Humboldt USA

World premiere: Visions du Réel 2026 / International Feature Film Competition

Countless places across the United States still bear the name of Alexander von Humboldt — queer naturalist, visionary ecologist, now largely forgotten. The longing filmmaker uses three of them as unlikely common ground, weaving Humboldt's own words through present-day lives: urban activists greening neglected neighbourhoods, scientists scanning redwood forests, hunters returning bighorn sheep to protected land. Across generations and landscapes, Humboldt USA asks what remains of a vision of "interconnectedness."

A FILM BY G. Anthony Svatek | USA | 2026 | 89’