July 05, 2025 | 7.00PM | FILMS | 

Echoes of the Swiftlets: Exploring the Hidden World of the Indian Swiftlet
Duration: 24 mins

A Living Fossil: The Purple Frog’s Brief Life Above Ground
Duration: 7 mins

Science in Action: Niaz Khan and the Himalayan Brown Bears of Kargil
Duration: 13 mins

Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

February 11, 2025 | 7.00PM | FILMS | 

Winged Migrants: A Selection of Short Films (~40 mins / English, with subtitles as required). From Amur Falcons in Nagaland to Great Crested Grebes in Rajasthan, from overwintering cranes to a dragonfly that flies between continents – these short films showcase a range of flighted migrants, and reveal the problems that plague their fragile, vanishing habitats across India.

Team members from Roundglass Sustain, which has produced these films, will be present for a Q&A after the screenings.

Collab: Global Wildlife Fair, Wildlife Trust of India and Roundglass Sustain.. 

Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

December 13 | 7.00PM | FILMS | 

Looking for Sultan (2019 / English, 44 mins). Directors: Doel Trivedy and Gautam Pandey. Executive Producer: Mike Pandey. This film follows the story of Sultan, a bold young male tiger who suddenly vanished from his natal home in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve. Mike and Gautam Pandey, the father and son wildlife filmmaker duo who have filmed Sultan since he was a cub, try to piece together the puzzle of his disappearance. Through the tale of this one tiger, the film looks at some of the broader issues confronting tiger conservation in India – including poaching, habitat loss, and increasing conflict with humans.

Collab: Global Wildlife Fair, Wildlife Trust of India, and Riverbank Studios. 

Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

November 22 | 7.00PM | FILMS | 
 

Whale Shark Homecoming (2024 / English & Gujarati with English subtitles, 17 mins). Whale sharks were once indiscriminately slaughtered along the shores of Gujarat. Twenty years ago, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) launched a campaign to spread awareness about the species and its protected status. The campaign has helped convert the local fisher community into staunch protectors, with over 750 whale sharks rescued and freed by fishermen since 2004.

Way of the Elephants (2024 / English & Malayalam with English subtitles, 15 mins). Elephant migration corridors are vital thoroughfares for India's elephants, which are nomadic by nature. When persistent conflicts with human residents along one such corridor in Kerala caught WTI's attention, the solution became a massive undertaking: the relocation of an entire village.

Members of the WTI team will be present for a Q&A session after the screening. 

Collab. Global Wildlife Fair, Wildlife Trust of India, Felis Creations, Red Rock Films, and Nature on PBS

Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

OCT 10 | 7.00PM | FILMS | 

Gyamo: Queen of the Mountains (2018 / English, 43 mins). Directors: Doel Trivedy & Gautam Pandey. Executive Producer: Mike Pandey. Fewer than 10,000 snow leopards remain in the wild. Their population continues to decline due to illegal hunting, human-wildlife conflict, and habitat loss caused by developmental activities and climate change impacts. The father-son wildlife filmmaker duo of Mike and Gautam Pandey travel to Ladakh in an attempt to better understand the snow leopard and the people who share its home, and find solutions to protect this elusive big cat and its depleting habitat.

Collab. Global Wildlife Fair, Wildlife Trust of India and Riverbank Studios.

Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi  

Sep 08 | 7.00PM | FILMS | 

Seeing Red (2024 / English, 31 mins). Dir. Munmun Dhalaria. Red pandas are endangered; their wild populations have been declining rapidly due to climate change and habitat loss. Explore their natural bamboo forests in the Eastern Himalayas, and learn about an ambitious captive breeding programme that aims to augment their numbers in the wild.

Mysteries of the Monsoon – I & II (2019 & 2023 / English, 28 mins). Dirs. Sara and Rohit Varma. Journey into the rainforests of the Western Ghats to unravel the magical mysteries of the wet season, and uncover the life cycle of a critically endangered species. 

Collab. Global Wildlife Fair, Wildlife Trust of India, Moon Peak Films, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, Evanescence Studios, and Nature InFocus Productions. 

Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Aug 14 | 7.00PM | FILMS | 

Two short films from the documentary series Heroes of the Wild Frontiers, which chronicles the lives and work of frontline forest staff -- those unheralded guardians of India’s wildlife and wild places. 
Return of the Shān (2019 / English, 24 mins). Dir. Krishnendu Bose. Join the frontline staff of Hemis National Park, Ladakh, as they protect snow leopards, lynxes and other wild denizens in the tough terrain of the Trans Himalayas.

The Fragile Islands (2019 / English, 24 mins). Dir. Krishnendu Bose. A group of 15 islands in the Andamans make up fragile ecosystem of the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park. Meet the park’s frontline staff as they go about their multilayered, often dangerous work, on land and underwater.
Krishnendu Bose, the director, writer and executive producer, will be present for a Q&A session after the screenings. 
Collab. Global Wildlife Fair, Wildlife Trust of India and Earthcare Films. 
Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

>> SCREENERS FOR THE FILMS 

RETURN OF THE SHĀN
https://www.heroesofthewildfrontiers.com/return-of-the-shan
 

THE FRAGILE ISLANDS
https://www.heroesofthewildfrontiers.com/the-fragile-islands

JULY 18 | 7.00PM | FILMS | 

No Water, No Village (2021 / English and Hindi, 29 mins). Director: Munmun Dhalaria.

Climate change is causing low snowfall and receding glaciers in the Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh and Zanskar in Ladakh, threatening lives and livelihoods. The filmmakers speak to scientists and activists working to find local solutions.

A Dream of Trees (2020 / English, 29 mins). Director: Sara.

This film tells the story of the ecological restoration of degraded tropical rainforests in the Anamalai Hills of the Western Ghats. It highlights how restoration helps revive forests, bring back wildlife, and pull carbon down from the atmosphere in a time of climate crisis.
 

Ecological Restoration Practitioner Vijay Dhasmana and members of Wildlife Trust of India will be present for a Q&A session following the screenings.

Collaboration. Global Wildlife Fair, Wildlife Trust of India, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, Moon Peak Films, Nature Conservation Foundation and Ecological Restoration Alliance.

Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

The Secret Life of Bhopal Tigers (2022 / English and Hindi with Eng subs, 19 mins). Dir. Suman Kumar RudraRaju. ‘The world’s first urban tigers’ live on the fringes of Bhopal, a bustling city of over 25 lakh people. This film examines their behavioral adaptations in response to human proximity, and the attitudes of local people towards them.

Belonging (2022 / English, 18 mins). Dir. Pooja Rathod. Told through the eyes and voice of a female squaretail grouper, this fascinating film sheds light on the largest spawning aggregation of these fish (which are classified as ‘Vulnerable’), in the waters off the tiny island of Bitra, Lakshadweep. 

Collab. Global Wildlife Fair, Wildlife Trust of India, Madhya Pradesh Tiger Foundation Society, Nature Candid Productions and National Geographic. 

Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

A Sacred Oasis on the Cusp of Change (2022 / English and Hindi with Eng subs, 9 mins). Deg Rai Mata oran is one of Rajasthan's largest sacred groves. A local guardian tells us how the lives of Oran’s people and its biodiversity are intrinsically linked and why new changes to the landscape could be detrimental to this oasis.

Will Leatherbacks Return to Galathea Bay? (2021 / English, 6 mins). The world’s largest sea turtles, the leatherbacks, have nested at Galathea Bay on Great Nicobar Island for millions of years. In 2021, however, the Galathea Bay Wildlife Sanctuary was stripped of its protected area status to accommodate a port. 

The Mud Pack: Love, Life, and Strife in the Sundarbans (2020 / English, 6 mins). The Sundarbans mudflats are rife with tiny evolutionary curiosities that come alive with the waning tide — watch a battle in the muck, and the fine seduction of a fiddler crab.

In Search of Kasturi (2024 / English and Hindi with Eng subs, 23 mins). An exclusive premiere of this short film about searching for the iconic, elusive, and endangered Himalayan musk deer, the Kasturi mrig.

Team members from Roundglass Sustain, which has produced these short films, will be present for a Q&A after the screenings. 

Collab. Global Wildlife Fair, Wildlife Trust of India, and Roundglass Sustain. 

Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi