Kenyas Desert Alert | Official Trailer | ALT EFF 2024 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2024-09-17 | David Owino | Kenya | 15 mins 03 secs | English | 2024In just 10 years, Kenya lost nearly 10% of its humid primary forest. In addition, droughts are a much more common phenomenon now and are much more intense. The result is that the country is steadily becoming a desert. This documentary is a warning; it explores the extent of deforestation and degradation, the drivers, potential risks and possible solutions.
Its Only 47°C | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-22 | It’s Only 47°C (Tej Sisodia / India / 16 mins / Hindi / 2026) TrailerA portrait of extreme heat through the lives forced to live with it.A city wilts under a blistering heat wave. Through Traffic Constable Laxman Choubey and workers living closest to the heat, we see lives shaped by extreme weather. Against Naseeruddin Shah’s narrated poetry, the heat becomes a stark lens on class, privilege, and who gets to escape it.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening. More info at: www.alteff.in
Super Nature | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-22 | Super Nature (Ed Sayers / UK / 1 hr 22 mins / English, Enawene Nawe, Dutch, French, Icelandic, Punjabi, Spanish, Sama-Bajaw, Sámi, Thai / 2025) TrailerGlobal love letter to nature on 8 mm filmWhen filming with a Super 8 camera, what you see is what you get. It is grainy, light-leaky, and distinctively analog. Super Nature stitches together Super 8 film from around the world to create an incredibly intimate love letter to our shared planet, exploring the hopes, joys and inspirations that bind us all. 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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
The Lake | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-22 | The Lake (Abby Ellis / USA / 1 hour 28 mins / English / 2025) TrailerA conflict of apathy, bureaucracy and timeThree prominent people studying the Salt Water Lake in Utah want to raise awareness of its destruction. However, no one is taking them seriously. In this warm, grounded yet hard-hitting treatment with serene visuals, the film explores confusion, loss, and adamancy with citizens and authorities.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Shen Mos of Kibber | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-21 | Shen Mo's of Kibber (Sonam Dolma, Zainab Gani Zainab / India / 14 mins / Spitian, Hindi / 2025) TrailerWomen turn snow leopard fear into conservation, livelihoods, and coexistence.In Kibber, Spiti, women once saw the snow leopard as a threat. Today, they are Shen-mos, named after the female snow leopard, helping protect a species they feared. As disappearing snowfall reshapes life in the mountains, they are finding new livelihoods rooted in coexistence with wildlife and community.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
This Tree Wont Fall | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-21 | This Tree Won't Fall (Deepak Ramola / India / 20 mins / Hindi, English, Garhwali / 2026) TrailerChipko, the iconic movement behind photographs, comes alive on film.We know Chipko through its iconic photographs. But how many know the people behind them? At 83, Sudesha Devi takes us back to the movement she helped shape, through memories, forests, and archival footage. Her story brings the women leaders of Chipko into focus, honouring their courage and legacy.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Let Our Mountains Live | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Let Our Mountains Live (Håvard Bustnes / Norway, Finland / 1 hour 40 mins / Norwegian, Northern Sami / 2026) TrailerNorway’s indigenous Sami community calls for accountabilityWho pays the price of “Green progress?” An indigenous community questions their Ministry, who are willing to dispose of their community to set up wind turbines in Fosen. This battle in the region is a mirror for global energy transition and the expenses we choose not to see. 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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Thayakam (Motherland) | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Thayakam (Motherland) (Amita Arudpragasam / Sri Lanka / 1 hour 17 mins / Tamil, English / 2026) TrailerA hopeful environmentalist and his courage to fight Adani There is loss of biodiversity, land and rights disturbing the coastal Mannar community in Sri Lanka. Edison, a young activist, is fuelled with motivation to highlight the stories of this diverse society. The film is an intimate ethnographic study of the region and the various socio-economic and environmental challenges it faces.