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Award will recognize films which highlights the role of biodiversity – forests, protected areas, biosphere reserves, mangroves, coral reefs, plant and animal biodiversity, genetic diversity, sustainable use and consumption of biodiversity, habitat degradation and protection, threats from invasive alien species, traditional knowledge and innovative practices - pertaining to biodiversity conservation; The award can also go to a film that provide an insight into the behaviour of animal(s) in its natural habitat, that reveals information or throws new light into some aspect of it which is either new to the people or never filmed before. To be eligible for an award in this category, the film either look at one of the above aspects or some combinations of the above. AnimationBiodiversityi Climate Change Environmental Conservation
A Call in the Rainforest Basundhara - The Earth English | 2011 | 00:18:34 | H 264 and MDV Assamese | 2009 | 01:52:32 | 35 MM
SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS The lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus), The film traces the man-animal conflict endemic to the Western Ghats, is an intensifying in Sundarpur, Assam, perpetuated endangered species according to the IUCN by destruction of forests. As wild elephants Redlist. The Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary seek their natural corridors, they come up holds their largest population. This film against human habitats, endangering their and documents the impact of tea-plantations, rapid human lives. An NGO activist decides to tackle growth of Valparai town on the lion-tailed this conflict, illegal trafficking and a plan to set macaque sub-population in the Valparai range up a stone quarry. of Ithe Sanctuary. DIRECTOR (S): Hiren Bora PRODUCER (S): Hiren Bora DIRECTOR (S): Sabyasachi Patra PRODUCTION COMPANY: Suravi Enterprise PRODUCER (S): Sabyasachi Patra EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (S): Rita Bora CAMERAPERSON (S): Sabyasachi Patra PRODUCED FOR: Suravi Enterprise SCRIPT WRITER (S): Sabyasachi Patra CAMERAPERSON (S): Vivek Banerjee MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Anil Nallan Chakravarthy SCRIPT WRITER (S): Hiren Bora, Sagar Sangam Sarkar and Dr Birinchi SOUND RECORDIST (S): Sabyasachi Patra Kumar Medhi EDITOR (S): Vinish Vinayan MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Tarali Sarma NARRATOR (S): Sabyasachi Patra SOUND RECORDIST (S): Dipak Dutta and Bijay Nath GRAPHICS: Babul EDITOR (S): Ashit Basu
Biography Biography To make wildlife conservation Hiren Bora has produced and broad-based, Sabyasachi Patra directed television serials “Ashtitwa”, launched IndiaWilds (www. “Atmasanman”, “Parinati”, several indiawilds.com/forums), an documentaries for Doordarshan online conservation and wildlife and plays for All India Radio. Bora’s Sabyasachi Patra photography forum. His Hiren Bora first film titled “A Call in the debut film, “Basundhara”, is based Rainforest” captures the plight on his short story. of the lion-tailed macaques.
Suravi Enterprise House No. 18, By-lane No 1 Narikal Bari, Gitanagar 2-10-4 Arihant Majestic Towers Guwahati 781 024 Koyambedu, Chennai 600 107 Assam, INDIA Tamil Nadu, INDIA P: +91 361 2417 448 M: +91 9840 392 831 M: +91 9435 018 474 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.indiawilds.com [email protected]
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Back to the Roots English | 2010 | 00:46:43 | DV CAM
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Rishu Nigam India’s northeast has a rich heritage of sacred natural sites that have been preserved for generations because of the faith of Biography local communities. Today, science is recognising these sites as rare hubs of biodiversity. The film captures the beautiful As part of TERI, Rishu traditions of the Khasis of Meghalaya, the Meteis of Manipur Nigam has been producing documentaries on issues of and the Vaishnav monasteries of Assam, and brings to fore the sustainable development for ancient and increasingly fragile link between human cultures many years now. They have and biodiversity. highlighted the challenges faced by marginalised communities DIRECTOR (S): Rishu Nigam and their resilience in coping PRODUCER (S): The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) with the business of life. She has PRODUCTION COMPANY: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) also directed a series of films EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (S): Rishu Nigam on sacred ecological traditions PRODUCED FOR: ONGC of India’s tribal communities, CAMERAPERSON (S): Gurmeet Sapal including those in the central SCRIPT WRITER (S): Rishu Nigam Himalayas, the Northeast, the MUSIC COMPOSER (S): H Wahlang, Jun Moni Saikia, Ratul Saikia and Pynshailang Lyngdoh Western Ghats and Rajasthan. SOUND RECORDIST (S): Rajeev Rastogi Nigam is also associated with GRAPHICS: Patanjali Sharma a children’s quiz show on EDITOR (S): Pooja Iyengar environment, TERRAQUIZ, NARRATOR (S): Rishu Nigam aired on National Geographic. Nigam has also guided a small hill community in Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand to produce radio programmes for Kumaon Vani, TERI’s community radio station.
