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 Bangalore Creative Circus 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

2:30 pm:

DOOR OPENS

3:00 pm:

Path of the Panther + Sharing Circle

4:30 pm:

Demonstrative Workshop: Living Soils

5:00 pm:

All Day and All of the Night

5:30 pm:

Once There Was A Sea…

5:10 pm:

Mol

5:25 pm:

QnA with Amogh Bhongale, Saru Waghmare (SWaCH Cooperative) and Nalini Shekhar (Hasirudula)

6:00 pm:

Geamana

6:30 pm:

No Water No Village + Sharing Circle

7:15 pm:

Patrick and the Whale + Sharing Circle

Day 2

12:00 pm: DOOR OPENS

Eulogy for the Dead Sea

1:25 pm:

Dances of Universal Peace

2:30 pm:

Jawai

2:45 pm:

The Egret River

3:10 pm:

Fight With Care + Sharing Circle

4:00 pm:

We Are Guardians

5:30 pm:

Panel: Survival International on Tribal Rights

6:30 pm:

Biopixels

6:45 pm:

Against the Tide + Sharing Circle

Till Closing:

Interactive exhibits: Notes to Earth

Program Details:

Path of the Panther

{1:28 hours; Eric Bendick}

Drawn in by the haunting specter of the Florida panther, a wildlife photographer unites veterinarians, ranchers, conservationists, and Indigenous Peoples on the front lines of an accelerating battle between forces of renewal and destruction that have pushed the Everglades to the brink of ecological collapse. English; English Subtitles

All Day and 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

Mol

{13:54 minutes, Kavita Carneiro}

Mol 'मोल(Worth)' is an ethnographic history of the waste picker movement in Pune, told through individual stories of empowerment, transformation and resilience. Marathi, Hindi; English Subtitles

Geamana

{21:25 minutes; Matthäus Wörle} INDIA PREMIERE

On the edge of the past, Valeria Praţa strives for her present - and is threatened by the future. German; English Subtitles

No Water No Village

{29 minutes, Munmun Dhalaria}

Can India's highest villages survive without snow? English, Hindi, Tibetan, Urdu; English Subtitles

Patrick and The Whale

{1:12 hours; Mark Fletcher} INDIA PREMIERE

An inspiring and engaging tale of Patrick Dykstra and a sperm whale, “Dolores.” English; English Subtitles

Eulogy for the Dead Sea

{1:20 hours; Polina Teif} INDIA PREMIERE

As the longest occupation in modern history ensues, the Dead Sea, a sacred body of water in the lowest place on earth becomes a site where a politically-driven environmental disaster threatens a once flourishing environment. Arabic, English, Hebrew; English Subtitles

Jawai

{22:58 minutes; Katya Ignatiev)

Hidden away in a corner of Rajasthan, a tribe live in harmony with their resident leopards. 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

Fight With Care

{30 minutes; Bhargav Prasad, Qurratul AIn}

The expanding industrial infrastructure on Chennai's coast threatens the fragile ecology of Ennore-Pulicat wetlands. These wetlands protect Chennai from floods and their fertile waters sustain diverse artisanal fishing villages. Fight with Care brings you the voices of fisherwomen who maintain this delicate ecosystem through everyday acts of care. English, Tamil; English Subtitles

We Are Guardians

{1:22 hours; Edivan Guajajara, Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman} INDIA PREMIERE

As the Indigenous forest guardians of the Tenetehara fend off the incessant encroachment of illegal loggers and invaders, a global story erupts entwining science, politics and ultimately the fate of the Amazon rainforest. English, Portuguese; English Subtitles

Biopixels

{3:28 minutes; Kristina Dutton}

Biopixels uses the latest microscope technology to explore evolutionary biology through the wings of butterflies. English; English Subtitles

Against the Tide

{1:37 hours; Sarvnik Kaur}

Two friends, both indigenous Koli Fishermen in Bombay, are driven to desperation by a dying sea. Their friendship begins to fracture as they take very different paths to provide for their struggling families. Hindi, Marathi; English Subtitles