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Ziki | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Ziki (Roberta Palmieri, Olga Sargenti / Italy / 12 mins / No Dialogue / 2025) TrailerThe real cost of our tech, through a boy’s lens.Ziki’s childhood innocence is lost as he is swept up in the inertia of the resource extraction that marks the Congo. An animated exploration of the real cost of the precious metals that our global technology demands. 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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Like Friend Like Deer | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Like Friend, Like Deer (Malek Eghbali / Iran / 13 mins / No Dialogue / 2025) TrailerAn environmentalist’s fate becomes a haunting reflection of humanity.After killing an illegal hunter, a wildlife ranger finds himself at a crossroads. Through impressionistic animation, his journey blurs the boundaries between human and nature, exploring authoritarianism, ecological destruction, and the emotional and political cost of protecting nature in times of crisis.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Karen Sticky Rice | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Karen Sticky Rice (Naw Betsy / India / 3 mins / English / 2025) TrailerPreserving traditional farming practices in the AndamansFilmmaker Naw Betsy gives a sneak-peek into her Karen community’s traditional practice of sticky rice farming. For generations they have conserved this process as it represents their rich cultural heritage and sentiments that provided their livelihood. This intimate tale is a presentation of sticking to roots in an 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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Eternal Snow | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Eternal Snow (François Kohler / Switzerland, Nepal / 1 hour 30 mins / Nepali, Tibetan, Sherpa, English / 2026) TrailerA monk, a porter, and paradoxes without judgementFrom the narratives of two Tamang brothers, the film explores how changing landscapes and increasing tourism in Nepal’s Khumbu valley, though good for the economy, are taking away the freedom of the communities to live their lives on their own will. Amidst these majestic mountains, the economy also takes a seat in Nepal’s ecosystem.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Ill Need to Leave for a Little While | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | I’ll Need To Leave For A Little While (Myles Storey / Vietnam, Malaysia / 6 mins / English / 2026) TrailerAn endangered monkey takes you on a coexistence walkAmidst the picturesque landscapes of South-East Asia, through a unique tale of puppetry, an endangered monkey takes a walk around the neighbourhood exploring their curiosity & coexistence with human beings. 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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Vana Bhashi | India’s Living Ecosystem | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Vana Bhashi | India’s Living Ecosystem (Sneha Mitra, Vikram Vyawahare / India / 16 mins / English, Marathi, Hindi / 2025) TrailerA glimpse into Amboli, India’s “Herper’s Paradise.”From dancing frogs to camouflaged predators, each encounter reveals the intricate web of life in Amboli’s biodiversity hotspot. Local naturalists and herpetologists explore the relationship between people and forest inhabitants, through its lush monsoon forests, home to rare frogs, snakes, insects and flora. For all the naturalists out there. 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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening. More info at: www.alteff.in
A Weaver Birds Nest (Tokora Sorair Baah) | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | A Weaver Bird's Nest (Tokora Sorai'r Baah) (Alvina Joshi and Rahul Rabha / India / 16 mins / Assamese / 2024) TrailerA highway threatens the ancestral home of a multi-generational familyLike a weaver bird gathering twigs for its nest, a Rabha family has built a life around their ancestral home for four generations. Now, red marks signal its erasure for a new highway. As infrastructure closes in, their world of chickens, ducklings, fish and painting faces an uncertain future.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