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Darbari Seth Block IHC Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 Delhi, INDIA P: +91 11 2468 2100 M: +91 9873 051 144 F: +91 11 2468 2100 E: [email protected] W: www.teriin.org
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A Biodiversity - The Web of Life Communities in Conservation: Odisha Diary Hindi | 00:20:06 English | 2010 | 00:55:09 | DV CAM
SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS The beautiful documentary focuses on the “Communities in Conservation: Odisha Diary” biodiversity of Madhya Pradesh. It urges human takes the viewers on a tour of committed beings to realise that in their greed to milk the community conservation. Normally, hard-core planet to its maximum, they are destroying conservation paints people as the hindrance in the ecological balance. Only sustainable conservation. But, the communities in Orissa development will ensure healthy sustenance, show us what communities are capable of when without which nature’s richness will vanish and left to their own initiatives and leadership, in life on earth will end. consonance with nature.
PRODUCER (S): Madhya Pradesh Madhyam DIRECTOR (S): Vijendra P Patil PRODUCED FOR: Madhya Pradesh State Biodiversity Board PRODUCER (S): Vasundhara Orissa PRODUCTION COMPANY: Bar and Tone Television Pvt Ltd PRODUCED FOR: Vasundhara Orissa CAMERAPERSON (S): Vijendra P Patil and Vaibhav Vidhate SCRIPT WRITER (S): P V Satheesh MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Shashane Power SOUND RECORDIST (S): Deepak Katrela GRAPHICS: Deepak Lonkar ANIMATION: Deepak Lonkar EDITOR (S): Mahesh Phundkar NARRATOR (S): Vijay Marur Biography
Some of Vijendra P Patil’s acclaimed films include “Frog Aestivation”, “Monsoon Plants”, “Traditions and Securing India’s Future: On the
Vijendra P Patil Trail of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan” (nominated in CMS VATAVARAN 2003) and “Saving the Tiger”.
Madhya Pradesh State Biodiversity Board Bar and Tone Television Pvt Ltd 26, Kisan Bhawan, 1st Floor Shiv Ganga Apartment Arera Hills, Bhopal 462 011 Flat 1, 2/10, Opp SNDT College Madhya Pradesh, INDIA Near Palande Courier, Karve Road P: +91 755 2554 549, +91 755 2554 539 Pune 411 004, Maharashtra, INDIA M: +91 9425 029 009, F: +91 755 2764 912 P: +91 20 2544 4750, M: +91 9422 518 232 E: [email protected] E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.mpsbb.nic.in W: www.bandt.tv
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SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS ‘Churdhar’ in Himachal Pradesh has come to The Little Black Cormorant feeds on fish, occupy a sacred place in local folklore. People crustaceans and aquatic insects. It catches prey from far and wide make a pilgrimage and pay underwater, by diving and swimming using its obeisance here to celebrate the essence of large, fully webbed feet for propulsion. It has life. The film, even as it promotes ecotourism, special nictitating membranes that cover and captures the complementary relationship of protect the eyes underwater. As their feathers human and nature. are not waterproof, cormorants are regularly seen perched with their wings outstretched to DIRECTOR (S): Mayank Ranjan Gupta dry after fishing. PRODUCER (S): Mayank Ranjan Gupta PRODUCTION COMPANY: S Prasad Production EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (S): Mayank Ranjan Gupta DIRECTOR (S): Saroj Khan CAMERAPERSON (S): Mayank Ranjan Gupta CAMERAPERSON (S): Badal Biswas SCRIPT WRITER (S): Mayank Ranjan Gupta GRAPHICS: Sukanya Khan SOUND RECORDIST (S): Mayank Ranjan Gupta EDITOR (S): Sarojkumar Khan GRAPHICS: Mayank Ranjan Gupta EDITOR (S): Mayank Ranjan Gupta NARRATOR (S): Monika Thakur
Biography Mayank Ranjan Gupta has been assistant director in Hollywood production, “The Sacred Thread”.His works include “Manikaran - A Divine Land”, Mayank Ranjan “Apple - Pride of Himachal” Gupta (screened at International Short Film Festival 2000, Germany).
S Prasad Production Santosh Villa, Rock House 2 A, Second Floor Arindam Chaura Maidan, Shimla 171 004 Apartment, Garia, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA Near Hari Moti Girls School P: +91 177 2653 667 Kolkata 700 084 M: +91 9817 087 070, +91 9022 510 333 West Bengal, INDIA E: [email protected] E: [email protected]
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Elephant Days and Nights Feather’s Freedom English | 2011 | 00:26:35 | MINI DV Hindi | 2011 | 00:05:29 | DV CAM
SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS The film looks at the man-animal conflict Birds are often subjected to harsh cruelties between elephants and local farmers, from such as their feathers being clipped, they being the eyes of expert Professor Raman Sukumar, sold for our pleasure, or for entertaining us in Professor of Ecology, Indian Institute of bigger enclosures in zoos. The film urges all to Science, Bangalore. We travel with him to the let birds be what they were born for and fly Dooars, northern West Bengal, to understand free in the open skies. the conflict and ways to resolve it. DIRECTOR (S): Priya Aggarwal PRODUCER (S): Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication DIRECTOR (S): Ashish and Shanthi Chandola PRODUCTION COMPANY: Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication PRODUCER (S): Ashish and Shanthi Chandola EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (S): Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (S): Ashish and Shanthi Chandola CEMERAPERSON (S): Manish Kumar PRODUCED FOR: Asian Nature Conservation Foundation SCRIPT WRITER (S): Minerva Bhadrawale CEMERAPERSON (S): Ashish Chandola SOUND RECORDIST (S): Arjun Sisodia SCRIPT WRITER (S): Nirmal Ghosh GRAPHICS: Apurva Anugreh MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Aman Khosla ANIMATION: Apurva Anugreh EDITOR (S): Shanthi Chandola EDITOR (S): Apurva Anugreh NARRATOR (S): Nirmal Ghosh NARRATOR (S): Akansha Verma
Biography Accomplished wildlife cameraman Ashish Chandola has filmed leopards, wild dogs, rhinos, great Indian bustards, pheasant tailed jacanas and Ashish Kashmir stags from Sagarmatha Priya Aggarwal National Park in the Mount Everest of Nepal to Dachigam in Kashmir.
