ALT EFF 2026

Welcome to ALT EFF 2026's Online Program
Films that help us feel, question, grieve, laugh, imagine and act. Browse the catalogue and select the individual films you'd like to watch, or select short-film bundles.

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A Clawsome Tale
A whimsical tale of Lowenna - the lobster, from the lab to the sea!
2025 | United Kingdom
A Clawsome Tale
Wed Dec 2nd
A Special Little Fish
Tiare re-explored her backyard and found wonders. You should too.
2025 | Canada
A Special Little Fish
Wed Dec 2nd
A Weaver Bird's Nest (Tokora Sorai'r Baah)
A highway threatens the ancestral home of a multi-generational family
2024 | India
A Weaver Bird's Nest (Tokora Sorai'r Baah)
Wed Dec 2nd
All You Can Waste
The interconnection of our globalised consumption, and its waste.
2026 | Italy
All You Can Waste
Wed Dec 2nd
Ancient Sheep Breed and ‘Ecosystem Guardian’ Under Threat
A changing climate threatens the pastoral traditions of Kutch.
2026 | India
Ancient Sheep Breed and ‘Ecosystem Guardian’ Under Threat
Wed Dec 2nd
Ape to Ape
What if vulnerability is our greatest strength?
2025 | The Netherlands
Ape to Ape
Wed Dec 2nd
Aranya Prahari - Keepers of the Wild
Conversations on conservation in India’s NE
2024 | India
Aranya Prahari - Keepers of the Wild
Wed Dec 2nd
Architects of the Earth
Truly sustainable architecture in a West African community
2025 | Togo, Benin, USA
Architects of the Earth
Wed Dec 2nd
Before the Fire
Forests fires claim their land, but never their will power
2026 | India
Before the Fire
Wed Dec 2nd
Benin: Vodun to the Rescue of Mangroves
Can ancient spiritual traditions offer answers to today’s ecological crises?
2026 | Benin
Benin: Vodun to the Rescue of Mangroves
Wed Dec 2nd
Building for a Warmer World
Traditional architecture to combat the heat
2026 | India
Building for a Warmer World
Wed Dec 2nd
Burning Roots, Blooming Fire (Aadhunika Mithyabhasam)
Weaving threads of ethnographic culture, politics and childhood innocence
2026 | India
Burning Roots, Blooming Fire (Aadhunika Mithyabhasam)
Wed Dec 2nd
Choora
A day in the life of a Lakshwadeep fisherman
2024 | India
Choora
Wed Dec 2nd
Concrete Over the Forest
Shimla’s forests give way to concrete
2026 | India
Concrete Over the Forest
Wed Dec 2nd
Cone
All he wants to do is enjoy his ice cream.
2024 | Republic of Korea
Cone
Wed Dec 2nd
Dear Ancestor
An apology tribute to their ancestors
2026 | Madagascar, Réunion island
Dear Ancestor
Wed Dec 2nd
Denmo - Himalayan Brown Bear
In a changing landscape, Bears search for room to survive
2025 | India
Denmo - Himalayan Brown Bear
Wed Dec 2nd
Derek vs Derek
They share land, and names, but not much else.
2026 | United Kingdom
Derek vs Derek
Wed Dec 2nd
Deva Aaj Pan Vhay
When rain keeps Deva from school, what will he come up with?
2025 | India
Deva Aaj Pan Vhay
Wed Dec 2nd
Escape
A thrilling narrative resides in the marshy lands of Australia
2025 | United Kingdom, Australia
Escape
Wed Dec 2nd
Eternal Snow
A monk, a porter, and paradoxes without judgement
2026 | Switzerland, Nepal
Eternal Snow
Wed Dec 2nd
Heat
You don't watch this film's inequality…you sweat through it.
2026 | Switzerland
Heat
Wed Dec 2nd
Hidden Paradise
A race against time for two friends and Thailand’s Hidden Paradise
2026 | Thailand
Hidden Paradise
Wed Dec 2nd
How I Fell
Mocking the Cool and the Green!
