Ahmedabad to host three-day long International children’s film festival
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A specially curated film festival for children is about to take place in Ahmedabad. The International Children’s Film Festival will provide a platform to movies around the globe from Dec 8-10 at Ahmedabad Management Association.
Three-day-long festivities
This event will see around 90 films screened in 18 different languages from around 24 countries, including Iran, Italy, India, Turkey, China, Croatia, the USA, Russia, the UK, Ukraine, Taiwan, among others.
Prominent actor Pavan Malhotra, popular for his films like ‘Jab We Met’ and ‘Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro’, will be the chief guest. Japanese director Fumie Nishikawa, with her film Jomon, is also expected to remain present at the event.
The festival will open on Dec 8 with an Iranian film ‘Balit’.Gujarati film ‘Mara Pappa Superhero’ will be screened on the closing day of the event on Dec 10.
Filmmaker Pankaj Roy, director Manish Saini, along with film critic Deepak Dua will also curate masterclasses for filmmaking enthusiasts.
The event will also host an award ceremony for the winners across 15 different categories.
‘Everyone has a story’
“AICFF is for our next generation, who, like everyone, have a story to tell.” said Chetan Chauhan, the founder of the festival.
“Every child as the protagonist must be heard, and we, as a society must provide them a platform to get their talent,” added Chauhan.
Adding to it, national award-winning director Manish Saini, who is the festival director said, “We aim to bring global pure cinema to India and vice versa.”
Saini believes, “Pure films that can be consumed by children should be promoted. Especially among the sponsored and adulterated cinema that adults consume.”.
On the content curation this year, the festival will include “films depicting the impacts of the current scenario on children,” said Aarti Vyas Patel, a popular actor and one of the festival juries. She added, “This event will be an attempt to reach the children.”
“Although this festival is curated for children, it is for everyone,” added director Abhishek Jain, who is also the festival advisor. He added, “Cinema is the new way to educate children. It is more of a social cause.”
The festival is being supported and promoted by the Gujarat Tourism.
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