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Amu Darya: River to a Missing Sea
The film traces the memories of the Amu Darya, a river once flowing to the Aral Sea. Through voices of Uzbek and Karakalpak communities, it captures the loss of water, the resilience of people, and the USSR’s transformation of a vast lake into the world’s youngest desert.
Phir Bhi (Even So)
In India's Charotar region, people live in harmony with marsh crocodiles, India's largest freshwater predator. With fewer than ten attacks in ten years, this coexistence is remarkable. Phir Bhi follows these communities to understand their deep tolerance, their challenges, and how collective care shapes a shared future with wildlife.
The Dooars World
Dooars is the geographical corridor between India and Bhutan at the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas. Filmed over three and a half years, it captures remarkable biodiversity and human-wildlife stories. It tells of a rare coexistence between past and future, the evolving human-wildlife relationship in the Dooars.
Keepers of the Kelp Forest
Along California's coastline, once-thriving kelp forests are vanishing, consumed by unchecked sea urchin populations and erratic environmental shifts. In Monterey Bay, home to one of the nation's largest marine protected areas, scientists, conservationists, and volunteers race against time to restore this vital habitat before it disappears completely.
After The World Ends... It Begins Again
This film tells the story of three generations of Kheria Sabar women resisting cultural erasure. While history recalls punitive violence against Sabar men, it foregrounds women's invisible wounds, showing how climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and migration extend state violence with a deeply gendered impact.
Karma Gaabo Re
Karma Gaabo Re offers an intimate glimpse into the Baiga tribe of Madhya Pradesh, displaced from their ancestral forests yet holding on to echoes of their heritage. Through songs, dances, and rituals, the film captures a resilient people whose deep connection with land and tradition continues to endure.
What's in my basket: Chhiri
The Omkareshwar Dam submerged villages and forests, once rich with herbs and wild edibles. The film follows Takal Singh and his family in search of their beloved green ‘chhiri,’ now rare, capturing their foraging journey and the memories entwined with a vanishing landscape.
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ABOUT THIS CURATION

Take a closer look at what's around you: do you see beauty and value in what was once vilified or ignored? This bucket nudges us towards rediscovering empathy and questioning systems while acknowledging the realities of native species, peoples and geographies.


FILM DETAILS:

Along California's coastline, once-thriving kelp forests are vanishing, consumed by unchecked sea urchin populations and erratic environmental shifts. In Monterey Bay, home to one of the nation's largest marine protected areas, scientists, conservationists, and volunteers race against time to restore this vital habitat before it disappears completely.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    0:19:45
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    USA
  • Premiere
    Yes
  • Subtitle Language
    English
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  • Director
    Will Hollis
  • Producer
    Will Hollis
  • Cast
    Keith Rootsaert, Patrick Webster, Kate Vylet, Joshua Smith, & Steve Lonhart.
  • Cinematographer
    Will Hollis
  • Editor
    Yu-Pu Pon
  • Animator
    James Richardson
  • Composer
    Lucas Wide
  • Sound Design
    Itzel Gonzalez Estrada
  • Music
    Lucas Wide
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