ECO REELS 2025 - The Climate Charche edition
Organised by Kriti Film Club & Bengaluru Sustainability Forum
in collaboration with CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Monday, 13 January 2025
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
CHRIST (Deemed-to-be-University)
CHRIST (Deemed-to-be-University)
10:15 am – 11:15 am: Theme - Nature, People and Power
SPIRIT OF THE FOREST
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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A CAN OF FISH
Dir. Aditi Chitre
To those fishermen who remember what natural fish looks and tastes like, watching the Eaters consume batches of empty fish cans is an eerie prelude to the discovery of the workings of a tremendous factory ship that is scraping the seabed for all the fish it can find. Soon there will be nothing left for the fishermen, who fling their ropes into the ocean and set off to sabotage the ship.
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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. #children #youth #women
FEELING THE APOCALYPSE
Dir. Chen Sing Yap
A psychotherapist struggling with climate anxiety explores what it means to live in a dying world.
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Post-screening Discussion
Discussant: Praveen Bhargav, Wildlife Trust
11:15 am – 11:30 am: Tea break
11:30 am – 1:15 pm: Theme - The Changing Planet
WADE
(11 mins/ 2019/ Animation)
Dir. Upamanyu Bhattacharyya & Kalp Sanghvi
In a version of Kolkata, India rendered unlivable by sea level rise, things take a dark turn when a family of climate change refugees are ambushed by a tiger on the flooded streets.
Dir. Upamanyu Bhattacharyya & Kalp Sanghvi
In a version of Kolkata, India rendered unlivable by sea level rise, things take a dark turn when a family of climate change refugees are ambushed by a tiger on the flooded streets.
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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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ARAVALI THE LOST MOUNTAINS
(22 mins/ Hindi with English subtitles/ 2022/ Documentary)
Dir. Jigar Nagda
This film, on marble quarrying in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district, is a story of low groundwater levels and depleting rainfall due to continual mining for the past 35 years. The Aravalli Range is the world's oldest mountain range, and helps to sustain the ecosystem. Mining, on the other hand, is the primary source of income for the majority of the population.
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THE LEOPARD'S TRIBE
Dir. Miriam Chandy Menacherry
An indigenous family finds they are at the centre of an imaginative battle to preserve the green lungs of India’s commercial capital and the leopard the tribe worships.
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POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm: Lunch break
2:15 pm – 4:00 pm: Theme - Flora, Fauna and Habitats
AGAINST THE TIDE
Dir. Sarvnik Kaur
Bombay fishermen Rakesh and Ganesh are inheritors of the great Koli knowledge system—a way to harvest the sea by following the moon and the tides. Rakesh has kept faith in the traditional fishing methods while Ganesh has strayed away from them, embracing technology. This film is a tale of friendship and rising resentment between the two men, as close as brothers, against the backdrop of an adoring sea, which is increasingly turning hostile because of climate change.
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POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION and CLOSING
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