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 Earthbound 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

4:00 pm:

DOOR OPENS

4:15 pm:

Duty of Care - The Climate Trials

6:00 pm:

Tiger Army

6:30 pm:

Haulout

7:00 pm:

Coextinction

Day 2 (Venue 1: Main Hall)

2:00 pm:

DOOR OPENS

2:15 pm:

Between Earth and Sky

2:45 pm:

Once there was a Sea....

3:15 pm:

This Mortal Plastik

3:37 pm:

Fight With Care + Q&A with Bhargav Prasad (Director)

4:10 pm:

Against the Tide

5:50 pm:

Group Discussion

7:00 pm:

Into the Ice

Day 2 :Venue 2 (Root Room)

3:30 pm:

Egret River

3:50 pm:

All Flesh Is Grass

3:55 pm:

Biopixels

4:15 pm:

Outdoor Walk and Interaction with kids

Program Details:

Duty of Care - The Climate Trials

{56:11 minutes; Nic Balthazar}

Duty of Care - The Climate Trials is the inside story of Roger Cox, the lawyer who initiated ground-breaking legal actions against the Dutch government and oil giant Shell. Dutch, English; English Subtitles

Tiger Army

{30:00 minutes; Sourav Sarangi} INDIA PREMIERE

A story of the foot-soldiers protecting tigers in the Sundarbans in India. Bengali; English Subtitles

Haulout

{25:00 minutes; Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev}

On a remote coast of the Siberian Arctic, a lonely man waits to witness an ancient gathering. Russian; English Subtitles

Coextinction

{1:33 hours; Gloria Pancrazi, Elena Jean} INDIA PREMIERE

Two female filmmakers fight alongside Indigenous leaders and scientists to protect a critically endangered species of orca, their collapsing ecosystem, and all human life in the Pacific Northwest. English; English Subtitles

Between Earth and Sky

{25:00 minutes; Andrew Nadkarni)

For her entire professional life, renowned ecologist Nalini Nadkarni pioneered climbing techniques to study "what grows back” after an ecological disturbance in the rainforest canopy. Now, after surviving a life-threatening fall from a tree, she must turn her research question onto herself in order to understand the effects of disturbance and recovery throughout her life. English; English Subtitles

Once there was a Sea....

{5:14 minutes; Joanna Kozuch}

In the footsteps of the vanished Aral Sea, whose memory still haunts the inhabitants of a small Uzbek town. A film about the consequences of human decisions, and how they can affect daily life. Polish; English Subtitles

This Mortal Plastik

{21:18 minutes; Jess Irish} INDIA PREMIERE

A personal dive into the world’s most impersonal substance: plastics. English; English Subtitles

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

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

Into the Ice

{1:30 hours; Lars Ostenfeld}

The Greenland ice sheet harbours a secret. Danish, English; 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

All Flesh is Grass

{1:34 minutes; Bethany Willacy} INDIA PREMIERE

A character discovers a mysterious fungal growth on their arm and strange visions ensue. English; 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