2025 Fungi Film Festival

Photo courtesy of Fungi Film Festival

Watch films from around the world at the Fungi Film Festival.

The Fungi Film Fest is the world’s only film festival dedicated to the beauty, weirdness and human influences of fungi. The festival explores mushrooms, lichens and micro fungi in a variety of genres.

The annual event premieres live in Portland this December. Here are the details about the upcoming showings and streaming.

2025 Fungi Film Festival

The 2025 Fungi Film Festival is at the historic Cinema 21 Theater in Portland. The festival has two screenings: Thursday, December 4 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, December 7 at 3:30 p.m. 

This year’s event features 16 films from eight countries uncovering the world of fungi. The festival lasts for about 2 hours. You also get to vote on the winner of the Audience Choice Award.

Here is the list of featured films:

• Awake: The Dark Night of the Soul (7:00) – José Antonio Márquez Arroyo (Venezuela)
• Bumps on Sticks (3:56) – Riitta Ikonen, Ben Kinsley (USA)
• Caverns and Coprophilia (7:32) – Hamilton Pevec (USA)
• Do I Know You, Mushroom? (14:47) – Morgaine Lee (Canada)
• Hyphae (2:30) – Sarah Muise (Germany)
• Lavsang: Song of the Lichens (3:30) – HC Gilje (Norway)
• Mania (3:52) – Chia-Hui Lei (Taiwan)
• Myconism (3:15) – Vittoria Ambrosi, Elena Arnoldi, Jenny Boato, Angela Trolese (Italy)
• Peaks to Prairie: A Holistic Regenerative Approach (19:59) – Chad Weber (USA)
• Ricochet Sculpture in Mycelium (15:46) – Anne-Marie Rocher (Canada)
• Savior (4:24) – Zack Bauer, Zoe Larsen (USA)
• Studies on Entangled Life (16:34) – Tuane Eggers (Brazil)
• Subsurface: Exploring Our Fungal Foundations (14:23) – Mila Marie Garelle-Essam (USA)
• Where the Mushrooms Grow (3:16) – Maggie Gercken, Claudia Andrade (USA)

You will also get access to two long-form films to steam at home, including: 

• Micocosmo: A Fungi’s World in a Festival (29:58) – Davide Menegazzi (Italy)
• Tie Die (80:08) – Morgan Miller (USA)

Tickets

Tickets are $16 per person on Thursday and $14 on Sunday. Online tickets have additional processing fees.

If you cannot attend in person, you can also stream the film festival online from December 4 to January 4.

Cinema 21 Theater is at 616 NW 21st Ave. in Portland. For more information and to buy tickets, visit the Fungi Film Festival’s website.

Want more Portland freebies, events and deals? Subscribe to my newsletter (only one email a day), and follow me on Facebook and Instagram!

You may also like:

Regal Holiday Classics Movie Series

8 Places to See a Movie for $7 or Less

Portland Video Rental Stores: A Refreshing Alternative to Streaming Services