New Delhi, Aug 4 (PTI) Learning to deal with disasters both man made and natural has been the subject of several documentaries and films globally, some of which are now being screened at a special festival here. "Shock Waves 2012", a two-day film festival on disaster risk reduction is being organised by Global Forum for Disaster Reduction (GFDR)in collaboration with Japan Foundation, India, UNICEF, UNDO and Film Trust India. The event, which began here on August 3 is screening films on issues relating to disaster management. "Apart from experiencing sharing and raising awareness these films also help sensitize common people and decision makers towards issues...," says Anuj Tiwari, Executive Director Second International Film Festival on Disaster Risk Reduction Shock Waves 2012. "This becomes important as the experience worldwide shows that an informed, aware and a more prepared society has been able to face disasters in a much better way thereby minimizing casualties and other losses. This is an effort in this direction," he says. The initiative was begun in 2010 with an Asian Film Festival on Disaster Risk Reduction at Incheon, in Korea during the 4th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in collaboration with Asian Disaster Reduction Center Kobe Japan and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Bangkok, Thailand. MORE
