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Children's Film Society, India
ursuing a career in the arts is like
chasing a dream. Unless one is Prelentless and determined, one will not
be able to make it.
That was the consensus of the Open Forum at
Sampradaya Vedika on the relevance of art in
a child’s development. All the speakers on the
dais – Ms Nandita Das, Chairperson of the
Children’s Film Society, India; actor Raj Zutshi
who is featuring in two films here – ‘Stanley ka
Dabba’ by Amol Gupte and ‘Woh’ by
Buddhadeb Dasgupta; Jon Gustafsson who is
both the producer and editor of the film ‘In a
Heart Beat’ from Iceland; and Ms Michaela
Hinnenthal who has scripted the film
“Winter’s Daughter” which is a German-Polish
co-production – felt that it was also necessary
that the child should have the support of the
family to pursue his or dreams.
Jon said that he makes films ‘because
something pushes us’. This was his first
attempt at a film for children, but his visits to
many children’s festivals had given him new
experiences. He said it was always important
for someone taking to any art form to get the
support of his or her parents.
Michaela said she used to listen to stories told
by her mother as a child and that inspired her
to go into theatre. But she was unable to find
anything interesting. However, when the
Berlin Wall came down, she learnt of a theatre
group in East Berlin which she joined. As for
herself, she felt that if one wanted to do
something, one could always find a direction.
Chase your dreams…. but family support is essential
A peep into the Wonderous World of Cinema
Hyderabad www.cfsindia.org Issue: 4 November 17, 2011
Children wanting to join the arts should have
the courage to tel their parents and teachers.
Asked about how one can get over the fright
of becoming a writer, she said one simple way
was to start with a personal diary which no
one else could read but which helped the
writer gain confidence.
Raj, who began acting at the age of five, said
he learnt to think as an actor much later and
was fortunate that he performed naturally. He
personally felt that the role of an artiste is to
build bridges, and an actor is often like a balm
for troubled souls. But going into the arts is a
two-way street and the parents have to
support the child and cooperate. He had
realized that acting was a science: it could not
be taught, but it could be learnt. However,
some training is necessary. Therefore it was
important to learn something about related
arts like music, dance etc. and to pursue one’s
direction with clarity and focus.
Nandita, who commenced her acting career
with the controversial film ‘Fire’, had acted in
around thirty films and also made a film
herself. She said the section on ‘Little Directors’
at the Festival was aimed at encouraging
young minds, and the script writing and film
appreciation workshops were also aimed at
helping young creative minds.
Speaking about herself, she said her father
who is an eminent artist and her mother who
is a writer always gave her enough space to
think the way she wanted, though she had
never planned to become an actress. Arts have
played a huge role in her life, she said, and this
has been possible because of the support of
her parents. Unfortunately, arts was not seen
as a subject or an activity but only as an extra-
curricular activity in schools and colleges.
Answering a question, she said that no one
can be happy if he or she only looks up with
envy at others. It was important to carve out
one’s own niche.
Gosh, when Nandita Aunty wanted me to
take part in the workshops, I was hesitant.
After all, it is not so easy for a little baby
elephant to run from one Workshop to
another. But after I attended one, I
became so fascinated that I wanted to
attend them all.
Five workshops are continuing at
different venues in Shilparamam which
will go on till 19 November. All my young
friends can still register by calling Satish
at 9703160004.
