KASHMIR HOSTS ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL

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[image: Heading] *Film festival on environment in Valley*

*GK NEWS SERVICE*

Srinagar, Sep 21: In the first of its kind event in Kashmir, a film festival

on environment and wildlife issues will begin here on Friday, making

Kashmir's rendezvous time with the best of environment and wildlife films.

The festival is being organised by Centre for Media Studies (CMS), New

Delhi, and Global Green Peace – Kashmir, in association with University of

Kashmir and supported by ActionAid International and Ministry of Environment

and Forests.

The two-day event, to be inaugurated by Taj Mohi-ud-Din, the Minister for

Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Jammu & Kashmir, is titled as

Kashmir CMS Vatavaran 2006 – Environment and Wildlife Traveling Film

Festival.

The two days of fiesta brings with it a bouquet of 21 documentary films,

some of which have won the coveted CMS Vatavaran awards.

Four filmmakers who have made films on Kashmir's environmental issues will

be especially present during the festival. Notable Kashmir-based filmmakers

Shafqut Habib, also a producer with EMMRC, University of Kashmir and Mr.

Shahid Rasool, Director EMMRC will be felicitated during the festival for

their passionate portrayal of the issue of Dal Lake in the film " Dal –

Looking for Life " and the unique man and nature relationship in a film " Life

Under Gondolas " .

Premiering in the festival will be films like Syed Fayaz's " A Degree of

Concern " , focussing on climate change and Suparna Chaddha's film " When Atlas

Shrugged Again " highlighting the ongoing relief work in Uri, the worst hit

earthquake area on the Indian side of the LOC. Also to be screened will be

the CMS Fellowship film by Prayas, Abhay and Manjushree titled Leaving No

Trace…Cyclist in the City.

Green Oscar winner Mike Pandey' s award winning film, Shores of Silence -

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Ajay and Vijay Bedi's The Policing Langur on the monkey menace, Amar

Kanwar's Many Faces of Madness on ecological destruction, Dhimant Vyas's

Cute Bunny on keeping the environment clean, Rajesh Jala and Tassaduq

Hussain's Kaise Aag on the disappearing Chinar tree will also be screened at

the festival.