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Truly a children’s film festival

Staff Reporter

Kids to judge over 100 films from 28 countries
Children media experts from nine countries to participate

NEW DELHI: Dedicated to the children of the world is a rather unusual three-day film festival that opens at the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training in Dwarka here this Monday.

Titled “Second Chinh India Kids Film Festival-2008”, the event’s unique selling point is that children between three and 15 years would judge over a hundred films from 28 countries. The festival intends to create media space for quality children programming through an education web-channel.

The first-of-its-kind festival has been divided into three categories: pre-school (for children between three and six years), early education (nine to 12 years) and a separate animation series for children between seven and 15 years.

The inaugural day will see participation of children, jury members and international children media experts from nine countries.

The festival is the brainchild of Meenakshi Vinay Rai, a film-maker with 32 national and international awards.

Pointing out that at film festivals in which children’s movies are screened the jury always comprises adults, Ms. Raj said the upcoming festival would give children a chance to decide which film they enjoyed watching. “Children have the ability to observe minute little things that even adults fail to notice,” she said.

As part of the festival, there will be a three-day forum at India Habitat Centre from August 7. The forum will celebrate “Culture-Education-Development” in the context of children’s media.

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