The trailer has been released for Daughters of the Forest (Hijas del bosque), a sci-fi documentary directed by Otilia Portillo Padua, ahead of its North American premiere at SXSW.
The film will first world premiere at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen before screening in the Visions section at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin.
Daughters of the Forest follows Lis and Juli, two Indigenous mycologists from communities in Mexico who study the complex relationship between humans and fungi. As they share their scientific knowledge and ancestral traditions, the film explores how environmental change, deforestation, and limited opportunities threaten both ecosystems and cultural knowledge.
Blending documentary storytelling with speculative elements, the film looks at how mushrooms and mycelial networks can offer new ways of thinking about coexistence and the future.