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May 2018
Stars descend on earth at 10th International Children's Film Festival, ICFF-2018
organised by CMS from 5 to 13 April, 2018
Hon'ble Chief Guests at the 9-day Film Festival
Hon'ble Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya
Deputy Chief Minister of U.P.
Hon'ble Shri Satish Mahana
Minister of Industrial Development, U.P.
Hon'ble Shri Suresh Kumar Khanna
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Development, U.P.
Hon'ble Shri Hriday Narayan Dixit
Speaker of State Legislative Assembly, U.P.
Hon'ble Dr Mahendra Singh
State Minister (Independent Charge
Hon'ble Mrs Rita Bahuguna Joshi
Minister for Women Welfare, U.P.
Hon'ble Shri Swami Prasad Maurya
Minister for Labour and Employment, U.P.
Hon'ble Shri Rajesh Agarwal
Finance Minister, U.P.
Mr V. Kurian
Convenor, ICFF-2018
Chief Guest Hon'ble Shri Satish Mahana, Minister for Urban Development
U.P. declares ICFF 2018 open;
seen here with other celebrity guests
Students of various schools queue up outside the auditorium to see Children's Films
at the festival
Darsheel Safari of Taare Zameen Pe fame, Sonal Sehgal, lead role in film Radio, Jitesh Singh Deo (Mr India World) Prabhjyot Singh (Udta Punjab) Anushka (actor) and others on stage
CMS Founder Dr Jagdish Gandhi welcoming famous film and T.V. actor, Mr Anirudh Dave on his arrival
Celebrities on the 3rd day of the Fest -Suhani Bhatnagar (Babita in Dangal movie), Naman Jain (Ranjhanaa & other movies), Youth Icon Anirudh Dave and Mr Ashish Singh, Head, Production Team, Yash Raj Films
Film Actor Sonal Sehgal (lead role in films Aashayein, Radio etc) addressing the media at a press conference at ICFF 2018
Chief Guest Smt Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Minister for Women Welfare, U.P., lighting the lamp with CMS Founder Dr Jagdish Gandhi, Film Actor Anup Soni, T.V. artiste, Smita Mohla and film director Mr Suhail Tatari on the 5th day
A happy Siddharth Nigam (T.V. serial Chakravarti Ashok Samrat fame) being honoured by Chief Guest Mr Swami Prasad Maurya, Minister for Labour and Employment, U.P., on the 6th day
Veteran actor Mukesh Khanna (Shaktimaan fame) and comedian Deepu Srivastava enlivened the show with their histrionics
Young artistes Siddharth Nigam and Avneet Kaur
Veteran Actor Raza Murad ignited the show with his presence, being felicitated here by U.P.'s Finance Minister Mr Rajesh Agarwal
Film Script writer Atul Tiwari addressing the press while others look on
CMS students give a mesmerizing cultural performance
Miss U.P., Shefali Sood
Amey Pandya (Toonpur Ka Superhero fame)
Dev Joshi (lead role in T.V. serial, Balveer)
Anushka Sen (Meher in Balveer and other T.V. serials)
Awards for the Children’s Best Feature Films at ICFF 2018
Best Short Fiction award went to the Korean film DREAM LETTER directed by Jung Ye-bin. The director got a silver trophy, a certificate and a cash prize of ₹ 85,000/- and the producer Lee June got a certificate and cash prize of ₹ 65,000/-. Special Mention Certificate was given to the Egyptian film FROM INSIDE directed by Ramy Gabry.
Best Short Animation award went to the Georgian animated film GENO directed by Dato Kiknavelidze. The director got a silver trophy, a certificate and a cash prize of ₹ 85,000/- and the producer Lali Kiknavelidze got a certificate and cash prize of ₹ 65,000/-.
Special Mention Certificate was given to the Lithuanian animated film RUNNING LIGHTS directed by Gediminas Siaulys Best Short Documentary award was given to the Iranian short documentary film THE GIRLS directed by Fery Malek-Madani. The director got a silver trophy, a certificate and a cash prize of ₹ 60,000/- and the producer Art Cantara association got a certificate and cash prize of ₹ 40,000/-.
Special Mention Certificate was given to the Japanese animated film SHIMAJIRO AND THE RAINBOW OASIS directed by ISAMU HIRABAYASHI.
Best Children's Feature Film award was given to the Chinese film BALLAD FROM TIBET produced and directed by Zhang Wei. The director got a Golden trophy, a certificate and a cash prize of ₹ 1,25,000/- and the producer Zhang Wei got a certificate and a cash prize of ₹ 1,25,000/-
Special Mention Certificate was given to the Iranian film MAHTAB directed by Vahid Pakzad.
Both the young jury and main jury unanimously recommended the Dr Jagdish Gandhi & Dr Bharti Gandhi Special Jury Award to the Austrian film HALIM directed by Werner Fiedler. The director got a silver trophy, a certificate and a cash prize of ₹ 60,000/- and the producer Werner Fiedler, FIEDLER FILM got a certificate and cash prize of ₹ 40,000/-.