Join us for 'Different Perspectives' + Q&A as part of Wildscreen Festival’s Official Selection public screenings.

Three shorts - 'Kappe Raaga', 'Eye-To-Eye', 'Boca Chica' - supplement our screening of 'The Last Defenders of India'. All four encourage us to view wildlife through a different lens; an opposing set of perspectives to help us navigate the natural world.

Kappe Raaga - The song of Kumbara: Prashanth S Nayaka
This is a first-of-its-kind Musical Video that introduces Kumbara - The Night Frog (discovered in 2014). The word Kumbara means a “Potter’ in Kannada. The scientific name is Nyctibatrachus Kumbara. This musical video dives into the spectacular macro world of Kumbara, which is going to be emotional, connective and unbelievable to realise that all of this is happening in a small stream, which usually goes unnoticeable.

Eye-To-Eye: Siri Linn Brandsøy, Lasse Huldt
We make eye contact with other people all the time, but rarely with other species. This poetic nature documentary takes us on a journey from the Norwegian west coast to the boreal forest in the east. Through intimate moments and exchanged glances it draws us into a sensuous and more-than-human world where there is an unspoken language that seeps out of the terrain.

Boca Chica: Ái Vuong, Samuel Díaz Fernández
Unrestricted access to beaches is a public right in Texas. But for the little known, magical, and untamed stretch of beach called Boca Chica, that right is curtailed when SpaceX takes flight. Boca Chica uncovers the mesmerizing beauty of this fragile coastline and the fight for free access for its longtime visitors whose memories and spirituality are rooted deep among the sandy shorelines.

The Last Defenders of India: Srishti Lakhera
The Indian Himalayan district of Chamoli is an ecologically fragile region known for its meadows of native flowers and wide variety of flora. It is also rich in minerals like magnesite, iron and limestone. A construction boom across the region has fuelled the extraction of these resources, resulting in a massive increase in landslides.

Deepa Devi and Kiran Bhandari are leading a group of women fighting against the construction of a stone crusher plant by a powerful local mafia. For over a year, the women have stopped the construction of the plant near their village, Jabar Kot, using their bodies to prevent the diggers from working. Kapoor Rawat, a grassroots organiser, supports their fight despite the legal cases brought against them by the stone crusher plant company for the loss of income due to their obstruction.

As the threats and intimidation increase, the women remain determined and stay on the frontline to protect their land, forests, water and children's future.

With support of the BFI Fan Exhibition Fund, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK.

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