ASIATIC LIONS - ON A ROLL CALL  (UP) (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : PRAVEEN SINGH ]
[ Theme : Environment/ Wildlife ]
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The Asiatic Lion faces its biggest crisis in decades. Poaching and increasing conflict with people due to the limited habitat of Gir threatens to undo years of conservation. Does the Asiatic Lion have an alternative?

BEYOND THE MIRAGE  (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : NUTAN MANMOHAN ]
[ Theme : Environment/ Wildlife ]
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The film looks at the ensuing battle for food and habitat in the skies of Delhi among the small and the big birds that throng the city. It documents the increase in the crow and kite population and the consequences it has for small birds such as sparrows and pigeons.

CHERRAPUNJI - RAIN, RAIN EVERYWHERE BUT NOT A DROP TO DRINK   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : MADHUMITA NAG CHAKRABORTY ]
[ Theme : Environment/ Wildlife ]
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A documentary that looks into the paradox of drinking water scarcity in Cherrapunji, one of the wettest places on earth.

CHILIKA BANK$ - STORIES FROM INDIA'S LARGEST COASTAL LAKE 1970-2007   (60 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : AKANKSHA JOSHI ]
[ Theme : Environment/ Wildlife ]
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In a canvas spread over four decades, a banyan tree, on the banks of the lake Chilika, silently whispers tales of the lake and her fisher folk. From the times when there was no export bazaar to the time when there maybe no lake.

CHILIKA: A FRAGILE ECO-SYSTEM   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : NIRAD N. MOHAPATRA ]
[ Theme : Environment/ Wildlife ]
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The film documents the degradation of the fragile eco-system of Orissa's Chilika Lagoon due to the increase in the population around the lagoon, a disregard for conservation and the uncontrolled expansion of prawn culture in the waters.

DEVTA ACTIVISTS   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : SANJAY BARNELA ]
[ Theme : Environment/ Wildlife ]
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An exploration of the role of traditional deities (devtas) belonging to the Kullu valley in conservation and fight for access to forest resources. The film explores how local traditions negotiate with contemporary discourses of scientific conservation and national development.

 

- First Prize, 'Development Film Festival' Dhan Foundation, Madurai, 2005

ECO-DHARMA  (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : MALGORZATA SKIBA ]
[ Theme : Environment/ Wildlife ]
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The story of dedication and sacrifice of Bishnoi community, the oldest practicing environmentalists of India from western Rajasthan for whom the preservation of wildlife and forest is a religion.

 

- First Prize, Golden Dear, Short Film category in ECOFILMS Film Festival 2006, Greece, Rodos

- Merit Award for Cultural Information & Merit Award for Cinematography, 29th Annual International Wildlife Film Festival, Montana, USA

- Golden Statuette, Best Film on Rajasthan, International Festival of Short Films on Culture, Jaipur, Feb 2007

ELEPHANT - GOD OR DESTROYER   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : KRISHNENDU BOSE ]
[ Theme : Environment/ Wildlife ]
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A film on the life and times of the Indian elephants.

GHARAT  (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : PANKAJ RISHI KUMAR ]
[ Theme : Environment/ Wildlife ]
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A film on the traditional "gharats" or watermills of Garwhal aimed at increasing awareness of tapping low cost power from existing watermills in the mountains and thereby achieving decentralized sustainable economic development.

HEALERS FOR ALL REASONS  (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : VIJAY S. JODHA ]
[ Theme : Environment/ Wildlife ]
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The film dwells on how the likes of Rehmat 'Gopal Bapa' Khan, who rely on traditional and eco-friendly methods to heal animals, humans and even plants, are an embodiment of Gandhian philosophy and have respect for biodiversity and communal harmony at the grassroots in rural Gujarat.