ALT EFF 2026 <> Bangalore

Pull up a chair. Let's meet the times together. This event is a Flagship ALT EFF experiences, curated end to end by the ALT EFF team. This is art as witness, joy as resistance, and cinema as a way home -- to each other. Program 12th December 2026, Saturday Sloped Roof Block 11:00 - 11:20 AM: Surara - Spirit of Resistance (Lea Hejn / Brazil, UK, The Netherlands / 17 mins / Brazilian Portuguese / 2026) 11:20 - 11:35 AM: Your City (Ting Su / USA, China, France / 14 mins / Chinese Mandarin / 2026) 11:35 - 11:55 AM: How I Fell (Julien Boisvert / Canada / 19 mins / French / 2024) 11:55 - 12:15 PM: The Granny & Fishes (Maria Mavat, Ehsan Farrokhi Fard / Iran / 27 mins / Persian / 2025) 12:15 - 1:45 PM: Land of Canaan (Maggie Lemere / Palestine / 1 hr 24 mins / English / 2025) 1:45 - 2:00 PM: Last Night I Dreamed It Was Raining Fish (Shraddha Khanna / India / 16 mins / Marathi / 2025) 2:00 - 2:15 PM: The Last Climber (Thida Swe / Myanmar / 16 mins / Burmese / 2025) 2:15 - 2:35 PM: Choora (Anand Rama Krishnan / India / 17 mins / Malayalam / 2024) 2:35 - 3:00 PM: Q&A with filmmaker (TBC) 3:00 - 4:30 PM: Dear Ancestor (Nantenaina Lova / Madagascar, Réunion island / 1 h 11 mins / Malagasy, French / 2026) 4:30 - 4:35 PM: The Balcony's View (Stella Hood / Germany / 3 mins / German / 2025) 4:35 - 5:00 PM: Path of Return (Maraluva Daari) (Jayasri Sridhar / India / 23 mins / Kannada / 2024) 5:00 - 5:30 PM: Amma, Do Giraffes Cry? (Kartikeya Saxena / India, Czech Republic / 27 mins / English, Hindi, Czech / 2026) 13th December 2026, Sunday Sloped Roof Block 11:00 - 11:15 AM: Wild Hope: Way of the Elephants (Bethany Jones / India / 15 mins / English / 2024) 11:15 - 11:35 AM: This Tree Won't Fall (Deepak Ramola / India / 20 mins / English, Hindi, Garhwali / 2026) 11:35 - 12:00 PM: A Clawsome Tale (Lucie Machin / United Kingdom / 22 mins / English / 2025) 12:00 - 12:20 PM: Namsing | Preserving A Tradition (Ruella Rahman Khound / India / 21 mins / Assamese, Mising / 2025) 12:20 - 1:00 PM: Q&A with the filmmaker (TBC) 1:00 - 1:15 PM: The Farmer's Daughter (Melissa Bloom / USA / 13 mins / English / 2025) 1:15 - 1:45 PM: Plant Life (Josh Izenberg, Brett Marty / USA / 24 mins / English /2026) 1:45 - 2:00 PM: Payuun: Thailand's Last Dugongs (Mailee Osten-Tan / Thailand / 15 mins / English, Thai / 2026) 2:00 - 2:15 PM: Jwala (Amoghavarsha JS / India / 15 mins / English, Hindi / 2026) 2:15 - 3:00 PM: Q&A with CAL (TBC) 3:00 - 4:30 PM: The Lake (Abby Ellis / USA / 1 hr 33 mins / English / 2025) 4:30 - 4:40 PM: Before the Fire (Swara Garge, Prakhar Dobhal / India / 11 mins / English, Hindi / 2026) 4:40 - 4:55 PM: Benin: Vodun to the rescue of mangroves (Juliette Chapalain / Benin / 13 mins / English, French / 2026) 4:55 - 5:20 PM: The Prediction (Kanippu) (Rishi Chandna / India / 24 mins / English, Tamil / 2025) 5:20 - 5:40 PM: Vana Bhashi | India’s Living Ecosystem (Sneha Mitra, Vikram Vyawahare / India / 16 mins / English, Hindi, Marathi / 2025) 5:40 - 6:00 PM: Q&A with the filmmaker (TBC) 6:00 - 7:30 PM: Yurlu | Country (Yaara Bou Melhem / Australia / 1 hr 19 mins / English / 2025) 7:30 - 8:30 PM: Youth ki Awaz Performance (TBC) / Shilpa Mudbi performance (TBC) 8:30 - 10:00 PM: Derek vs Derek (James Dawson / United Kingdom / 1 hr 28 mins / English / 2026)"