The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience at Durham University, UK, Center for Disaster Studies, Institute of Engineering (CDS-IoE), Tribhuvan University, Nepal, and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, India, are proud to present the Exploring Risk Film Festival 2025!
We asked for submissions of one to three-minute videos showing how communities and individuals adapt, endure, and thrive amid complex global shifts from environmental to societal crises. These could be stories from global scientists, practitioners, and artists’ perspectives about our responses to, for example, floods or climate migration.
A panel from the host universities selected a long list of 15 videos for the festival, and then each university chose a winner. On Tuesday, 20 May, we hosted the online Exploring Risk 2025 Film Screening, which included a screening of all the selected films and an awards ceremony.
Winning films:
‘Wreckage by the Roshi River‘ by Ananda Kumar Shrestha chosen by the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi.
‘Living in the shadow of a landslide‘ by Kiran Bhandari chosen by Center for Disaster Studies, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University.
‘The flood‘ by David Tessier chosen by the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience at Durham University.
Selected films:
| Film name | Director | Country | Subject |
| Wreckage by the Roshi River | Ananda Kumar Shrestha | Nepal | Mountain disasters |
| Road cut slope design guidelines | Ellen Robson | Nepal | Mountain disasters |
| Living in the shadow of a landslide | Kiran Bhandari | Nepal | Mountain disasters |
| Life Amidst the Landslides | Kiran Bhandari | Nepal | Mountain disasters |
| The Dream | Alireza Sadeghi | Iran | Climate change |
| Vargem das Flores | Tiago Shiamkur | Brazil | Climate change |
| Counter Climate Crisis, Save Coral Reefs | Intje Hajri | Fiji | Climate change |
| Between the polars | Yunus Topal | Turkey | Climate change |
| ECOMIX | Ivo Pink | UK | Pollution |
| Ladakh through the eyes of a motorcycle: Cost of progress | Serena Aurora | India | Development |
| The flood | David Tessier | France | Development |
| L.I.F.E | Vickey Gyadu | India | Mountain disasters |
| LIFE in Himachal | Asmit Kumar | India | Mountain disasters |
| Our community, Our Safety | Shuvangi Khadka | Nepal | Mountain disasters |
| Mountains in Peril | Prabin Khadka | Nepal | Mountain disasters |