Daughters of the Forest

OxDocs is a new annual documentary film festival at the University of Oxford.

We showcase the best research-embedded documentary films from around the globe, alongside talks from inspiring thinkers. Join us in our first year, at OxDocs 26, for screenings and discussions at the Ultimate Picture Palace and the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.

Daughters of the Forest

DAUGHTERS OF THE FOREST (90 min), directed by Otilia Portillo Padua, travels into the mushroom-rich forests of Mexico, where two Indigenous mycologists bring ancestral knowledge and contemporary science into conversation. Exploring the relationships between people, fungi and the wider living world, the film invites audiences to reconsider the boundaries between the visible and invisible, and between human and non-human life.

Hallucination

The first edition of OxDocs will explore the vicissitudes of hallucinatory experiences. In science, in nature, and in our daily lives, we explore its beauty and its powerful force in shaping what we call reality.

OxDocs website