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Films on wildlife and environment were screened at the Sathyam Cinemas on January 23 and 24, 2007, as part of the Wildscreen Fest in Chennai, organised by the British Council, NatureQuest and the Alive Foundation.
On January 23, following a brief introduction by Dr Jane Goodall, the film, 'When Animals Talk' was screened. A question & answer session with Dr Jane Goodall followed.
On January 24, after the introduction by Nandini Reddy, Sathyam Cinemas, the screening of the film 'Paranormal Pigeons' took place. This was followed by a question & answer session with Laura Marshall and Harry Marshall.
The film 'Planet Earth – Caves' was also screened.
Film Title: Planet Earth: Caves
Series Title: Planet Earth
Length: 58:58 min
The Caves of Swallows: In Mexico is a 400 metre vertical shaft. It's deep enough to engulf the Empire State Building. Yet few people even know of its existence. Caves are Planet Earth's final frontier and this programme will go where few have been before.
Deer Care, in Borneo, is a daytime retreat for five million bats and their droppings support an entire community of creatures. Shine a light on one massive pile of droppings and the whole place shimmers with millions of dung eating insects.
Series Producer: Alastair Fothergill
Producer: Huw Cordey
Narrator: David Attenborough
Film Title: When Animals Talk
Length: 90 min
The programme explores communication and relationships between animals and humans. In part one, we witness how animals can learn our language and find unique human–animal partnerships working to make the world a better place. Part two discovers how humans can learn the languages of animals through science and other, less–easily defined approaches. Part three discovers the 'conservations' that can take place between animals and humans, and the amazing results that these mutual comprehensions can yield. Dr Goodall's message is that communicating with animals brings humankind closer to another world, and that such liaisons can bring about unexpected benefits.
Executive Producer: Andrew Jackson
Producer/Director: Joanne Scofield
Film Title: Paranormal Pigeons
Length: 49:30 min
The mystery of how animals navigate over thousands of miles is something that has baffled scientists since ancient times. Today there are several contending theories, but none has a conclusive answer.
We meet scientists who study the pigeon's reliance on sight, smell and even magnetism for navigation. Finally we test one of the most outlandish theories of all; that pigeons and other animals have a form of telepathic link between themselves and their homes. An idea put forward by maverick scientist Dr Rupert Sheldrake, which he calls 'Morphic Resonance'.
Could today's paranormal, be tomorrow's scientific fact?
Executive Producer: Laura Marshall
Producer: Andie Clare
Director: Harry Marshall
Film Title: Life in the Undergrowth: Invasion of the Land
Series Title: Life in the Undergrowth
Length: 58:24 min
Prepare to march alongside millipedes, abseil with leopard slugs, squirm with giant two metre long worms and dance with creatures smaller than a full stop, as David Attenborough reveals how animals first left the seas to colonise the land over 400 millions ago.
Executive Producers: Mike Gunton
Series Producer: Mike Salisbury
Producer: Peter Bassett
Narrator: David Attenborough
R Rangaraj
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Films on wildlife
