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 Saraya 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:

2:00 - 3:30 PM : Reading Landscape with David Holmgren (Dave Meagher | Australia | 1 hr 30 mins | English | 2023) INDIA PREMIERE

3:30 - 4:00 PM : The Feast (Virundhu) (Rishi Chandna | India | 25 mins 13 secs | Tamil | 2023) 

4:00 - 4:30 PM : Discussion/Sharing circle, crew from Feast might join in

4:30 - 5:15 PM : River Policy, Politics and a Way out of the Blame Game led by Veditum 

5:15 - 5:30 PM : Ullarivu (The Awakening) (Sumi Mathai | India | 14 mins 10 secs | Malayalam | 2023) 

5:30 - 6:00 PM : Q&A with Ullarivu

6:00 - 7:30 PM : Send Kelp! (Blake McWilliam | Canada | 1 hr 29 mins | English | 2024) INDIA PREMIERE

7:30 - 8:15 PM : Crisis of Consumption: India’s Overwhelming Waste Problem and What We Can Do About It led by Consumer for Sustainability

8:15 - 9:45 PM : My Mercury (Joëlle Chesselet, Pippa Erhlich | UK, USA | 1 hr 37 mins | English | 2023) 

9:45 - 10:00 PM : Sharing circle and closing note

NON-FILM PROGRAM DETAILS :

More Than Water: Reimagining River Governance

What is a river, really? In this conversation, we will attempt to understand these incredible systems through stories and anecdotes from India’s rivers. Explore how our understanding of rivers shapes the way we manage, govern and live with them, and how deepening this understanding can enable a reimagining of environmental governance around rivers.

Speaker’s Bio:

Rhea Lopez is a conservationist ecologist with an interest in rivers, biodiversity and communities. She explores, maps, studies and documents land-use and human-animal interactions around Goa’s rivers. Rhea works with Veditum India Foundation, a not-for-profit research, media and action oriented organization, working at the intersection of environmental and social justice.