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In Southern Bangladesh, hungry wild elephants trapped by the world's largest refugee camp are rampaging over the land of local farmers. In Southern Bangladesh, wild elephants trapped by the world's largest refugee camp are forced into local farmland in a desperate search for food, fueling a tense three-way stand-off between Rohingya refugees, Bengalis and indigenous farmers. The camp built in 2017 to shelter nearly a million Rohingya refugees fleeing ethnic cleansing in Myanmar unknowingly blocked the elephants' last migratory corridor. Now a refugee, a farmer, a forest ranger and a shrinking elephant population are locked in an impossible fight for land, freedom and a place to call home. In the Path of Giants has won awards and been selected for film festivals around the world including Doc Edge (New Zealand), Wildscreen Film festival (UK), Film South Asia (Nepal) and the International Wildlife Film Festival (USA)."In the Path of Giants ... begins with a simple premise and slowly reveals itself to be far more layered, far more confronting, and far more heartbreaking than you expect. ... The film is thoughtful, sobering, and deeply human." Blackguard Reviews (https://www.blackguardreviews.co.nz/film-tv/in-the-path-of-giants-2025) , New Zealand The Q&A panel includes Co-director Kirsty Wells, Tun Khin, a leading figure in the fight for Rohingya rights in Myanmar, and chair Dr Saad Quasem (SOAS), an expert on the contemporary impacts of colonialism in Bangladesh.

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