International Children's Film Festival Hyderabad

27/09/2015

Hyderabad city will be hosting the 19th International Children's Film Festival of India(ICFFI) from November 14 for which a total of 1204 entries have been received online from 80 countries. Hyderabad is the permanent venue for the ICFFI, which will be held between November 14-20.

A total of 1204 entries were received through online from 80 countries for the screening in this edition, including some of the award winning and reputed films. It was around 900 films during the last edition, he added.

The competition will be in international, international short, Asian panorama and little directors categories. To enlighten the children, five workshops along with a special workshop on the digital film making will be conducted, he said in a statement.

The opening and closing ceremony will be held at Lalitha Kala Thoranam. The IMAX theatre will be the main venue for screening of the films along with 11 more theatres.

13/11/2014

Happy Children's Day to Children and all those who work with and for Children across the globe.

17/10/2014

Celebrate Eco Friendly Deepavali
Limit Crackers Noise to Day Time.
Limit Sparklers Light to Night Time.
Always prefer community celebration of Diwali
Protect Animals, Birds, Infants, Sick and Old

27/09/2014

College Going Girls who want to part of Prakrithi Mitra Campaign for Green Bathukamma can post now their interest of associating with Saddhula Bathukamma as PRAKRITHI MITRA VOLUNTEERS. This volunteering campaign is from 2pm to 2am on 2nd October on Tank Bund Hyderabad. Email to [email protected].

26/09/2014

Please Join Native Floral Biodiversity Conservation Campaign and Like NGC Prakrithi Mitra Bathukamma Campaign: Mana Inti Basthukammaki Mana Inti Poolu, Mana Oori Bathukammaki Mana Oori Poolu.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ngc-Prakrithi-Mitra-Bathukamma-Campaign/366729940149426

NGC Prakrithi Mitra Bathukamma Campaign is for conservation of native floral biodiversity and Bathukamma immersion basing on carrying capacity of lakes

07/04/2014

EARTH DAY 2014 - 22 APRIL 2014. DEAR FILM MAKERS AND COMMUNICATORS, MAKE FILMS ON MAKING OUR ROADWAYS AND RAILWAYS CLEAN AND GREEN

India can be called as clean when its railways and roadways are clean. This is possible only when the Indian Railways(IR) and National Highways Authority of India(NHAI) which transport people and freight take care of the waste littered by the passengers/users/customers/vendors/employees of NHAI and IR.

Both of them, in required, can impose a special litter tax along with their passenger ticket of toll gate collections. Other wise we will be left with such horrendous tracks and roads which make it impossible for us travel safely in clean environment.

Make Indian Railways responsible for cleaning in and around the tracks being one of the world's largest railway networks comprising 115,000 km of track over a route of 65,000 km. It has 7,500 stations and is transporting over 3 crore passengers daily i.e., over 1000 crores annually and transporting 30 lakhs tonnes of freight daily. It runs 10,000 trains every day and has 1.3 million employees.

All across these tracks we can find tonnes of unmanaged litter.

NHAI is responsible for the development, maintenance, management and operation of National Highways, totaling over 76,818 km. Indian roadways are 42,45,429 kilometres length. Out of which National Highways (Already 4/6 laned)16,000 km, Highways which are being 4 or 6 laned (India) 25,000 km, State Highways 1,54,522 km, Major and other district roads 2,577,396 km, Rural & other roads 1,433,577 km.

All across these tracks we can find organised and unorganised dumping of unmanged litter and garbage.

THIS WASTE IS DESTROYING OUR FLORA AND FAUNA IN THE PRISTINE FORESTS AND WATER BODIES ACROSS INDIA.

THIS WASTE IS DESTROYING THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN THIS COUNTRY.

"The fight for a clean environment continues in a climate of increasing urgency, as the ravages of climate change become more manifest every day. We invite you to be a part of Earth Day and help write many more victories and successes into our history. Discover energy you didn’t even know you had. Feel it rumble through the grassroots under your feet and the technology at your fingertips. Channel it into building a clean, healthy, diverse world for generations to come".

21/02/2014

Dear Prakrithi Mitras, Signed certificates of ICFFI Volunteers have come. They will be sent to your colleges tomorrow and day after.

23/01/2014

For updates on Nature Camps:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Nature-Camping-Programme/662973710421050

National Nature Camping Programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Environment and Forests in env

13/01/2014

My First Lessons in Environmental Films by My Mentor Late Smt Sadhana Deshpande. Its unfortunate that we lost her in a fatal accident. Her contribution to making of Our World series of Activity Books for Environment Education was seminal. She was a great inspiration for all the work NGC did in its first 6 years. I learnt my basics in Filming from Smt Sadhana Deshpande. That is why every year NGC observes Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight from 15-31 Jan as Sadhana Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight. All Programmes conducted in this context during Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight are named after her.

22/12/2013

Government of India launches National Nature Camping Programme. Preparatory workshops on Nature Camps start today in Hyderabad. The first workshop at PCB office at Sanatnagar. Young college students who are interested in volunteering for Nature Camps meant for schools students of 6, 7 and 8 classes can "like" https://www.facebook.com/pages/Prakrithi-Mitra/226243054220593 page and keep watching for volunteering opportunities days and locations.

16/12/2013

Hi Young Prakrithi Mitras, we meet Friday 20th December Evening at APPCB Meting Hall I, to celebrate 18th ICFFI's success. Get ready and come to share your photos along with fond memories with your friends. Meanwhile as I informed you keep posting them here.

16/12/2013

Hi Young Prakrithi Mitras, we meet this week to celebrate 18th ICFFI's success. You will get to know the venue, time and date in a day. Get ready and come to share your photos along with fond memories with your friends. Meanwhile you can post them here.