Bhavya Sirohi of ‘Mara Pappa Superhero’ bags Best Child Artist award at Ahmedabad Intl Children Film Fest

• This year, the festival has received an impressive 90-plus films from 24 countries, including entries from Iran, Italy, India, Turkey, China, Croatia, United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Taiwan, Switzerland, Singapore, Nepal, Japan, Ireland, Germany, Czech Republic, Canada, Brazil, and the Republic of Korea
• During the three-day festival, 27 films from various countries across the world were screened and more than 7,000 people have attended the festival

GOWRI MANICKAVASAGAM

AHMEDABAD, DEC 14

It was the curtains down for the 5th edition of the Ahmedabad International Children Film Festival (AICFF) at the prestigious Ahmedabad Management Association on Sunday. The festival concluded with the Gujarati language film ‘Mara Pappa Superhero’. Entire team of the film were present during the screening and audience has given the overwhelming response to the film.

AICFF is a testament to the empowerment of young talent, creativity, and culture from across the globe, providing a powerful platform for the younger generation to voice their beliefs and inspire positive change in our society.

AICFF has consistently attracted worldwide attention and contributions from various content creators. Over the past four editions, the festival has seen more than 500 films from around the globe. This year, the festival has received an impressive 90-plus films from 24 countries, including entries from Iran, Italy, India, Turkey, China, Croatia, United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Taiwan, Switzerland, Singapore, Nepal, Japan, Ireland, Germany, Czech Republic, Canada, Brazil, and the Republic of Korea.

The festival was opened with the Persian language film ‘Balit’ and grand opening ceremony was attended by Bollywood actor Pavan Malhotra as the chief guest of the festival, along with Japanese film director Fumie Nishikawa has come all the way from Japan for three days of festival.  The second day was a cinematic journey through films from various countries, complemented by enriching masterclasses with filmmaker Pankaj Roy, film critic Deepak Dua and our festival Director Manish Saini.

The closing ceremony and award night was attended by Master Manjunath (Malgudi Days) who shares, “I really appreciate the way AICFF was organised in Ahmedabad, I wish such kind of festival should happen all over India. All the parents, children and school should take part in it as its completely free and everyone should take benefit out of it. I was really privileged to be a part of the festival with jampacked audience on its closing day.” We had Shiladitya Bora, Abhisekh Jain, Ajitpal Singh and Vishesh Agrawal also presented at closing ceremony as we have recognised the talent through the presentation of awards.

“During these three days we have screened 27 films from various countries across the world and more than 7,000 people has attended the festival. We are thankful to Gujarat Tourism for their support by promoting culture and cinematic tourism as a part of cinematic policy. Gujarat Tourism always promote and support such initiative. We are also grateful to Ahmedabad Management Association – AMA for the support throughout the festival,” said Chetan Chauhan, Founder, Ahmedabad International Children Film Festival.

Award winners