Children’s Film Fest to screen films on Nobel laureates

Hyderabad, Nov 12 : Ministry for Information and Broadcasting instituted “Centenary Award” to commemorate the 100 years of Indian Cinema, informed MVVS Murthy, Additional Director General, Press Information Bureau, here on Tuesday.

Speaking at the PIB’s Conference Hall, Murthy shared the details of Children’s Film Festival which would be held at Hyderabad from 14th-20th and 44th International Film Festival of India at Goa from 20th – 30th of this month with media persons. “This time two films on Nobel Prize Winners would be screened and also for the first time Life Time Achievement Award to be conferred on legendary Czech director Jiri Menzel,” he said. Elaborating further, he informed that two International film personalities, Susan Sarandon and acclaimed Iranian Filmmaker Majid Majidi would share the stage at the opening ceremony.

PIB Director T Vijay Kumar Reddy informed that the festival features a specially created section on films from the eight states of North-East India. “The Ministry had taken initiatives to promote the growth of the film industry by instituting the Mudgal Committee to review the provisions of the Cinematograph Act and also the ministry proactively pursued the establishment of the Single Window Clearance Mechanism to ensure that the film makers had no difficulty in seeking permissions within the country,” he said.

The 44th IFFI will showcase Japanese films in the country focus section. Titles include a combination of Animation and Fiction feature films. INN