Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Once Upon a Mango Tree (Aam Gaachher Bashinda) (Sambit Dattachaudhuri / India / 20 mins / Bengali / 2026) Trailer
A 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 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
Once Upon a Mango Tree (Aam Gaachher Bashinda) (Sambit Dattachaudhuri / India / 20 mins / Bengali / 2026) Trailer
A 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 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
