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UWAHATI: The United Kingdom has come forward to prop up filmmakers on environment in the North-East by extending fellowship
programme.
The British Council and Aaranyak a bio-diversity conservation group in the region have decided to launch "United Kingdom Environment Film Fellowship 2010 (UKEFF)" for the northeastern region here on September 14.
The UKEFF is awarded to environmental filmmakers to create 12 to 15 minute quality documentaries based on a particular theme. The theme for UKEFF 2010 is "Climate Change Mitigation in Urban Areas".
"This is for the first time Aaranyak and British Council are jointly going to launch the fellowship in the North-East. The purpose of the fellowship is to build capacity and encourage environment filmmakers. The films made by these filmmakers are important communication tools that create awareness and action among viewers on the impact and possible solutions to environmental problems," said Aaranyak secretary general Bibhab Kumar Talukdar. Fifteen Indian filmmakers have already been awarded the fellowship since 2005. "The North-East is one of the rich bio-diversity regions in the country. However, lot of activities like dams, urbanizations and lifestyle changes are taking place. The fellowship can provide opportunity to young filmmakers of the region to document the impact of climate change on the bio-diversity of the region," Aaranyak project officer Jayanta Kumar Pathak said.
During the two-day Wildscreen Festival here in February, nine environ-mental filmmakers from UK conducted training sessions for upcoming filmmakers of the region on diverse aspects of environment filmmaking and apprised them of issues like climate change.Some of the internationally acclaimed films like Can We Save Planet Earth?, Life In Cold Blood-Armoured Gaints, Earth: The Power of the Planet-Atmosphere, and Global Dimming were screened during the festival's Guwahati leg.
The key theme in majority of the films was climate change, its impact and the expediency to save the planet from the disaster.
UWAHATI: The United Kingdom has come forward to prop up filmmakers on environment in the North-East by extending fellowship
programme.
The British Council and Aaranyak a bio-diversity conservation group in the region have decided to launch "United Kingdom Environment Film Fellowship 2010 (UKEFF)" for the northeastern region here on September 14.
The UKEFF is awarded to environmental filmmakers to create 12 to 15 minute quality documentaries based on a particular theme. The theme for UKEFF 2010 is "Climate Change Mitigation in Urban Areas".
"This is for the first time Aaranyak and British Council are jointly going to launch the fellowship in the North-East. The purpose of the fellowship is to build capacity and encourage environment filmmakers. The films made by these filmmakers are important communication tools that create awareness and action among viewers on the impact and possible solutions to environmental problems," said Aaranyak secretary general Bibhab Kumar Talukdar. Fifteen Indian filmmakers have already been awarded the fellowship since 2005. "The North-East is one of the rich bio-diversity regions in the country. However, lot of activities like dams, urbanizations and lifestyle changes are taking place. The fellowship can provide opportunity to young filmmakers of the region to document the impact of climate change on the bio-diversity of the region," Aaranyak project officer Jayanta Kumar Pathak said.
During the two-day Wildscreen Festival here in February, nine environ-mental filmmakers from UK conducted training sessions for upcoming filmmakers of the region on diverse aspects of environment filmmaking and apprised them of issues like climate change.Some of the internationally acclaimed films like Can We Save Planet Earth?, Life In Cold Blood-Armoured Gaints, Earth: The Power of the Planet-Atmosphere, and Global Dimming were screened during the festival's Guwahati leg.
The key theme in majority of the films was climate change, its impact and the expediency to save the planet from the disaster.
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