ECO REELS 2025 - The Climate Charche edition
Organised by Bengaluru Sustainability Forum & Kriti Film Club,
in collaboration with Department of Communication Studies, Mount Carmel College
in collaboration with Department of Communication Studies, Mount Carmel College
Friday, 10 January 2025
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru
Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru
Location Pin
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm: Lunch Break
2:15 pm – 4:00 pm: Theme - Community Resilience Matters
SAMAYADA HARIVU | Flow of Time
10:00 am – 10:15 am: Welcome and Opening
10:15 am – 11:15 am: Theme - Nature, People and Power
10:15 am – 11:15 am: Theme - Nature, People and Power
SPIRIT OF THE FOREST
(7 mins/ Kannada with English subtitles/ 2022/ Animation)
Dir. Nandini Rao, Nirupa Rao, Kalp Sanghvi
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. It is inspired by local practices of protecting relict forests through folklore grounded in scientific principles.
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BURNING MOUNTAINS
(3:21 mins/ English/ Animation/ 2024)
Prod. Waste Warriors
This film explores the breath-taking biodiversity of the Himalayan region, now under threat from human activities like open waste burning. What seems like a simple waste solution unleashes devastating toxins, including dioxins and furans that harm both the environment and human health. Smoke from burning waste releases black carbon, which accelerates glacial melting and contributes to global climate change.
FUSED CITY
(8 mins/ Assamese with English subtitles/ Stop motion animation, Documentary)
Dir. Biswajit Das/ Prod. Charles Correa Foundation
In the city of Guwahati, a visual artist embarks on a unique journey, weaving together the discarded remnants of electronic waste with various inspirations from the city. The film captures the artist's unconventional muse as he scours the urban landscape for discarded gadgets and electronics along with his experiences with different groups of people.
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GUTTER KI MACHHLI
(9:55 mins/ Hindi with English subtitles/ 2024/ Animation, Documentary)
Dir. Natasha Sharma/ Prod. Global Resilience Partnership & Community Design Agency
This animation weaves together the voices of the children, youth and women of a rehabilitation and resettlement colony in Govandi, Mumbai through art and poetry to vocalise, localise and visualise their experiences of climate change in their poorly built homes and neighbourhood.
Dir. Nandini Rao, Nirupa Rao, Kalp Sanghvi
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. It is inspired by local practices of protecting relict forests through folklore grounded in scientific principles.
Watch Trailer
BURNING MOUNTAINS
Prod. Waste Warriors
This film explores the breath-taking biodiversity of the Himalayan region, now under threat from human activities like open waste burning. What seems like a simple waste solution unleashes devastating toxins, including dioxins and furans that harm both the environment and human health. Smoke from burning waste releases black carbon, which accelerates glacial melting and contributes to global climate change.
FUSED CITY
Dir. Biswajit Das/ Prod. Charles Correa Foundation
In the city of Guwahati, a visual artist embarks on a unique journey, weaving together the discarded remnants of electronic waste with various inspirations from the city. The film captures the artist's unconventional muse as he scours the urban landscape for discarded gadgets and electronics along with his experiences with different groups of people.
Watch Trailer
GUTTER KI MACHHLI
Dir. Natasha Sharma/ Prod. Global Resilience Partnership & Community Design Agency
This animation weaves together the voices of the children, youth and women of a rehabilitation and resettlement colony in Govandi, Mumbai through art and poetry to vocalise, localise and visualise their experiences of climate change in their poorly built homes and neighbourhood.
Post-screening Discussion, facilitated by Manasi Pingle & Aanchal Kapur
11:00 am – 11:15 am: Tea break
11:15 am – 1:15 pm: Theme - The Changing Planet
FEELING THE APOCALYPSE
(7 min/ English / 2022/ Canada)
Dir. Chen Sing Yap
A psychotherapist struggling with climate anxiety explores what it means to live in a dying world.
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EULOGY FOR THE DEAD SEA
(81 mins/ English/ 2023)
Dir. Polina Teif
As the longest occupation in modern history ensues, the Dead Sea, a sacred body of water in the lowest place on earth becomes a site where a politically-driven environmental disaster threatens a once flourishing environment.
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POST-SCREENING CONVERSATION
11:00 am – 11:15 am: Tea break
11:15 am – 1:15 pm: Theme - The Changing Planet
FEELING THE APOCALYPSE
Dir. Chen Sing Yap
A psychotherapist struggling with climate anxiety explores what it means to live in a dying world.
Watch Trailer
EULOGY FOR THE DEAD SEA
(81 mins/ English/ 2023)
Dir. Polina Teif
Watch Trailer
POST-SCREENING CONVERSATION
Discussant: Benson Issac and Gayatri Menon
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm: Lunch Break
2:15 pm – 4:00 pm: Theme - Community Resilience Matters
SAMAYADA HARIVU | Flow of Time
(8 mins/ Kannada, English with English subtitles/ Documentary)
Dir. Shruti Parthasarathy & Vikash Tiwari | Prod. Charles Correa Foundation
This film delves into the lived experiences of Noor Mary and Prasad, inhabitants residing on opposite sides of the Historic Begur Lake; and observes the complexities surrounding the concept of reclamation and its relevance today. The contrast between the two distinct voices and the communities they represent emerge.
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THE WEIGHT OF WATER: The Human Cost of Climate Crisis
(67 mins/ English, Nepali with English subtitles/ 2022/ Nepal, UK/ Documentary)
Dir. Deej Phillips
A grieving mother. A flooded football field. A burdened woman. Three emotional stories set in Nepal show how communities are already being impacted by flooding and drought, all made worse by the injustice of climate change and increasing extreme weather events.
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POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION
Dir. Shruti Parthasarathy & Vikash Tiwari | Prod. Charles Correa Foundation
This film delves into the lived experiences of Noor Mary and Prasad, inhabitants residing on opposite sides of the Historic Begur Lake; and observes the complexities surrounding the concept of reclamation and its relevance today. The contrast between the two distinct voices and the communities they represent emerge.
Watch Trailer
THE WEIGHT OF WATER: The Human Cost of Climate Crisis
Dir. Deej Phillips
A grieving mother. A flooded football field. A burdened woman. Three emotional stories set in Nepal show how communities are already being impacted by flooding and drought, all made worse by the injustice of climate change and increasing extreme weather events.
Watch Trailer
POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION
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