ALT EFF 2021

International Shorts

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12 films in package
Fat Kathy
The film is a philosophical treatise on the dependence of people on nature, and the world around them.
Mar & Cielo
Two brothers share an emotional journey through the desert coast of Chile, revealing the complexity of their relationship and the climate crisis that surrounds them.
A Viral Spiral
World-renowned artist Steve Cutts created an animated film for the Nicolaas G. Pierson Foundation, in which he not only visualizes the factors that cause pandemics, but also points at the urgent measures that are needed to reduce the risk of future pandemics.
Sad Beauty
When mankind causes its own demise, what could bring consolation?
Into the Dark
Chasing light in Earth's Darkest Places
DURGA: Forging a New Trail
In northern Nepal, a young woman pursues a path historically and culturally uncommon for girls and women.
The Tracker
Mutinda was single handedly decimating the wildlife population in Kenya, until he was presented with another option that would allow him to use his tracking skills for good.
Life on the Horn
Life on the Horn is political narrative cinema in the form of grieving: With the barest of means the film succeeds in making the incomprehensible comprehensible.
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Alles hat Grenzen NUR DER MONDFISCH NICHT
"Alles hat Grenzen, NUR DER MONDFISCH NICHT" is an environmental musical, in which nature acts and speaks in a diversity of voices.
Sky Aelans
Indigenous communities from the Solomon Islands reflect upon the sacred connection they hold with the high mountain forests, ‘Sky Aelans’, that are at risk of being lost to logging.
Shaba
Shaba is about the relationships between the first women elephant keepers of Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in northern Kenya, with one special elephant named Shaba.
They Keep Quiet So We Make Noise
The documentary short They Keep Quiet So We Make Noise, follows two activists in the Enviro Protection Agency of Kuala Langat during a night drive as they fight against the tide of plastic waste being sent to Malaysia from overseas.

The first mountain guide from her village in northern Nepal, 34-year-old Durga Rawal was always on the lookout for a path to independence. While the girls around her were left to grow up working on family farms and in their homes, Rawal pursued another direction—changing not only the societal and familial expectations of herself, but for future generations.


"DURGA: Forging a New Trail" is an intimate story of what female empowerment and gender equality looks like on the ground, and what an independent path just might lead to.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    20 minutes
  • Language
    Nepali, English
  • Country
    Nepal, United States
  • Premiere
    Yes
  • Director
    Emily Hopcian
  • Screenwriter
    Emily Hopcian, Alan Schwer
  • Producer
    Emily Hopcian
  • Executive Producer
    N/A
  • Co-Producer
    N/A
  • Filmmaker
    Emily Hopcian, La Cumbre Collective
  • Cast
    Durga Rawal, Asmita Gayak, Soniya Rawal
  • Cinematographer
    Alan Schwer
  • Editor
    Alan Schwer
  • Animator
    N/A
  • Production Design
    N/A
  • Composer
    Kenny Lyon, Leah María Suárez
  • Sound Design
    Kenny Lyon
  • Music
    Kenny Lyon, Leah María Suárez
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