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International wildlife, environmental film fest begins
in Bangalore
Bangalore:
Bangalore is hosting an international film festival
on wildlife and environment. The five-day long festival
kicked off on Monday. The festival aims to encourage films
on nature world and to increase public awareness on nature
conservation. Hary Marshall, an organiser of the festival,
said some of the best films on nature were being screened
at the festival. "The films that are being shown during
this program are the winning films that are short-listed.
Over 45 different countries are represented. 45 different
nationalities making film on natural history of environmental
subjects," he added. 'The Mountain of the Monsoon' of
Indian environmentalist Sandesh Kadur, was the opening
movie at the festival. Kadur said his film attempted to
explore the various hues of nature. The event is organized
by Wildscreen and British Council in partnership with
Hotel Taj West End, ActNow and Flaunge Media Production.
BBC natural history unit is also a Collaborator. The current
festival is taking place simultaneously in New Delhi.
It is also slated to take place in Mumbai, Guwahati and
in Sri Lanka.
-Feb
9, 2009
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