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Film, science and technology have ability to fire people s imagination: Shekhar Kapur
Filmmaker Shekha Kapur on Friday said cinema has the power to make people curious about different aspects of life, including science. Citing the example of Steven Spielberg s Jurassic Park movies, Kapur said films have the ability to generate curiosity about any scientific subject among the audiences. I remember watching Steven Spielberg s work with Jurassic Park films and I noticed that all over the world, everybody got suddenly interested in dinosaurs. That interest in dinosaurs has grown and never left us. So there is a saying that what films do is to fire your imagination, the filmmaker said.
Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan calls ISFFI a major attraction of IISF 2020 @DrHVoffice Science and Technology Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has said that International Science Film Festival of India, ISFFI is a major attraction of India International Science Festival 2020.
Speaking at the inaugural session of ISFFI, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said that Science film is a good medium to communicate science.
He said, ISFFI seeks to promote science popularization among citizens. The Minister said, this event offers an opportunity for students and filmmakers to get involved with the process of science communication through films.
This year, ISFFI has received 634 science film entries from 60 countries. Dr. Harsh Vardhan said that these films have a huge variety as they are based on themes like science, technology, awareness related to COVID-19 and Indiaâs efforts to be self-reliant.
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