Mumbai, Oct 23 (PTI) Several film personalities areexpected to attend the 20th International Children's FilmFestival (ICFFI) to be held in Hyderabad between November 8and 14.
The festival, also called 'The Golden Elephant', beingorganised by Children's Film Society, India (CFSI), will behosted by the Telangana government jointly with CFSI and theUnion Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
A record number of 1,402 entries, drawn from as manyas 109 countries, have been received by the CFSI in variouscategories, including animation, documentary and short films,a CFSI release said.
"We, at CFSI, believe that every child has a story totell and with this in mind, CFSI few years ago started 'LittleDirectors' section, in which films for children are made bychildren themselves. Little Directors' section screens filmsmade by children in competitive and non-competitivecategories.
"In the forthcoming 20th ICFFI, we have received 179entries from over 30 countries in Little Directors' section.
Of these, 101 are from India and the rest (78) from othercountries, so it has got international participation and I amlooking forward to showing these creative pieces put togetherby children from so many countries in the festival," CFSI CEODr Shravan Kumar said.
The theme for this year's festival is 'New India'.
A series of workshops and open forums on variousaspects related to filmmaking and storytelling would beorganised in the festival. These would be followed by Q&Asession, which would help children to grasp various aspects offilm-making and related fields.
The 20th Golden Elephant ICFFI is a biennial festivalthat would screen features, shorts, live action and animationfilms. PTI JUR KKP NPSHD.
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