We have reached the 8th edition of the FINCA amid a global context where all types of violence, genocide and land dispossession, culture, and rights have been internalized.

Territories are sold off, as are the dignities of many. Meanwhile, algorithms feed dominant individualism and seek to turn us into passive accomplices as we scroll from one tragedy to another without even blinking.

We have chosen to focus on Land Rights, not only because of disputes over property or the use of the land, but also as a question: What is land and what are we in relation to it? “We are people of the land,” Mapuches say, “not their owners.” Land has no owner. This year, guided by the wisdom of ancestral Indigenous Peoples and farmers, we have chosen the slogan Sembremos futuro (Sowing the future), convinced that there is no life without water, and no freedom without land.

This view does not elude the numbers that maintain inequality: in Argentina, 3% of producers own 40% of the land. In rural areas, neo-extractivism, agribusiness, and the plundering of natural resources create serious territorial conflicts that especially affect those most vulnerable.

Territorial inequality invariably means political inequality. The food produced by the land cannot continue to be thought of as a business—it is a right. Keeping it requires a collective decision. City, farm, river, land, and body, all are part of the same web of life—everything is interconnected.

In the face of this situation, we choose not to give up hope. There is an awakening that goes beyond identity—new generations are reshaping what ‘back to the land’ and language means. We are on the threshold of a new era.
Films, once again, let us draw new horizons and possible imaginaries, also opposing dystopian scenarios.

No transformation hinges merely on one unique voice, but on a community. Recognizing diversity—across genres, cultures, backgrounds, and ways of inhabiting the land—strengthens that shared bond. Just like every grain of corn on this edition’s poster, everybody can contribute by choosing what they consume, defend, listen to, and watch. No need to be a producer, activist, or specialist—only to stop looking at the land from the outside and start recognizing yourself as part of it.

So, which grain of corn are you going to contribute to this web?