Join the Kriti Film club for viewing a special curation of films on environment and
sustainability…March 2023
REELS OF HOPE
March 4-5, from 2.30 to 6.30 pm at See-Saw, Jio World Drive, BKC, Mumbai
Four packages of diverse, fun, insightful and hopeful films!
1. Children's special and Animations for Children and Us
The Jungle Gang by Krishnendu Bose
Thathas Secret by Sharanya Ramesh
Every summer, Arya and her sister Tara spend their holidays at their grandfather’s forest home. And no summer holiday is complete without their customary camping trip and their grandfather’s (Thatha) stories under the open night sky. But this year Thatha’s story has a few unexpected twists that could change Arya profoundly.
Hum Chitra Banate Hae by Nina Sabnani
An origin story about why the Bhil people paint. Narrated from the perspective of a rooster, the story recounts a journey to find a shaman to bring relief from a catastrophic drought. Once located, the shaman inspires the Bhil to paint their homes – an act that brings rain, bountiful crops and, ultimately, peace and prosperity
The Art of Change Climate Change
What if each of us were instantly accountable for our actions when they affect climate change? The film is a surrealist take on human responsibility over climate change and on our inescapable connection with nature.
We wanted for nature to be able to voice its concerns, so in the film a group of animals has become organised and are committed to make themselves heard by humans, guerrilla style.
Spirit of the Forest by Nirupa Rao
Octopus Garden
This film is a remarkable, mind-expanding adventure that journeys with a team of scientists from the decks of high-tech exploration vessels, to the dark and uncharted depths of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
Traces
This film shows today’s youth as the main force of the preservation of our forests. It also highlights of the emotional symbiosis between man, the animal and the forest.
The Love Bugs
Over 60 years, Charlie and Lois O’Brien traveled to more than 67 countries, quietly amassing the world’s largest private insect collection and entomological game-changer of 1.25 million specimens. The two renowned, married entomologists now grapple with the advancement of the Parkinson’s disease that afflicts Charlie. But Charlie and Lois know they need to keep fighting for the value of scientific knowledge, so they turn to their insects for a little help.
I hope some of you can come watch and enjoy the films as much as we have enjoyed curating them.
This is an open and free to attend event!
@Conscious Culture Festival
Curated by Aanchal Kapur, Kriti Film Club
in collaboration with Alt Eff
March 4-5, from 2.30 to 6.30 pm at See-Saw, Jio World Drive, BKC, Mumbai
Four packages of diverse, fun, insightful and hopeful films!
1. Children's special and Animations for Children and Us
The Jungle Gang by Krishnendu Bose
- Meets the Rhino
- Meets the Tiger
- Meets the Bear
- Meets the Elephant
Thathas Secret by Sharanya Ramesh
Every summer, Arya and her sister Tara spend their holidays at their grandfather’s forest home. And no summer holiday is complete without their customary camping trip and their grandfather’s (Thatha) stories under the open night sky. But this year Thatha’s story has a few unexpected twists that could change Arya profoundly.
Hum Chitra Banate Hae by Nina Sabnani
An origin story about why the Bhil people paint. Narrated from the perspective of a rooster, the story recounts a journey to find a shaman to bring relief from a catastrophic drought. Once located, the shaman inspires the Bhil to paint their homes – an act that brings rain, bountiful crops and, ultimately, peace and prosperity
The Art of Change Climate Change
What if each of us were instantly accountable for our actions when they affect climate change? The film is a surrealist take on human responsibility over climate change and on our inescapable connection with nature.
We wanted for nature to be able to voice its concerns, so in the film a group of animals has become organised and are committed to make themselves heard by humans, guerrilla style.
Spirit of the Forest by Nirupa Rao
A little girl stumbles into a sacred grove near her village in south India. She disturbs the spirit of the forest, who takes her on an adventure to illuminate the origins of this ancient swamp: from Gondwanaland, through the times of her ancestors, up to the present day.
2. City Environment Films (all age-groups/ shorts, documentaries and animation)
- Glow worm in the Jungle by Ramana Dumpala
Hema Sane, a retired Botany professor, lives surrounded by nature in the heart of Pune’s concrete jungle. She stays without electricity, and shares her philosophy of an austere life with doses of humour and wisdom.
- Did you do it by Aditi Bhande
2. City Environment Films (all age-groups/ shorts, documentaries and animation)
- Glow worm in the Jungle by Ramana Dumpala
Hema Sane, a retired Botany professor, lives surrounded by nature in the heart of Pune’s concrete jungle. She stays without electricity, and shares her philosophy of an austere life with doses of humour and wisdom.
- Did you do it by Aditi Bhande
A place that is neither urban nor rural, on the fringes of the capital of India. The film attempts to explore the dynamics between natural resources and human intervention in this place that is my home. Who is responsible- they, you, me- all of us?
- Sagarputra by Pooja Das Sarkar
The oldest inhabitants of Mumbai - the Koli fisherfolk from the village of Trombay Koliwada, are gradually moving away from the livelihood of fishing. The reason? The toxic, plastic-filled water of the sea and being locked in by the government's infrastructure projects, on all sides.
- Living on the Fringes by CEEW
Living in Ambojwadi, a low-lying informal settlement near Mumbai's coastlines, 31-year-old Kalpana raises her three children by a vast wetland that floods every monsoon. To build climate resilience, youth groups and a few residents have come together to sensitise the community about the climate crisis. Watch how the community has mapped out areas prone to flooding in the settlement.
- The Mall on Top of my House by Aditi Chitre
An animation film dealing with the issue of rampant land reclamation flouting environmental laws and the consequent displacement of the fishing community.
