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Environment in celluloid
An international short film festival with films and documentaries on environment will be held on July 28 and 29 at Mahaweli Centre, Colombo.
The festival was organized by Sri Lanka Environmental Television Project (SLETP), an organization which carries environmental awareness programmes with films and documentaries. SLETP supports a large number of schools to educate children on environmental issues through videos.

The short films on bio-diversity, marine environment, disaster management and other environmental related issues produced by BBC, NCK (Japan), Mercury Films (Russia) and India will be screened at 9 am and 4 pm. 'The Children of Tsunami', a documentary featuring the children from six countries including Sri Lanka who were affected by the tsunami disaster will also be screened.

Environmentalists, university lecturers and scholars will give talks on subjects relating to environment. Among the speakers are environmentalist Piyal Parakrama, Customs Superintendent, Samantha Gunasekara, Professor Ekaratne of Colombo University, Professor J. Jinadasa of Jayawardenapura University, Madhawi Malalgoda (UNDP), Lional Hewawasam Deputy Director, Centre for Housing Planning and Building and Surendra Silva of Video Image.
Meanwhile SLETP also has organised competition of documentary and short films on the environment. This competition is held for both school and open applicants to build their creative skills.

Awards and certificates will be awarded on July 29 for the winners of the competition at Mahaweli Centre. The SLETP will donate five VHS tapes for the three schools who win the first, second and third places at the school section of the competition. Further information could be obtained from Sri Lanka Environmental Television Project on 5542380.

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