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Programmes held in the 1st Asian Children's Film Festival' 2002
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Indelible
Impressions !
"Her
father now discusses things with her!
Sonali of
Pune came to Hyderabad for vacationing. She participated in the
Script-writing and Film-making workshops. She was chosen to play one of
the leading roles in the film The Sit-ups made by the children. But
her vacations ended and she had to go back to Pune.
However,
she returned to Hyderabad with her father for the 1st ACFF. Her father, a
reserved person, was reluctant to come and watch the festival movies.
Sonali almost forced him to. When the father saw a couple of films made in
other countries he was impressed. He was taken up by the locales and the
landscapes, which he loved.
On the day,
Sonali was still sleeping when her father came and woke her up. "Get ready
fast, otherwise we’ll be late" he said. Sonali was stunned. Her father had
got interested in the films. Not only this, she discovered he had begun to
talk and discuss things with her. A thing he had never done before.
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The Closing
Ceremony held at Hari Hara Kala Bhavan on Thursday 21st November was a
dazzling finish to the 1st Asian Children’s Film Festival-Hyderabad that was
organised by Children’s Film Society-A.P. from 14th –21st November-2002
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Dr. A.
Nageswara Rao, Adviser to Govt of AP, citing the poor
performance at Box Office of two of his films Sudigundalu and
maro Prapancham, he said that earlier it was thought that if we
teach the adults first it would be passed down to the children. But
today we have found that we can’t teach or change adults, but we can
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Speaking
on the occasion, Sri. K. Vijaya Rama Rao, Hon’ble Minister for
Commercial Taxes, assured on behalf of the government full support and
solidarity with the CFS-AP. He told that he would look into the need
of a place where children’s films can be shown regularly. Accepting
that the subsidies announced have not produced results, he said that
"If we look at children’s films as means of education rather than as
its part, only then children’s films would get the required
attention"
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Mr. Mandava Venkateswara Rao,
Hon’ble Minister for Primary Education said that film festivals have
to grow right upto the international level. He told that he
would look into the problem of less theatres being available for
screening children’s films.
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Mr. C. Chandra Mohan Reddy, Hon’ble
Minister for Information & Public Relations appreciated several
aspects of the ACFF, especially the Open Forum and reiterated that the
questions of reducing entertainment tax for children’s films and
having separate theatres to screen children’s films would be
considered.
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Mr. DVS Raju Chairman, APSFTV & TDC
released the Souvenir of the ACFF and, giving his message said that
today’s atmosphere in the world around us requires all of us to give
more attention to children. And anything done in this direction is
welcome.
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Noted film maker Mr. B.Narasing Rao
and child stars Vijay and Vamshi Krishna also spoke. Earlier,
Mr. M.N.Raju, Vice Chairman, CFS-AP warmly welcomed the
gathering and invited all dignitaries to the dais including
child-stars Nitya, Akshay, Durga Prasad, Sai Sudhakar., Vamshi
Krishna, Manjusha, Mahendra and Vijay.The Valedictory Ceremony
befittingly concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Madhurika. |
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Mr. Rajeev Kapoor, son of great
thespian Mr. Raj Kapoor and an actor, exhorted the children by saying,
"Let us try to entertain not just India but the whole world". Children
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The Sri Lankan director Mr. Somarathnam Dissanayake brought out the importance of film festivals
by saying that they bring not just children and film persons but also
races, cultures and nations together. An artist has no nation, race,
culture or religion. He belongs to the world. Through festivals he
must teach children to look at others and learn and understand. The
film festivals in Hyderabad should go from good to better to best,
Dissanayake concluded. |
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In his opening remarks
Mr. M. Vedakumar, Chairman, CFS-AP, outlined the history and activities of
the CFS-AP, which is playing a vital role in the movement of
children’s films and children’s film societies. Voicing his various
concerns and dreams, Mr. Vedakumar underscored the need of having film
appreciation courses as a part of curricula, of making commercial
theatres screen children’s films on week-ends, of building a
children’s film complex and of educating the parents. "Iran is popular
and has cultivated a good image in the world, we will follow them, "
he said determinedly.
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Ideas
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One thing
is common to all who participated in the 1st Asian Children’s Film
Festival and related programmes like the Open Forum is the love and
concern for children’s films. It is this love and concern that made the
interactions, discussions and talks made on various occasions at various
for a thought provoking and meaningful. Here are some ideas and issues
that have cropped up.
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Films should be a part of the school curriculum, preferably in the
Socially Useful and Productive Work category.
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Film Clubs should be formed in all schools.
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Weekend screening of children’s films should be made compulsory in all
commercial theatres, right down to the taluka level.
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It should be made obligatory for all commercial theatres to screen
short children’s film(s) (not exceeding 15 minutes) before the main
film is screened.
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There are many halls in Govt. and private institutions that are not
used for a major part of the year. The CFS, A.P. and others should
identify them and request the authorities concerned to allow these to
be used for screening children’s films on a regular basis for schools
in the immediate vicinity.
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There should be regular Film Appreciation programmes, conducted by
suitable resource persons, for Upper Primary and Secondary School
students.
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All libraries should be persuaded to have a Video Section to stock
children’s films in VHS and/or CD format. They should
also have facilities for screening for small gatherings.
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Parents should take keen interest in encouraging Children’s Film
Societies and schools to screen children’s films on a regular basis.
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The Govt. and voluntary organisations should make available a
Children’s Film Complex with the following facilities :
a. A film
making facility to make children’s films at low cost.
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One or more halls for screening exclusively children’s films in
various formats.
c. A
Resource Centre and Library of films for children on all subjects.
d. A Film
Archive facility to store and retrieve films for children.
e. A Film
Distribution Library.
f. A
dubbing, sub-titling facility for undertaking these jobs at a low
cost.
g. The
slot for children on Door Darshan should be expanded to include
children’s films.
h. Private channels should
meet their social obligations and allot more time for children’s
films
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