- Sagarputra by Pooja Das Sarkar
The oldest inhabitants of Mumbai - the Koli fisherfolk from the village of Trombay Koliwada, are gradually moving away from the livelihood of fishing. The reason? The toxic, plastic-filled water of the sea and being locked in by the government's infrastructure projects, on all sides.
- Living on the Fringes by CEEW
Living in Ambojwadi, a low-lying informal settlement near Mumbai's coastlines, 31-year-old Kalpana raises her three children by a vast wetland that floods every monsoon. To build climate resilience, youth groups and a few residents have come together to sensitise the community about the climate crisis. Watch how the community has mapped out areas prone to flooding in the settlement.
- The Mall on Top of my House by Aditi Chitre
An animation film dealing with the issue of rampant land reclamation flouting environmental laws and the consequent displacement of the fishing community.
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- Murmurs in the Jungle by Sohil Vaidya
A grandmother tells a story to her grandson about the origins of their remote indigenous village in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra. As the mysterious morning slowly unfolds, spirits wander in the forest, and dark secrets buried in time slowly emerge. The trees whisper tales of the Gods and the ancestors. They say that you don't die. Your spirit assimilates into the jungle. And while civilization, its beliefs, and the cycle of life, death, and rebirth continue, the forest stands eternal. A bridge between the old and the new.
- Murmurs in the Jungle by Sohil Vaidya
A grandmother tells a story to her grandson about the origins of their remote indigenous village in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra. As the mysterious morning slowly unfolds, spirits wander in the forest, and dark secrets buried in time slowly emerge. The trees whisper tales of the Gods and the ancestors. They say that you don't die. Your spirit assimilates into the jungle. And while civilization, its beliefs, and the cycle of life, death, and rebirth continue, the forest stands eternal. A bridge between the old and the new.
Watch Trailer
3. Long Documentaries
- All that Breathes by Shaunak Sen
This film follows two brothers who run a bird hospital dedicated to rescuing injured black kites, a staple in the skies of New Delhi, India. In one of the world’s most populated cities, where cows, rats, monkeys, frogs, and hogs jostle cheek-by-jowl with people, the “Kite Brothers” care for thousands of these mesmerizing creatures that drop daily from New Delhi’s smog-choked skies. As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate, the relationship between this family and the neglected kites forms a poetic chronicle of the city’s collapsing ecology and deepening social fault line.
3. Long Documentaries
- All that Breathes by Shaunak Sen
This film follows two brothers who run a bird hospital dedicated to rescuing injured black kites, a staple in the skies of New Delhi, India. In one of the world’s most populated cities, where cows, rats, monkeys, frogs, and hogs jostle cheek-by-jowl with people, the “Kite Brothers” care for thousands of these mesmerizing creatures that drop daily from New Delhi’s smog-choked skies. As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate, the relationship between this family and the neglected kites forms a poetic chronicle of the city’s collapsing ecology and deepening social fault line.
Watch Trailer
- Coral Woman by Priya Thuvassery
An inspiring, need of the hour tale of a homemaker from Tamil Nadu, who, through her paintings, has been trying to draw public attention to the devastating effects of climate change on marine life and the coastal communities. It is, in fact, her love for corals that inspired Uma to learn how to swim, dive and paint in her 50s.
- Coral Woman by Priya Thuvassery
An inspiring, need of the hour tale of a homemaker from Tamil Nadu, who, through her paintings, has been trying to draw public attention to the devastating effects of climate change on marine life and the coastal communities. It is, in fact, her love for corals that inspired Uma to learn how to swim, dive and paint in her 50s.
Watch Trailer
4. International Shorts and Animation (sea life, ants and insects around us, impact of climate change and more)
- Wonders of the World
4. International Shorts and Animation (sea life, ants and insects around us, impact of climate change and more)
- Wonders of the World
An animated nature documentary focused around a small creature trying to find love
- Scream for Ice
The Sun shines, ice melts
A polar bear on its own
A child cries out ah!
The haiku poem you read above is the core of the "Scream For Ice". And the narrative form of "Scream For Ice" is based on the traditional Japanese art of poetry, Haiku.
- Scream for Ice
The Sun shines, ice melts
A polar bear on its own
A child cries out ah!
The haiku poem you read above is the core of the "Scream For Ice". And the narrative form of "Scream For Ice" is based on the traditional Japanese art of poetry, Haiku.
- The Fourfold
Based on the ancient animistic beliefs and shamanic rituals in
Mongolia and Siberia, an exploration of the indigenous worldview and wisdom. Against the backdrop of the modern existential crisis and the human-induced rapid environmental change, there is a necessity to reclaim the ideas of animism for planetary health and non-human materialities.
Based on the ancient animistic beliefs and shamanic rituals in
Mongolia and Siberia, an exploration of the indigenous worldview and wisdom. Against the backdrop of the modern existential crisis and the human-induced rapid environmental change, there is a necessity to reclaim the ideas of animism for planetary health and non-human materialities.
Octopus Garden
This film is a remarkable, mind-expanding adventure that journeys with a team of scientists from the decks of high-tech exploration vessels, to the dark and uncharted depths of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
Traces
This film shows today’s youth as the main force of the preservation of our forests. It also highlights of the emotional symbiosis between man, the animal and the forest.
The Love Bugs
Over 60 years, Charlie and Lois O’Brien traveled to more than 67 countries, quietly amassing the world’s largest private insect collection and entomological game-changer of 1.25 million specimens. The two renowned, married entomologists now grapple with the advancement of the Parkinson’s disease that afflicts Charlie. But Charlie and Lois know they need to keep fighting for the value of scientific knowledge, so they turn to their insects for a little help.
I hope some of you can come watch and enjoy the films as much as we have enjoyed curating them.
This is an open and free to attend event!
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