Click to play videoChennai: An annual three-day film festival dedicated entirely to environment and wildlife, Vatavaran came out of the cans in Chennai supported by the C P Ramaswamy Environmental Education Centre.
And by the looks of it the festival sure seemed to have made an impact especially on the young generation.
"I didn’t know about mining but the festival has helped me know about it,” a student said.
“The festival is very inspiring and it has helped me to create an awareness. I want to protest against those who are destroying diversity,” said another student.
The festival brought a host of environmental issues including mining at Kudremukh to the preservation of wildlife, to the fore.
And as if making a case in point, the filmmakers who showcased their works at the festival were from the younger generation too.
“Many of these films are made by young people for the young people. It is a very close relationship between them because young people relate to what they are seeing on the screen,” Director, C P Ramaswamy Foundation, Nandita Krishna said.
“It certainly makes a difference to have an environmental film festival because in a general film festival the environmental films make it lost, but here it is a focused thing where people can learn about diverse issues,” filmmaker Shekar Dattatri said.
The festival had about 2000 visitors from over 30 schools and 11 colleges. Hence, the students in Chennai really seemed to make a point that environment related issues are more then just a passing fad.
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