16th international children film festival india 2009 starting on 14th November in
Hyderabad till 20th NovemberInformation and Public Relations Minister J Geetha Reddy announced here today.
The week-long festival, to be jointly organised by the Andhra Pradesh Government and Children’s Film Society of India (CSFI), would be inaugurated by Chief Minister K Rosaiah at Lalita Kala Thoranam. The festival would screen as many as 70 films from various countries. As part of the film festival, the school education department has already selected five children from each district in the State and nominate them as delegates. The organisers have also urged the Tourism Department to provide tourism information kits and also organise local site seeing tours for the delegates. Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Ambika Soni would be the chief guest and noted filmmaker, writer, poet, lyricist Gulzar would be present on the occasion among other prominent personalities. The movies would be screened at eight venues including Imax theatre in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, Geeta Reddy said adding `Lalitkala thoranam’ will be the main venue where the inaugural and concluding ceremonies will be held. CFSI CEO Sushovan Banerjee and I&PR & Managing Director C Partha Sarathi were also present on the occasion among others.
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