EcoReels Film Festival 2025: Celebrating World Environment Day. Curated by Kriti Film Club. Theme: Community, Conservation and Futures. The Most Beautiful Place in the World (Short/ English/ 2025/ 2 mins) Dir. Kangba Lovejoy. Five-year-old Ethan dreams of a breathtaking place he once visited with his father—a land of lush trees, and beautiful mountains. A heartwarming tale of wonder, memory, and the simple yet powerful message of keeping our environment clean.

Sundarbans: Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes (Docu/ Bengali, Hindi with English subs/ 2024/ 19 mins) Dir. Pranjal Joshi. Stories of the natural heritage of the largest delta and mangrove forests of the world woven together to reflect the confluence of endangered species and unpredictable livelihoods - a tale that ties faith and ecology, resulting in coexistence amongst vulnerabilities.

Berang (Docu/ 2024/ 4 mins) Dir. Nitin Das. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of Ladakh, a short film brings to life the hope and resilience that renewable energy brings to the communities facing water scarcity.

Himalayan Gold (Docu/ Hindi with English subs/ 2023/ 28 mins) Dirs. Oshank Soni & Harshit Patel. In the remote highlands of the Himalayas, a rare fungus known as Keeda Jadi promises fortune to those brave enough to seek it...where ancient traditions collide with modern pressures and climate change threatens a way of life.

A Flaming Forest (Docu/ Kannada with English subs/ 2024/ 49 mins) Dirs. Salman Javeed, Satya Ambasta & Vivek Singh Sangwan. Documenting the intimate relationship of the Soliga adivasis with the forest they have historically inhabited, a story that calls for an alternative vision to conservation in the Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve.

All screenings will be followed by discussions with attending filmmakers and speakers.