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NOVA, WGBH Educational Foundation, USA; The Royal Society, U.K.; Public Health Film Society, U.K.; Elephants in Need - Hilfswerk/ Charity Switzerland-Germany; High Commission of Canada; Embassy of Sweden; Embassy of Denmark; Embassy of Spain; Filmmaker from Netherlands; National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, and Media Service Nepal.
Other important Events
l Bollywood films “Mission Mangal” and “Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran” were screened followed by interaction with filmmakers Mr R. Balki and Mr Abhishek Sharma, respectively.
l Special screening of a film on the 1st Indian Scientific South Pole Expedition 2010 was followed by discussion with scientists and the filmmaker.
lA symposium on “Packaging Science for Public Interest” was divided into four specific technical sessions:
Address by Veteran Scientist Dr. Bikash Sinha during the festival
n Session 1: Science and entertainment; scientific facts in popular science and science fiction
n Session 2: Science communication; challenges and opportunities
n Session 3: Theories to stories; presenting science to a layman
nSession 4: Digital age science communication; spreading science through digital highways
l Panel Discussion on Science Films − Jury’s view on competitive entries of ISFFI 2019 in the presence of Jury Chair – Padma Shri Mr Apurba Kishore Bir, veteran filmmaker, Mumbai.
l Master Classes on ‘Science Films for Budding Filmmakers’, which included:
a) ‘Creative aspects of Environment & Wildlife Filmmaking’ by Ms Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky, Environmentalist and Filmmaker, Switzerland;
b) ‘Behind the Lens’ by Mr Gautam Pandey, Wildlife Filmmaker;
c) ‘Story Telling and Script Writing for Science Videos’ by Prof. Danish Iqbal, AJK MCRC, JMI, New Delhi;
d) ‘Communicating Science through Video’ by Mr Ajay Kanchan, Film Director; Chief Editor & CEO, Media Today, New Delhi;
e) The Making of Film on Scientist and Journey of Science Film - Element 112, The Marinov Affair (Israel, 2016) by Ms Rama Marinov-Cohen;
f) ‘No crew, no cameras: Dutch filmmaker on his journey filming India’s population, health conditions, education and innovations on an iPhone’ by Mr A.G.A. Van De Laar, Science Filmmaker, Netherlands;
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