Toxics Link presents "Quotes from the Earth" a two-day environmental film festival at Main Building, IIC, Lodhi Estate > 9am-9pm on 6th & 7th December 2012

Time : 9:00 am - 9:00 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Note : Call 011-24619431 (IIC) to re-confirm any last minute change or cancellation of the event.

Place : C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Muller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Descriptions : Toxics Link, Delhi-based environmental NGO, Quotes from the Earth, a two-day environmental film festival @ IIC, New Delhi

The film festival, now in its 5th edition (the first was held in 2004 and is held every alternate year), will witness screening of 25 films, with a separate section on International Films from various countries including the United States of America, France, Australia, and Germany. With films by renowned environmental filmmakers like Bedi Brothers, Mike Pandey, Krishnendu Bose, Rita Banerji, Christopher Walker and David Fedele among others, this is indeed a film festival with a difference.
For schedule, visit : toxicslink.org/filmfestival/2012/index.html

Says Ravi Agarwal, director, Toxics Link and curator of Quotes From The Earth:  “This is the fifth edition and the festival’s prominence has grown each year. From 18 films in 2004, we now have 25 films in 2012. The films, this year, throw light on four categories of environmental concerns - Earth, Water, Wildlife and Sustainability. All the 26 films have been made in the last two years and hence focus on the most current environmental issues.”
These films are from various genres including animations, documentaries (from 2 minutes to 75 minutes in length) and viewpoints. They deal with contemporary and ongoing important issues such as man-animal conflicts, threats to lakes of Kashmir & Manipur, river contamination, impact of mining, struggles to preserve tropical forest, dams and the water crisis, farmers suicides, struggles for livelihood, our vanishing biodiversity, forest conservation, wastes, dangers of pesticide, and nuclear safety.
In this festival, as in previous ones, the environmental films aim to provide a discursive platform to highlight the ecological debates and challenges faced at the national and international level.  The festival goes beyond only viewing films. A panel discussion with eminent academicians, activists, media persons and filmmakers is followed by the screening of the films on the current debates.
Says Agarwal: “Since its inception the focus and aim of the film festival has been of awareness creation and to create an informed discussion on the issues. It is strictly a non-commercial venture.”
Quotes from the Earth has also been travelling to various cities such as, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Hubli over the years.

Toxics Link is an environmental NGO founded in 1996, engaged in disseminating information to help strength campaigns against toxic pollution, provide, cleaner alternatives and bring together groups and people concerned with, and affected by, this problem.
Website : toxicslink.org

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