Seventh ANNUAL 2026 FOOD JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL
COMING OCT. 22-25. STAY TUNED.
Presented by the Center for Biological Diversity
COMING OCT. 22-25. STAY TUNED.
Presented by the Center for Biological Diversity
Highlighting links between indigenous seed systems and seed sharing, food sovereignty and cultural heritage, and creating a more sustainable food system by phasing out pesticide use and shifting towards agroecological farming.
2026 featured films:
Seeding Change: Farming Beyond Neonics
Toxic Harvest: The Hidden Truth About Pesticides
Features Mexico’s escalating battle with the U.S. to defend its biodiversity, food sovereignty, and cultural heritage. At the heart of the conflict is a U.S. push to force Mexico to adopt GMO corn and industrial farming practices, threatening the nation’s traditional agriculture and environmental health. In response, the Mexican government and advocacy groups have risen to resist these efforts, igniting a powerful fight to protect food sovereignty, biodiversity, and sustainability.
From Quebec farms to Cornell field trials, farmers and researchers explore what cultivating a future without neonicotinoid (‘neonic’) treated seeds could look like in the Northeast U.S. and beyond as bans increasingly take effect on the world’s most widely used insecticide.
A gripping documentary feature film that uncovers the devastating impacts of agrotoxins, highlighting the use of highly hazardous pesticides in South Africa. Through powerful firsthand accounts from farm workers and eye-opening expert interviews, the film exposes how these toxic chemicals poison our soils, water, and food, affecting us all. With striking visuals and shocking revelations, it calls for urgent action to phase out harmful pesticides and a shift towards agroecological farming.
This film explores how corporate capture has threatened farmer seed, which remains the foundation of agricultural biodiversity and food systems globally and in Africa, while celebrating the communities that continue to safeguard this vital heritage and fight to reclaim their rights to their seed.
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