Film Making
Art Gallery, Shilparamam, 2.30-5.30 pm
Script Writing
Dormitories (behind Sampradaya
Vedika), 2.30-4.30 pm & 4.30-6.30 pm
Film Appreciation
Shilparamam Gardens, 2.30-4.30 pm
Animation - Basement
Shilpakala Vedika, 4.30-6.30pm
Puppet Making
Art Gallery, Shilparamam, 3.30-5.30 pm
& 4.30-6.30pm
Media Centre, Shilpakala Vedika, 11.00 am
Rajendraprasad, Director of ‘Hero’ in Telugu
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Press Meet
Gajju’sProgramme today
Open ForumSampradaya Vedika,
4.30-6.00 pm
Challenges of Screen writing
for children
Children's Film Society, India
What I recommend for today…..and why
Screening Schedule
Date Time Name of Film Mins Age
17th 9:30 am Chillar Party IC 135 10+
12:30 pm Tornehekken (The Hedge of Thorns) CW 13 10+
Mukand and Riaz CW 9 10+
My Name is Mohammed CW 10 10+
2:30 pm The Lotus Pond IC 77 10+
Wonder Land, Rock Heights, Shilparamam
Date Time Name of Film Mins Age
17th 9:30 am Briefgeheim (The Secret Letter) CW 80 10+
11:30 am Le Monstre de Nix (The Monster of Nix) SC 30 10+
Pik (Pecker) SC 3 6+
Drug detstva (The Playmate) SC 11 10+
Tigeris (Tiger) SC 8 10+
Dodu - O Rapaz De Cartão (Dodu-The Cardboard boy) SC 5 6+
Mobile SC 7 6+
2:30 pm Hai Yang Peng You (A Friend from the Ocean) IFC 78 10+
Dream Land, Rock Heights, Shilparamam
CI-Competition International IC-India Competition SC-Shorts Competition LD-Little Director CW-Children's World IFC-In Focus China
Date Time Name of Film Mins Age
17th 9:30 am Vostadtkrokodile 2 (The Crocodiles Strike Back) CI 90 13+
11:30 am David and Kamal CI 78 13+
2:30 pm Bestevenner (Rafiki) CI 79 10+
Magic Land, Rock Heights, Shilparamam
The Crocodiles Strike Back
Director: Christian Ditter | Germany / 2010 /
Col. / 90 mins
The Crocodiles
must unravel the
mystery behind
t h e s t r a n g e
happenings during
the summer vacations which may result in
Ollie and Maria’s parents losing their jobs and
their home.
Director: Kikuo Kawasaki | U.S.A / Israel / 2011
/ Col. / 78 mins
T h e J e w i s h
American boy David
who has come to
Jerusalem to meet
his father strikes a
friendship in a strange manner with the Arab
David and Kamal
boy Kamal who lives in Jerusalem with his
mother, sisters and a very strict grandfather.
Director: Christian Lo | Norway / 2009 / Col. /
79 mins
Naisha goes into
hiding one day
b e c a u s e h e r
refugee application
has been rejected.
But her friends Julie and Mette try to track
them down in the big city before the police do.
Director: Nitesh Tiwari & Vikas Bahl | India /
2011 / Col. / 135 mins
Chillar Party, a
gang of several
b o y s i n t h e
Chandan Nagar
Rafiki
Chillar Party
Society in Mumbai, make friends with new
orphan boy Fatka and his dog Bhidu. But
problems arise when the dog bites the
Minister’s secretary.
Director: Anita Killi | Norway / 2002 / Col. /
13 mins
Florian and Malene are
best friends but when
the war breaks out,
they are not allowed to
meet because they
belong to opposite groups fighting the war.
Director: Nina Shabnani | India / 2005 / Col. /
9 mins
Mukand and Riaz, two
good friends, are
forceful ly divided
when the nation is
The Hedge of Thorns
Mukand and Riaz
Children's Film Society, India
partitioned. But friendship knows no barbed
wire fencing.
Director: SinanNajm Abdullah, Yahya T
Hassan, Baan S Shibab, Rania OklaYacoub
Haddad | Iraq / 2010 / Col. / 10 mins
M o h a m m e d , a
young Iraq refugee
in Jordan who cleans
shoes to support his
widowed mother,
gives joyous moments
to his little sister Reem despite the dramatic
changes in his life.
Director: Vinda Pg & Nitin Kumar Allagadda |
India / 2010 / Col. / 77 mins
Neeraj and a
fr iend set
out to find
the mythical
Lotus pond
in the distant
mounta ins ,
which is up to 14000 ft in the Himalayas. But
are they sure it exists as they learnt in their
class lesson?
