‘GREEN LEAF FILM FESTIVEL-

Categories:- SATHYAM, SHIVAM, SUNDARAM’
A Picture tells a lot more than thousand words. To see about the beauty, destruction and struggles, we decided to provide students an opportunity. In this regard a film festival was organised in three categories.
‘ The silence of the nature is very real.
It surrounds you…… You can feel it.
In the category ‘Sathyam’- the films screened were ‘Punarjanikal’ & ‘Nilavili’. These films discuss various problems faced by earth due to the over exploitation of earth.
‘Punarjanikal’ is a film about the young and elderly martyrs of endosulphan use in Kasargod Dt. This was shot focusing a girl child. It places a lot of question in front of the government and the society.
‘Nilavili’- the destruction to the nature in the name of development has been shown in this film. It has special importance in our context as such works are taking place around our surroundings in large scale. How to react against this? This is a question which we our self has to answer.
Expect to have hope rekindled.
Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways.
The dry seasons in life do not last.
The spring rains will come again.
In the category ‘Shivam’- the showcase was of struggle by various groups interested in the conservation of nature and the success in it. The morale of activists which is decreasing day by day will get a boost by watching these films.
‘Bhakkipatram’- the dreaded Gwalior Rayons factory at Mavoor was polluting the river Chaliyar for a long time. Not only this it was taking the bamboo & reed from these forests at such a cheap rate that may look like it was the responsibility of the Govt. to feed such dangerous institutions. But finally the people won the battle for the good, and the Chaliyar flows untainted.
‘Kaipu Neer’- another success story of people from Plachimada against another multinational giant. Uncontrolled water exploitation from a village forced the people including adivasis to stand up and take up the challenge. They don’t have any other option. Their water and soil has been contaminated by the water giant. This struggle also concluded in the win.
‘Beauty is truth, truth Beauty’,
that is all you know on earth,
and all you need to know.
Finally In the category ‘Sundaram’- the focus was upon the beauty of nature. It is said that we can conserve what we love. We will love only those which are beautiful. To thrust was to showcase the beauty of nature and build hope for a greener future in the young minds.
‘Wild Periyar’ – this film is one among the famous environmentalist Suresh Elamon’s documentaries about nature hotspots in the Idukki Dt. The flora and fauna of the famous Periyar Tiger Reserve are shown in this film. Many of the visuals are unforgettable.
‘Mannavan Chola’ & ‘ Mathikettan Chola’ – These films show the importance of the Shola type of forests. Within a small area the type of species found are of high. Its water producing capacity is also shown.
‘ Keralam Sasyashyamalam’- the beauty of our state Kerala is documented very well. Various types of vegetation found here are picturised.