Theme: URBAN REALITIES | EcoReels Online Film Festival 2026

Welcome to your online space of the EcoReels Film Festival 2026
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    uly - 8 August 2026
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VIEW, IMMERSE, TALK, ACT ON DESTRUCTIVE URBAN REALITIES

NOISES FROM THE BASEMENT
(19 mins | Hindi w. English subtitles | 2024 | Documentary | India)

Dir. Abhay P. | Prod. National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

Cities are growing rapidly around us. Each city has their own story to tell amidst their growth, like Ahmedabad in this film which is in its run for development. Trailer 

Watch FILM   #urbanisation


UNHINJED
(5 mins | Silent film w. music | 2025 | Documentary | India)

Dir. Arun Pramajan, Agnipravo Karmakar, SIMC Studios

An unhinged look at the cost of development at Hinjawadi - the IT hub of Pune, juxtaposing the heights of development against the stacks of waste that it generates.

Watch FILM  #electronicwaste


PYASA
(4:56 mins | Marwadi, Hindi w. English subtitles | 2026 | Animation | India)

Dir. Adit Maheshwari

The story follows a lower caste family living on the outskirts of Jaipur where a huge conglomerate called “Pyasa” is bringing their new initiative. This, amidst multiple reports of missing children.

Watch FILM  #development


SEAWARD
(8 mins | English | 2025 | Documentary | Singapore)

Dir. Saksham Mehrotra | Prod. Lauren Lim

Singapore’s coastlines are always in flux - a delicate dance between the receding tides and the rising earthmovers. ‘Seaward’ drifts through the peripheries of this very landscape, offering a quiet meditation on the life that endures at the edges of a changing island. Trailer

Watch FILM  #sea #reclamation


KHARA SHEHER
(37 mins | Hindi w. English subtitles | 2025 | Documentary | India)

Dir. Anisha Raj, Anjani Chadha, Angeline, L. Shiihrani, Lagan Mangla and Rishabh Yadav

Despite over 5,000 acres of land, the salt pans of Mumbai remain largely out of public view. The recent sanctioning of 256 acres of salt pan land for the Dharavi rehabilitation project raises concerns about the commercialisation of open spaces in a city highly prone to flooding. Trailer

Watch FILM  #cities #livelihoods


NAAD NADI
(11 mins | Silent | 2025 | Documentary | India)

Dir. Mihika Sengupta & Ayush Nair

An aural journey, this film provides a river soundscape along the Ganga in Kolkata, where the river gathers every sound from the ringing of ferry horns, from the whisper of ripples to the noise of industry and humans. Trailer

Watch FILM  #rivers


GOTAKHOR - DISAPPEARING DIVING COMMUNITIES                                                 

(20 mins | Hindi w. English subtitles | 2024 | Documentary | India)

Dir. Kritik Varshney | Prod. Peoples Resource Centre (PRC)

This film is a sensitive connection with the diver community of the Yamuna river in Delhi - people who have long understood the language of the water and shaped their lives in harmony with it.

Watch FILM  #urbansaviours


BEYOND THE CONFLICT
(16:32 mins | English, Marathi w. English subtitles | 2025 | Documentary | India)

Dir. Atharva Raut

Mumbai has witnessed intermittent episodes of human-leopard conflict for decades. At the frontline of this fragile coexistence stands the rescue team of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, working tirelessly to protect those who cannot speak for themselves. Trailer

Watch FILM  #humananimalconflict


FOREST ON PAPER
(25:45 mins | Hindi w. English subtitles | 2026 | Documentary | India)

Dir. Tarini Manchanda

This short film gathers testimonies from people displaced in the name of forest land between Delhi and Haryana in 2021. Trailer 

Watch FILM  #displacement


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Available to watch from 18 July - 8 August 2026
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