Director: Simone van Dusseldorp |
Netherlands / 2010 / Col. / 80 mins
Fed up with
the problems
at home and
her quarrelling
p a r e n t s ,
Eleven-year old
Eva runs away from home. Hiding in the attic
of her best friends Jackie and Thomas, she
finds a secret letter exposing her neighbour
Brandsema who the head of a criminal
organization,
Director: Rosto | France, The Netherlands,
Belgium / 2011 / Col. / 30 mins
Life is peaceful in
t h e fa i r y t a l e
village of Nix until
an all-devouring
monster appears.
Young Willy has to fight it all alone.
Director: Erik van
S c h a a i k |
N e t h e r l a n d s /
2010 / Col. / 3 mins
My Name is Mohammed
The Lotus Pond
The Secret Letter
The Monster of Nix
Pecker
The bird pecks, the ox objects. But without the
pecking, life becomes very complex. What will
the ox do: can’t live with, can’t live without!
Director: Julia Postavskaya | Russian
Federation / 2010 / Col. / 11 mins
A lonely child
lives his teddy
bear but as he
e n t e r s t h e
world of adults,
he must decide what to do with the six foot tall
stuffed toy.
Director: Janis Cimermanis | Latvia / 2010 /
Col. / 8 mins
When a circus
tiger and her
cub make an
u n e x p e c t e d
stop in a small
village, the compassionate locals make a
cunning plan to help the gentle tigers escape
the clutches of the cruel ringmaster.
Director: Jose Miguel Ribeiro | Portugal / 2010
/ Col. / 5 mins
When Dodu
scratches the
surface of a
cardboard box,
he finds himself in a boat with a ladybird in the
ocean. Switching off the moon, he counts
sheep constellations.
Director: Verena Fels | Germany / 2010 / Col. /
7 mins
A lonely cow wants
to make friends
with a little mouse,
b u t t h e y a r e
hitched to opposite
ends of a mobile and
the cow must turn the mobile into a roller
coaster ride!
Director: Qian Xiaohong | China / 2006 / Col. /
78 mins
Ten-year-o ld
Fa n g X i a o q i
who lives with
his grandfather,
a scholar in Polar Marine science, is sad that his
parents cannot come for his birthday. But
suddenly, a miracle happens.
The Playmate
Tiger
Dodu - The Cardboard Boy
Mobile
A Friend from the Ocean
What our honoured
guests say…Wow! The Festival has already completed its
third day, and but I feel the excitement has just
begun. There are still so many films to be seen,
so many other activities, and so many new
friends to be made.
When I went around today, trumpeting as an
Elephant should, I was overcome by the
bubble of excitement that only seems to be
getting bigger by the day. Children from all
over the country and overseas and adult
delegates from around the globe are
beginning to feel at home in this city of the
Char Minar, which I just love.
I spoke to some of the delegates, escorts and
volunteers about their experiences. A
common refrain I got was that ”Hyderabad is
giving us all a warm welcome. It’s like coming
home.”
Talking about the films screened at the
Festival, Sanjana of Indore said, “the selection
of films is very good. We all enjoyed “How to
train your dragon”. A delegate from Mumbai,
Eisha, said “It’s been fun here. The workshops
are really informative.” A Kareemnagar
student, B.Ramya, said “I loved the film ‘The
Ugly Duckling’.” Though she found the
workshops very nice, she said finding the
venues was like an adventure.
Clearly, ‘How to train your Dragon’, ‘The Ugly
Duckling’ and ‘I am Kalam’ top the list of their
favourites. The place is huge, and the chances
of students getting lost remains, she added.
But ‘the volunteers have been a great help. On
the whole, the Festival is going brilliantly’.
The students’ interest and sense of
participation is a must watch. Their energy is
infectious. But while the students are having
the time of their lives, the escorts are taking
precautions to ensure everything goes
smoothly. They appreciated the organization
for managing the festival with ease.
CFSI volunteers Ramya, VIshal, Smrati, and
Sneha felt that it is a whole new experience
and a very good opportunity. “In fact, it’s the
kids who are teaching us something new
everyday. The enthusiasm, the level of interest
they show motivates us in every aspect. These
kids, their escorts, their parents, all the
support- it’s all overwhelming.
