EVENT DETAILS
DECEMBER 4, WEDNESDAY
2:00 - 2:45 PM:
Stubble - The Farmer’s Bane - Watch Trailer
Shaz Syed | India | 35 mins | English, Punjabi, Hindi | 2024
2:45 - 3:15 PM:
Burnt Country - Watch Trailer
Kirsten Slemint | Australia | 17 mins 45 secs | English | 2024
3:15 - 4:00 PM:
Q&A with A Flaming Forest + Burnt Country (Australian High Commission)
4:00 - 4:20 PM:
Requiem for a Whale - Watch Trailer
Ido Weisman | Israel | 15 mins 27 secs | Hebrew | 2022
4:20 - 4:35 PM:
The Legend of Goldhorn - Watch Trailer
Lea Vucko | Slovenia | 13 mins 35 secs | No Dialogue | 2022
4:35 - 4:50 PM:
Crying Glacier - Watch Trailer
Lutz Stautner, Philipp Becker | Germany, Switzerland | 14 mins 13 secs | English | 2023
4:50 - 5:30 PM:
Podcasting and BioAcoustics: Where Journalists and Filmmakers Meet (Mongabay India)
Speaker:
Abhijit Shylanath - Self-taught Musician, Producer, and Audio Editor.
5:30 - 6:00 PM:
Tomorrow, the Burning Heavens - Watch Trailer
Max Bloching | Germany | 22 mins 06 secs | German | 2024
6:00 - 7:00 PM:
Disha Swarajyachi (Towards Self-Governance) - Watch Trailer
Virendra Valsangkar | India | 53 mins 20 secs | Marathi | 2023
7:00 - 7:45 PM:
Community Campaigning: Success Stories and A Pathway to Change
Speaker:
Divya Narayanan, Executive Director of Jhatkaa
7:45 - 9:15 PM:
Once Upon a Time in a Forest - Watch Trailer
Virpi Suutari | Finland | 1 hr 33 mins | Finnish, English | 2024
DECEMBER 5, THURSDAY
2:00 - 2:20 PM:
Lullaby of waves - Watch Trailer
Ayon Pratim Saikia | India | 15 mins 20 secs | Assamese | 2023
2:20 - 2:45 PM:
Moon Without a House - Watch Trailer
Atanur Nabiyeva | Azerbaijan | 22 mins 03 secs | Azerbaijani | 2023
2:45 - 3 PM:
Gopi - Watch Trailer
Nishanth Gurumurthy | India | 13 mins 50 secs | Kannada | 2022
3:00 - 3:30 PM:
Q&A with Gopi
3:30 - 3:40 PM:
Searching for soppu: Foraging food in Bengaluru
Ridah Zaman | India | 9 mins 20 secs | Kannada, English | 2024
3:40 - 4:45 PM:
Foragers - Watch Trailer
Jumana Manna | Palestine | 1 hr 03 mins | Arabic, Hebrew | 2022
4:45 - 5:30 PM:
Fungal Entanglements: A Sensory Journey by Fungi Foundation
Speaker:
Prithvi Kini- Co-founder of Nuvedo (India's pioneering functional mushroom start-up)
Malavika Bhatia- Forager, Artist, and Community facilitator who weaves together ethnomycological research
5:30 - 5:45 PM:
Kenya’s Desert Alert - Watch Trailer
David Owino | Kenya | 15 mins 03 secs | English | 2024
5:45 - 6:30 PM:
The Climate Baby Dilemma - Watch Trailer
Victoria Lean | Canada | 44 mins | English | 2022
6:30 - 6:45 PM:
Ullarivu (The Awakening) - Watch Trailer
Sumi Mathai | India | 14 mins 10 secs | Malayalam | 2023
6:45 - 7:30 PM:
Moving Into A Climate Solutions Economy: Climate Futures and the role of Forests
Speaker:
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava - Founder & Director, Land Conflict Watch, currently working as India Research Lead with Princeton University’s Digital Witness Lab.
Mrinali - Advisor & Climate Research Lead, Land Conflict Watch
7:30 - 9:00 PM:
The Giants - Watch Trailer
Laurence Billiet, Rachael Antony | Australia | 1 hr 30 mins | English | 2023
DECEMBER 6, FRIDAY
11:00 - 11:15 AM:
Akunthit - Watch Trailer
Rahul Barman | India | 15 mins 59 secs | Assamese | 2023
11:15 - 11:30 AM:
Batsies - Watch Trailer
Liz Unger | USA | 15 mins 22 secs | English | 2023
11:30 - 11:45 AM:
ABBA - Watch Trailer
Fabiana Lupo | Italy | 14 mins 29 secs | Italian | 2023
11:45 - 12:00 PM:
Covered in mud, buried under myths -
12:00 - 12:20 PM:
Immaculate - Watch Trailer
Ningjing Wang | China, UK | 15 mins 40 secs | Chinese, English | 2024
12:20 - 1:00 PM:
Discussion/Sharing circle
1:00 - 1:10PM:
Some Thoughts on the Common Toad - Watch Trailer
G. Anthony Svatek | USA | 10 mins 37 secs | English | 2023
1:10 - 1:30 PM:
Wild Summon - Watch Trailer
Karni and Saul | UK | 14 mins 39 secs | English | 2023
1:30 - 1:45 PM:
Lunatic - Watch Trailer
Robin Noorda | Netherlands | 16 mins | English | 2024
1:45 - 2:15 PM:
Break
2:15 - 3:00 PM:
Crisis of Consumption: India’s Overwhelming Waste Problem and What We Can Do About It by Consumers for Sustainability
Speaker:
Seemanthini C. - Project Coordinator at Consumers for Sustainability
3:00 - 4:15 PM:
Nenets vs Gas - Watch Trailer
Sergio Ghizzardi | France, Belgium, Norway, Finland | 1 hr 14 mins | English, Russian, Nenets | 2023
4:15 - 4:45 PM:
ALT EFF Voices
With prompts and/or select curation provided by us, this is an open-mic for audiences to express themselves
About MEDAI The Stage Bengaluru :
MEDAI - The Stage is a state-of-the-art black box performance space in Chennai and Bangalore. It’s fitted with the most sophisticated audio and lighting setup with a leisure capacity of 150 and 170 people respectively. MEDAI has embarked on a commendable mission to uplift and empower emerging artists across various disciplines within the arts.
