Festival On Films On Water April 29, 2010

With a focus on environment this month, the Alliance Française of Madras in association with the Bangalore Film Society welcomes and invites you to discover a series of documentaries on the importance of water and its impacts on life.
29th April

Ice Bears of the Beaufort by Arthur Smith, 55 min
Arthur Smith’s dreamlike ‘Ice Bears of the Beaufort’ plays witness to fragility and the otherworldly beauty of Alaska’s Beaufort sea coast, home to the polar bear. As the offshore oil and gas development threatens to wreck havoc in paradise and the government debates as to whether or not to declare and protect the area as a ‘critical habitat’, a lone resident of an Inupiat Eskimo Village captures the sounds and images that offers the sole documented proof of a mesmerizing world dangerously poised on the brink of extinction. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Blue Ocean Film festival, Georgia.

30th April

The Damned of the Sea by Jawad Rhalib, 70 min
Thousands of small Moroccan fishermen from Essaouira, the first ever sardine port in the world have to move further down south to Dakhla in the Sahara to hope to catch some fish. In the background, trawlers from foreign countries drag the waters with their death nets, killing an entire ecosystem. In the foreground, captivating portraits of desperate fishermen who've been robbed of their livelihood. It is a hellish struggle. ‘The Damned of the Sea’ is a much acclaimed portrayal of loss and displacement in the modern world, garnering awards at Envirofilm 2009, Monte Carlo and Lyon.
witness these at Alliance Francaise de Madras - Auditorium
24, college road Nungambakkam
Chennai

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http://www.findnearyou.com/events/festival-on-films-on-water_5133