CARBON FILM FESTIVAL
This film festival explored carbon as an invisible yet powerful presence in our lives and on screen. From e-waste dump yards to the forests of the Western Ghats, a curated selection of films—across genres, languages, and formats—unpacked stories of resilience, and transformation. Featuring documentaries, animations, experimental shorts, and more, the programme invited viewers of all ages to engage with carbon's complex role in our world through cinema and conversation. The films were selected through an open call process with the advise of filmmakers Akanksha Sood Singh and Nakul Singh Sawhney.
ADVISORS
Akanksha Sood is among India’s multi-award-winning natural history filmmakers. She is the founding partner of one of India’s leading independent natural history production companies – The Gaia People, and the founder of the Women of the Wild series in India, Pakistan and Malaysia. Her career spans over 21 years and covers the range and breadth of film production - from the jungles to tent pole feature films, crafting scripts to negotiating complex acquisition / co-productions and now to producing and directing her own films.
Akanksha’s films have seen first broadcast on almost all major networks in the world. With over 200+ awards and nominations, her work has won 5 National Film Awards by the President of India, a Wildscreen & Jackson Wild nomination and a UN Film Award. She is a communications consultant for the UNEP Development and Promotion of Non POPs, a Juror for the International Emmy ®️ Awards – Documentary category, member of the Jackson Wild Advisory Council and has been chosen as one of the 75 Women Leaders in India by UN Women and is featured in their book – Hum: When Women Lead.
Nakul Singh Sawhney is an independent documentary filmmaker based in India. His films focus on issues of religious sectarianism, human rights, and social justice in India. He is also the founder of a film and media collective in rural North India called ChalChitra Abhiyaan / Moving Images Campaign. He has made several feature-length and short documentaries. These include Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai/Muzaffarnagar Eventually, a film on the sectarian violence in North India that impacted the results of the General Elections in 2014. The film was released in 2015 and has been screened at several international and national platforms. He also made Izzatnagri ki Asabhya Betiyan/Immoral Daughters in the Land of Honour. The film focuses on 'honour' killings and resistance against feudal patriarchy in Jat belt of North India. It was released in 2012. It was also screened at several film festivals including IDSFFK, Vibgyor, Film South Asia Film Festival (Nepal), and Cinema of Resistance. The film has also been screened at several universities globally, including Princeton University, and U-Penn. It has also been widely shown across community centres in Canada.
PARTNERS
The Bangalore International Centre (BIC) a neutral, non-profit, member and donor supported public institution was founded in November, 2005 to enhance dialogue and foster ideas across cultures, religions, regions, societies and economies. BIC was inaugurated by Former President of India, the Late Abdul Kalam. The Energy Resources Institute (TERI) has hosted BIC since its inception till end 2018.
All Living Things Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF) is India’s premiere showcase of today’s climate stories. Through pay-as-you-feel global online streaming & in-person community screenings, our audience witnesses untold stories of regeneration, activism, crisis and hope.