Friday, March 2, 2012

Culture Deptt to host Children’s Film Festival


GANGTOK, 29 Feb: Cultural Affairs & Heritage Department along with North East Regional Cultural Centre, Dimapur, and Children’s Film Society, India, are jointly organizing the Children’s Film Festival here at Defence auditorium on 06 and 07 March. This two-day festival will screen the best animation and feature films of the country.
A CA&HD press release informs that this festival would provide an opportunity to watch the best children’s films from across the country for which the department has already invited students of different schools in and around Gangtok. It is informed that each day will screen three films from 11 AM onwards.
The main objective of the festival is to encourage children towards creativity by showing them quality films. The festival is scheduled to be inaugurated by the Cultural Affairs and Heritage Minister, Sonam Gyatso Lepcha.
Krish Trish Baltiboy [Hindi animation], Sunshine Barry and the Disco Worms [Danish Animation dubbed in Hindi], Hayat [Iranian film dubbed in Hindi], Halo [Hindi feature], are among some of the films to be screened at the festival.



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