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 Kerala Museum 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:

30th November, Saturday

11:00 - 11:10 AM : Introduction

11:10 - 11:20 AM : Traditional engineers reduce water stress: Kattas of Kerala (Jyotsna Richhariya| India | 10 mins 05 secs | English,Kannada and Tullu | 2024) Film

11:20 - 11:45 AM : The Feast (Virundhu) (Rishi Chandna | India | 25 mins 13 secs | Tamil | 2023)

11:45 - 12:15 PM : Discussion/Sharing circle

12:15 - 1:10 PM : New Boats (Lansana Mansaray a.k.a Barmmy Boy | Sierra Leone, South Africa | 49 mins | English, Krio, Temne | 2022) INDIA PREMIERE

1:10 - 2:00 PM : LUNCH

2:00 - 2:20 PM : The Forest Of The Honey Bees (Erwan Le Gal | France | 20 mins | French | 2024) 

2:20 - 4:00 PM : Send Kelp! (Blake McWilliam | Canada | 1 hr 29 mins | English | 2024) INDIA PREMIERE

4:00 - 5:00 PM : Sharing circle & ALT EFF Voices: With prompts and/or select curation provided by us, this is an open-mic for audiences to express themselves

5:00 - 5:30 PM : Janal Talk by the Coexistence Consortium Team

1st December, Sunday

11:00 - 11:10 AM : Introduction

11:10 - 11:25 AM : Ullarivu (The Awakening) (Sumi Mathai | India | 14 mins 10 secs | Malayalam | 2023) 

11:25 - 12:00 PM : Q&A with the filmmaker of Ullarivu

12:00 - 1:35 PM : Once Upon a Time in a Forest (Virpi Suutari | Finland | 1 hr 33 mins | Finnish, English | 2024) INDIA PREMIERE

1:35 - 2:15 PM : LUNCH

2:15 - 2:30 PM : Searching for soppu: Foraging food in Bengaluru (Ridah Zaman | India | 9 mins 20 secs | Kannada, English | 2024)

2:30 - 3:40 PM : Foragers (Jumana Manna | Palestine | 1 hr 03 mins | Arabic, Hebrew | 2022) INDIA PREMIERE

3:40 - 4:15 PM : ALT EFF Voices: With prompts and/or select curation provided by us, this is an open-mic for audiences to express themselves

4:15 - 4:30 PM : The Ngamees (Fisherfolks) of the Last Wetlands (Meena Longjam | India | 15 mins 02 secs | Manipuri | 2023) INDIA PREMIERE

4:30 - 5:00 PM : Q&A with the Ngamees of the Last Wetlands

5:00 - 5:30 PM : Screening of Mangrove Man of Kumbalangi by Shawn Sebastian, followed by a panel discussion with Shawn Sebastian and T. P. Murukesan (The Mangrove Man) (Organised by Kerala Msueum)

NON-FILM PROGRAM DETAILS :

ALT EFF Voices:

ALT EFF Voices is a dynamic spoken-word platform that will be a key feature of our annual festival, providing a space for individuals to share their personal stories, thoughts, and observations on the pressing environmental challenges we face today. With ALT EFF Voices' inaugural edition during ALT EFF 2024, we hope people of all ages and backgrounds will feel free to channel their grief, anger, hope, and passion into powerful yet creative messages about our environment.

Janal Talk on Environment & Women by Dr. C. S. Chandrika (organised by Kerala Museum)Screening of Mangrove Man of Kumbalangi by Shawn

Sebastian, followed by a panel discussion with Shawn Sebastian and T. P. Murukesan (The Mangrove Man) (Organised by Kerala Msueum)