Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 50 minutes ago

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Nitya Navelkar / India / 17 mins / Konkani, English / 2024

KHARVAN, set in Goa’s 3,000-year-old Khazan wetlands, follows the smooth-coated otter, a species thriving in this human-shaped ecosystem. Using live action and animation, the film reveals deep ties between nature, culture, and belief in Rakhandars, spirit guardians of the land, reflecting on coexistence, ecological fragility, and ancestral stewardship.