2024 | Canada
How I Fell
Wed Dec 2nd
I'll Need to Leave for a Little While
An endangered monkey takes you on a coexistence walk
2026 | Vietnam, Malaysia
I'll Need to Leave for a Little While
Wed Dec 2nd
It’s Only 47°C
A portrait of extreme heat through the lives forced to live with it.
2026 | India
It’s Only 47°C
Wed Dec 2nd
Jwala
Respect and coexistence in India’s oldest Tiger reserve
2026 | India
Jwala
Wed Dec 2nd
Karen Sticky Rice
Preserving traditional farming practices in the Andamans
2025 | India
Karen Sticky Rice
Wed Dec 2nd
L'mina
A recreated mine as their story’s stage
2025 | France, Morocco, Italy, Qatar, UAE
L'mina
Wed Dec 2nd
Land of Canaan
Olive trees are the deep roots of Palestinian resilience
2025 | Palestine
Land of Canaan
Wed Dec 2nd
Last Night I Dreamed It Was Raining Fish
Modern Mumbai through the eyes Worli’s indigenous Koli
2025 | India
Last Night I Dreamed It Was Raining Fish
Wed Dec 2nd
Let Our Mountains Live
Norway’s indigenous Sami community calls for accountability
2026 | Norway, Finland
Let Our Mountains Live
Wed Dec 2nd
Life Invisible
Antibiotic resistance answers in Chile’s deserts
2025 | United Kingdom
Life Invisible
Wed Dec 2nd
Living Well (Buen Vivir – Ñutse Canseye)
How women of the Amazon fight Big Oil
2025 | Ecuador, Switzerland
Living Well (Buen Vivir – Ñutse Canseye)
Wed Dec 2nd
Man ki Udaan Kisson ki Dukaan (A Mind of Full Fantasies)
When children imagine a world where all living things belong.
2025 | India
Man ki Udaan Kisson ki Dukaan (A Mind of Full Fantasies)
Wed Dec 2nd
Mermaids of Mannar
Guardians of the ocean, their community, and everyone’s survival
2024 | India
Mermaids of Mannar
Wed Dec 2nd
Misery and Other Choices
Have a child? Protect the planet? Have a child? Pro…te..
2026 | Australia
Misery and Other Choices
Wed Dec 2nd
Namsing | Preserving A Tradition
Climate and conservation told through indigenous Assamese cuisine
2025 | India
Namsing | Preserving A Tradition
Wed Dec 2nd
Naye Kisan Nayi Seekh (New Farmer, New Learnings)
Filmmaker-turned-farmer succeeds with ancient remedies
2025 | India
Naye Kisan Nayi Seekh (New Farmer, New Learnings)
Wed Dec 2nd
No One is an Island
Quality life within planetary bounds is possible. But first - equality.
2024 | United Kingdom
No One is an Island
Wed Dec 2nd
Ohoti: When the Tide Recedes
A quest for a crab in India’s biggest city
2026 | India
Ohoti: When the Tide Recedes
Wed Dec 2nd
Once Upon a Mango Tree (Aam Gaachher Bashinda)
A man must choose between saving his home or preserving his mango tree.
2026 | India
Once Upon a Mango Tree (Aam Gaachher Bashinda)
Wed Dec 2nd
Overburden
A land shaped by industry, but alive with possibility
2026 | Liberia, Guinea
Overburden
Wed Dec 2nd
Path of Return (Maraluva Daari)
An Indian mythological lens on urbanisation
2024 | India
Path of Return (Maraluva Daari)
Wed Dec 2nd
Payuun: Thailand's Last Dugongs
When we love, we protect
2026 | Thailand
Payuun: Thailand's Last Dugongs
Wed Dec 2nd
Plant Life
Groundbreaking science for carbon-sequestering plants
2026 | USA
Plant Life
Wed Dec 2nd
River of Spirits
In Achuar territory, the personal and the communal are inseparable
2025 | Ecuador
River of Spirits
Wed Dec 2nd
Shen Mo's of Kibber
Women turn snow leopard fear into conservation, livelihoods, and coexistence.