A 101, Victorian View Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication Borewell Road, Nellurhalli Whitefield Sector-8, Dwarka Institutional Area, Bangalore 560 066 Near Sector 9 Metro Station Karnataka, INDIA New Delhi 110 075, INDIA P: +91 80 2845 6287 P: +91 11 2536 7821 M: +91 9448 355 287 M: +91 9868 004 678, F: +91 11 2536 7821 F: +91 80 2556 0661 E: [email protected], [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.apeejay.edu/aimc
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Faith Revisited English | 2011 | 00:25:10 | HD
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Ishani K Dutta India, traditionally, nurtures an environmentally-sensitive philosophy. It is evident through the nation’s culturally rich and Biography breathtaking variety of religious and epic texts, that contain within them one of the earliest messages of environmental Ishani K Dutta has over 18- and ecological balance. Nature has never been considered by years experience as a filmmaker. She has been at the helm of Indians as a hostile element to be conquered — we still teach Carrot Films for a decade now. our children to live in harmony with nature and recognise that Her films have been nominated divinity prevails in all elements, including plants and animals. at various national and Vestiges of many of these traditions are still living in our rituals international festivals including the International Film Festival of and practices, both in the urban and rural contexts. The India, Mumbai International Film film captures this organic traditional wisdom of conserving Festival and CMS VATAVARAN, environment through nature worship. to name a few. Carrot Films
prides itself in keeping abreast DIRECTOR (S): Ishani K Dutta with changing trends in media PRODUCER (S): Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India and technology. Regular PRODUCTION COMPANY: Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India workshops and film screenings EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (S): Ashish Dutta are conducted in-house. CEMERAPERSON (S): Dheeraj Jindal, Moumita Das, Ashish Dutta SCRIPT WRITER (S): Ishani Dutta and Anirban Bhattacharya GRAPHICS: Sarfaraz Ahmed EDITOR (S): Anil JR, Arun Kumar and Sarfaraz Ahmed NARRATOR (S): Shobha T Srinivashan
Carrot Communications G-1274, Chittaranjan Park New Delhi 110 019, INDIA P: +91 11 4160 4278 M: +91 9810 089 810 E: [email protected]
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Jal Dindi - An Experience… Johar: Welcome to Our World Hindi | 2011 | 00:48:04 | HDV Hindi | 2010 | 00:58:28 | HDV PAL
SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS Every year, the Jal Dindi travels almost 450 kms “Johar: Welcome to Our World” focuses on along the banks of Bhima and Indrayani rivers Jharkhand in eastern India, home for thirty- to the abode of Lord Vithal of Pandharpur, two tribal communities. These tribals have an Solapur. On the way, the natural make for a ancient, symbiotic relationship with the forests, cherished expedition. The only unfortunate being destroyed by mindless development and sight is the water pollution. The film urges all convoluted conservation policies, which is to conserve our natural resources. pushing them ever deeper into food insecurity and destroying their relationship with the land. DIRECTOR (S): Amit Bane PRODUCER (S): Sneha Sawant DIRECTOR (S): Nilanjan Bhattacharya PRODUCTION COMPANY: Saahas Productions PRODUCER (S): Nilanjan Bhattacharya PRODUCED FOR: Saahas Productions PRODUCED FOR: ActionAid India CEMERAPERSON (S): Avinash Balkawde CEMERAPERSON (S): Ranu Ghosh SCRIPT WRITER (S): Amit Bane SCRIPT WRITER (S): Nilanjan Bhattacharya MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Shailendra Barve SOUND RECORDIST (S): Renu Ghosh and Dibyendu Porel SOUND RECORDIST (S): Allwyn EDITOR (S): Indrajit Das GRAPHICS: Yogesh Shirwadkar NARRATOR (S): Quashik EDITOR (S): Rakesh Kudalisar NARRATOR (S): Samay Thakkar
Biography Biography Amit Bane started out as Nilanjan Bhattacharya has been director with non-fiction a filmmaker for 15 years now. serials such as “Housefull”, Bhattacharya received the “Great Gruhini”, “Jagavegale” National Film Award for “Under and “Deva Tujhya Daari”. “Jal This Sun”. Other works include Amit Bane Dindi - An Experience” is his Nilanjan Bhattacharya first project as independent “It’s Open” and “If it Rains”. director.