The Lost Indigenous Knowledge of Idu Mishmi | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | The Lost Indigenous Knowledge of Idu Mishmi (Lisha Umpo / India / 7 mins / Hindi, Idu Mishmi / 2025) TrailerAs shamans age, who holds Arunachal’s healing traditions?In the forests of Arunachal’s Dibang Valley, medicinal plants, stories, and healing form a living web of knowledge. As the filmmaker meets the elder shamans who carry this knowledge, the film asks what happens to this heritage as it’s keepers pass. 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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Choora | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Choora (Anand Rama Krishnan / India / 17 mins / Malayalam / 2024) TrailerA day in the life of a Lakshadweep fishermanFrom turquoise waters, to fresh coconut & fish curry onboard, to naps on the sunny bow, we are invited to join Abdul Nassar and his crew on their fishing boat for the day. Traditional wisdom, ocean stewardship and modern innovations are all the hallmarks of their pole-and-line tuna fishing practice.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening. More info at: www.alteff.in
Tenfa | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Tenfa (Nihaarika Negi / India / 30 mins / Hindi, Kinnauri / 2025) TrailerThree generations of women and the erasure of place-based oral traditionsThree women trek across scarred ancestral terrain, piecing together a vanishing oral tradition to save a young mother’s life. Told in an endangered language spoken by fewer than 60,000 people, TENFA draws its cast from the director’s own family and community. Moving between emergency and elegy, the film unfolds like a folk song.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Naye Kisan, Nayi Seekh (New Farmer, New Learnings) | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Naye Kisan, Nayi Seekh (New Farmer, New Learnings) (Sandip Bhati, Pradeep Lekhwar / India / 8 mins / Malvi / 2025) TrailerFilmmaker-turned-farmer succeeds with ancient remediesFor a living, he showcases films in villages on natural farming and watershed management. Now the teachings are put to the test with the brother’s first crop on their ancestral land. In an almost Charlie-Chaplin style film, two new farmers utilise an old tool against pests - a ‘chutney’ of chili, ginger, onion and garlic. 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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Jwala | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Jwala (Amoghavarsha JS / India / 15 mins / Hindi, English / 2026) TrailerRespect and coexistence in India’s oldest Tiger reserveThe film explores a texture of coexistence between the residents of Chandrapur and its Tigers. Dr. Anish Adheria and his team are on a journey to resolve the conflicts with tangible solutions that would aid all forest dwellers. Their message - conservation can sometimes look away from statistics and towards dignity.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Last Night I Dreamed It Was Raining Fish | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Last Night I Dreamed It Was Raining Fish (Shraddha Khanna / India / 16 mins / Marathi / 2025) TrailerModern Mumbai through the eyes Worli’s indigenous KoliThe Koli’s enduring connection to the primordial rhythms of the sea are disturbed by the ruthless transformation of the city. An ethnographic meditation on the native fisherfolk and their resilience in the face of a city that never stops changing.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Through The Dappled Light | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Through The Dappled Light (Puneet Raj Singh, Nikita Sharma, Apoorva Sharma / India / 8 mins / Hindi / 2025) TrailerAncient trees shelter work and leisure, hold memory and community.In Chandigarh’s planned streets, old trees have become the city’s living infrastructure, offering places to work, rest, eat, chat, and belong. Beneath their canopies, barbers, fruit sellers, gig workers, students, and passersby build everyday lives. Through these small worlds, the film reveals how trees nurture and contain urban life.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Namsing | Preserving A Tradition | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Namsing | Preserving A Tradition (Ruella Rahman Khound / India / 21 mins / Assamese, Mising / 2025) TrailerClimate and conservation told through indigenous Assamese cuisineThe making of Namsing, a fermented fish central to Mising culture, becomes a window into a community’s changing relationship with the land. As Kaziranga expands and floods and erosion reshape access to rivers and forests, the Mising face a shrinking space to live, fish, gather, and hold onto their traditions.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
The Cave Within Me | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | The Cave Within Me (Banyllashisha Wankhar, Linda Horam / India / 19 mins / Khasi / 2025) TrailerA young cave guide reveals Meghalaya’s living caves and changing livelihoods.Deep inside Meghalaya’s limestone caves, young local guide Banyllashisha leads us through dripping passages, sculpted limestone formations, and life tucked into the rock. In Mawmluh, her village, deserted cement works recall a past shaped by extraction, while the caves now offer a livelihood rooted in care.
