All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2024 will host 110+ screenings across 20 States

The All Living Things Environmental Film Festival will host 110-plus screenings across 20 states, and 700 schools, alongside international events Ever since the All Living Things Environmental Film Festival launched as a digital-only event five years ago, it has come a long way. Festival director Kunal Khanna, says, “We are launching ALT EFF Voices, which is a new spoken word platform dedicated to the environment, and selected speakers will deliver their spoken word during the festival alongside film screenings.” The festival — that has been in the works for the last seven months — also goes international this year with screenings planned in Costa Rica, Nepal, Chile, USA, Ireland and Australia. “As we continue to experience the consequences of climate collapse, biodiversity loss, and a breakdown of the planetary systems, filmmakers, and storytellers are increasingly making these subjects a part of the tales they chose to tell,” says Kunal, adding, “This means increasingly refined films are coming our way making the final cut more challenging, which is a good challenge to have.” In the India line-up, documentaries include Ishani K Dutta’s Jamna – The River Story, a 38-minute film narrated by a local boatman, that takes an in-depth look at how historical neglect and current mismanagement have contributed to the river Yamuna’s decline; Stubble – The Farmer’s Bane by Shaz Syed that explores the severe air pollution crisis in northern India, particularly in Punjab, caused by stubble burning, among others. International features comprise Palestinian film Foragers by Jumana Manna that depicts the drama around the practice of foraging for wild edible plants in the region; Lutz Stautner’s German short film Crying Glacier where sound artist Ludwig Berger embarks on a journey to the Morteratsch Glacier in the Swiss Alps, and captures the profound sounds of a glacier in distress; French animated short The Forest Of The Honey Bees by Erwan Le Gal that tells the story of a beekeeper living on the picturesque island of Ouessant in Brittany, France; among several others.