Since the dawn of time, storytelling in community has shaped our mindset, our outlook and ultimately, our behaviour. With record heat, oscillating droughts & floods,

fires, melting glaciers (and ... you know the rest) our current narrative needs some course correcting.

All Living Things Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF) is back for a 4th edition, pan-India cultural event. Join us at Alliance Française de Bombay for a unique evening of cinema, art & community. Watch award-winning global films on regeneration, activism, resilience and hope and engage in conversations with India’s most inspiring change-makers. Let’s restore the narrative of stewardship, together. All are welcome!

Program

Day 1

3:00 pm:

DOOR OPENS

3:30 pm:

The Last Seed

All Day and All of the Night

The Egret River

Climate Anxiety: Jehanzeb Baldiwala and Jill Sanghvi (Narrative Practices India)

Deep Rising

Day 2

6:00 pm:

DOOR OPENS

6:30 pm:

Pleistocene Park

Day 3

6:00 pm:

DOOR OPENS

6:30 pm:

Joy

Leopard’s Tribe + QnA with Miriam Chandy Menacherry (Director)

Program Details:

The Last Seed

{1:17 hours; Andréa Gema)

The Last Seed focuses on broad themes relating to the state of food and agriculture in Africa in the 21st century. English, Swahili; English Subtitles

All Day All of the Night

{8:40 minutes, Priya Naresh}

The film is about the relationship that a 13-year old girl has with water while living next to Ahmedabad’s largest landfill, Pirana. Gujrati, Hindi; English Subtitles

Egret River

{4:02 minutes; Wan-Ling Liu)

A man and an egret lose their secret field and then decide to find a new one. No dialogues

Deep Rising

{1:33 hours; Matthieu Rytz} INDIA PREMIERE

Narrated by Jason Momoa, Deep Rising illuminates the vital relationship between the deep ocean and sustaining life on Earth. English; English Subtitles

Pleistocene Park

{1:41 hours, Luke Griswold-Tergis} INDIA PREMIERE

Can two Russian scientists stave off a worst case scenario of global environmental catastrophe and reshape humanity’s relationship with the natural world? English, Russian; English Subtitles

Joy

{22:00 minutes; Aner Etxebarria} INDIA PREMIERE

Joy, a young forest ranger, combines the education of her two children with her commitment to protect the only family of mountain gorillas in the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda. English; English Subtitles

Leopard's Tribe

{40 minutes, Miriam Chandy Menacherry}

An indigenous family find they are at the centre of an imaginative battle to preserve the green lungs of India’s commercial capital and the leopard the tribe worships. English, Hindi, Marathi; English Subtitles

Panelists and Directors

Miriam Chandy Menacherry

Miriam, Founder Director of Filament Pictures, is celebrated for her award-winning social documentaries, including "From the Shadows" and "The Leopard’s Tribe." A Global Media Makers Fellow, she earned the Hatched 2023 grant for impactful screenings. Miriam's films, featured on global networks, have garnered acclaim, with awards at One World Media Awards. As a jury member at the IDA awards, Kashish LGBTQ Festival, and IDPA Awards, she advocates for underreported stories and gender parity in cinema. Recipient of the India Foundation for the Arts research grant, Miriam studies the Women in Cinema Collective's work.

Jill Sanghvi

Jill Sanghvi has a PhD. in Psychology from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Masters in Applied Psychology from Mumbai University and a Masters in Mental Health Counseling from Pace University, New York. She is a therapist, supervisor, trainer and co-founder of Narrative Practices India. Jill has been part of Ummeed Child Development Center since 2009 and is visiting faculty at Mumbai University.