Saahas Productions Chhayabaji Films C-37, Saraswati Society A-63, Purba Diganta, Santoshpur IRLA Lane, Vile Parle (W) Calcutta 700 075 Mumbai 400 056 West Bengal, INDIA Maharashtra, INDIA P: +91 33 2416 9568 M: +91 8652 074 394 M: +91 9830 587 715 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]
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Just Another Documentary Living Tall English | 2010 | 00:05:10 English | 2011 | 00:10:56 | DV CAM
SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS “Just Another Documentary” shows the This film is dedicated to Taman Negara rain contrast between animals in their natural forest, Earth’s oldest forest, and the director’s surroundings and those protected in zoos. mother, whose love for nature sustained In the jungles, there is abundance of food, her through her last days. This film portrays freedom, space, the opposite of life in the zoos. the analogy between the intriguing forest Life in the zoos is not what the animals want, and Ms Ghosh, both deriving their strengths says the film and urges releasing them back. from certain inherent weaknesses as a result, sustaining themselves, and others too. DIRECTOR (S): Bhargav Chavan PRODUCER (S): Arena Animation, Andheri DIRECTOR (S): Subrata Ghosh and Prabir Mallik PRODUCTION COMPANY: The Roots Entertainment Company PRODUCER (S): Subrata Ghosh EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (S): The Roots Entertainment Company CEMERAPERSON (S): Subrata Ghosh and Tirtharaj Paul PRODUCED FOR: Arena Animation SCRIPT WRITER (S): Santanil Ganguly, Raja Gupta and Sonia Guha CEMERAPERSON (S): Bhargav Chavan MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Kabir Suman SCRIPT WRITER (S): Melvin Arackal SOUND RECORDIST (S): Sujoy Das MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Melvin Arackal EDITOR (S): Prabir Mallik SOUND RECORDIST (S): Melvin Arackal NARRATOR (S): Subrata Ghosh GRAPHICS: Melvin Arackal ANIMATION: Bhargav Chavan EDITOR (S): Melvin Arackal NARRATOR (S): Melvin Arackal
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Subrata Ghosh’s works include “Understanding Architecture”, and a Bengali play adaptation by Satyajit Ray, among other
Subrata Ghosh well-received works. Prabir Mallik’s has to his credit “IPM in Bangladesh” and “Ekti Kobita”.
The Roots Entertainment Company 18 Ganesh Bhuwan, K G Road E-3, Cluster One Purbachal Prabhadevi,Mumbai 400 028 Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700 097 Maharashtra, INDIA West Bengal, INDIA M: +91 9969 621 866 P: +91 33 2335 5625 E: [email protected] Prabir Mallik M: +91 9830 368 891 [email protected] E: [email protected]
19 AnimationBiodiversityClimatema Change Environmental Conservation Maa-e-Ri - A Lyrical Conversation with Mother Nature Man V/s Animal Hindi | 2011 | 00:03:25 | RED 4 K English | 2010 | 00:40:56 | HDV
SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS Caught up in their fast-paced, technology-driven From the jungles of Maharashtra, and lives, human beings are forgetting the laws of grasslands of Gujarat, through the swamps of nature. Consequently, mankind is imperilled: the Sunderbans, into the emerald fields and natural calamities such as tsunami, earthquakes forests of Assam, “Man vs Animal” investigates are on the rise, global warming is melting man’s relationship with his fellow creatures. It glaciers. The music video, “Maa-e-Ri - A Lyrical also suggests solutions that ensure survival of Conversation with Mother Nature”, documents man, beast and the environment that sustains these perils and urges respect for the nature’s them both laws for a sustainable future. DIRECTOR (S): Priyanka Kuriakose DIRECTOR (S): Kalpana Patowary, Biswajeet Bora and Parvez Khan PRODUCER (S): Siddharth Kak PRODUCER (S): Parvez Khan and Kalpana Patowary PRODUCTION COMPANY: Surabhi Foundation PRODUCTION COMPANY: Music Box EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (S): Parul Sondh and Jessica Gupta Nagpal EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (S): Music Box PRODUCED FOR: Ministry of Environment and Forests CEMERAPERSON (S): Sundeep Patil and Chirantan Das CEMERAPERSON (S): Anirban Dutta Gupta SCRIPT WRITER (S): Kalpana Patowary SCRIPT WRITER (S): Priyanka Kuriakose MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Rinkoo - Shankar SOUND RECORDIST (S): Babu Dalai and Joyce Thomas SOUND RECORDIST (S): Gautam Chakrabortty GRAPHICS: Dev Thakkar, Urvi Thaker and Vijay Lanka GRAPHICS: Nishit Chauhan ANIMATION: Dev Thakkar, Urvi Thaker and Vijay Lanka ANIMATION: Sachin Jadav EDITOR (S): Ankit Satra EDITOR (S): Manan Sagar and Kunjan Oza NARRATOR (S): Siddharth Kak NARRATOR (S): Singer - Kalpana Patowary Kalpana Patowary Biography Biography Priyanka Kuriakose’s oeuvre Kalpana Patowary is credited with reviving Bhojpuri music industry includes non-fiction programming, globally. documentaries, advertising films and television programming. Biswajeet Bora’s works include, Kuriakose has directed the series “Ejak Jonakir Jilmil”, and “Angel of Priyanka Kuriakose “Colours of India”, aired on the Aboriginals: Dr Verrier Elwin”. Biswajeet Bora National Geographic Channel and Parvez Khan has worked on over Fox History and Entertainment. 300 regional music videos.
