In the year 2017, CMS VATAVARAN will be celebrating its 9th edition of the competitive International Film Festival and Forum in New Delhi from November 2-6, 2017.
The 9th competitive CMS VATAVARAN - Asia’s largest Environment and Wildlife Film Festival is scheduled for November 2-6, 2017 in New Delhi, India.
The theme of this edition is “Conservation4Water” with the purpose to invite films and create forums on the inter-connectedness of climate change and water, water struggles in a world dealing with global warming, climate variability, food and health insecurity, biodiversity loss, and environmental damage. The festival and forum will comprise of various programmes with eminent organisations including government, civil societies, corporate, media, institutes, and schools.
Films produced on or after January 01, 2015 are accepted in 13 categories for 21 awards in both national and international sections. All nominated and awarded films will get an added benefit of having their films screened in different parts of India in the travelling editions of CMS VATAVARAN, besides occasions of special screenings in important national and international environmental forums.
Entry guidelines are available on CMS VATAVARAN'S website and the deadline for submitting a film entry is March 22, 2017
The World Bank’s Connect4Climate program supported to implement a series of activities during the twenty-second session of the Conference of Parties (COP 22), the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 12) and the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1) in Marrakesh, Morocco, focusing on the critical role that young people and the public at large have in mobilizing climate solutions.
