Guest guest Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 *http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=334022 & ssid=1 & sid=ENT* *Bedi brothers bag awards at Canadian Film Fest * ** * Toronto, Nov 07: After winning the Green Oscar in mid October this year, young Bedi Brothers, Ajay and Vijay have bagged two more prestigious awards- " Best Film on Mountain Environment " and " Audio Post-Production Scholarship " worth $10,000 CDN at the 31 Banff Mountain Film Festival featuring the world's best films and videos on mountain, environment and adventure. The film " The Cherub of the Mist " portrays the life of pandas and their struggle for survival in the mountain ranges of Eastern Himalayas. More than 12000 people participated in the screenings in a week long festival. The international jury announced the awards in gala ceremony on Sunday night 5th November, 2006 at Banff's Eric Harvie Theatre, in the beautiful surrounding of Rocky Mountains of Banff, Canada's oldest and most popular national park. The festival is presented by National Geographic and Dunham. Only twelve awards were given from 324 entries submitted in the competition from 37 countries. Announcing the awards jury member John Beatty said, " The film tells an important story about the struggle for survival of the Red Panda, a critical indicator species threatened by deforestation in the Eastern Himalayas…..The film is a technical tour de force by two (Ajay and Vijay) eminent filmmakers working in the extremely challenging conditions. " This for the first time that any Indian film has two awards the festival. " It was a challenging project because of difficult mountain terrain, weather and above all to make a film about the animal which is extremely hard to find, " Vijay said. The film with strong conservation message, has already won 5 international awards and is making a difference. Apprised by the film state Government is planning to fence of the border with Nepal along the Singhalila National Park to check encroachment and bamboo poaching. With exposure our film has given more people know about our own Red Pandas which are struggling for survival. To hold viewers interest over one hour television time Ajay and Vijay's worked hard over two years to record many rare and interesting behavior of Panda`s life for the first time. " With our film we hope to sensitise people about the urgent need of conservation for remaining population of 2500 red pandas. They are far less then the wild tigers. We sincerely hope the Red Pandas will also get the due attention like – the Giant Panda before it is too late " Ajay said. Banff film festival would be taking Cherub of Mist on their World Tour and will be screening the film over 25 countries on six continents with expected audience of over 170,000. Such showing will certainly help the understanding about the rare Red Pandas and generate support for their conservation. Bureau Report* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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