Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: The Entertainment Society of Goa, in association with the Department of Public Health Dentistry, Goa Dental College and Hospital, commemorated ‘THE WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY’ by organizing the “4th Goa Anti Tobacco Film Festival” on 31st May 2022 at 5 pm Auditorium 1, Maquinez Palace, ESG.
Those present on the dais were Dr Geeta Kakodkar, Director, DHS, Dr Shekhar Salkar, Oncologist, Manipal Hospital, Smt. Ida de Noronha de Ataide, Dean, Goa Dental College and Hospital, Smt. Swastika Sachan, IAS, Chief Executive Officer, Entertainment Society of Goa, Panaji, Goa and Dr Amita Kenkre, Dentist and Professor, Goa Dental College.
This competition was held in two sections, National Section Ad films. and Goan section Ad films.
Following entries were received:-
National Section: – Ad Films = 9
Goan Section: – Ad Films = 10
ESG had 3 members Jury Dr. Kedar Raikar, NCDC Nodal Officer, Dr Ivy Coutinho, Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Goa Dental College and Hospital and Shri. Sachin Chatte, Film Critics, who judged all the entries of ad films.
The winners of Ad Film for National Section:
1st Prize Winner of Rs. 100000/- (“Yes I Can”- Satish R. Gaonkar)
2nd Prize Winner of Rs. 50000/- (“Voice of Innocence” – Sunil H. Naik)
3rd Prize Winner of Rs. 30000/- (“ Mukhagni” – Kedar K. Manerikar)
The winners of Ad Film for Goa Section:
1st Prize Winner of Rs. 50000/- (“Yes I Can”- Satish R. Gaonkar)
2nd Prize Winner of Rs. 30000/- (“Carbon Copy” – Siddhi Upadhye)
3rd Prize Winner of Rs. 20000/- (“Inhale” – Runal Kolkankar)
Dr Amita Kenkre Kamat of Goa Dental college welcomed all the Guests and briefed the purpose of this festival; she said the aim of the Anti-Tobacco Film Festival was to spread the message of harmful or ill effects of tobacco use and also to decrease the occurrence of Oral Cancer in Goa. She also thanked the participants and the audience present.
Dr Shekhar Salkar, in his speech, quoted, “Law should be strict about decreasing the use of Tobacco. Cinema is a powerful medium through which audience grasp maximum, and it has a big impact and people have become aware of the ill effect of tobacco”.
Dr. Geeta Kakodkar spoke about what the DHS is contributing to preventing the use of Tobacco. She also said that these films will be used to promote ad campaigns of Anti Tobacco in cinema theatres across Goa, TV channels, schools, colleges and other government department programs.
The winners were awarded at the hands of Dr. Geeta Kakodkar, Dr. Shekhar Salkar, Smt. Ida de Norohna de Ataide and Smt. Swetika Sachan IAS.
Award-winning films were screened to the public.