Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 24 minutes ago
Architects of the Earth (Elise Orlowski / Togo, Benin, USA / 27 mins / English, French / 2025)
Truly sustainable architecture in a West African community
Through intimate and diverse anecdotes from the Batammariba tribe, the film showcases their traditional architecture - Takienta, which is a UNESCO Heritage. Takienta has answers to climate change, reflects the relationship of the community to their environment, and platforms how modernity & tradition can sync mutually towards conservation in this ever-changing world.
At ALT EFF 2026, we are meeting the times.
When the world feels like it is coming apart, we look to art as witness, joy as resistance, and cinema as a way home to each other.
This film is one of many stories we are bringing together this year at the All Living Things Environmental Film Festival, December 3 to 13, 2026.
Catch in-person screenings at our flagship events:
• Mumbai: December 4 to 6, Nehru Science Centre
• Ahmedabad: December 10 to 13, UKBB & CEPT University
• Bengaluru: December 12 to 13, Sabha
• 30+ locations across India
Not in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.
More info at: alteff.in
Architects of the Earth (Elise Orlowski / Togo, Benin, USA / 27 mins / English, French / 2025)
Truly sustainable architecture in a West African community
Through intimate and diverse anecdotes from the Batammariba tribe, the film showcases their traditional architecture - Takienta, which is a UNESCO Heritage. Takienta has answers to climate change, reflects the relationship of the community to their environment, and platforms how modernity & tradition can sync mutually towards conservation in this ever-changing world.
At ALT EFF 2026, we are meeting the times.
When the world feels like it is coming apart, we look to art as witness, joy as resistance, and cinema as a way home to each other.
This film is one of many stories we are bringing together this year at the All Living Things Environmental Film Festival, December 3 to 13, 2026.
Catch in-person screenings at our flagship events:
• Mumbai: December 4 to 6, Nehru Science Centre
• Ahmedabad: December 10 to 13, UKBB & CEPT University
• Bengaluru: December 12 to 13, Sabha
• 30+ locations across India
Not in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.
More info at: alteff.in