Music Box Surabhi Foundation 601/A, Vaibhav Palace, Opposite Mega Mall 179, Yashodeep, S V P Nagar Above HDFC Bank, Oshiwara New Link Near Versova Telephone Exchange Road, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400 102 Four Bungalows, Andheri (W) Maharashtra, INDIA Mumbai 400 053, Maharashtra, INDIA M: +91 9821 437 026, +91 9869 057 026 P: +91 22 6551 4717 E: [email protected] M: +91 9322 254 333 [email protected] E: [email protected] Parvez Khan
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Mirage or Miracle Mission Tiger English | 2011 | 00:17:19 | DV CAM English and Hindi | 2010 | 01:10:00 | 35 MM
SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS This film captures life on the Little Rann “Mission Tiger” features the root causes of of Kachchh, a World Heritage Site, and its tiger poaching in India and the different sects mirages and miracles. Rann literally means of people who are for and against this. The film desert, a barren place. But Little Rann of has also tried to showcase ground realities of Kachchh is full of life. The film showcases the life of poor villagers, the victims and the the amazingly dual personality of this wildlife forest officials, directly or indirectly affected by sanctuary, internationally recognised for its high tiger poaching. biodiversity conservation. DIRECTOR (S): Dipu Karunakaran PRODUCER (S): Saju Omkar DIRECTOR (S): Madhu Menon and S Radhakrishnan PRODUCTION COMPANY: Omkar Naina Productions and Kandi PRODUCER (S): Madhu Menon and S Radhakrishnan Productions PRODUCTION COMPANY: Black and White Media EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (S): Saju Omkar PRODUCED FOR: Black and White Media CEMERAPERSON (S): Rajeev Vijay CEMERAPERSON (S): S Radhakrishnan SCRIPT WRITER (S): Dipu Karunakaran SCRIPT WRITER (S): Murali Raman MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Abu Murali and Sridhar MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Ravi Shahi SOUND RECORDIST (S): Raja Krishanan SOUND RECORDIST (S): Ravi Shahi GRAPHICS: Karthik GRAPHICS: Mehul Patel EDITOR (S): Sobhin K Soman ANIMATION: Jigar Patel EDITOR (S): Mehul Patel and Mehtab Uddin Ahmed NARRATOR (S): Alaric Ferns and Madhu Menon
Biography Biography Madhu Menon produces Dipu Karunakaran started his career educational video programmes. as documentary filmmaker and has He won Best Film Award at written and directed more than International Nature Film 20 documentaries. He is now an Festival, Poland. independent film director and has Madhu Menon Dipu Karunakaran As freelance photographer done more than 40 commercials. S Radhakrishnan’s coverages include ICC World Cups in South Africa and West Indies. Omkar Naina Production TC -25/ 2198, Opp Baba Tourist Home Black & White Media Thyvila Road, Thampanoor 181/313, Ashok Nagar P O Thiruvananthapuram 695 001 Jodhpur Tekra Satellite Area Kerala, INDIA Ahmedabad 380 015, Gujarat, INDIA P: +91 471 2291 119 P: +91 79 2692 4148, M: +91 9426 300 078 M: +91 9837 783 999 F: +91 079 2656 1359 Madhu Menon E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.missiontiger.com
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One Touch of Nature Phoolon ki Ghati (The Valley of Flowers) English | 2011 | 00:01:59 | DV CAM English | 2009 | 00:21:46 | 35 MM
SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS The film is an experimental attempt on The film is a journey to the valley of flowers capturing nature’s beauty. in Himalayas, home to more than 600 species of rare flora, some with proven medicinal DIRECTOR (S): Abhilasha Bhartiya properties. But hazards like global warming PRODUCER (S): Abhilasha Bhartiya ANIMATION: Abhilasha Bhartiya threaten the snow-line and glaciers. The delicate balance of nature in the valley is too fragile and needs to be lovingly conserved.
DIRECTOR (S): K S Shridhar PRODUCER (S): Kuldeep Sinha PRODUCTION COMPANY: Film Division EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (S): Rajiv Kumar PRODUCED FOR: Film Division CAMERAPERSON (S): K S Shridhar SCRIPT WRITER (S): K S Shridhar MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Debjyoti Mishra SOUND RECORDIST (S): B Suresh Kumar EDITOR (S): Atish Nandy
Biography Biography Director Abhilasha Bhartiya has Cinematographer K S Sridhar used stop motion technique, made his directorial debut with clay, paper cuttings, beads, “Valley of Flowers”. He was live photographs, and different cinematographer for “…And types of web cam effects to the bamboo blooms”, which create this film. K S Sridhar won National Award for Best Environment Film in 2000.
Film Division Birla Institute of Technology 24, Dr Gopalrao Deshmukh Marg 27, Malviya Nagar Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra, INDIA Industrial area, Jaipur 302 025 P: +91 22 2351 0461 Rajasthan, INDIA F: +91 22 2351 3655 P: +91 141 2752 262 E: [email protected], publicity@ M: +91 8290 981 366 filmdivision.org, [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.ksshridhar.com
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Piyu Prajapaksham English | 00:20:00 Telugu | 2011 | 00:25:08 | MINI DV
SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS “Piyu” depicts and captures amazing behavior The documentary focuses on the depleting salt and calls of various types of birds in Madhya water Lake Pulicat. The ecological imbalance, Pradesh. ”Piyu” presents essential information, the lost livelihoods and the increasing pollution calls and spectral analysis of birds call in one of the brackish water of the Pulicat has gone package through inituitive and easy to interface. unnoticed and uncared by the government. It adds call spectrograms to the identification The documentary seeks to make heard the toolbox for important birds of central India. silent cry of the Pulicat.
