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| Saturday, December 4, 2004 - Festival Opening |
| Registration 10.00 – 11.00 a.m. |
| Inagural Function - 11.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. |
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Welcome Address: Dr. N. Bhaskara Rao, Chairman, CMS, New Delhi Chief Guest's Address: Shri Sudhir Mital, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests, GOI Special Invitee's Address: Shri Suresh P. Prabhu, Member of Parliament Guest of Honour's Address: Mike H. Pandey, Eminent Film Maker Guest of Honour's Address: Mitali Kakar, Producer Troubled Waters Concluding Remarks: Bittu Sahgal, Editor, Sanctuary Asia, Mumbai Vote of Thanks: Supriya R. Jhunjhunwala, Sanctuary Asia, Mumbai Screening of the 'Best of The Festival - Vatavaran 2003' award winning documentary film: Troubled Waters (16 mins, English), Mitali Dutt Kakar, about the coral reefs of the Lakshadweep islands, their deaths and devastation due to 'El nino' . Screening of the 'Green Oscar' winning documentary film: Shores of Silence - Whale Sharks in India, (24 mins, English), Mike. H. Pandey, on the slaughter of the whale sharks, an already endangered species on the Gujarat Coast.
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| Curtain Raiser for Special Invitees
of DSP and TCS 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. |
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Film Festival Introduction: Dr. N. Bhaskara Rao, Chairman, CMS Curtain Raiser film Screening: Nagarahole - Tales from an Indian Jungle (52 min, English), Shekar Dattatri, on the ecosystem of Nagarahole National Park & its conservation. Discussions: Shekar Dattatri, Producer Nagarahole - Tales from
an Indian Jungle |
| Sunday, December 5, 2004 - Screenings | |
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Documentary Film Screenings - 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. |
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| 10.00 a.m. | The Ridley's Last Stand (45 mins, English), Shekar Dattatri, on the deaths of thousands of Olive Ridley sea turtles in Orissa. |
| 11.00 a.m. | Sahyadris - Mountains of the Monsoon (45 mins, English), Sandesh V. Kadur, on focusses on the biodiversity of the Western Ghat mountains. |
| 12.00 p.m. | The Lions of Gir (52 mins, English), Nikhil Alva & Niret Alva, Miditech, on delicate coexistence of Asiatic Lions and Man on a shared realm. |
| 3.00 p.m. | Invocations to the Mountain Goddess (63 mins, English), Christopher Rego, on biodiversity conservation. |
| 4.10 p.m. | ACAP (5 mins, English), a campaign to reduce demand for endangered species parts and products. |
| 4.15 p.m. | The Turtle People (Aamakaar) (76 mins, Malayalam/English), Sunil Shanbag & Surabhi Sharma, focus on habitat protection and the rights of a local community over its own natural resources. |
| 5.30 p.m. | Forests of the God (28 mins. 54 sec., English), Christopher Rego, on conservation of biodiversity in sacred graves in Kerala. |
| Monday, December 6, 2004- Screenings | |
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Special Screenings for Children - 9.30 a.m. - 1.30 p.m. |
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| 9.30 a.m. | Spunky Monkey (38 min. 30 sec, English), Romulus Earl Whitaker, on story of two young bonnet macaques monkey learning to cope with new situations in an urban environment. |
| 10.15 a.m. | Magic of Life (6 mins, English), Gautam Pandey, on environmental awareness. |
| 10.25 a.m. | Chasing Butterflies (24 mins, Hindi), Gurmeet Sapal & Husain Akbar & Pervaiz Alam, Newswallahs India Ltd., to create awareness about the Butterflies of the Doon Valley. |
| 12.00 p.m. | Spandan (The Resonance) (75 sec, Hindi) Vinay Rai & Meenakshi Rai, on river pollution. |
| 12.05 p.m. | A Brush with Death (16 mins, English), Syed Fayaz, WTI, on the barbaric killings of mongoose for their trading. |
| 12.30 p.m. | Victims of Garbage Dump (10 mins, Hindi), Plan India, on rag picking & hazards to health. |
| 12.45 p.m. | Rhino - The Indian Unicorn (24 mins, Hindi/English), Naresh Bedi, on conservation of the Indian Rhino. |
| 1.15 p.m. |
Timeless Traveller -The Horseshoe Crab (11 mins, 38 sec, English), Gautam Pandey, about revelation and conservation of the Horseshoe Crab.
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| Documentary Film Screenings
- 2.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. Theme: Toxicity & Pollution |
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| 2.30 p.m. | Miles to Go (58 mins, English), Nina Subramani, Elephant Corridor Films, on a thousand Bhopals occurring in slow motion all over India. |
| 3.30 p.m. | Discovery of God (28 mins, English), Jagdish Vasant Kulkarni, on taking a pledge to save nature. |
| 6.00 p.m. | In God's Own Country (28 mins, English), Rajani Mani & Nina Subramani, on pesticide contamination and its effects on the environment and health. |
| 6.30 p.m. | Freedom (58 mins, English), Amar Kanwar, on protection and control over natural resources by local communities. |
| 7.40 p.m. | For Whom the Jungle Bells Toll? (29 mins, English), Vivek Mohan, on Shimla which has gone through many changes - including its climate. |
| 8.15 p.m. | Ragi: Kana: Ko: Bonga Buru (Buddha Weeps in Jadugoda) (55 mins, Santhali, Hindi with English Subtitles), Shriprakash, on Uranium mining and its deadly impact on the tribal people living near Jadugoda, Jharkhand. |
| Tuesday, December 7, 2004- Screenings | |
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Special Screenings for Children - 9.30 a.m. - 1.30 p.m. |
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| 9.30 a.m. | King Cobra (52 mins, English), Romulus Earl Whitaker, Draco Films, about natural history of a big venomous snake in South India. |
| 10.45 a.m. | Birds Through My Window (18 mins, English), Rudransh Mathur, about bird watching. |
| 12.00 p.m. | The Beauty of Dragon (25 mins), Gurmeet Sapal, on the role & beauty of dragonflies. |
| 12.40 p.m. | A Brush with Death (16 mins, English), Syed Fayaz, WTI, on the barbaric killings of mongoose for their trading. |
| 1.00 p.m. | Mrityuchakra - Circle of Death (16 mins, English), CASP Plan, on industrial pollution (factory effluent discharge in local river). |
| 1.25 p.m. |
Rain Water Harvesting (1 min 30 sec, English, Hindi), Saumya
Sen & Nandita Das, message on rainwater harvesting.
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| Documentary Film Screenings
- 2.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. Theme: Water for Life |
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| 2.30 p.m. | Chaliyar...The Final Struggle (35 mins, English), P. Baburaj & C. Saratchandran, about environment and human rights. |
| 3.10 p.m. | Whose Water (26 mins, English), Krishnendu Bose, on prevailing policies and community controlling water resources. |
| 3.40 p.m. | Waterworks India: Four Engineers & a Manager (22 mins, English), Pradip Saha, CSE, on traditional rainwater harvesting. |
| 6.00 p.m. | Fishing in the Sea of Greed (40 mins, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil, English), Anand Patwardhan, on the fisher peoples fight against huge foreign factory ships that are depleting the seas and against shrimp aquaculture that is destroying coastal lands. |
| 6.45 p.m. | Aftershocks: The Rough Guide to Democracy (64 mins, English), Rakesh Sharma, examines the acquisition/ displacement of two quake-affected villages for lignite mining and power generation. |
| 7.50 p.m. | Words on Water (85 mins, English), Sanjay Kak, on rivers as a natural resource and their place in the present notion of "development". |
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