 Hyderabad: Children's cinema got a big boost Monday with the nation's largest ever and one of the world's biggest children's film festival, 'The Golden Elephant' 17th International Children's Film Festival organised by Children's Film Society, India (CFSI) getting underway in Hyderabad.
"In a global village, one has to compete with the world. This cannot be done until one is exposed to the world. This exposure should begin early. We are hence committed to Children's cinema," said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy.
At least 154 films from 38 different countries being screened across 13 theatres and over 150,000 children not just from the nooks and corners of the country but many from other countries who will watch these films: children's film festival perhaps cannot get bigger than this.
Nandita Das, chairperson of CFSI, said, "Good cinema can have a very positive impact on the minds of children. Our intention with showing some carefully selected films from across the world was to cultivate children's understanding of other cultures and experiences. Cinema can be both an entertaining and an educational tool."
The festival boasts of a delectable line of children's cinema produced in the two years since the last festival was held. Besides the usual suspects like the Hollywood animation films and Indian films like 'Chillar Party', 'I Am Kalam' and 'Stanley Ka Dabba' the festival is screening some rarely seen but much applauded films from across the world made in different styles and languages.
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