Cherub of the Mist
Best Film on Mountain Environment
Sponsored by Patagonia
Deep in the misty eastern Himalayas lives a rare and elusive animal hardly seen or studied in the wild: the “fire cat”, or red panda. Cherub of the Mist follows two zoo-bred pandas as they become the first ever released into Singalila National Park. The film reveals for the first time the courtship, mating, nest building, and rearing of newborn cubs of this highly secretive, bamboo-eating carnivore. Cherub of the Mist also won The Banff Centre’s Audio Post-Production Award. |
“This film is a technical tour de force by two eminent filmmakers working in extremely challenging conditions,” says jury member John Beatty. “It tells an important story about the struggle for survival of the red panda, a critical indicator species threatened by deforestation in the eastern Himalaya.” India, 2006, 53 minutes Directed by Naresh Bedi Produced by Naresh Bedi, Rajesh Bedi Production company: Bedi Films |
