Ecology Film Festival, Madurai

Ecology Film Festival, Madurai 

29 June 2025; 11 am to 6 pm

MUTA Hall, Ka Ka Thoppu St, Madurai

Curated by Amudhan RP

Jointly organised by MARUPAKKAM & MUTA

Schedule (subject to changes)

11 am to 1 pm

And I Call him my Father 

Dir : Haneena P.A.; 17 min; Documentary; India

Since 2016, Musthafa has been restoring a piece of degraded mining land tucked away in a village of Kerala into a greenland of his mind. The land then witnessed substantial changes which has since then been known as Greenara. Six years later, His daughter retraces the steps of his journey developing the land.

Bound By Us

Dir : Chinmoy Sonowal; 20 min; Documentary; India 

An exploration of the life of a shrinking forest that finds itself confined within the city of New Delhi, the film looks at direct and indirect impacts of human intervention.

Seaspeaker 

Dir : Parvathi Nayar; 16.30 min; Documentary; India

Faith and knowledge entwine to flow deep within fisher elder S Palayam, who lives in the fishing village of Urur Olcott Kuppam, located in the South Indian city of Chennai.

Bloodline

Dir: Shriharsh Mahendra Gajbhiye; 62 min; Documentary; India 

A story of survival, an unusual journey of the life and sacrifice of a fierce mother. One that shapes the survivals of her progeny, her legacy, in the dynamic landscape of Central India. One that she will defend with her life, even at the cost of her own existence.Story of a forgotten icon, Bloodline is a story of Madhuri or tiger (T10), the the grand matriarch of the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve.

2 pm to 5 pm 

Jamnapar

Dir : Abhinava Bhattacharya; 24 min; Documentary; India 

Jamnapaar lurks on the river's edge seeking to explore how the inhabitants of the Jamuna relate to its degraded presence, the fragile nostalgia of an unknowable past and the horror of its unthinkable future.

The Taste of Honey
Dir: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan, Fabeha Monir; 15:00 min; Documentary; Bangladesh
Synopsis: A resilient tiger widow from the world’s largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans (Bangladesh), Shorbanu Khatun, grapples with the relentless impacts of climate change, struggling to provide for her children while preserving the endangered traditions of honey and Gol leaf collecting amidst a world of increasing storms, salinity, and societal ostracism.

Green 

Dir : Patrick Rouxel; 48 min; Documentary; Indonesia 

Meet Green, an orangutan and victim of human impact. Follow the devastating journey as her home is destroyed by logging, clearing for palm oil plantations, and the choking haze of rainforest fires. Hauntingly poetic and without narration, the film creatively depicts the effects of consumerism on tropical rainforests as we are faced with our personal accountability in the loss of the world's treasures.

Colonies in Conflict 

Dir : Rajani Mani; 73 min; Documentary; India

"Colonies in Conflict" is a feature-length documentary by Rajani Mani that explores the impact of environmental and human-made factors on wild bees in India. The film focuses on the decline of Apis dorsata, also known as rock bees, a migratory honeybee species, and the challenges they face due to urbanization and other threats.

4.45 pm : Closing remarks