<p>The glittering opening ceremony was attended by eminent children’s filmmakers, actors from Bollywood and Tollywood. <br /><br />The inaugural film screened was Gattu, a movie about a kid’s passion for kites, produced by the Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI).<br /><br />The week-long festival which will showcase a wide variety of children’s films, has for the first time two movies made by Telangana filmmakers, that too from the backward Mahbubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. <br /><br />“Seven days in slow motion”, made by Basi Reddy, and Lotus Pond by P G Vinda of Gadwal, received rave reviews.<br /><br />Good films<br /><br />Inaugurating the festival, Union minister of state for information and broadcasting Chowdhury Mohan Jatua said that children of the world require good films and a good environment to learn and live. <br /><br />Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy announced 10 acres of land for building a permanent structure for hosting the biennial International Children Film Festival (ICFF), ahead of the 18th edition. <br /></p>
<p>The glittering opening ceremony was attended by eminent children’s filmmakers, actors from Bollywood and Tollywood. <br /><br />The inaugural film screened was Gattu, a movie about a kid’s passion for kites, produced by the Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI).<br /><br />The week-long festival which will showcase a wide variety of children’s films, has for the first time two movies made by Telangana filmmakers, that too from the backward Mahbubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. <br /><br />“Seven days in slow motion”, made by Basi Reddy, and Lotus Pond by P G Vinda of Gadwal, received rave reviews.<br /><br />Good films<br /><br />Inaugurating the festival, Union minister of state for information and broadcasting Chowdhury Mohan Jatua said that children of the world require good films and a good environment to learn and live. <br /><br />Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy announced 10 acres of land for building a permanent structure for hosting the biennial International Children Film Festival (ICFF), ahead of the 18th edition. <br /></p>