Living Well (Buen Vivir – Ñutse Canseye) | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Living Well (Buen Vivir – Ñutse Canseye) (Zoé Nathalie Kugler / Ecuador, Switzerland / 16 mins / Spanish, Cofán / 2025) TrailerHow women of the Amazon fight Big OilAn exchange year in Ecuador led the filmmaker to discover a story of silent resilience by indigenous Amazon women against big oil companies. Visually stunning and emotionally tender, these women’s histories float through the river, and their voices seek hope and accountability.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Mermaids of Mannar | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Mermaids of Mannar (S. Greeshma / India / 18 mins / Tamil / 2024) TrailerGuardians of the ocean, their community, and everyone’s survivalAn intimate insight into a seaweed community in Tamil Nadu, where ecofeministic stories reside, thrive and learning to survive. The film layers out their livelihoods, their relationship with the sea, and the future they envision for the women of the coming generations. Is this relationship with the ocean worth keeping?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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Burning Roots, Blooming Fire (Aadhunika Mithyabhasam) | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Burning Roots, Blooming Fire (Aadhunika Mithyabhasam) (Abhay P / India / 24 mins / Malayalam / 2026) TrailerWeaving threads of ethnographic culture, politics and childhood innocenceA thought-provoking narrative on a young girl opening up her simple world, and connecting the folk tales to the forest around her. Her discovery clashes with human greed, identity conflicts and silence that has been passed on through the generations. Will she grow up adapting or will she continue exploring?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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
The Balconys View | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | The Balcony's View (Stella Hood / Germany / 3 mins / German / 2025) TrailerIgnorance is bliss. Light up another and enjoy?In this crisp and compelling storytelling format, the filmmaker portrays human complacency to systemic crisis. Where small talk and bodily indulgence gain favor over action and attention. You’ll be left with the uncomfortable pondering on the privilege of chosen ignorance, as the world changes in front of our eyes. 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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Tides of Life | Official Selections | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Tides of Life (Tatiana McCabe / Uruguay / 21 mins / Spanish / 2025) TrailerOne person’s journey towards wildlife rehabilitationA glimpse into the day-to-day life of Richard Tesore, a wildlife rescuer in his 60s, who turned his life around to passionately rehabilitate marine life in Uruguay. This heartwarming narrative spotlights his need and inspiration, and desire to build the country’s first marine mammal rescue center. 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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Escape | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Escape (Anna Danielle Moore / UK, Australia / 9 mins / English / 2025) TrailerA thrilling narrative resides in the marshy lands of AustraliaThe Green and Golden Bell frogs are living in the beautiful marshy scapes of New South Wales. Surviving predators is not the only danger they face, but the Chytrid fungus that flows in the waters is life-threatening. The frogs have to fight this, and someone is ready to help. 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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Path of Return (Maraluva Daari) | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Path of Return (Maraluva Daari) (Jayasri Sridhar / India / 23 mins / Kannad / 2024) TrailerAn Indian mythological lens on urbanisation This hybrid, poetic documentary overlays a conversation from Ahalya and Sita, two of the strongest women in Indian mythology, with cityscapes. The women speak about seeking agency, question conservative ideologies and opinionate on how humans have lost their paths, and how we might find it again.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
The Guinan Sand Lizard | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | The Guinan Sand Lizard (Yihe Chen / UK, China / 8 mins / Mandarin, English / 2026) TrailerThe world is enormous from the eyes of a Lizard!This little-known reptile finds a place for itself in the vast Mugetan Desert of China. With breathtaking views cinematically captured by the filmmaker, the story delves into the Guinan Sand Lizard adapting and searching for a habitat as humans increase their footprint on the ecosystem.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Ape to Ape | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Ape to Ape (Meike Schaapveld / The Netherlands / 21 mins / Dutch with English Subtitles / 2025) TrailerWhat if vulnerability is our greatest strength?Filmmaker Meike sits through an experiment to showcase her weaknesses to the camera, and runs it in parallel to the livelihoods of the Chimpanzees. Turns out, her personal insecurities were some of the greatest strengths of the animals. Sometimes, we forget where we come from. This research invites us to feel it.