- Deepti Thakur
Children's Film Society, India
Edited by B.B. Nagpal on behalf of the Children’s Film Society, India, Films Division Complex, 24, Dr.G.D. Marg, Mumbai-400 026.
Design Seshu Kumar MVV, Satya T, Guru J
Photos Kotnis Murali Krishna, Chillam Charla Suresh Kumar, D.S. Chakravarthi, D. Yuva Raj
Designed & Produced by Efforts, 11-6-872, Red Hills, Lakdikapul, Hyderabad-500 004. www.efforts.co.in
Festival Office CFSI, Camp: Shilparamam, Madhapur, Hyderabad.
Child artistes give their best
when asked to perform, not act: Zutshiell known actor Raj Zutshi who has
enacted a role in ‘Stanley ka Dabba’ Wfeels that children give out their
best when they are not told to ‘act’ but to
‘perform’.
He said that the filmmaker Amol Gupte had
proved that “the children can truly be the
heroes of a film,’ adding that this is not a
typical Bollywood film.
Zutshi, who has also acted in the film ‘Woh’ by
Buddhadeb Das Gupta which has been
screened here, said that film was based on
‘Sey’, a story by Rabindranath Tagore.
Meanwhile being an actor in Bollywood for
more than twenty years, Zutshi says it was
very refreshing and inspiring to work with the
kids. On sets of ‘Stanley Ka Dabba’, importance
was always given to the children. He says that
the atmosphere was never tensed.
He believes that India has never seen such a
child oriented movie where children are the
heart and soul of the film. The children of the
movie must be given credit for the high grade
acting that they have shown. He said “I salute
the film makers for bringing about change in
the cinema for good. I would rather call it a
performance than acting.”
When asked how the children were directed
he says,” Kids were told that it was a drama
workshop where they had to act. We would
work only on Saturdays since we didn’t want
to disturb their daily routine. The movie was
planned keeping their schedule in mind. It
also gives out a message about banning child
labour.”
Finally when questioned about Hollywood
films and offers, Raj said “I would definitely
love to work in Hollywood, but right now I’m
f Walt Disney or the Iranians can make
simple and yet entertaining films for Ichildren, Indian filmmakers should be able
to do even better considering the huge
repository of mythological or folk tales in the
country.
This was the general view of acclaimed
directors Basireddy and Nag Gottap, creators
of “Seven days in Slow Motion” and
“Shikharam” respectively, at a press meet
here.
Where one finds inspiration from Walt Disney,
the other thinks films from Iran have been
winning the hearts of the viewers with simple
scripts.
very happy that Indian film industry is
expanding. I’m proud that film makers are
coming up with new dimensions in the field of
cinema”.
- Smrati Thakur
Indian children films capable of making it big
on International arenaBoth said they were committed to making
quality films for children that are inspirational
and give edutainment. They say, “When Walt
Disney can create such quality movies
inspiring children and when Irani producers
can come up with one-line themed impactful
films, Why can’t we?”
They also believe film festivals inspire them to
come up with movies that can be showcased
on an international platform.
Talking about ‘Seven days in Slow Motion’,
Basireddy said,” It’s a film that can be viewed
by every member of a family. It was a thought
to make an “Anjali” again after a decade. The
motive was to prove that India can make it to
the international level.”
The child actor of this film Teja said, “There is a
message for everyone in this movie. Teachers
play an important role in a kid’s life. Children
can easily relate to the movie.” The director
believes that every individual irrespective of
age group will feel closer to the film.
Gottap, director of ‘Shikharam’, he says “this
film was made with the intention to reach out
to the younger audience. The film revolves
around 13 kids in a village, deprived of basic
necessities, communication, education etc,
who try to help out a mother who falls sick.” He
says that the film portrays the mindset of a
child. When children are playful, they can also
get responsible when the situation demands.
He wanted to showcase human emotions.
Both the directors share the same dream and
passion to make it big at the international
stage. They have the courage and thought to
make movies that relates to different masses
around the globe.
- Sneha Nemali