Climate change is one of the most highly discussed topics of present time.
Addressing the issue of climate change, the British Council, in association with Wild Eye, has made ‘From Himalaya to the Bay of Bengal’, a series of ten short films, which zooms in on the issue of climate change and its impact on nature and civilisation.
The premiere of From Himalaya to the Bay of Bengal was held at the British Council auditorium in the city on Monday.
The ten films entitled An Omen, Living in Clouds, An Uncharted Landscape, Water Water, Climate Confusion, Sunday Monday Carbonday, Water World, Small Things, Spreading Colour and Be Smart- Act First have been made by a group of young film makers of Bangladesh and Nepal.
The films were shot in different locations in both the countries.
“The entire thing took a year to pull off “, said Tanjilur Rahman, series producer of From Himalaya to the Bay of Bengal.
“The series aims at making people aware, in the true sense, of the climate change issue, ” he said.
“Audio visual media is a very powerful medium. It can take any message to a wide audience in a very short time. Anyone watching the films will not go home empty handed,” he added.
The ten films of the series investigate the effect of changing climate from ten different angles. The reason for changing climate, how it affects the nature, how it affects the everyday life of people, why mankind is unable to prevent climate change, its impact on human race etc.
The film makers who worked in the series are Mushfiq Wahed, Tshering Sherpa, Nazia Bushra, Sareka Jahan, Rifat Quamrul Alam, Sundar Layalu, Sushila Pandith, Niraj Tamrakar, Santanu Halder and Rojesh Shrestha.
From Himalaya to the Bay of Bengal will be screened today at 3:00pm and 6:00pm at the British Council auditorium.
Two lecture sessions will also be held as part of the event at 2:00pm by Katherine Cross from International Union for Conservation of Nature and at 4:30pm by Pablo Suarez from Red Cross and Red Crescent Climate Centre, today at the same venue.
News Source: The Daily Sun