Delhi to host film festival on environmental issues

The Asian Age, Thursday, August 11, 2005

New Delhi: In an attempt to create awareness on the sensitive issues of environment, New Delhi is going to host an environmental film festival "Vatavaran 2005" beginning from November 21
Organised by the non-profit organization Centre for Media Studies in collaboration with the ministry of environment and forests, the festival will showcase more than 100 documentary films related to environment and wildlife from all over the country.
The four-day festival will be divided into different sections; retrospectives, panorama of Asian films, open forums, Internation Environment Journalist's Congress, film bazaar and children's film festival.
After the festival, the award winning documentaries will travel to different cities to mobilize masses about the environmental issues. To encourage young and environment-conscious filmmakers, authorities are also planning to give fellowships of Rs. 1,00,000 each.