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Green film competition launched

Television trust for the Environment in partnership with Microsoft has launched a national level film competition, Films for Change. The festival is accepting the entries till 15th  December 2014. The on line competition that attempts to reach out to the youngsters has three categories i.e. The Polluting Cities, E-waste and The Change Makers. Best film in each category would be awarded with mobile phone camera.

Notably, the competition is part of the bigger films for change programme, that reached thousands of youngsters across country. In this programme, hundreds of film screenings and over 50 film making workshops were held in different parts of the country including remote parts of North east states. Interested people can visit www.f4c.in for details by December 15.

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