Two day film festival on environmental issues
A two-day film festival, showcasing movies on environmental and wildlife issues, began here today on the banks of the picturesque Dal Lake.
Organised by the New Delhi-based Centre for Media Studies (CMS), the festival will witness the participation of nearly 6,000 people from various non governmental organisations, government departments, schools and colleges.
The film fete, the first of its kind being organised in Jammu and Kashmir, was inaugurated by Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Taj Mohiuddin, at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Complex situated on the banks of the lake.
“With the Dal lake virtually on its death-bed, rampant denudation of forests, increased air and water pollution and acute power shortage in Kashmir, the festival is aimed to create awareness on the environmental problems of the Valley,” festival director Alka Tomar told reporters.
The festival would offer a bonuquet of 21 films, 11 of them for children.
Premiering at the festival will be films like Syed Fayaz’s a ‘Degree of Concern’, focussing on climate change and Suparna Chaddha’s ‘When Atlas Shrugged Again’ highlighting the ongoing relief work in Uri, one of the worst-hit areas in last year’s earthquake, festival manager Ashwini Sinha said.
Green Oscar winner Mike Pandey’s award winning film, ‘Shores of Silence - Whale Sharks in India’ and Ajay and Vijay Bedi’s ‘The Policing Langur’ on monkey menace are the highlights of the festival.
A photography exhibition will also be held as part of the festival, Sinha said.
— PTI
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