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Popularising children’s films

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BANGALORE: The Fifth International Children’s Film Festival 2009, organised by Children’s India, will commence on January 9 at five places in the State, including Bangalore.

The inaugural function will be held at Tumkur where the festival will be opened by Siddaganga Math seer Shivakumara Swamiji.

Festival Committee Chairman R.N. Nanjunde Gowda told presspersons here on Tuesday that Children’s India, which has been working towards empowering children and introducing them to theatre and performing arts, has organised this six-day event.

“This festival is not only aimed at showcasing various genres of children’s cinema, but will also focus on spreading the art of cinematic appreciation in rural areas. The uniqueness of this year’s festival is that it is being held simultaneously at Tumkur, Davangere, Hampi (Hospet) and Bijapur, apart from Bangalore At each centre, films will be screened in two theatres,” he added.

Twenty-four foreign films, including those from Iran, Germany, Italy, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Colombia, China, Egypt, Bangladesh, and the United States, and 16 Indian films, including three Kannada films, will be screened. The Kannada films Nanu Gandhi, Gubbachigalu and Ekalavya will be screened for the first time at the festival.

Nine popular and award-winning Kannada children’s films of the yesteryears such as Namma Makkalu and Makkala Rajya will also be screened,” he said.

As part of the festival, a seminar on children’s films will be held on January 12 at Bal Bhavan here. Three films at Bal Bhavan and two at Kailash theatre will be screened every day. Entry is free, he added.

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