AMBI JIJI'S RETIREMENT   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : NANDINI BEDI ]
[ Theme : Agriculture ]
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Ambi Jiji always planted her crops on soil where forests have been burnt. This jhum field would then be abandoned and left to regenerate into a forest and a new one burnt. Increasingly jhum fields are being turned into orchards which provide cash and food security. Through Ambi Jiji and her daughters, we see the passing of a way of life in a remote village in Meghalaya.

 

- First Prize in Jeevika 2007, South Asia Livelihood Documentary Competition

APNA ALOO BAZAAR BECHA  (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : PANKAJ H. GUPTA ]
[ Theme : Agriculture ]
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What happens when remote, isolated mountain communities come face to face with globalization? Jardhar gaon, a village in the Hemval valley of Garhwal, led an isolated, egalitarian existence until a series of events forced it, into joining the market economy. This short documentary, based entirely on local perspectives, reflects on the process of change - what triggers the shift to modernisation and what impact it has on the personal, social and environmental spaces.

 

- Best Short Film - International Competition, Golden Deer Award, Ecofilms Festival, Greece, 2008

DISSENT VOICES   (UP) (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : PANKAJ RISHI KUMAR ]
[ Theme : Agriculture ]
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A road movie that traces the voices of farmers along the way, from Kanyakumari to Delhi. The winds are against them ... against the people who have been feeding India. A road less traveled...

MERE DESH KI DHARTI   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : SUMIT KHANNA ]
[ Theme : Agriculture ]
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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.

SEEDS OF LIFE   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : USHA ALBUQUERQUE ]
[ Theme : Agriculture ]
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The film documents the work of Vandana Shiva, environmental activist who has made it her mission to alert the world to the consequences of globalisation on agriculture in India. -51st National Film Awards (Non Feature) – 2004, Best Agricultural film

THE SEEDKEEPERS   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : FARIDA PACHA ]
[ Theme : Agriculture ]
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The film looks at the transformation of Dalit women's lives through their involvement in an ecological movement for sustainable farming in Andhra Pradesh. -Best Agricultural Film, 53rd National Awards