucha becomes the inspirational role model to follow in order to save our world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30880\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/River-Returns2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1049\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/River-Returns2.png 1049w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/River-Returns2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/River-Returns2-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/River-Returns2-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/River-Returns2-696x392.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1049px) 100vw, 1049px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">When it comes to the preservation of communities from man-inducted disasters, another film that powerfully captures this \u2014 and has conquered the festival circuit far and wide<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u2014 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.incipitfilm.com\/works\/la-luna-sottacqua\/?lang=en\"><b><i>The Moon Beneath The Water<\/i><\/b><\/a> directed by Alessandro Negrini.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">This docu-dream depicts a beguiling portrait of the community of Erto, an Italian village in the Dolomites, that 60 years ago suffered a huge human provoked hazard: the Vajont disaster. On the evening of October 9<\/span><span class=\"s4\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> of 1963, 260 million cubic metres of rock broke off from the top of Monte Toc (nicknamed by locals The Walking Mountain, due to its tendency to experience landslides), on the border between Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia, falling into the reservoir of the Vajont Dam. This structure had been completed in 1959 to obtain hydroelectric energy from the various basins present in the area. It was one of the biggest in the world at the time, and still is one of the tallest in the world. The disaster produced an enormous wave of at least 50 million cubic meters of water, and the flooding destroyed several villages in the valley, killing almost 2,000 people. As a consequence a third of the population of Longarone, the largest village downstream of the dam, perished.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30881\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/La-Luna-SottAcqua-1536x864-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/La-Luna-SottAcqua-1536x864-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/La-Luna-SottAcqua-1536x864-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/La-Luna-SottAcqua-1536x864-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/La-Luna-SottAcqua-1536x864-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/La-Luna-SottAcqua-1536x864-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/La-Luna-SottAcqua-1536x864-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Over the past 10 years, director Alessandro Negrini has filmed the mayor fighting together with his people, reclaiming their right not to be abandoned by the national institutions. The cinematic voyage is lead by the most influential overseer of all: Mother Nature. The environment is one with the community, that is dedicated to create a work of art out of the nefarious dam. The collective efforts come to life as a mosaic, characterised by single portraits that denounce with poetic harshness a tragic moment in history, that today is trying to be exorcised by the resilience of Erto\u2019s inhabitants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.incipitfilm.com\/works\/la-luna-sottacqua\/?lang=en\"><b><i>The Moon Beneath The Water<\/i><\/b><\/a> coalesces exquisite black and white footage with vintage coloured recordings, accompanied by the honeyed narrating voice of Maria Pia Di Meo \u2014 the Italian actress who has dubbed the likes of Meryl Streep<\/span><span class=\"s7\">, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Barbra Streisand<\/span><span class=\"s7\">, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Audrey Hepburn<\/span><span class=\"s7\">, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Julie Andrews<\/span><span class=\"s7\">, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Joanne Woodward<\/span><span class=\"s7\">, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Julie Christie<\/span><span class=\"s7\">, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Jane Fonda<\/span><span class=\"s7\">, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Faye Dunaway<\/span><span class=\"s7\">, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Vanessa Redgrave<\/span><span class=\"s7\">, and <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Catherine Deneuve<\/span><span class=\"s7\">, to mention a few.<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> Contemporary interviews transform into visionary portraitures of men captured in oneiric desolation. The cinematography of the film seems to have jumped off a Claude Monet canvas, as it gets lulled by sounds of a music box or the songs of French channsonier Gilbert B\u00e9caud, through a Felliniesque approach that glorifies magical realism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30882\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/La-luna-sottacqua-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/La-luna-sottacqua-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/La-luna-sottacqua-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">The film by Alessandro Negrini goes full circle with the journey that began with <a href=\"https:\/\/snakeandwhale.com\"><b><i>The Snake and The Whale<\/i><\/b><\/a>, where dams have proven to cause more pain than benefits. As the moon \u2014 epitome of purity and inspirer of delicate souls \u2014 is submerged by the ripple effect of mankind\u2019s wrongdoing, causing the dissipation of a community and landscape, just like in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oceaniathefilm.com\"><b><i>OCEANIA:\u00a0journey\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0center<\/i><\/b><\/a>. Eventually, nature\u2019s ability to endure and survive allows everything to glide and find a transformative circulation, just like in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.culture-pub.jp\/hikarukawa-en\/\"><b><i>River Returns<\/i><\/b><\/a>. Thus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.incipitfilm.com\/works\/la-luna-sottacqua\/?lang=en\"><b><i>The Moon Beneath The Water<\/i><\/b><\/a> keeps shining through, even when it\u2019s drowned by an avalanche of adversities. After all, with its discreet grace, the moon is capable of making waves and affect our tides. This serves as a reminder of how in the darkest of settings a discreet presence can serve as a propulsive force, one we can all emulate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">The craft of moving pictures can be essential to compose a choir of voices, that chants in unison a song of resistance. Therefore a multitude of films \u2014 made by cineastes from different parts of the globe \u2014 can nurture the collective unconscious, triggering the human race to embark upon the most important journey for our planet, that of healing. One that will make our species sympathetic enough to be worthy of the name human \u201ckind.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/chiara-spagnoli-gabardi\/\">Check out more of Chiara\u2019s articles<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human dominion on Earth is epitomised by the Anthropocene. Our species has become the main cause of all the phenomena that have warped the balance of organisms, land, water, and the atmosphere. If the dark side of mankind has channeled its rationale to exploit the resources of the Earth, the bright side has encouraged the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":30874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,20471],"tags":[11886,27866,27852,308,5633,27853,16541,27263,21225,27863,27848,27861,24677,27849,27867,27856,27870,27864,27846,1653,10599,27841,202,27869,27871,27868,27843,27859,1881,27847,27845,27844,27854,27860,27858,27855,27842,27840,27850,27865,27839,27857,27862,10453,27851],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Films Across The Festival Circuit That Question The Anthropocene | Cinema Daily US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Snake and The Whale, OCEANIA:\u00a0journey\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0center, River Returns 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