2025 | India
Shen Mo's of Kibber
Wed Dec 2nd
Sincerity of Saryan
Preeti returns home to protect the forest that shaped her career
2026 | India
Sincerity of Saryan
Wed Dec 2nd
Surara - Spirit of Resistance
Slow and steady is their revolution
2026 | Brazil, United Kingdom, The Netherlands
Surara - Spirit of Resistance
Wed Dec 2nd
Tenfa
Three generations of women and the erasure of place-based oral traditions
2025 | India
Tenfa
Wed Dec 2nd
Thayakam (Motherland)
A hopeful environmentalist and his courage to fight Adani
2026 | Sri Lanka
Thayakam (Motherland)
Wed Dec 2nd
The Alter Echo
A man’s changing hearing transforms how he experiences the world.
2025 | India
The Alter Echo
Wed Dec 2nd
The Balcony's View
Ignorance is bliss. Light up another and enjoy?
2025 | Germany
The Balcony's View
Wed Dec 2nd
The Cave Within Me
A young cave guide reveals Meghalaya’s living caves and changing livelihoods.
2025 | India
The Cave Within Me
Wed Dec 2nd
The Farmer's Daughter
Monoculture meets its limits on a family farm. What next? Turn towards LIFE.
2026 | USA
The Farmer's Daughter
Wed Dec 2nd
The Guardian of Stories
Young storyteller’s journey to preserve oral storytelling in Laos
2025 | Spain, Laos
The Guardian of Stories
Wed Dec 2nd
The Guinan Sand Lizard
The world is enormous from the eyes of a Lizard!
2026 | United Kingdom, China
The Guinan Sand Lizard
Wed Dec 2nd
The Island of Giants
Piecing together an Atlantic Ocean puzzle on Whale Sharks
2025 | Portugal
The Island of Giants
Wed Dec 2nd
The Lake
A conflict of apathy, bureaucracy and time
2025 | USA
The Lake
Wed Dec 2nd
The Lost Indigenous Knowledge of Idu Mishmi
As shamans age, who holds Arunachal’s healing traditions?
2025 | India
The Lost Indigenous Knowledge of Idu Mishmi
Wed Dec 2nd
The Prediction (Kanippu)
A boatman, a meteorologist and increasingly unpredictable weather
2025 | India
The Prediction (Kanippu)
Wed Dec 2nd
The Scramble for Green Hydrogen in South Africa
The growing demand for green hydrogen has a darker reality
2025 | Belgium, South Africa
The Scramble for Green Hydrogen in South Africa
Wed Dec 2nd
The Vanishing Fireflies (Nagahanaw na mga Aninipot)
A young boy’s search for light after a storm.
2025 | Philippines
The Vanishing Fireflies (Nagahanaw na mga Aninipot)
Wed Dec 2nd
This Tree Won't Fall
Chipko, the iconic movement behind photographs, comes alive on film.
2026 | India
This Tree Won't Fall
Wed Dec 2nd
Through The Dappled Light
Ancient trees shelter work and leisure, hold memory and community.
2025 | India
Through The Dappled Light
Wed Dec 2nd
Tides of Life
One person’s journey towards wildlife rehabilitation
2025 | Uruguay
Tides of Life
Wed Dec 2nd
Uppuveedukal
An invisible disaster unfolds for Kochi’s coastal communities
2025 | India
Uppuveedukal
Wed Dec 2nd
Vana Bhashi | India’s Living Ecosystem
A glimpse into Amboli, India’s “Herper’s Paradise.”
2025 | India
Vana Bhashi | India’s Living Ecosystem
Wed Dec 2nd
Visit into Irradiated Land
When a disaster site becomes a tourist destination
2026 | France
Visit into Irradiated Land
Wed Dec 2nd
Visthapana
Relocation and land compensation for conservation
2026 | India
Visthapana
Wed Dec 2nd
Where Lions Once Were
The sanctity of the ‘Eden’ caves of Kenya
2026 | Kenya
Where Lions Once Were
Wed Dec 2nd
Where the Water Hides
Finding freshwater in a barren land
2026 | India
Where the Water Hides
Wed Dec 2nd
Ziki
The real cost of our tech, through a boy’s lens.
2025 | Italy
Ziki
Wed Dec 2nd
Pantanal
The unheard story of the world’s largest tropical wetland
2025 | United Kingdom, Brazil
Pantanal
Thu Dec 3rd

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