11.30 a.m.
Film: Deeply Superficial
Country: India
Director: Veneet Raj Bagga
Duration: 26 min.
Synopsis: ‘Deeply Superficial’ is the chronicle of many meanings the waters of the river Ganga holds for the people of this diverse country. Mired in these meanings is a strange irony- where the river is venerated as holy and pure, the condition of its water and surroundings is tragic and full of filth. The film seeks out the people working to save the river and implores that each one of us can contribute our bit to retain and preserve the essence of our rivers for generations to come.

11.00 a.m.
Film: Erosion
Country: India
Director: Sourav Sarangi
Duration: 60 min.
Synopsis: A large number of people have fallen victim to large scale erosion that takes place almost every year along Ganga and Padma rivers in Malda and Murshidabad districts, west Bengal, India. The situation is worsening each year….. Concerned authorities have been callous and negligent; even they are perpetuating the problems for obvious political and monetary gains …. Local inhabitants have been alleging this for a long time to deaf ears. The film is an on location report of the grave situation made over years. It seeks to disseminate the pains and penury, the anger and resoluteness of the sufferers of erosion.

12.00 p.m.
Film: Source to Sea: The Columbian River Swim
Country: USA/Canada
Director: Andy Morris
Duration: 90 min.
Synopsis: Chris Swan swam 1243 miles in 13 months, all across the Columbia River, braving not just cold and exhaustion but pollution and encroachments which threaten to turn the once thriving and glorious water body into sewage, displacement and extinction. Andy Morris’s remarkable ‘Source to Sea’ is not just a rousing paean to human endeavor but also spans the ancient story of a river and the life and culture that thrives in and around it. It is through these epic narratives that the film arrives on the essential connect between man and the elements; one we are in the danger of forgetting. Winner of the Best Environmental activism/ Social Justice Award and Most Inspiring Adventure Film Award.

LUNCH BREAK
Time : 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm

02.30 p.m.
Film: Beyond the Tsunami
Country: Myanmar
Director: Shin Daewe
Duration: 21 min.
Synopsis: In the aftermath of a tsunami, a fisherman and family try to come to terms with the experience of the catastrophe that changed their lives forever.

02.50 p.m.
Film: Umiaq Skin Boat
Country: Canada
Director: Jobie Weetaluktuk
Duration: 31 min.
Synopsis: Umiaq Skin Boat is a beautiful and poetic film about a group of Inuit elders in Inukjuak, Quebec who decide one summer to build the first traditional seal skin boat their community has seen in over 50 years. Umiaq Skin Boat bears witness to the resilience of the Inuit spirit in rapidly changing times.