10.30–
11.30 a.m.

Welcome Address: Dr. Nanditha Krishna, Hon. Director, CPREEC , Chennai

Film Festival Introduction: Dr. N. Bhaskara Rao, Chairman, CMS, New Delhi

Chief Guest's Address: Shri A. Raja, Hon'ble Union Minister of Environment and Forests, GOI

Guest of Honour's Address: Shri Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Eminent Filmmaker, Chairperson, Jury, "Vatavaran 2003"

Special Invitee's Address: Ms. Meena Gupta, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, GOI

Vote of Thanks: Ms. Alka Tomar, Festival Director, CMS, New Delhi

Release of Festival Catalogue: Shri A. Raja, Hon'ble Union Minister of Environment and Forests, GOI

Screening of the 'Best of The Festival - Vatavaran 2003' award winning documentary film: Troubled Waters (16 mins, English), Mitali Dutt Kakar, about the coral reefs of the Lakshadweep islands, their deaths and devastation due to 'El nino' .

High Tea

Documentary Film Screenings - 12.10 p.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Theme: Floral and Faunal Diversity

12.30 p.m.

King Cobra (52 mins, English), Romulus Earl Whitaker, Draco Films, about natural history of a big venomous snake in South India.

2.00 p.m.

Rhino - The Indian Unicorn (24 mins, Hindi/English), Naresh Bedi, on conservation of the Indian Rhino.

2.30 p.m.

Nagarahole - Tales from an Indian Jungle(52 mins, English), Shekar Dattatri, on the ecosystem of Nagarahole National Park & its conservation.

3.30 p.m.

Vedanthangal - Winter Heaven for Birds (16 mins, English), A. Raja, on conservation of bird sanctuary.

4.00 p.m.

The Lions of Gir (52 mins, English), Nikhil Alva/Niret Alva, Miditech, on delicate coexistence of Asiatic Lions and Man on a shared realm.

5.00 p.m.

Sahyadris - Mountains of the Monsoon (45 mins, English), Sandesh V. Kadur, focusses on the biodiversity of the western ghat mountains.

5.50 p.m.

Timeless Traveller - The Horseshoe Crab(11 mins, English), Gautam Pandey, about revelation and conservation of the Horseshoe Crab.

6.05 p.m.

Jardhar Diary (29 mins, English), Krishnendu Bose, Earthcare Films, on community controlling natural resources.

6.40 p.m.

Kalpavriksha - Legacy of Forests (27 mins, English), Mike H. Pandey, on medicinal plants: the need for integration of tribal wisdom with modern science.

Documentary Film Screenings - 10.00 a.m. - 1.30 p.m.
Theme: Floral and Faunal Diversity

10.00 a.m.

Shores of Silence - Whale Sharks in India', (24 mins, English), Mike. H. Pandey, on the slaughter of the whale sharks, an already endangered species on the Gujarat Coast.

10.30 a.m.

Magic of Life (6 mins, English), Gautam Pandey, on environmental awareness.

10.40 a.m.

Spunky Monkey (38 min.30 secs, English), Romulus Earl Whitaker, on story of two young bonnet macaques monkey learning to cope with new situations in an urban environment.

11.25 a.m.

The Ridley's Last Stand (45 mins, English), Shekar Dattatri, on the deaths of thousands of Olive Ridley sea turtles in Orissa.

12.15 p.m.

Birds Through My Window (18 mins, English), Rudransh Mathur, about bird watching.

12.40 p.m.

Spandan (The Resonance) (75 secs, Hindi) Vinay Rai & Meenakshi Rai, on river pollution.

12.45 p.m.

Chasing Butterflies (24 mins, Hindi), Gurmeet Sapal,/ Husain Akbar/ Pervaiz Alam, Newswallahs India Ltd., to create awareness about the butterflies of the Doon Valley.

2.00 p.m.

The Many Faces of Madness (19 mins, English), Amar Kanwar, on the reality of destruction and the appropriation of the commons in India.

2.25 p.m.

Miles to Go (58 mins, English), Greenpeace & Rajani Mani & Nina Subramani, on a thousand Bhopals occurring in slow motion all over India.

3.35 p.m.

Victims of Garbage Dump (10 mins, Hindi), Plan India, on rag picking & hazards to health.

3.50 p.m.

In God's Own Country (28 mins, English), Rajani Mani & Nina Subramani, on pesticide contamination and its effects on the environment and health.

4.25 p.m.

Global Warning! (20 mins, English), TERI, on how the world could use its natural resources to deflect the challenges of climate change.

4.50 p.m.

Rain Water Harvesting (1 min 30 secs, English), Saumya Sen & Nandita Das, message on rainwater harvesting.

4.55 p.m.

Unquiet Flows the Chaliyar (37 mins, English), Sanjay Mohan, documents the struggle of a village to protect the second largest river in Kerala.

5.45 p.m.

Hunting Down Water (32 mins, English), Sanjay Barnela & Vasant Sarberwal, on conflicting uses of water in our everyday lives - both rural and urban.

6.25 p.m.

Whose Water (26 mins, English), Krishnendu Bose, on prevailing policies and community controlling water resources.