The International film festival for environment and wildlife conservation, which is in its 8th edition had conferred the awards at a function here late last night.
178 entries in 11 categories were received from various filmmakers from across the world. The winning films were selected from a shortlist of 74 films, organisers said.
Veteran actor-director Amol Palekar, who chaired the selection jury commended the attempt to spread awareness about the environment a "magnificent idea" and appreciated the filmmakers for their unique ideas.
Pacha's winning film "My name is Salt", portrays the lives of thousands of families who work laboriously extracting salt from desolate land of Kutch of Gujarat. The process is interrupted every year by the monsoon, which washes away all their unfinished labour.
"The Last Call" based on a 1972 published book "Limits to Growth" was a research by a team of young scientists from MIT. Through the film the filmmaker has provided a provocative insight into the reasons behind the ongoing global crisis and share their visions of mankind's future.
The film showcases the metamorphoses through an emerging hatch-lings, baby turtles.
Banerjee has been a part of several award winning films over the last 20 years including 'The Wild Meat Trail', which was among the three three Panda winning films at Wildscreen Festival in London in 2010.
Also Print journalists, Anirudhha Ghosal and Pritha Chatterjee of a national daily were given with a joint award for the Young Environmental Journalist of the year for their extensive coverage on environmental issues and sustainable development.
"The theme has been chosen keeping in mind the fact that the way water scarcity issues are addressed, impacts upon the successful achievement of most of the development goals," Director General of CMS, P N Vasanti said.
The environment festival that began on October 9 is scheduled to be continue till October 13.