Milestones
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The 12th Competitive Edition of the Film Festival and Forum on the theme "Wetlands for LiFE" at the Ganga Auditorium, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, New Delhi, from October 3–5.
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The 11th Travelling Film Festival and Forum in Goa, Chandigarh & Nepal.
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The 11th competitive edition of Film Festival and Forum on the theme "Celebrating Biodiversity". Also, the 10th Travelling Film Festival and Forum in Shimla, Bengaluru and Bhutan.
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Traveling festival in Leh, Uttarkashi, Keylong and Gangtok.
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Online webinars and competitions — essay writing, quiz, painting, and short film — organised among school and college students.
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The 10th competitive edition held at Dr Ambedkar International Center, New Delhi from 27–30 November, on the theme "Celebrating Himalayas". The jury nominated 113 films (61 National & 52 International) from 332 entries. The award jury was headed by Shri Suresh Prabhu.
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The 8th Travelling Festival organised from March to October in Bangalore and in 4 Himalayan cities — Darjeeling, Agartala, Srinagar and Nahan.
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The 9th Competitive Edition held at GSDS Rajghat, New Delhi from 2–6 November, on the theme "Conservation 4 Water". 113 films nominated from 332 entries. Jury headed by Mr Govind Nihlani.
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The 7th Travelling Festival dedicated to seven major rivers of India — Brahmaputra (Guwahati), Mula-Mutha (Pune), Sabarmati (Ahmedabad), Ganga (Allahabad), Nethravati (Mangalore), Cauvery (Trichirrappalli), and Musi (Hyderabad).
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The 8th Competitive Edition held October 9–13 at the NDMC Convention Centre, highlighting the importance of water. 113 films nominated from 332 entries. Jury headed by Shri Amol Palekar and Mr Girish Kasaravalli.
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The 6th Travelling Edition organised at Puducherry, Agra, Amritsar, Gangtok, and Raipur.
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The 7th CMS VATAVARAN Film Festival and Forum held at IGNCA Lawns, New Delhi from January 30 – February 3, 2014, on the theme "Biodiversity Conservation". Featured ~112 films and 100+ eminent speakers across 70 thematic sessions. Jury headed by Mr Ramesh Sharma.
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CMS VATAVARAN travelled to Dehradun, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Kolkata. 250 film screenings, 4 panel discussions, 3 green filmmaking workshops across 51 locations and 37 days, with 48,000 participants. Hyderabad edition was also held for COP-11 CBD delegates.
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The Sixth Competitive Film Festival on the theme "Biodiversity Conservation", held December 6–10 at Convention Centre, NDCC, New Delhi. Jury of 37 members nominated 68 films from 317 entries.
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The Fourth Travelling Film Festival in 8 cities — Shimla, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Port Blair, Shillong, Bhubaneswar, Patna and Ahmedabad — with 70+ venues and ~95,000 participants. 'Green Heroes' felicitated for the first time.
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The Fifth Competitive Film Festival at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi from October 27–31, on the theme "Climate Change & Sustainable Technologies". 366 entries from 20 Indian states and 23 foreign countries. Jury headed by Mr Jahnu Barua and Ms Aruna Vasudev.
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The Third Travelling Film Festival screened 304 films over 24 days across 8 cities — Agartala, Bangalore, Bhopal, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Leh, Lucknow, Pune, Ranchi — with ~80,000 participants.
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The Fourth Competitive Film Festival at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi from September 12–16, on the theme "Climate Change". 275 entries from 19 countries. Young Environmental Journalist Award (YEJA) initiated. Jury headed by Mr Shyam Benegal and Mr Ashish Kothari.
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The Travelling Film Festival went overseas to Abu Dhabi and Sao Paulo, and visited 10 Indian cities — Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kashmir, Kolkata, Pune, Ranchi and Sirmour.
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The Third Competitive Film Festival at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi from November 21–24, on the theme "Forests for Life". 244 entries received. Steering committee chaired by Dr Karan Singh; jury headed by Shri Shyam Benegal and Mr Girish Kasaravalli.
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The First Travelling Film Festival went to Chennai, Coimbatore and Mumbai. People began recognizing and supporting the CMS VATAVARAN environment awareness movement.
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The Second Competitive Film Festival held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi from November 18–20, 2003, on the theme "Water for Life". CMS and UNEP instituted the 'Prithvi Ratna' award for extraordinary contribution to wildlife filmmaking and natural history.
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India's only environment and wildlife Film Festival — CMS VATAVARAN — began its maiden run. First Festival held at Shri Fort Auditorium, Khel Gaon, New Delhi from April 8–9, 2002, on the theme "Sustainable Environment Through Films".
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