Ahmedabad | December 06, 2023
A film fest for the child in each of us
Of close to 100 final entries from 24 countries including Turkey, Slovakia, Poland, Norway, Morocco, Ireland, Iran, Singapore, the city is set to witness the 5th edition of Ahmedabad International Children Film Festival 2023 (AICFF). It promises to be “the best put across” by founder Chetan Chauhan and co-founder Milapsinh Jadeja, with films centering around children, or child as protagonist. While it will delight the young and old alike, AICFF 2023 will showcase movies from different cultures and traditions with emotion being the connecting factor for one and all.
Scheduled to be held from December 8 to 10 at Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA), the festival will celebrate films that reflect children and their idiosyncrasies, emotions, challenges, thrills, mindset, perception, which is what makes it an interesting subject for all age-groups to watch, absorb and reflect upon.
“Open to all, the festival will begin with a couple of interesting panel discussions that have the cinema world’s talented including Pavan Malhotra (Nukkad, Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro, OMG 2), Master Manjunath (Malgudi Days), Shiladitya Bora (Newton, Masaan), Ajitpal Singh (Tabbar), Vishesh Agrawal (EP – Dangal, Gangs of Wasseypur), Abhishek Jain (Kevi Rite Jaish, Bey Yaar, Wrong Side Raju),” shares Milapsinh.
“We have a master-class on film-making by Dr Pankaj Roy on Dec 9 and 10,” says Chetan Chauhan, whose core idea of having a children’s film festival was “awareness to create more children’s films in India”.
