Only on Earth

Only on Earth invites us into Galicia’s most vulnerable landscapes during the hottest, driest summer on record where wildfire isn’t just a threat, but a trembling future comes alive. In this shifting terrain, humans and animals become co-authors of resilience. We sense the horses as guardians of a fragile balance; also a veterinarian’s tenderness, a firefighter’s exhaustion, a young herder’s troubled glance. The film unfolds less as reportage and more as reflection, a sensual choreography of dust, hoofbeats, and heatwaves, held together by the hum of memory, the weight of loss, and the flickering hope of repair. Without prescribing answers, it asks us to see how tradition, empathy, and attention might persist in a world on fire, and how belonging can be rewritten through care in the cracks.

Director’s Statement:

I didn’t want to lead, but to listen, Only on Earth is an invitation to feel what we’re becoming on this planet, alongside what we’ve always been.