ALT EFF 2025 <> ATREE

In a world where the old stories of domination over nature no longer hold, we stand at a crossroads: regeneration or collapse. What will be (y)our legacy?

All Living Things Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF), the world’s largest decentralised film festival, is back for its 6th edition with groundbreaking cinema that reframes our gaze toward stories of renewal, resilience, and hope.

Join us at Pushpalata Vidya Mandir for a unique evening of climate cinema, art, and community. Expect stellar films, rich conversations, and the kind of community you’ve been waiting to meet.

PROGRAMME:

8th December 2025, Monday

9:30 - 9:40 AM: Reviving Rare Native Plants - One Seedling at a time (Karthic SS | India | 9 mins | English, Tamil | 2025)

9:40 - 10:00 AM: Seaspeaker (Parvathi Nayar | India | 16 mins | Tamil | 2024)

10:00 - 10:15 AM: Weeds (Pola Kazak | Czech Republic | 14 mins | No Dialogue | 2024)

10:15 - 10:55 AM: Discussion/ Sharing circle on Indigenous Knowledge

10:55 - 11:05 AM: The Last Garden (Eloise Jenninger | UK | 8 mins | No Dialogue | 2024) INDIA PREMIERE

11:05 - 11:15 AM: Desi Oon (Suresh Eriyat | India | 8 mins | Hindi | 2025)

11:15 - 11:30 AM: Phir Bhi (Even So) (Meghna Nandy | India | 16 mins | English, Hindi, Gujarati | 2024)

11:30 - 12:10 PM: Activity on local flora and fauna conservation

12:10 - 12:25 PM: Break

12:25 - 12:30 PM: Cacophony (Vincent Coudroy de Lille | France | 4 mins | No dialogue | 2024) INDIA PREMIERE

12:30 - 12:35 PM: Shelling Out: A tale of crabitat loss (Leesha K Nair | India | 4 mins | English | 2024)

12:35 - 1:20 PM: Activity and discussion- what causes noise pollution and habitat loss for animals and birds in the city, drawing, ideas to prevent it

1:20 - 1:30 PM: Ghughuti Ki Maala (The Garland of Ghughuti) (Ketan Pal | India | 10 mins | Kumaoni | 2025)

9th December 2025, Tuesday

9:30 - 9:45 AM: HOW WATER MAKES CLIMATE (Rosa Pannitschka, Ludwig Schramm | Portugal | 12 mins | English | 2023)

9:45 - 10:25 AM: Discussion/activity on water cycle and conservation

10:25 - 10:35 AM: Boon of the Curse: Unholy Chambal (Shivang Mehta | India | 9 mins | English | 2025)

10:35 - 10:50 AM: Kharvan- in search of the Elusive one (Nitya Navelkar | India | 17 mins | Konkani, English | 2024)

10:50 - 11:20 AM: Discussion/activity on rivers and wetlands and the fauna they support

11:20 - 11:35 AM: Break

11:35 - 12:00 PM: Down The Drain (Nitya Misra | India | 22 mins | English, Kannada, Hindi | 2025)

12:00 - 12:15 PM: Eco India: We need to fix landfills - here's how (Albert Steinberger | Germany | 13 mins | English | 2024)

12:15 - 12:55 PM: Discussion/ Activity on waste management, 3Rs

12:55 - 1:45 PM: The Dooars World (Shaon Pritam Baral | India | 47 mins | English, Bengali, Hindi | 2025) INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE