About the film

Last May, record temperatures provoked a GLOF — a glacial lake outburst flood — in northern Pakistan, sweeping away bridges and villages in the valley below the Shisper glacier. Higher up the mountains, a semi-nomadic people called the Wakhi were leading their yaks to summer pastures. Their traditional lifestyle has also been heavily impacted by climate change. The film profiles both the scientists and the villagers on this global warming frontline.

Karim Shallwanee

Hailing from Karachi, Pakistan, Karim is a creative director and producer at Funkari Filmain. For the past few years, him and his team have been documenting the impact of climate change in various parts of Central and South Asia, as well as the initiatives working at the grassroots to help vulnerable communities in the Himalayas, Hindukush, Karakoram, and Pamirs. As a student of Muslim cultures and ethnomusicology, he aims to document the interplay between music and social change in diverse and transforming societies.