Environment Film Festival, Sattur
Curated by Amudhan R.P.
Presented by Ulaga Cinema Bhaskaran
Organised by Kalai Ilakkiya Peru Mandram & MARUPAKKAM
25 June, 2023
Schedule
11 am : Inauguration
11.30 pm Niyamgiri, you are still alive
Dir: Suma Josson; 16 min; Odia with Eng subtitles; 2010; Documentary
This is a film on the anti-bauxite mining campaign in Orissa, India, led by the indigenous communities against Sterlite, a subsidiary of the U.K. mining company Vedanta.
Bamboo Ballads
Dir: Sajid Naduthody; 29.49 min; Malayalam with Eng subtitles; 2020 ; Documentary
It is the story of a school student Naina Febin who uses music to conserve her favorite plant, Bamboo. She plants bamboo saplings in every available space. She distributes bamboo saplings to the families in her neighborhood. Naina is writing a book on bamboo. She has formed a bamboo music band that uses instruments only made out of bamboo.
The Woods are calling
Dir :Teenaa Kaur; 25 min; Documentary
Metha, along with other tribal hunters in a remote village of Khonoma in Nagaland, gives up hunting so as to save the forest and an endangered bird “Blyth’s Tragopan”.
12.45 pm : Interaction
1 pm : Lunch break
2 pm
Thengapalli
Dir: Sanjay Barnela; 8:45; India; Documentary
Gunduribari is a tribal village in the Nayagarh district of Orissa known for its teak trees, the villagers were for years unable to protect the forests from the local timber mafia. Initially, women weren’t part of the decision-making process regarding forest management practices in the village. But with the situation getting worse women decided to take matters into their hands to protect their forests and all the women and girls started guarding the forest.
Dahar (Desert)
Dir: Vandana Menon; 12:16; India; Documentary
The Banni Grasslands Reserve in the Rann of Kutch, Gujarat in West India was known to be Asia's largest grasslands. The landscape has changed dramatically over the past few decades due to human intervention. The film explores the impact of the invasive species Prosopis juliflora introduced by the government of India on the livelihoods of Banni.
Dukhu Majhi - Son of the barren land
Dir: Somnath Mondal; 28:25; India; Documentary
This documentary is regarding a relentless struggle of a solitary man in his unique way to save the mother earth.
The old man - Dukhu Majhi lives in the district of Purulia (W. Bengal), where the temperature rises upto 50 degree Celsius in the summer. He had somehow been inspired by his father in childhood and later on by a Govt. campaign on the need of plantation. There he came to know how trees invite rain and supply oxygen in the environment. He also feels that people need shadows from the scorching sun.
My heart is an ocean
Dir: Tanvi Jadwani; 21:50; Short film
As the water recedes the reclaimed shore of Mumbai every evening, three children living on its shore in a small fishing ghetto come out to play on this temporary playground. The sea dictates game of the day. On a lucky day when herons are spotted hovering over the sea, it's a day to catch fish in shallow waters. One evening after fish are caught, Chirag declares that he wants to take all the fish home to build the biggest aquarium anyone has ever seen. This leads to a fight among playmates.
4 pm. : Interaction
4.30 : Tea break
4.45 pm
Green
Dir: Patrick Rouxel; 48 min; Documentary
Her name is Green; she is alone in a world that doesn’t belong to her. She is a female Orangutan, a victim of deforestation and resource exploitation. This film is an emotional journey with Green’s final days. It is a visual ride presenting the treasures of rainforest biodiversity in Indonesia and the devastating impacts of logging and land clearing for the palm oil plantations and the pulp and paper Industry.
Coral Woman
Dir: Priya Thuvassery; 52 min; Tamil & English; Documentary
This will be a filmmaker's journey with Uma, a certified scuba diver, exploring the underwater world & the threat to coral reefs of Gulf of Mannar, India.Born in a traditional family in Tamil Nadu 53 years old Uma, a homemaker, has been trying to bring attention to this alarming environmental issue through her paintings. It is, in fact, these corals that inspired Uma to learn how to swim, dive & paint in her 50s.
6.20 pm : Interaction & Closing remarks