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Amma, Do Giraffes Cry? | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Amma, Do Giraffe's Cry? (Kartikeya Saxena / India, Czech Republic / 26 mins / Hindi, English, Czech / 2026) TrailerA son asks a simple question - do animals feel too?An enclosure glass at Prague Zoo divides the world between the humans and the animals. On the free side, Kartikeya is in a conversation with his Zoologist mother, finding answers to mysterious layers he believes the animals carry. This film exposes how our human-centricity shapes our reality, and invites us to see the animal world, once again, like children.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Benin: Vodun to the Rescue of Mangroves | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Benin: Vodun to the rescue of mangroves (Juliette Chapalain / Benin / 14 mins / French, English / 2026) TrailerCan ancient spiritual traditions offer answers to today’s ecological crises?In Benin, an ancient tradition is an ally for mangrove conservation. The film takes us on a journey into Vodun practices, revealing how faith, science and community governance intersect. Here, conservation is embedded in spiritual beliefs, rituals and reverence for nature, offering an alternative approach to protecting fragile ecosystems.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
The Scramble for Green Hydrogen in South Africa | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | The Scramble for Green Hydrogen in South Africa (Belén Balanyá, Joana Louçã, Pascoe Sabido / Belgium, South Africa / 31 mins / English, Afrikans / 2025) TrailerThe growing demand for green hydrogen has a darker realitySouth African communities are struggling with water scarcity and environmental crises. Add Europe’s scramble for green hydrogen, and you have a neo-colonial rush for resources — corporations profit while local communities pay the price. We see the hidden costs of “clean” development and question what a just transition should look like.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Ancient Sheep Breed and ‘Ecosystem Guardian’ Under Threat | Official Trailer | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Ancient Sheep Breed and ‘Ecosystem Guardian’ Under Threat (Nidhi Kamath / India / 8 mins / English, Gujarati / 2025) TrailerA changing climate threatens the pastoral traditions of Kutch.70-year-old shepherd Mura tends to the endangered Patanwadi sheep, a native breed threatened by climate change and declining demand for indigenous wool. As pastoral livelihoods struggle, new initiatives are creating markets for desi wool, offering hope for shepherd communities and the survival of traditional breeds.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Uppuveedukal | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Uppuveedukal (Arathi MR / India / 22 mins / Malayalam / 2025) TrailerAn invisible disaster unfolds for Kochi’s coastal communitiesSaline water seeps into homes, making everyday life harder to sustain. Through the voices of women witnessing this reality, the film sheds light on the growing threat of tidal flooding — a disaster largely ignored by authorities, as families risk losing their homes, livelihoods and future.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Payuun: Thailands Last Dugongs | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Payuun: Thailand's Last Dugongs (Mailee Osten-Tan / Thailand / 15 mins / Thai, English / 2026) TrailerWhen we love, we protectAmateur conservationist Theerasak ‘Pop’ Saksritawee dedicates himself to protecting Thailand’s declining dugong population. As vanishing seagrass and rising sea temperatures threaten their survival, the film brings together facts and human emotions to underline the urgency of marine conservation and remind us that every step matters.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Concrete Over the Forest | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-18 | Concrete Over the Forest (Varun Chauva / India / 8 mins / English / 2026) TrailerShimla’s forests give way to concreteShimla’s once-green slopes are turning into a concrete jungle as rapid growth and road construction push the mountains beyond what they can bear. Through stark imagery and haunting sounds, the film is an urgent wake-up call, capturing a city transformed by unchecked development, where every monsoon brings renewed fear and anxiety.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Ohoti: When the Tide Recedes | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-17 | Ohoti: When the Tide Recedes (Gaurav Patil / India / 27 mins / Marathi, English / 2026) TrailerA quest for a crab in India’s biggest cityMumbai coastal shores are home to many marine species. Pratip Patade is on a journey to find a species of long-lost crab species. Through his conversations with researchers, fishing communities and marine enthusiasts, he curiously maps the shores of the city, to solve his puzzle.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
The Alter Echo | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-17 | The Alter Echo (Santanu Biswas / India / 27 mins / Bengali / 2025) TrailerA man’s changing hearing transforms how he experiences the world.Living with limited hearing, a 60 year old man works around machines that threaten what remains. Knowing silence may be inevitable, he begins listening more closely, holding onto birds, wind, voices, and machines. As the world grows quieter, he searches for ways to keep listening, remembering, and carrying sound within.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Once Upon a Mango Tree (Aam Gaachher Bashinda) | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-17 | Once Upon a Mango Tree (Aam Gaachher Bashinda) (Sambit Dattachaudhuri / India / 20 mins / Bengali / 2026) TrailerA man must choose between saving his home or preserving his mango tree.A mango tree threatens to fall on a family home, leaving a man torn between cutting it down or preserving it. As he hesitates, two human-faced birds from the beloved Bengali folktale Thakurmar Jhuli appear, carrying memories of his late father. A tender reckoning with childhood, home, memory, and change.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
