Dia Mirza's Panha Earns Top Honour At ALT EFF 2025 | See Full Winners List

The All Living Things Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF) has announced the winners of its 2025 edition. Known as India’s largest platform for environmental cinema, the festival featured over 80 films from India and across the world.

A major highlight this year was Panha, backed by actor and environmental advocate Dia Mirza. The film won Best Indian Short and was recognised for its sensitive take on human–wildlife coexistence.

ALT EFF 2025 also honoured several Indian and international films across features, shorts, student projects and journalism categories. The festival celebrated filmmakers who are using cinema to highlight urgent environmental and climate issues.

2025 ALT EFF Award Winners

Student Film – Winner Kharvan – In Search of the Elusive

One (Nitya Navelkar)

Environmental Journalism – Winner
How Mallah Women Fought Caste Hierarchy and Sex Slavery
(Monica Jha, Shamsheer Yousaf, Sriram Vittalamurthy)

Animated Film – Winner
Desi Oon (Suresh Eriyat)

International Short – Winner
Daughter of the Sea (Nicole Gormley, Nancy Kwon)

Indian Short – Winner
Panha (Sakshi Mishra)
Backed by Dia Mirza

Best of Fest Short – Winner
Would You Still Love Me If I Was a Sticky Frog? (Myles Storey)

International Feature – Winner
Black Snow (Alina Simone)

Indian Feature – Winner
Humans in the Loop (Aranya Sahay)

Best of Fest Feature – Winner
Snow Leopard Sisters
(Sonam Choekyi Lama, Ben Ayers, Andrew Lynch)

Kunal Khanna, Festival Director, ALT EFFx expressed, “The films honoured this year represent a powerful new wave of environmental storytelling, urgent, intimate, and deeply human. Panha, supported by Dia Mirza, stands out for how gracefully it weaves personal narrative with ecological responsibility, reminding us that environmental change begins within communities. While Turtle Walker and several other exceptional films formed the backbone of this year’s programming, the winning titles reflect the extraordinary breadth with which filmmakers across the world are engaging with the climate crisis. ALT EFF continues to be inspired by their imagination and commitment to our planet.”