Festival Schedule

“VATAVARAN 2003” SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

18-20, November 2003, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

 

NOVEMBER 20, 2003-SCREENINGS

   
  TIME & VENUE PROGRAMME DETAILS
 

9.00 a.m.

The Stein Auditorium

Registration opens

     
 

9.30 a.m. – 11.45 a.m.

The Stein Auditorium

Special Screening for Children

 

9.30 a.m.

Global Warning!, TERI, 20 mins, How the world could use its natural resources to deflect the challenges of climate change?

     
 

10.00 a.m.

 

Rhino - The Indian Unicorn, Naresh Bedi, 24 mins, Conservation of the Indian Rhino

     
 

10.30 a.m.

 

A short story about water,  Jagdish Kulkarni, 24 min, The film focuses on water pollution, its definition, major types of water pollutants, quality of water & its impact on nature & human being

     
 

11.00 a.m.

 

In Gods Own Country, Rajani Mani & Nina Subramani, 28 mins, Pesticide contamination and it's effects on the environment & health
     
 

1200 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.

The Stein Auditorium

Film Screenings with intervals

(Theme : Floral and Faunal Diversity of India)

  12.00 p.m.

Nagarhole - Tales from an Indian Jungle, Shekar Dattatri, 52 min, The subject focus is the ecosystem of Nagarhole National Park & its conservation

     
  2.00 p.m.

Timeless Traveler - The horseshoe Crab, Gautam Pandey, 11 mins, Revelation and conservation of the Horseshoe Crab

     
  2.30 p.m.

 

The Ridley's Last Stand, Shekar Dattatri, 45 mins, The deaths of thousands of Olive Ridley sea turtles in Orissa is a symptom of a larger Malaise - the indiscriminate rape of marine resources

     
  3.30 p.m.

 

Kalpavriksha - Legacy of Forests, Mike H. Pandey, 27 mins, Medicinal Plants: The need for integration of tribal wisdom with modern science

     
  4.00 p.m.

 

In Troubled Waters, Mitali Dutt Sarkar, 16 mins, The Coral Reefs of the Lakshadweep islands, their deaths and devastation due to overheated 'el mino' currents, suspected cause global warming. The need to change.

     
  4.20 p.m.

 

Amarkaar, Sunil Shanbag, 76 mins, The film focuses on habitat protection and the right of a local community over its own natural resources

     
 

6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

The Stein Auditorium

 

Award Ceremony

Screening of the Best of the Festival Documentary Film

   
  PARALLEL EVENTS
     
  TIME & VENUE PROGRAMME DETAILS
 

10.00 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Basement Theatre

 

 

Wildlife Film Making in India : Issues and Challenges – A Panel Discussion

Panelist - Mr. Vinod Rishi*, DG Wildlife, Mr. Naresh Bedi, Filmmaker & Mr. Himanshu Malhotra, Filmmaker

     
 

3.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

Basement Theatre

 

Apple Solutions for film/Video Editing: A Seminar by Apple Computers.

 

 
 


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