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ALT EFF 2025 x Opening Weekend


  • Bangalore International Centre 7, 4th Main Rd, 2 Stage, Domlur, Bengaluru Karnataka 560071 India (map)

EVENT DETAILS:

6th December, 2025, Saturday ————————————————————————

Auditorium -

12:00 - 12:15 PM:
Kentaro - Watch Trailer
Tilmann Stewart, Gaku Matsuda | Australia, Japan | 14 min 32 secs | Japanese | 2024 INDIA PREMIERE

12:15 - 12:35 PM:
Ngarridurndeng Kured (We Are Going Home Now) - Watch Trailer
Dean Yibarbuk, Emma Masters | Australia | 17 min | Bininj Kunwok, English | 2024

12:35 - 2:00 PM:
Future Council - Watch Trailer
Damon Gameau | Australia, Netherlands | 1 hr 22 min | English | 2024 INDIA PREMIERE

2:00 - 2:45 PM:
The Story Behind The Story: Powering Climate Narratives

A conversation with:
Hilary McGeachy (Australia’s Consul General in Bengaluru)
Rushikesh Chavan (Director, The Habitats Trust),
Shweta Pandey (Vice President & General Counsel, Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India)

2:45 - 3:00 PM:
Break

3:00 - 3:20 PM:
Daughter of the Sea - Watch Trailer
Nicole Gormley, Nancy Kwon | Korea | 17 min 56 secs | English, Korean | 2023) INDIA PREMIERE

3:20 - 3:35 PM:
The Girl and The Pot - Watch Trailer
Valentina Homem, Tati Bond| Brazil | 12 min | Nheengatu | 2024 INDIA PREMIERE

3:35 - 3:50 PM:
Ashen Sun - Watch Trailer
Camille Monnier | France | 13 min | French | 2024 INDIA PREMIERE

3:50 - 4:00 PM:
Break

4:00 - 6:00 PM:
Yintah - Watch Trailer
Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano | Canada | 1 hr 50 mins | English, Witsuwit’en | 2024

7:00 - 8:00 PM:
Jal, Jungle, Jameen (Water, Forest, Land)
A performance by Elsewhere in India, Murthovic & Thiruda.
A live performance and video game experience about a future world afflicted by cultural amnesia.


Seminar Hall -
12:00 - 12:20 PM:
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing - Watch Trailer
Theo Panagopoulos | United Kingdom | 17 min | English, Arabic | 2024

12:20 - 12:30 PM:
Where Trees Weep - Watch Trailer
Ed Antoja | Spain | 10 min | Spanish | 2024) INDIA PREMIERE

12:30 - 12:50 PM:
Seaspeaker - Watch Trailer
Parvathi Nayar | India | 16 mins 03 secs | Tamil | 2024

12:50 - 1:00 PM:
Break

1:00 - 1:45 PM:
Ocean Dialogues: Securing nature and culture
A panel by Dakshin Foundation, moderated by Marianne Manuel

1:45 - 2:00 PM:
Break

2:00 - 2:10 PM:
Walking Against the Heat
Divya Vilvaraj, Aishwarya Mohanty | India | ~10 mins | Marwadi, English | 2025
A Mongabay - India x ALT EFF Film

2:10 - 2:25 PM:
Down The Drain - Watch Trailer
Nitya Misra | India | 22 min | English, Kannada, Hindi | 2025

2:25 - 3:00 PM:
Waste and The City - The Mavallipura Landfill Story - Watch Trailer
Karishma Rao, Vishwesh Bhagirathi Shivaprasad | India | 28 min 42 secs | 2024

3:00 - 3:15 PM:
Break

3:15 - 4:00 PM:
Panel Discussion with:
Nitya Misra,
Filmmaker, Down the Drain
Vishwesh Shiva Prasad, Filmmaker, Waste and the City
Bhargavi S. Rao, Researcher, Environmental Support Group (ESG)
Nalini Shekar, Co-founder, Hasiru Dala
Madhur Singh, Founder-Editor, Climate Action Live

4:00 - 5:30 PM:
Black Butterflies - Watch Trailer
David Baute | Spain, Panama | 1 hr 23 min | Spanish, Bengali, Turkana, French, Arabic, English | 2024

5:30 - 5:45 PM:
Break

5:45 - 7:30 PM:
Black Snow - Watch Trailer
Alina Simone | United States | 1 hr 40 min | Russian | 2024) INDIA PREMIERE

Library -
12:00 - 12:20 PM:
When Water Kills: The Arsenic Crisis in Eastern Uttar Pradesh - Watch Trailer
India | 14 min 44 secs | Hindi, English | 2023

12:20 - 12:50 PM:
Q&A with the filmmaker of When Water Kills: The Arsenic Crisis in Eastern Uttar Pradesh

12:50 - 1:10 PM:
The Mushroom Keepers - Watch Trailer
Naveed Mulki | India | 16 min | English, Garo, Khasi | 2024

1:10 - 1:40 PM:
Q&A with the Filmmaker of The Mushroom Keepers

1:40 - 2:00 PM:
Break

2:00 - 3:30 PM:
Savages - Watch Trailer
Claude Barras | Switzerland, Belgium, France | 1 hr 27 mins | French | 2024

