Environment and Wildlife Film Festival

CMS VATAVARAN 2007 – 4th Competitive Environment and Wildlife Film Festival.

12/09/2007 to 16/09/2007
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
Organised by: Centre for Media Studies (CMS) VATAVARAN

Rush in your entries to India’s most incredible green film fest

4^th CMS VATAVARAN 2007

CMS VATAVARAN Film Festival Directorate is now accepting entries for CMS VATAVARAN 2007 – 4th Competitive Environment and Wildlife Film Festival slated for 12 – 16 September 2007 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

The Early Bird offer for submitting entries is till 31^st March 2007 Last date for sending in the films will be 30^th April 2007. The entry forms and guidelines as well as the delegate registration forms are available on our website www.cmsvatavaran.org

CMS VATAVARAN, a visionary initiative of CMS, is a biennial competitive and travelling festival of environmental and wildlife films. It is an attempt to change minds, attitudes and policies using communication. Over the years, the competitive festival has grown in prestige, stature, reach, association and patronage (from 100 film entries and Five awards worth Rupees Four Lakhs in 2002 to 244 entries and Ten Awards worth Rupees Eleven Lakhs in 2005).

CMS VATAVARAN 2007 awards/ recognizes films in all genres which inform, educate, foster knowledge, understanding and action on environment, wildlife issues or other socially relevant environment themes. 2007 Festival present Eighteen Awards in Twelve Indian Categories and Seven Awards in Six International Categories and would shed light on the world’s Best and Brightest.

New initiatives in CMS VATAVARAN 2007:

• RECOGNISE achievements in technical excellence
• INTRODUCE International Competitive Category
• HONOUR the world’s most outstanding documentaries on natural world or conservation theme
• FEJI Young Environmental Journalist Award

The Film Festival this year offers wide array of awards, programmes and participation.

In view of the climatic changes taking place at an alarming rate, CMS VATAVARAN 2007 will highlight Climate Change and its implications by making it the Festival Theme.

For more information please contact:

CMS VATAVARAN Film Festival Directorate
CMS
RESEARCH HOUSE
Saket Community Centre, New Delhi 110 017, India
P: 91-11-24992597 (D), 26522244 F: 91-11-26968282
Email: vatavaran@cmsindia.org info@cmsvatavaran.org