From April 1 to 15 in Dilijan, Armenia, the First Regional Environmental Festival Sun Child will take place. The festival is organized by the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets in the Republic of Armenia (FPWC) and Sun Child NGO.
In the framework of the festival, besides competitive film screenings and photo exhibitions a number of environmental activities are planned - tours, tree planting, scavenging. Discussions on such actual problems as development of eco-tourism in the region, integration of the region in international environmental communities and exchange of local and international experience will be held by the experts, leading ecologists, environmentalists and eco-journalists invited from the regional countries and all over the world.
Sun Child enjoys the slogan For Children with Children's Active Participation. The festival puts a special emphasis on the youth and children participation as the new generation of the region constitutes a strong whole able to overstep boundaries and we aim to create a new field for their dialogues and mutual collaboration.
Our region faces a number of serious ecological problems. The most urgent issues are depletion of natural resources, mass extinction of valuable species, pollution of the environment which, among other evils, endanger human health. The latest statistical data show an ominous increase of respiratory diseases, especially among the children.
The situation is alarming and jeopardizes the welfare of the present and coming generations.
The idea of having a regional festival has arisen due to the fact that most ecological problems have regional aspect. Nature recognizes no borders and only friendly cooperation, joint efforts and conscious struggle will make its conservation possible and eliminate the threat.
Sun Child is another attempt to raise awareness of the existing menace and an earnest appeal for collaboration.
Call for Entries
Environmental Film Competition includes 2 main sections: Regional Environmental Film Program and Children Film Program. The Prize Fund of the Festival contemplates awards for both sections.
The Deadline for application for Regional Environmental Film Program is 15 February, 2007 and for Children Film Program 1 March 2007.
Please find here enclosed the entry forms and regulation of the festival.
Both can be downloaded on our web-site: www.fpwc.org
Feel free to contact us for any further information.
We are looking forward to your films. JOIN SUN CHILD!!!
Posted January 11th, 2007 by Sun Child