PRODUCED FOR: Madhya Pradesh State Biodiversity Board DIRECTOR (S): Prema Malini PRODUCER (S): Prema Malini PRODUCTION COMPANY: Associatied Broadcasting Company Pvt Ltd and TV9 EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (S): Shital Morjaria PRODUCED FOR: Associatied Broadcasting Company (P) Ltd and TV9 CEMERAPERSON (S): Seshu and Ranganath SCRIPT WRITER (S): Prema Malini GRAPHICS: Suresh, Sai Ravinder, Bharath and Narsimha EDITOR (S): Jehangir, Srinivas and Ravi NARRATOR (S): Prema Malini
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Prema Malini of TV9 is a popular face with the masses. Malini has conceived and conceptualised “Praja Paksham”
Prema Malini (With the People), which has won her the Nandi Award twice.
Associated Broadcasting Company Pvt Ltd 26, Kisan Bhawan Plot No 97, Road No 3, Banjara Hills 1st Floor, Arera Hills Hyderabad 500 034, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA Bhopal 462 011, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA P: +91 40 2349 0000 P: +91 755 2554 549, +91 755 2554 539 M: +91 9948 254 587 M: +91 9425 029 009, F: +91 755 2764 912 F: +91 40 6666 0335 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.mpsbb.nic.in W: www.tv9.net
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Project Tiger- Ensuring Survival English and Hindi | 2011 | 00:33:45 | DIGI Beta
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Naresh Bedi This comprehensive film looks at the prestigious Project Tiger, which was launched in l973 to protect tigers from extinction. Biography Filmed over several years across India, the film, for the first time, covers splendid aerials of diverse tiger habitat and has Naresh Bedi in 1970, together rare and lively footage of tiger behavior. The key issues of with his brother Rajesh established Bedi Films, and village relocation, poaching, tourism, man and animal conflict nurtured it into a leading and government’s initiatives are intertwined with lively producer of world class interviews of experts and locals. The film highlights the real documentaries on wildlife and challenges which tiger conservation faces today and promises environment. Naresh Bedi won the Panda for Best Wildlife that India remains the tiger’s best chance for survival. Cameraman at Wildscreen 1984, becoming the first Asian DIRECTOR (S): Naresh Bedi to win this recognition. The PRODUCTION COMPANY: Bedi Films CMS conferred on Naresh Bedi EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (S): Naresh Bedi and Rajesh Bedi the Prithvi Ratna (Jewel of the PRODUCED FOR: National Tiger Conservation Authority, MoEF Earth) award, endorsed by CEMERAPERSON (S): Naresh Bedi, Rajesh Bedi, Ajay Bedi and Vijay Bedi United Nations Environment SCRIPT WRITER (S): Naresh Bedi Programme (UNEP), at CMS MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Roy Menezes VATAVARAN Environment SOUND RECORDIST (S): Bedi Films Team and Wildlife Film Festival 2005, GRAPHICS: Pawan Sharma recognising his outstanding EDITOR (S): Pawan Sharma contribution to environment NARRATOR (S): Jitendra Ramprakash and wildlife film-making. Wildlife Asia Film Festival, Singapore, conferred the festival’s highest honour to Naresh Bedi, the ‘Whale Award’.
Bedi Films D-28, Rajouri Garden New Delhi 110 027, INDIA P: +91 11 2543 9939 M: +91 9810 274 114 F: +91 11 2544 1864 E: [email protected] W: www.bedifilms.com
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Puli Yarukku? (Tiger for Whom?) Righting the Historical Wrong English and Tamil | 2010 | 00:32:44 Bengali and English | 2009 | 00:42:42 | DV CAM
SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS In the Nilgiris, tribes have lived in harmony with The film focuses on the many conflicts between wildlife, since ages. With the forest department forest dwellers and forest department. For the announcing 321 sq. km as core zone, reserved people, it has been a long story of denial and for wild animals and around 5 sq. km (aerial deprivation from using the forest land. The distance) outside of it as buffer zone, tribals implementation of Forest Rights Act 2006 in have risen in protest and retaliated to these West Bengal shows disparity in the presciption changes. The film tells their story. and its implementation.
DIRECTOR (S): V G Anto DIRECTOR (S): Sangita Datta PRODUCER (S): Horizon Media PRODUCER (S): Dr Oliver Springate CEMERAPERSON (S): Kumara and V G Anto PRODUCED FOR: University of Manchester and Cuts SCRIPT WRITER (S): V G Anto CEMERAPERSON (S): Rabindranath Das GRAPHICS: Timple SCRIPT WRITER (S): Sangita Datta EDITOR (S): Anand and Madhurai MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Moushumi Bhowmik SOUND RECORDIST (S): Ranjan Ghosh and Bappa Dalal GRAPHICS: Joydeb Naskar EDITOR (S): Indrajit Das NARRATOR (S): Malay Mukherjee
Biography Biography A self-taught media person, Sangita Datta has worked as V G Anto also has his own researcher at Arabari Forest production company, Horizon Divison, Midnapore, West Media. Some of his works Bengal. Documentary credits include, “Dream Bridge”, “Two include “Adivasi Putul Katha”, V G Anto Swedish Guys”, “Coconut Shell Sangita Datta and Bamboo”, “Generation” “The Paharias”, “Rejuvenate among several others. Participation or Await Destruction” and “Righting the Historical Wrong”.
