A life with slate

Director: Dipesh Kharel
Duration: 59 mnts
Language: English

In a mountain village east of Kathmandu, the harsh lives of Thami slate – miners take on almost poetic dimension. We learn how to separate slate slabs from the precipitous rock faces. Women work alongside men, carrying heavy loads down to the village and the distant markets. A life with slate emphasizes how cooperation between the labouring families ultimately makes a tough life bearable, and depicts intimate scenes of a village life.

Mere Desh Ki Dharti

Director: Sumit Khanna
Duration: mnt - 60 mts
Language: English

In our effort to achieve food security, have we compromised on food safety? The film investigates the impact of pesticides as it enters the food chain.

Bullets flow from bauxite

Director: KNT Sastry
Duration: 30 mnts
Language: English

The film investigates inroads made by multinational companies in Kashipur and Lanjigarh in Orissa to set up aluminium refinery and exploit bauxite reserves in the area, despite agitations by local people and international indignation.

Slash and burn dialogues

Director: Partha Sarkar
Duration: 30 mnts
Language: English

Slash and burn cultivation, the dominant form of agriculture in North East India, is deeply tied up with the culture and traditions of the region. However, it is increasingly posing a threat to the rich bio-diversity here. The film explores the fault lines between traditions, the environment and the rural economy.

Apna aloo bazaar becha

Director: Pankaj Gupta
Duration: 30 mnts
Language: English

The film will look at Jardhaargaon, a small village in Tehri Garhwal that leads the Beej Bachao andolan, a movement that seeks to ensure food security through agricultural bio-diversity and revival of traditional irrigation and natural farming practices. The story is told through the voices of three generations of its women who have turned this hope into a living realization through local self - governance.