As humans continue in their rampage against the environment, here's a short film that makes you pause and reflect. The Story of Kaveri by Reforest India movingly depicts the journey of a slowly dying Kaveri. With an absorbing voiceover in Kannada, it draws attention to the adverse effects of deforestation on Indian rivers. Invoking the myth of Kaveri's birth, when Shiva granted a boon to sage Kavera, the narrative depicts how far the river has come from what it used to be. Kaveri now implores humans to save her from a fate of oblivion and themselves from drought and famine.

The Story of Kaveri | Short Film of the Day

The film is a beautiful and insightful conversation that a woman has with her baby. The story opens on a day when Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations are in full swing with fireworks and merrymaking in tow. The tone of the narrative leaves the viewer significantly unprepared for what is to come. Solely an interaction of the mother and her baby as she comforts the infant disturbed by the noise of crackers and the celebration downstairs, Vikat continues to increase the intimacy in its approach to the events unfolding on screen. What had begun as a regular celebration of a festival, is about to culminate into a violent act that makes the viewer truly sit up and pay heed. Now that the film has managed to capture your attention, while also demonstrating expert camerawork in the process, it will finally share its true intentions - one about the environment and how it has been degraded and exploited by us in the name of celebration, making its message all the more powerful and hard-hitting.

Vikat | Short Film of the Day

Made as part of the Start A Little Good series by Hindustan Lever, the ad film by Little Lamb Films goes to show how far a simple act can go in saving the environment. Drawing attention to the very urgent issue of water shortage, the film shows the bleakness of the situation in rural India. While it's often easy to slip into a state of indifference, often induced by the comfort of our privileges, at the cost of sounding preachy, it's important to remind ourselves that life is much harder for a large part of the Indian population. What we take for granted is a very rare and sought after necessity for many, and we can do our bit to change this with only a little awareness of environmental concerns.

The Shower | Short Film of the Day

The music video is strangely feel-good and uplifting despite the dark topic it deals with. A man after finding earth unliveable for his beloved and their unborn child, sets out on a space adventure to find a habitable planet. Whether or not his quest is successful, the journey of colourful images in itself turns out to be an interesting one to go on with the protagonist. The hopeful vocals become a gentle reminder of how art can indeed save the day no matter how bleak and dark things seem in the world. If not, there is always the option of hitting replay and starting all over again until you find your perfect refuge.

Hold On | Short Film of the Day

A little boy, equipped with his art supplies, makes his way to a quiet spot in the lap of nature. With mountains as his only companion, he sits down to paint the scene before him. While taking down the scene exactly as it is, he stumbles across a reality he might have missed at first glance. 
As this alters his approach to his surroundings in particular, and the natural world in general, the film’s core motivation is echoed seamlessly. Art and its communion with nature lead our young protagonist to a crucial understanding of his immediate reality, further emphasizing how some of the truest, most important lessons are found in a quiet interaction with nature, and not always in classrooms. 
While adults might sometimes miss this truth, the little boy is quick to grasp it. By giving a subtle reminder to protect and preserve nature, the film also emphasizes how being aware of one's relationship with the world can also deeply enrich our lives and experiences as people who inhabit it.

Halfway | Short Film of the Day

The film documents the life of the primary inhabitants of Kaziranga National Park, the greater one-horned Indian rhinoceros. It emphasises the importance of human-animal coexistence while providing an exclusive insight into the life of the endangered species. The repercussions of yearly flooding of the park by the Brahmaputra, illegal poaching activities and other human-made problems are brought to attention. A major part of the narrative focuses on the conservation of the species by rehabilitating the separated infants in Manas National Park. 
Through its engagement with the many aspects of nature and its relationship with humankind, the film also sends out the message that even though we may be the chosen ones for dominating and advancing the world as a result of natural selection, sustainable development and protection of the sacred ecosystem is of utmost importance. There is further the suggestion that if desired, the two can indeed go hand-in-hand as well. Not only does the narrative leave the viewer with a positive development about the rhinoceros population in India which has risen to 3600 in 2020 from a mere 75 in 1905, it further reiterates that wildlife conservation is an ongoing journey which can be enriched greatly with simply a little human effort

Gainda: A Conservation Story | Short Film of the Day

The documentary highlights the importance of bees to the environment and our day-to-day life. The protagonist, a nature-lover himself, shares his journey of being a corporate employee located at the heart of a concrete jungle to being a bee conservationist. The film employs skilful camera angles to take the viewer into his world of bees, honey and his constant endeavours to protect their balance. The Bee Rescuer draws attention to several important concerns that include the aftermath of burning down even one bee hive, something an average individual would not care to think about. Consequently, the film becomes very relevant in contemporary times when the planet and the environment are already under threat, and offers coherent, comprehensive arguments, supported by lucid facts, to drive its point home.

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