India’s longest standing and largest environment and wildlife based film festival, CMS VATAVARAN, is celebrating its 8th competitive edition with screening of 75 Indian and international films.
The festival is scheduled to be screened across five days from October 9 to 13, 2015 (Friday to Tuesday) at the Convention Center in New Delhi.
CMS VATAVARAN 2015 will be an amalgamation of celebration and discourse with film screenings, forums on critical water issues, workshops on filmmaking, exhibitions, green haat and much more.
The theme this year is ‘Water for Life’ with a special focus on “Conserving our Water Bodies”. It seeks to mark the interconnectedness of water and life and raise concern over the rapidly deteriorating condition of our water bodies.
The fact that India has just 4% of the world’s fresh water but 16% of the global population is reason enough to begin a serious discussion on proper and effective water management and conservation.
Film festival highlights
- 75 films from 16 states and 11 countries
- Panorama of award winning films on Water
- Screening of Bollywood films
- Kaun Kitne Paani Mein by Nila Madhab Panda
- Aisa Yeh Jahaan by Biswajeet Bora
- Media and filmmaking workshop
- Gala award ceremony on October 11, 2015 (6:30 pm onwards)
- Chief guests:
- Shri Prakash Javdekar, Hon’ble Minister of Environment & Forests and Climate Change
- Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister of Railways
- Shri Arvind Kejriwal, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi
- Talk on River Rejuvenation by Uma Bharati, Hon’ble Minister of Water Resources
About CMS VATAVARAN: CMS VATAVARAN is not just a film festival celebrating the cinematic art of films but is a platform that enables film as a tool and catalyst for creating impact. Since its inception in 2002, seven competitive and 41 travelling festivals in 36 cities of 25 Indian states have been organised. It has reached more than 500,000 people.
For more information visit: www.cmsvatavaran.org or download the event flyer here.
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