By Manish Kumar
For the first time in the world, a film festival forum is being organized in open grounds (not in auditoriums). In this festival, specially designed and constructed thematic lawns which will showcase 150 films and more than 70 eminent speakers in various 48 thematic sessions and expert talks.
The festival will host a high profile inaugural ceremony on Jan 30, 2014 and a fun-filled award night on the Feb 02, 2014 New Delhi. The festival also promises 5 days of music festival, organic food, green haat, and an open stage festival, apart from the film screenings and forums. This year, the festival also invites organisations, individuals and environment enthusiasts to book any 90 minutes slot to present their work related to the festival theme and sub-themes. The slots will be allocated on first come first served basis.
Apart from the six thematic lawns, a special lawn called the Young Champions Lawn will have a dedicated section solely for children and the youth with activities such as film screenings for children, interactive sessions with filmmakers, workshop on filmmaking & editing, musical concert, photography competition and biodiversity quiz.
The festival theme this year is mainstreaming biodiversity conservation at different levels to promote living in harmony with nature. 48 interesting talks, expert and film sessions have been planned around four sub-themes of the festival: Blue Agenda, Forest Biodiversity, Mountain Biodiversity and Inland Waters & Wetlands Biodiversity.
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