The festival after two consecutive successful years is back in 2022 on a grander scale and is now truly pushing to put forth the conversation of environmental conservation, climate change and nature by making the festival completely accessible by making it free of cost. The festival that starts on 17th November will have curated programming this year which one can get complete access to virtual and will also have select movies being screened in key cities across India. This year the festival boasts an impressive selection of 55 films from India and around the world spanning feature, short and animated formats. This year, the festival has an illustrious jury including filmmaker Kiran Rao and the award-winning director of Vidya Balan starrer, Sherni.
Some of the key films at the festival are as follows
- Into Dust – Based on the true story of Pakistani activist Perween Rahman based against the backdrop of the water crisis and is directed by Academy Award Winning Filmmaker Orlando Van Einsiedel
- Climate Exodus – Directed by David Baute, the film highlights the story of three women who have lost everything to climate change and now emigrate to start a new life
- How to Kill a Cloud – Story of a Finnish female scientist who creates rain using science in the UAE
- Ek Tha Goan – Tribal women on the foothills of the Himalayas who are the only two people left in their village, leading a lonely life who are at crossroads to decide to leave their home or stay connected to the earth and place they call home
- The Seeds of Vandana Shiva – The story of a Ganchian Eco-Activist from India, who stood up against industrialists of industrial agriculture and strived for the food justice movement
- All That Breathes – Story set against the backdrop of the increasing Delhi pollution and how two brothers venture to protect one casualty of the turbulent times, a bird species known as the Black Kite
- Thengapalli – Set in Orissa, the story of tribal women who stood up against the timber mafia and patrolled the forest that they call home and fought to preserve it
- Neighbird – Story of how during covid a couple from Gurgaon realized that even within an sqkm of a city there’s so much biodiversity but one needs to step out and explore
Details of the festival
- When – 17th to 27th November
- Where – Virtually on www.alteff.in and select screenings of some movies in cities across India (keep yourself updated through their website)
- What – India’s premiere environmental film festival – All Living Things
- How to register – Register until a day before the start date of the festival i.e. by 16th November 2022
- Cost – The entries virtual festival is free of cost upon registration
