ICFF is a non-commercial, non profit-earning organization, working Purely for the promotion of educational films and the art of filmmaking. The sole purpose of this festival is to promote entertaining, educative cinema among young audiences and to explore the possibilities of using the visual medium as a tool for better entertaining, educational, material, human and spiritual upliftment.
THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL ICFF-2009 was a splash of children’s films for full one week at
CMS World Unity Convention Centre Lucknow from 07th to 13th April 2009. About 200
Films from 27 countries were received out of which 154 were selected for screenings
and 30 of them vied for the best Feature Film, Best Animation Film,ds and Best Short
Animation Film along with the Jury and Critics Award.
The films were awarded to the tune of Six Hundred Thousand Indian
Rupees. The inauguration of ICFF-09 held on 7th April 2009 was a glittering ceremony
marked by the presence of high dignitaries, officials and internationally acclaimed
eminent jury members Mr Nenad Dukic, Mr Dan Wolman, Mrs Vijaya Mulay, Mr Mike Pandey
and Mr Jahnu Barua. The chief guest of the opening ceremony was Shri Desh Deepak
Verma, Principal Secretary Entertainment Tax and Registration.
With the unrolling of the scroll and unveiling of the ICFF-09
logo, he declared the ICFF- 2009 open and also released the festival brochure. The
opening film of ICFF-09 was the Austrian, feature film Mozart in China. Other films
were screened simultaneously at the main auditorium and four other mini auditoriums.
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The 2nd International Children’s Film Festival (ICFF) 2010, hosted
by City Montessori School, was held in the city of Lucknow from 6 to 12 April
2010. ICFF 2010 was a film festival with a mission and a vision.
The vision of CMS Founder
- Manager Dr Jagdish Gandhi , is to bring education out of the four walls of the
classroom and nurture a society that shuns violence , immorality and vulgarity portrayed
through mainstream cinema. To prevent erosion of values all around us meaningful
cinema that is value based, creative yet entertaining needs to be promoted in a
big way.
Dr. Jagdish Gandhi & Darsheel Safari at a press conference
Finally the much awaited moment arrived when Darsheel Safari alongwith
other guests declared the ICFF 2010 open.
A press conference was also held later during the day.It was
adressed by Dr. Jagdish Gandhi and Darsheel Safari.Being a child celebrity Darsheel
was quite upbeat about the festival and praised Dr. Jagdish Gandhi for organising
such an event .
