Second round table on South Asian Children’s Films Begins

Second round table conference on South Asian Children’s Film organized by Southasian Children’s Cinema Forum (SACCF) began at Hotel Hycinth conference hall on Monday. The conference is a part of the 18^th IFFK. Monica Walter the host and one of the key personalities behind the initiative said that the organization is a network that promotes the production and development of Children’s film in South Asia.

Eighteen participants from eight countries of South Asia attended the conference, which discussed about the current trends in production, marketing and screening of children films.

Joshy Mathew, director of ‘Black forest’ said, the Kerala government has decreased the tax for children’s films inorder to promote them. While Adi Adwani, director of ‘Arabani’ and special invitee at the conference, revealed that his next film is going to on a subject with children in focus. Kathy Loizon, Children’s Media Conference representative, opined that children should be the protagonist in the films for them.

IFFK was the launch pad for the ‘Round Table on South Asian Children’s Films’. The first round table conference, happened as part of last year’s festival, was a great success.

Rustam Vania, Michael Joseph, Kathy Loizon, Golda nellam, Catherine Masad, Batu, Susan Benn, Joshy Mathew, Monica, Mahamayo Dinanayak, Sannette, Maluk, Arun Gupta and Roy Mathew attended the meeting on the first day.