3:30 - 3:45 PM:
Break

3:45 - 4:15 PM:
Genesis - Watch Trailer
Moon | India | 30 min | Hindi, English | 2024) INDIA PREMIERE

4:15 - 5:00 PM:
Screenplay to Scroll
A conversation on ‘The Evolving Art of Storytelling’ between Civic Studios and Momentum Shifts

A conversation with:
Kashmira Patil: Senior Creative Producer, Civic Studios
Prachur Goel: CEO, Momentum Shifts
Sailee Rane: Moderator

5:00 - 5:15 PM:
Break

5:15 - 6:30 PM:
Mongolia, Valley of the bears - Watch Trailer
Hamid Sardar | France | 1 hr 27 mins | Mongolian, English | 2023) INDIA PREMIERE

Gallery -
All Day:
The Giants - An Immersive Experience
For the first time in India get transported into the heart of Australia's ancient forests

7th December, 2025, Sunday ————————————————————————————

Auditorium -
12:00 - 1:30 PM:
Made in Ethiopia - Watch Trailer
Xinyan Yu, Max Duncan | Canada, Ethiopia, USA, UK | 1hr 30 min | Chinese, Amharic, English, and Oromo | 2024) INDIA PREMIERE

1:30 - 1:45:
Break

1:45 - 3:15 PM:
The Last Dive - Watch Trailer
Cody Sheehy | USA, Mexico | 1 hr 28 mins | English | 2025) INDIA PREMIERE

3:15 - 3:45 PM:
Break

3:45 - 5:45 PM:
Marching in the Dark - Watch Trailer
Kinshuk Surjan | Belgium, Netherlands, India | 1 hr 48 mins | Marathi | 2024

5:45 - 6:00 PM:
Break

7:00 - 8:00 PM:
Beware of Plastic Asura: A Yakshagana performance

Seminar Hall -
12:00 - 1:30 PM:
Stealing Giants - Watch Trailer
Laurin Merz, Karl Ammann | Switzerland, Kenya, Lao, Namibia, UAE, China | 1 hr 30 mins | English, Laotian | 2024) INDIA PREMIERE

1:30 - 2:00 PM:
Break

2:00 - 2:30 PM:
Sukande Kasáká 'Ailing Land' - Watch Trailer
Kamikia Kisedje, Fred Rahal | Brazil | 30 min | Khĩsêtjê | 2025) INDIA PREMIERE

2:30 - 2:50 PM:
Beneath The Panel: The Hidden Losses of India’s Solar Parks - Watch Trailer
Aparna Ganesan | India | 18 min 41 secs | English, Tamil | 2025) INDIA PREMIERE

3:00 - 3:30 PM:
Q&A with the Filmmaker of Beneath The Panel: The Hidden Losses of India’s Solar Parks

3:30 - 4:15 PM:
Whose Land Lights Up the Future?
A discussion on green energy presented by Land Conflict Watch

4:30 - 5:30 PM:
Mikuba - Watch Trailer
Petna Ndaliko Katondolo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1 hr | Kiswahili | 2025

5:30 - 5:45 PM:
Break

5:45 - 7:15 PM:
Miyazaki - Spirit of the Nature - Watch Trailer
Leo Favier | France, Japan | 1 hr 24 min | English, French, Japanese | 2024

Library -
12:00 - 12:20 PM:
Portales - Watch Trailer
Elena Duque | Spain | 16 min | No Dialogues | 2025 INDIA PREMIERE

12:20 - 12:40 PM:
When The Wind Rises - Watch Trailer
Hung Chen | Taiwan | 18 min | Mandarin | 2024 INDIA PREMIERE

12:40 - 1:05 PM:
Puffling - Watch Trailer
Jessica Bishopp | Iceland, UK | 20 min 22 secs | Icelandic | 2023 INDIA PREMIERE

1:05 - 1:15 PM:
Desi Oon - Watch Trailer
Suresh Eriyat | India | 8 min 2 secs | Hindi | 2025

1:30 - 2:00 PM:
Break

2:00 - 3:00 PM:
Tiny Tides by Baeru Blue Lab
A virtual underwater experience for kids

3:00 - 3:30 PM:
Break

3:30 - 4:20 PM:
The Dooars World - Watch Trailer
Shaon Pritam Baral | India | 47 min | English, Bengali, Hindi | 2025

4:20 - 5:00 PM:
Q&A with filmmaker of The Dooars World

5:00 - 5:30 PM:
How Mallah Women Fought Caste Hierarchy and Sex Slavery - Watch Trailer
Monica Jha, Shamsheer Yousaf, Sriram Vittalamurthy | India | 22 min | Maithili, Hindi | 2024

5:30 - 5:40 PM:
Discussion / sharing circle

5:40 - 6:00 PM:
Would You Still Love Me If I was a Sticky Frog - Watch Trailer
Myles Storey | Malaysia, UK | 17 mins | English | 2024

6:00 - 7:00 PM:
ALT EFF Voices - Open Mic

Gallery -
All Day:
The Giants - An Immersive Experience
For the first time in India get transported into the heart of Australia's ancient forests

Note:
Student discount tickets require a valid student ID for entry.

Contact for more details:
Phone: +91 7892641667

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