Since the dawn of time, storytelling in community has shaped our mindset, our outlook and ultimately, our behavior. 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 5th edition, pan-India cultural event. Join us at ATREE 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:

22nd November, Friday

10:00 - 10:15 AM - Some Thoughts on the Common Toad (G. Anthony Svatek | USA | 10 mins 37 secs | English | 2023) INDIA PREMIERE

10:15 - 10:25 AM - Understorey (Claire Riverland, Lily Newcombe | Australia, Malaysia | 07 mins 06 secs | English | 2023) INDIA PREMIERE

10:25 - 10:40 AM - The Legend of Goldhorn (Lea Vucko | Slovenia | 13 mins 35 secs | No Dialogue | 2022) 

10:40 - 11:00 AM - Discussion/sharing circle

11:00 AM - 12:40 PM - My Mercury (Joëlle Chesselet, Pippa Erhlich | UK, USA | 1 hr 37 mins | English | 2023)

12:40 - 01:00 PM - Discussion/sharing circle

01:00 - 02:00 PM - Lunch

2:00 - 3:15 PM - The Night Visitors (Michael Gitlin | USA | 1 hr 12 mins | English | 2023) INDIA PREMIERE

3:15 - 4:00 PM - Discussion/Panel (by ATREE)

04:00 - 04:15 PM - Tea Break

04:15 - 06:05 PM - Sanctuary (Min-cheol Wang | South Korea | 1 hr 49 mins | Korean | 2022) INDIA PREMIERE

23rd November, Saturday

10:00 - 10:15 AM - Immaculate (Ningjing Wang | China, UK | 15 mins 40 secs | Chinese, English | 2024) INDIA PREMIERE

10:15 - 10:35 AM - Requiem for a Whale (Ido Weisman | Israel | 15 mins 27 secs | Hebrew | 2022)

10:15 - 11:45 AM - Send Kelp! (Blake McWilliam | Canada | 1 hr 29 mins | English | 2024) INDIA PREMIERE

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM - Discussion/sharing circle

12:15 - 01:00 PM - Lunch

01:00 - 02:00 PM - Walking along rivers & Collaborative Climate Action by Veditum (Siddharth Agarwal, Founder-Director)

02:00 - 02:15 PM - Lullaby of waves (Ayon Pratim Saikia | India | 15 mins 20 secs | Assamese | 2023) 

02:15 - 02:35 PM -Last Days of Summer (Stenzin Tankong | India, France | 14 mins 57 secs | Boti (Ladakhi) | 2023)

02:35 - 02:55 PM - Lunatic (Robin Noorda | Netherlands | 16 mins | English | 2024)

02:55 - 03:15 PM - A Body Called Life (Spencer MacDonald | USA, Switzerland, Poland | 14 mins 51 secs | English | 2024) INDIA PREMIERE

03:15 - 04:00 PM - Discussion/Sharing circle

04:00 - 04:15 PM - Tea Break

04:15 - 05:45 PM - The Giants (Laurence Billiet, Rachael Antony | Australia | 1 hr 30 mins | English | 2023) INDIA PREMIERE

05:45 - 06:00 PM - Discussion and Closing Note

NON-FILM PROGRAM DETAILS :

Walking along rivers & Collaborative Climate Action

What lessons did we learn from walking over 6000kms along India’s rivers? What are the challenges our rivers and communities living along rivers face? Listen to Siddharth Agarwal share river stories from Veditum India Foundation’s Moving Upstream project, and how we’re creating systems for collaborative climate action.

Speaker’s Bio:

Siddharth Agarwal has been walking across India and along India’s rivers, attempting to document and bring stories of marginalised communities and the environment into the mainstream. Since 2014, he has walked over 6000kms on these trails, including the lengths of the rivers Ganga and Ken. He is the founder of Veditum India Foundation.