Website: http://www.voicesfromthewaters.com
13th - 18th September 2007 at Jnana Jyothi Auditorium, Central College Campus, Palace Road, Near Mysore Bank Circle.
A tremendous amount of activities will going on as part of this festival:
Firstly, there are a huge number of films being screened, exploring both aesthetic aspects as well as water issues.
There are screenings at multiple locations, and each day, the morning screenings are reserved for students.
There will be a conference by Bangalore University's civil and water departments, aimed mainly at university teachers.
There will be a conference on gender, caste and water governance
Water Voices -- Grassroot activists from across the country will be sharing their experiences
River songs -- Throughout the day river songs will be playing in the lobby
Painting exhibition, photo exhibition, art installation
Is this a huge event or what ?!
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Categories:
Murky Waters
Who Owns the Water
Considering Climate
Waterscapes
In Memory of Rivers and Lands Lost
People Speak Out
Aquascope
Schedule: daily-schedule.doc
Film Synopses: aquascopedocx.doc, finalsynop.doc
Some films are also being shown at Suchitra Film Society, Alliance Francaise and Max Mueller Bhavan.
In light of the Bihar floods a special event in being planned with the floods as the focus.
If you would like to bring the films to your city, please contact Bangalore Film Society at the address given on their website. Please do that after the 18th, as the organisers will be tied up with the festival until then.
More updates to follow ...