Horizon Media 31, Hari Sadhan Patwari Road 4/1320, Gandhi Nagar Santoshpur, Eastern Park Thumbal Post, Salem 636 114 Kolkata 700 075, West Bengal, INDIA Tamil Nadu, INDIA P: +91 33 2542 8152 M: +91 9787 143 550 M: +91 9433 128 832 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]
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Rajaji - A Forest by the Ganges English | 2009 I 00:28:40 | Digibeta and HD
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Praveen Singh “Rajaji: A Forest by the Ganges” explores the biodiversity of the little known Rajaji National Park situated in the Dehradun Biography and Haridwar districts of Uttaranchal. Commissioned by the Uttarakhand Forest Department, the film seeks to bring to Praveen Singh started out as a viewers the amazing biodiversity of Rajaji National Park, the reporter with Panda-winning series, “Living on The Edge” challenges the park faces for protecting its wildlife and forest and has since done extensive corridors and the urgent need to conserve this haven of a production co-ordination unique and rich ecosystem, vital for people living in the plains for the reality series, “Wild of northern India. The filmmakers spent over 150 days in the Things”. His work profile includes “Indian Leopards - The park over a period of a year-and-a-half to film the park in all Killing Fields”, won best of its splendour and beauty, across different seasons. festival award in 2005 CMS VATAVARAN. As producer/ DIRECTOR (S): Praveen Singh director and cameraperson, he PRODUCER (S): Praveen Singh made ‘Science Safari”. As field PRODUCTION COMPANY: Signature Infotainment Pvt Ltd producer, his documentary PRODUCED FOR: Rajaji National Park (Uttarakhand Forest Department) “The Future Beneath our Feet” CEMERAPERSON (S): Praveen Singh and Sanjeev Monga received the UKEFF. Other SCRIPT WRITER (S): Praveen Singh and Jeebak Dasgupta major works include “The MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Stock Music Asiatic Lion - On a Roll Call” SOUND RECORDIST (S): Sanjeev Monga and Praveen Singh and “Living for the Dead”. EDITOR (S): Sanjeev Monga The multiple award-winning NARRATOR (S): Yuri director’s photographs and videos are part of the Asia Trail Exhibit on Red Pandas at the National Zoo, Smithsonian, Washington, D C.
Signature Infotainment Pvt Ltd J-183, Jalvayu Vihar, Sector 25 Noida 201 301 Uttar Pradesh, INDIA M: +91 9818 902 101 E: [email protected]
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The Green Army: Saviour of the Sylvan The Undying Delta Assamese and Bodo | 2011 | 00:26:11 | DV CAM English | 2010 | 00:25:44 | DV CAM
SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS The film delves into the discourse that gave The Sunderbans in West Bengal remain a impetus to the formation of the unique battleground where men and the wild fight each conservation and protection initiative — to other for survival. Activists and scholars offer bring back the past glory of Manas National insights into the perennial crisis and problems Park by former militants of Bodo ethnic tribe, of global warming in the Sunderbans and offer Assam. Until a couple of years ago, they were a suggestions for reprieve, making the film more dreaded lot. But today, they are conscientious than a documentary in its deep concern for the conservationists. people.
DIRECTOR (S): Merajur Rahman Baruah DIRECTOR (S): Papia Roy PRODUCER (S): Suresh Menon PRODUCER (S): Biplab Moitra PRODUCED FOR: Films Division PRODUCTION COMPANY: Miranda CEMERAPERSON (S): Barun De Joardar CEMERAPERSON (S): Jyotirmay Dutta and Sujoy Sen SCRIPT WRITER (S): Merajur Rahman Baruah SCRIPT WRITER (S): Papia Roy MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Tongla Musahari, Kondra Basumatari, MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Papia Roy Anil Daimari and Deem Musahari EDITOR (S): Sandip Paul SOUND RECORDIST (S): K S Sivadas and Deep Mahanta NARRATOR (S): Samik Bandyapadhyay EDITOR (S): Saikat Sekhareswar Ray
Biography Biography Merajur Rahman Baruah received Papia Roy is publisher/editor, an Rajat Kamal Award for “Shifting Odissi dancer, and a filmmaker. Prophecy” at 55th National Her works include “Banglar Film Awards; Commonwealth Mukh”, “Ratan” (selected for Vision Award for “Beyond the Mumbai International Film Merajur Rahman Zero Line”. “The Nine Months” Papia Roy Baruah received 2nd Best Film award Festival 2002), and “Portrait of a at Jeevika - Asia Livelihood Cinematographer: Soumendu Roy”. Documentary Film Festival, Delhi.