The Prediction (Kanippu) | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-17 | The Prediction (Kanippu) (Rishi Chandna / India / 24 mins / Tamil, English / 2025) TrailerA boatman, a meteorologist and increasingly unpredictable weatherThe story follows a seasoned boatman reeling from a tragic loss, and a dedicated meteorologist, as they grapple with the increasing unpredictability of the weather. An audio visual delight, the film explores the complex relationship between traditional, lived knowledge and modern data-driven science.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Deva Aaj Pan Vhay | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-17 | Deva Aaj Pan Vhay (Amol Jalandhar Jadhav / India / 15 mins / Marathi / 2025) TrailerWhen rain keeps Deva from school, what will he come up with?For young Deva, getting to school through relentless monsoon rains is a daily challenge. Set against the landscapes of rural Maharashtra, this musical, magical, and hopeful tale follows his determination to keep learning, with his grandfather beside him, helping him find a playful and ingenious way forward.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening. More info at: www.alteff.in
Man ki Udaan Kisson ki Dukaan (A Mind of Full Fantasies) | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-17 | Man ki Udaan Kisson ki Dukaan (A Mind of Full Fantasies) (Yathi Kiran, Varsha Ransore / India / 5 mins / Hindi / 2025) TrailerWhen children imagine a world where all living things belong.A film that brings children’s vivid imaginations of forests and their creatures to life, capturing how they make sense of a fast-changing world. Innocent, playful and deeply curious, it reveals how children see every living thing as having emotions, personalities and stories of its own. A timely reminder for adults to let their imagination run free too!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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
All You Can Waste | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-17 | All You Can Waste (Monica Torasso, Andrea Deaglio / Italy / 7 mins / English / 2026) TrailerThe interconnection of our globalised consumption, and its waste. Punchy and visually striking, this animated short journeys through the life, and death, cycles of our technology, exposing the toxicity hidden in plain sight, and the very real people on whose bodies our tech-consumption dependsAt 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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
The Vanishing Fireflies (Nagahanaw na mga Aninipot) | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-17 | The Vanishing Fireflies (Nagahanaw na mga Aninipot) (JP Corton / Philippines / 8 mins / Bisaya / 2025) TrailerA young boy’s search for light after a storm.When Typhoon Yolanda devastates his town, young Russell finds comfort in a single firefly that lights his way through loss and uncertainty. In the aftermath of calamity, the film offers strength in nature and community, reminding us that even the smallest flicker can brighten the darkest times.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Visit into Irradiated land | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-17 | Visit Into Irradiated Land (Anne-Sophie Girault / France / 19 mins / French, Spanish / 2026) TrailerWhen a disaster site becomes a tourist destinationYears after a nuclear disaster, Sophie guides tourists through the irradiated exclusion zone around France’s Golfech nuclear plant. Through an unconventional, dystopian animation style, the film satirically explores disaster tourism, social media culture, and our growing fascination with witnessing catastrophe from a safe distance.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
The Farmers Daughter | Official Selection | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-17 | The Farmer's Daughter (Melissa Bloom / USA / 13 mins / English / 2026) TrailerMonoculture meets its limits on a family farm. What next? Turn towards LIFE. Made entirely through tactile, eco-conscious stop-motion, this charming film showcases the possibilities of regenerative agriculture. It’s a tale of complex soil health, showcased with such visual simply that all viewers of all ages stand to learn. 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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
Like Friend, Like Deer | Official Trailer | ALT EFF 2026 All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2026-09-17 | Like Friend, Like Deer (Malek Eghbali / Iran / 13 mins / No Dialogue / 2025) TrailerAn environmentalist’s fate becomes a haunting reflection of humanity.After killing an illegal hunter, a wildlife ranger finds himself at a crossroads. Through impressionistic animation, his journey blurs the boundaries between human and nature, exploring authoritarianism, ecological destruction, and the emotional and political cost of protecting nature in times of crisis.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 IndiaNot in one of these cities? Bring the festival home with a Watch Party bundle and host your own film screening.More info at: www.alteff.in
