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16th International children's film festival,Hyderabad
Posted Date:
12 Nov 2009
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Event Date: 14 Nov 2009
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Over eighty films from around twenty countries are to be screened during the 16th International Children’s Film Festival commencing here on Children’s Day, 14 November.
The films include 15 films in the international competition, 18 in the Asian Panorama, 36 in Children’s World, sixteen films made by children for UNICEF, and a package of German shorts. A five-member international and ten-member child juries will judge both sections.
The Festival is being organized by the Children’s Film Society, India, in collaboration with the Andhra Pradesh State Film, Theatre and Television Development Corporation. The Festival, which will have its inauguration and closing ceremonies at the Lalitha Kala Thoranam, will close on 20 November.
Andhra Pradesh Information Minister J Geetha Reddy said at a press meet here that Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni and Andhra Chief Minister K Rosaiah will be present at the inauguration which will be managed by children. Filmmakers Gulzar and Vishal Bhardwaj are also expected to be present, in addition to stars like Venkatesh, Nagarjuna, Trishna and Darsheel Safary.
She said a mini-film festival would also be held in the Andhra Bhavan in Delhi.
CFSI Chairperson Nandita Das said the jury members include Nagesh Kukunoor, Revathy Menon, Ashish Vidyarthi, Geetanjali Rao, and Dr Shanta Sinha of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
She announced that the opening film will be ‘Mozart in China’ after a cultural programme by the Children.
She gave an assurance that Hyderabad will continue to remain the permanent venue for the Festival.
Ms Karin Hulshrof who represented UNICEF said around 15 films made by children from India and overseas will be shown in a special package put together by UNICEF at the 16th ICFF to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child. The Convention was signed on 20 November twenty years earlier.
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