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 Harkat Studios 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:

4:00 - 5:30 PM : Demon Mineral

5:30 - 6:30 PM : A Warning and a Catalogue: The Great Nicobar Betrayal with Prof. Pankaj Sheksaria (IIT-B)

6:30 - 6:45 PM : Chai Break

6:45-7:45 PM : Miles Away

7:45-8:15 PM : Q&A

8:15-8:30 PM : A Body Called Life

8:30-8:45 PM : Lunatic

8:45-9:30 PM : ALT EFF Voices: With prompts and/or select curation provided by us, this is an open-mic for audiences to express themselves

PROGRAM DETAILS:

Demon Mineral (Hadley Austin | USA | 1 hr 29 mins | Diné, English | 2023)

Demon Mineral documents the ongoing struggle of indigenous communities in the radioactive deserts of the American Southwest. Spanning the breadth of the Navajo Nation, in a landscape perforated by abandoned uranium mines, the film unearths the thousand-years-long project of reclaiming sacred homeland, shedding light on the enduring connection between the Navajo people and their environment.

Miles Away (Megha Acharya | India | 50 mins | Bundeli, Hindi | 2023)

The film follows the journey of three women who work at a brick kiln on the outskirts of a city in North India, in the midst of extreme rains and a global pandemic. What unfolds is a story of mobility, debt and the everyday lives of the caste-oppressed women, whose labour is both crucial and too often invisible, in the story of a rapidly urbanising global India.

A Body Called Life (Spencer MacDonald | USA, Switzerland, Poland | 14 mins 51 secs | English | 2024)

In A Body Called Life, reclusive young man James explores the world of microscopic organisms, forming a deep connection with these tiny creatures and gaining a significant online following. Through this journey, he seeks to understand his place in the universe and confront his past scars. The film, adapted from James’s Instagram posts and featuring a score by Dan Deacon, is a personal exploration of self-discovery and healing.

Lunatic (Robin Noorda | Netherlands | 16 mins | English | 2024)

The film follows Antonio, a lonely astronaut stranded on the moon after coming out. With the Moon Guard statue symbolising protection against space debris, Antonio confronts the threat of Kessler syndrome, which endangers communications with cascading collisions. He tries terraforming the moon and meets the all-knowing `I Am AI,` who narrates. Reflecting on humanity’s impact, Antonio muses: “It is one small scrap by man, one giant heap by mankind.”