Dehradun, Nov. 23 -- Two short films from Uttarakhand have been nominated in the 10th CMS Vatavaran international film festival to be held from November 27 to 30. Kotibanal directed by Shriniwas Oli and The Forbidden Fruit directed by Rushika Radhakrishna Tyabji have been nominated in the film fest. Said to be the biggest green film festival in Asia, this event will be organised in the national capital by CMS Vatavaran with the support of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change.

The film Kotibanal is a documentary about traditional architecture in the Himalaya region. The whole Himalayan region is very sensitive to seismic activities. In some areas of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, there has been a tradition of earthquake...