Simran Vedvyas reports on the Success of Abu Dhabi Film Festival addressing Green Issues

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Simran Vedvyas reports on the Success of Abu Dhabi Film Festival addressing Green Issues
by Simran Vedvyas \| 26-04-2013 20:01 0
Abu Dhabi Film Festival witnessed Entries from about 16 nations that touched on a range of topics from pollution to disaster, as revealed by sources. Some interesting films included Indian film Chachar, which tells a story of 14-year-old Rubel who smuggles rice across the Ganga river between India and Bangladesh. The film depicts how Chachar island was formed due to flooding by the Ganga. Homeless people from both countries such as Rubels family started living on the island. The French film Living building narrates the story of a French company, which constructed a road in the middle of the Chadian desert where workers live in three camps during work and villagers come asking for work or for establishing stores to serve them. A Bangladeshi film Are you Listening reveals the sufferings of the people of the small village of Sutarkhali, which was traumatized by a tsunami in May 2009. The Japanese film No mans zone was based on the tsunami which hit Japan in March 2011 and resulted in the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The Turkish film A few brave people tackles the struggle of residents of the Black Sea region in Turkey to preserve the natural environment they live in. The Romanian film Chernosaurus tackles the issue of radiation following the Chernovadia nuclear reactor explosion, by portraying how it gives rise to a new life form. The Belgium film Himself he cook tells the story of hundreds of volunteers in Amristar golden temple in India to prepare 100,000 free meals distributed daily to visitors. The British film Trashed reveals the scale and effect of the problem of waste in the world. Croatian film Dr Andrija Stampar, a visionary tells the story of Dr Andrija Stampar, the leading authority in epidemiology and a pioneer of preventive medicine. Meanwhile the Dutch film Hum of Holland tackles road noise and inquires if there is one quiet place left in The Netherlands. The Belgium film Himself he cook tells the story of hundreds of volunteers in Amristar golden temple in India to prepare 100,000 free meals distributed daily to visitors. The Czech film Immortality tackles the idea of the end of life on earth due to wars and domination of technology. Information from sources. Copyrights remain with the owner

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