
Midnight Tails will take you on a journey through the jungles - both concrete and biotic! Find joy watching baboons splay themselves across the roots of ancient trees; learn what light pollution and thinning ice can do to ecosystems that thrive in Arctic darkness; explore rapid urbanisation and the lives it alters; meet one man saving the lives of not only the Pangolins in Uganda, but also the people who hunt them; and teleport to France - behind the cliff of Etretat, where in an almost lunar space, a blind man with seasoned hands hunts crabs and lobsters. Whether you are wild or domesticated, this strand is for you.
India is a country where traditionally, the common man has lived in harmony with the natural environment. However, over the last few decades, modernisation and unplanned urbanisation have spread their roots; forests are shrinking and wildlife is constantly subjected to an onslaught of mindless developmental activities.
In this scenario, what is the fate of an animal that has been omnipresent in the fabric of Indian society: the frog?
Is it the last hop for these frogs, or will the common man reconnect with the natural world, to usher in some lasting hope?
- Year2020
- Runtime19 minutes
- LanguageKannada, English, Konkani
- CountryIndia
- PremiereNo
- DirectorDheeraj Aithal, Pradeep Hegde
- ProducerDheeraj Aithal, Pradeep Hegde
- CinematographerDheeraj Aithal, Pradeep Hegde
- EditorEre Gowda
- ComposerChethan Kumar
- Sound DesignAkhil Hari
Midnight Tails will take you on a journey through the jungles - both concrete and biotic! Find joy watching baboons splay themselves across the roots of ancient trees; learn what light pollution and thinning ice can do to ecosystems that thrive in Arctic darkness; explore rapid urbanisation and the lives it alters; meet one man saving the lives of not only the Pangolins in Uganda, but also the people who hunt them; and teleport to France - behind the cliff of Etretat, where in an almost lunar space, a blind man with seasoned hands hunts crabs and lobsters. Whether you are wild or domesticated, this strand is for you.
India is a country where traditionally, the common man has lived in harmony with the natural environment. However, over the last few decades, modernisation and unplanned urbanisation have spread their roots; forests are shrinking and wildlife is constantly subjected to an onslaught of mindless developmental activities.
In this scenario, what is the fate of an animal that has been omnipresent in the fabric of Indian society: the frog?
Is it the last hop for these frogs, or will the common man reconnect with the natural world, to usher in some lasting hope?
- Year2020
- Runtime19 minutes
- LanguageKannada, English, Konkani
- CountryIndia
- PremiereNo
- DirectorDheeraj Aithal, Pradeep Hegde
- ProducerDheeraj Aithal, Pradeep Hegde
- CinematographerDheeraj Aithal, Pradeep Hegde
- EditorEre Gowda
- ComposerChethan Kumar
- Sound DesignAkhil Hari