Only on Earth

Director: Robin Petré
2025 In distribution
92 min

SYNOPSIS

ONLY ON EARTH takes us on an immersive and visually striking journey into Southern Galicia, one of Europe’s most vulnerable wildfire zones. During the hottest summer on record, both humans and animals struggle to cope as inextinguishable fires draw closer.

Wild horses have roamed the Galician mountains for centuries, playing a crucial role in fire prevention by curbing flammable undergrowth – but their numbers are dwindling as human development clashes with nature. Through the eyes of the horses, a young cowboy, a seasoned fire analyst, a devoted equine vet, and a farming family on the frontlines, the film reflects on the fragile balance of our natural world and human-animal relations.

Key crew

Direction and Script: Robin Petré
Production countries: Spain (Polar Star Films), Denmark (Hansen & Pedersen)
Executive Producers: Carles Brugueras, Marieke van den Bersselaar, Malene Flindt Pedersen, Signe Skov Thomsen
Cinematography: Maria Grazia Goya
Edition: Charlotte Munch Bengtsen
Production Manager: Isis López
Sound Recording: Eneko Balzategui

Festivals

Berlinale, 2025 (Germany) – Section “Generation Kplus”. World Premiere
Thessaloniki International Doc Fest, 2025 (Greece) – Section “Open Horizons”
CPH:DOX 2025
San Francisco IFF 2025
Crossing Europe FF 2025
Crossing Europe FF 2025
Docs Barcelona 2025
DOK.fest Munich 2025
Millennium Docs Against Gravity FF 2025
Sydney Film Festival – Nominated in the Sustainable Future Award
CinemAmbiente – Nominated in the International Competition
FICMEC Festival 2025 – Oficial Section
FICG Guadalajara Intl. Film Festival – Nominated in the Socio-Ambiental Competition
Mediterrane Film Festival – Nominated in the Mare Nostrum Competition
Film without borders – Bad Saarow on Lake Scharmützel International Filmfest 2025
Dokufest 2025 – Nominatede in Green Dox
Blue Planet Future Festival 2025- Climate Crisis NOW Section
Makedox Film Festival – Nominated to the Newcomers Competition
Film Festival della Lessinia – Nominated in the International Competition
EIDF – EBS Intl. Documentary Festival
Nordisk Panorama Film Festival 2025 – Best Nordic Documentary
Nature Film Festival, Darß 2025
Asunción International Contemporary Film Festival 2025 – Feature International Competition
Mirage FF 2025 – Oficial Seleccion
Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary 2025 – International Competition
BFI London 2025 – Nominated in the a Extraordinary Documentary Competition
Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF) – Nominated for Best Documentary
Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival – International Forum 2025
Another way Film Festival 2025 – Impact Section
Adelaide Film Festival- Nominated for the Change Award
Prague Science Film Fest – Nominated in the International Competition
Centre Film Festival 2025 – Documentary Features
Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2025 – Doc Future Competition
Porto Post Doc – International Competition 2025
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm 2025

Awards

Best Documentary Feature Film– FICMEC Festival, 2025
Best Photography – Millennium Docs Against Gravity, 2025
Special Mention: Warsaw Green Award – Millennium Docs Against Gravity, 2025
Best Nordic Documentary – Nordisk Panorama Film Festival

Press

20 February 2025
El País
Interview with Robin Petré

19 February 2025
Micropsia Cine
“ONLY ON EARTH manages to perfectly convey not only the damage that the fire is causing in the communities but, and perhaps this is its greatest achievement, to show the resilience and effort of the local inhabitants who see what is happening with fear and anguish but continue to fight to confront it. “

19 February 2025
Film-Rezensionen
“Only on Earth is not one of those moralizing documentaries that try to lecture the audience (…). Petré speaks of the impending environmental catastrophe that is coming our way as a result of climate change. (…) The work (…) uses these juxtapositions to show what is at stake for all of us, but without packing it into leaden monologues. Petré prefers to let the images speak for themselves.”

19 February 2025
Overly Honest Reviews
“sometimes, a film immerses its viewers in the depths of the horror that the planet is suffering. ONLY ON EARTH does exactly that”
“crafts an intimate and stunning journey”
“With its deeply personal approach, breathtaking cinematography, and quietly urgent message, this film refuses to be ignored.”

18 February 2025
International Cinephile Society
4/5 stars
“That rare film which offers a roadmap to our survival but also finds a way to burrow itself deep into the crevices of our subconscious, changing the way we do things in our daily lives”
“watching it – by any means necessary – is a must”

17 February 2025
Quinlan.it
score 7.5/10
“the striking feature is the particular power of the visual framework”

14 February 2025
Business Doc Europe
Interview with director Robin Petré

15 Ferbuary 2025
Cineuropa
Interview with director Robin Petré

15 February 2025
Cinephilia.gr
“a multidimensional, technically daring and thoughtful documentary”
” with patience and persistence reminiscent of the cinematic ways of Gianfranco Rosi, Robin Petré lets the landscape, natural and social, speak for itself”