Flat No 13, Sector 5 238 Maniktala Main Road Pocket - 1, Dwarka Suite 54, Kolkata 700 054 New Delhi 100 075, INDIA West Bengal, INDIA P: +91 11 4700 7130 P: +91 33 2352 6144 M: +91 9810 880 596 M: +91 9830 267 453 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]
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The Way! A Python Rescued Tiger Queen Hindi | 2011 | 00:15:00 | HD English | 2010 | 00:51:09 | HD
SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS There is no record available to prove that any Poaching and habitat loss have reduced the python has swallowed a human being anywhere tiger population to dangerous levels. The WWF in India. Yet, pythons are killed or get routinely estimates there may be only 3200 left, 40% of crushed on roads. The film shows the rescue which live in India and 40% in Ranthambore operation of a python that has swallowed a National Park. The film looks at these issues, while jackal, and captures the debate on whether to it captures the lifestyle of the tigers at the Park. save it or kill it. DIRECTOR (S): S Nallamuthu PRODUCER (S): Grey Films India Pvt Ltd DIRECTOR (S): Anil Yadav and Kosmik Global Media Pvt Ltd PRODUCER (S): Anil Yadav PRODUCTION COMPANY: Grey Films India Pvt Ltd PRODUCTION COMPANY: Earth Friends India and Kosmik Global Media Pvt Ltd PRODUCED FOR: Earth Friends India EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (S): Amanda Theunissen CEMERAPERSON (S): Anil Yadav Carl Hall and Ashley Hoppin SCRIPT WRITER (S): Anil Yadav and Dheeraj K Shah PRODUCED FOR: National Geographic Channel International (NGCI) MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Mahendra Singh CEMERAPERSON (S): S Nallamuthu SOUND RECORDIST (S): Meera Studio SCRIPT WRITER (S): Steven Zorn EDITOR (S): Anil Yadav and Anuj Yadav MUSIC COMPOSER (S): William Goodchild NARRATOR (S): Anil Goyal and Dheeraj K Shah SOUND RECORDIST (S): Trevon Barber Russell Skellon and Robert Thompson EDITOR (S): Praveen Sharma, Dan Schwalm Zilke Lemmer and Philip Perry NARRATOR (S): Dominic Frisby Biography Biography Anil Yadav’s “Choti Si Kahani S Nallamuthu’s films “Body Ababeel Ki” was nominated Shock”, “Indian Leopards” and th at 5 CMS VATAVARAN Film “The Killing Fields” among others Festival. Other works include, have won him international acclaim “Pardhies: The Untold Story” for cinematography. Directorial Anil Yadav and “The Burning Fields” (First S Nallamuthu prize winner, Climate Change feature debut, “Tripping on a and Livelihood Resilience Film Bicycle”, was officially selected at Festival 2011). Mumbai Film Festival.
Grey Films India Pvt Ltd Earth Friends India 82-F, Pocket - K, Sheikh Sarai, Phase - II 7, Jain Pathshala, Ganj Basoda New Delhi 110 017, INDIA Dist Vidisha 464 221 P: +91 11 2925 7026 Madhya Pradesh, INDIA M: +91 9810 001 716 P: +91 7594 222 888 F: +91 120 4542 312 M: +91 9425 148 858 E: [email protected], [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.greyfilms.com W: www.earthfriendsindia.org www.highdefinitionindia.com
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Unseen Beauty Unhidden Truth Warning Signals English | 2010 | 00:23:56 | DV CAM English | 2009 | 00:27:25 | DV CAM
SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS Manas National Park in Assam is a veritable Focussing on poaching in India, the film haven of lush green forests, which sustains “Warning Signals” deals with three kinds of an impressive variety of flora and fauna. This poaching: poaching by tribals, poaching by the film looks at the work of an NGO Mousi game hunters, poaching by the professional Gandri Eco-Tourism which has conserved and poachers. The film takes a close look at the preserved approximately about 25-feet long critical concerns arising out of these three hatching Burmese rock python with hundreds different poaching methods. of eggs. DIRECTOR (S): Dalip MacCune PRODUCER (S): Neptune Productions DIRECTOR (S): Gautam Saikia PRODUCTION COMPANY: Neptune Productions PRODUCER (S): Abha Rani Saikia EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (S): Manuj Mehta and Dalip Maccune EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (S): Abha Rani Saikia PRODUCED FOR: Neptune Productions CEMERAPERSON (S): Gautam Saikia and Uttam Saikia CEMERAPERSON (S): Ashish Juyal SCRIPT WRITER (S): Gautam Saikia SCRIPT WRITER (S): Manuj Mehta GRAPHICS: Snirity Rekha Saikia MUSIC COMPOSER (S): Aman Arora EDITOR (S): Gautam Saikia SOUND RECORDIST (S): Manuj Mehta NARRATOR (S): Bala Bhadra Hagjer GRAPHICS: Surbhi Bedi ANIMATION: Ashish MacCune EDITOR (S): Kapil Khambra NARRATOR (S): Vijay Mattoo
Biography Biography Gautam Saikia has produced, Dalip MacCune is a journalist cinematographed, edited and and filmmaker. As filmmaker, directed “Elephant Festival”, he has produced current affairs “Animal Welfare in Kaziranga”, programmes for Doordarshan, “The Jaws of Death” and “Sardar been assistant producer for Gautam Saikia Kallu Munda”. His films have Dalip MacCune screened at 36th International external affairs ministry production, Film Festival of India and CMS “People of Peace” and produced 20 VATAVARAN Film Festival 2005. documentaries for Doordarshan.
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