Environmental Film Festival

Happening 15th May in all cities and 16th May in Mumbai! ALT EFF Film Club is back with a lineup of 4 short films. Alongside ALT EFF Voices: 🎤our open mic where you can share short, personal, environment-related stories. If you love cinema, a community of people who care, and meaningful conversations.. this is your place. 🔗 Book your spot via the link in our bio.

🗓️Screening 15th May: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Gurugram, Goa, Kochi, Kolkata, Pune, & Jaipur. 🗓️Screening 16th May: Mumbai. 🔗Head to the link in our bio to save your spot ALT EFF presents a short film night featuring 4 films that explore environmental storytelling in distinct and compelling ways. 🎬🍿 Line-up : • The Feast (25 mins) • The Butterfly Man (16 mins) • The Floating World (15 mins) 🎙️Followed by ALT EFF Voices, an open mic where you can share short, personal, environment-related stories. No prep needed. Just pick a prompt and go. 🎓

Thank you @alt.eff for such a brilliant curation. Jaipur loved it. Cherished it. #tosstheatre #tossjaipur #theopenspacesociety #tossalteff

ALT EFF Voices 🎤 is happening at the ALT EFF Film Club alongside a short film night featuring 4 incredible films. At ALT EFF, we want to be a platform for environmental storytelling across mediums, not just cinema. Voices is part of that effort. A space where you can stand up and share a short, personal, environment related story with the room. No prep. No pressure. Just pick a prompt and speak. Come watch films. Come listen. Come speak. 🔗Head to the link in bio to save your spot. Please drop your @ if you identify yourself in the video

Here’s what’s in store for you this Friday evening! ✨ Presenting a short synopsis of the four films screening this Friday, 7 pm onwards: 1. The Butterfly Man Synopsis: Sem Jones / India / 16 mins / Marathi, English / 2025 The Butterfly Man follows Isaac Kehimkar, a passionate naturalist who has spent his life protecting India’s butterflies. His story unfolds with the butterfly’s metamorphosis, a transformation both remarkable and rarely seen up close. 2. The Feast Synopsis: Rishi Chandna | India | 25 mins 13 secs | Tamil | 2023 The Feast (Virundhu), directed by Rishi Chandna, follows a fisherwoman in a coastal village who challenges a powerful local politician to a feast. Confronting the decline of her lake, she prepares a secret dish with the potential to restore it. 3. Some Thoughts on the Common Toad Synopsis:G. Anthony Svatek | USA | 10 mins 37 secs | English | 2023 A cine-collage manifesto inspired by George Orwell’s essay, with Tilda Swinton narrating. The film uses a blend of images and sound to highlight the common toad as a symbol of natural beauty amidst environmental and political decay. 4. The Floating World Synopsis: Hiroshi Yokota | Japan, Canada | 15 minutes | 2022 After being transported into a 19th-century Edo painting, a university student discovers everyday sustainable practices from history to bring home to modern Japan. 📍 Screening Date: 15th May 2026, 7:00 – 9:00 PM 📌 Venue: Remakery India, R 84, Khirki Extension, Ground Floor, New Delhi Register through the 🔗 in our bio!

🔗Reserve your spot through the link in @keralamuseum ’s bio or DM us. Students get 50% off ✨ Use code: ALTSTUDENT We’ll be watching: Some Thoughts on the Common Toad | Dir. G. Anthony Svatek The Floating World | Dir. Hiroshi Yokota The Butterfly Man | Dir. Sem Jones The Feast | Dir. Rishi Chandna Followed by ALT EFF Voices, an open mic for short, personal environment related stories. No prep needed. Just pick a prompt and speak. 📍 Kerala Museum 📅 15th May ⏰ 5 PM See you there.

⛓️‍💥 Head to the link in bio to submit your film via FilmFreeway If your film speaks to the environment, to justice, to how we live on this planet it belongs here. Last year: 🎬 86 films from 39 countries 📍 45+ screenings across India and beyond In 2026, we go wider. ALT EFF is open to: 🎬 Shorts (under 30 mins) 🎬 Features (30–120 mins) 🎬 Animation 🎬 Documentary, fiction, non-fiction 🎬 Immersive work — VR, installations, audio, experiments Submissions are open. For queries: [email protected]

Only four days to go! ⛓️‍💥 Head to the link in bio to submit your film via FilmFreeway If your film speaks to the environment, to justice, to how we live on this planet it belongs here. Last year: 🎬 86 films from 39 countries 📍 45+ screenings across India and beyond In 2026, we go wider. ALT EFF is open to: 🎬 Shorts (under 30 mins) 🎬 Features (30–120 mins) 🎬 Animation 🎬 Documentary, fiction, non-fiction 🎬 Immersive work — VR, installations, audio, experiments Submissions are open. Deadline: May 4th. For queries: [email protected]

Listen to the brilliant and beloved momo @mrunmayeedeshpande ⛓️‍💥 Head to the link in bio to submit your film via FilmFreeway If your film speaks to the environment, to justice, to how we live on this planet it belongs here. Last year: 🎬 86 films from 39 countries 📍 45+ screenings across India and beyond In 2026, we go wider. ALT EFF is open to: 🎬 Shorts (under 30 mins) 🎬 Features (30–120 mins) 🎬 Animation 🎬 Documentary, fiction, non-fiction 🎬 Immersive work — VR, installations, audio, experiments Submissions are open. Deadline: May 4th. For queries: [email protected]

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Filmmakers 👀 SUBMIT YOUR FILM NOW 🎥🌱 From anywhere on this shared planet, bring us stories of connection, resilience, adaptation, investigation. All formats welcome 🎬 Let your film travel across cities 🌍 Link in bio to submit via @filmfreeway

[update: Pune and Goa screenings have been cancelled] @alt.eff Film Club is back for its third edition, bringing together cinema and community through a monthly meetup & screening from April to August across 12 cities. Watch a curated selection of environmental cinema that cracks you open without trapping you in doom and gloom. Catch ‘The Climate Baby Dilemma’ this Thursday in of the 12 cities, head to the link in bio to book your spots.