14th - 19th November 2017 ik.lxl.in International Kids Film festival INDIA India's i First Online Children's Film Festival k F F ik.lxl.in IKFFI details India's first online film festival that is being hosted independently by schools across India! 100+ Movies 30 Countries 6 Days 27 screenings 90 minute shows 500+ Schools | 75+ cities | 1 million+ students #IKFFI 2017 Contents 04 Message from Festival Director Feature Films 11 05 Message from Festival Programmer jury members 06 Short Films 15 09 IKFFI Team 58 partners 54 Make cinema 55 schedule 56 Testimonials ik.lxl.in Message from Festival director Syed Sultan Ahmed, Producer- School Cinema MD- LXL Ideas 6 National Awards Winner e live in an era in which visual medium and screen dominate our life. It is important that Wthe schools educate children about the fine Arts of Cinema. In spite of all the videos around us, good quality children’s films are not easily accessible. Films festivals are a great way to initiate our children to the Magic of Meaningful Cinema. The International Kids Films Festival of India (IKFFI) organised by LXL Ideas- the makers of School Cinema, is the first time opportunity for schools to independently host a film festival in their premises. IKFFI is being organsied in association with YouTube Kids, French Embassy, Culture House of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Children's Film Festival Seattle on Children's Day week. Some of the world's best Children's Films has exclusively been brought from 30 countries for our children. To encourage young talent IKFFI will also have a Students Film Making Contest. 4 #IKFFI 2017 Message from Festival programmer Neha Jain Head- LXL Films, LXL Ideas t’s ironic that Children’s cinema always gets sidelined in a young, film-loving country such as India! And that’s why our team at LXL Ideas felt it was our responsibility to bring world Icinema curated especially for Indian children to schools here. It’s been 3 months of marathon film viewing sessions every day, and every second of it has been worth it! The IKFFI Programming team watched over 400 films to finally present to you this collection of more than 100 children’s films. Through these films you’ll travel to regions you’ve never heard of, you’ll meet people and characters you’ve never met, you’ll talk about issues close to your heart... but most importantly you’ll think! We share the dilemma of Ali and Zahra who’ve lost a pair of shoes in the Iranian classic Children of Heaven. National Film Award winner The Waterfall makes one wonder about our relationship with our environment, while colour and imagination create magic in Spanish film Lila. Each of these films has been made with a lot of passion and conviction. We’ve also curated a special programme on safety, considering the times we live in. These four films on child abuse, violence, cyber safety and bullying will make you more aware, and help you deal with certain unwanted situations. So let’s get started! We hope you enjoy watching these films. After all, not too many kids can say that they are going to the movies with their friends, at school itself! 5 ik.lxl.in Jury members Jyothi Kapur Das has served as Creative Director on films such as Gangs of Wassepur (2012), Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013), Margarita with a Straw (2014) and Mary Kom (2014). She has also produced multiple ad and short films, and assisted filmmakers like Kundan Shah, Pankaj Parashar, J.P. Dutta and Abbas- Mustaan. Das’ debut short film Lucky Day (2002) had its world premiere in Brisbane, Australia. It has been screened at many international film festivals, including Cinequest, Women in the Director’s Chair and Mumbai International Film Festival. Chutney (2016), another of her short films, won the HBO Award for Best Short Film in New York in 2016 and the Filmfare award for Best Short Film in 2017. She has been on the jury of various international script workshops and film competitions, and currently serves in the capacity of Creative Head – Film, TV & Digital Content (Fiction) at Big Synergy Media Limited. Dr. Swati Popat Vats is the founder director of Podar Jumbo Kids, one of the top preschool and day care chains in India. She is also the National Representative for India at the World Forum Foundation that works for early childhood in 150 countries. She was the founder consultant for the EuroKids preschool project in India and helped set up Tata Sky’s children’s television activity channel, Actve Whizkids. Swati has authored many books on and for children, such as When Touch Becomes Trouble, on child sexual abuse, and The Tiger, The Sparrow and The Bee, on nature conservation. She writes parenting columns for newspapers such as DNA, Parent Edge, Teacher Magazine, and is a parenting expert for Times of India among others. She has received the Gold Award for Child Education from the Governor of Goa, the Fellowship of Honour from New Zealand Tertiary College, and has been awarded by the Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India for her contribution in child development. Rucha Pathak is a producer who has a list of highly successful and critically acclaimed films to her credit, including Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008), Dev D (2009), Paan Singh Tomar (2010), Chillar Party (2011), No One Killed Jessica (2011), Bar (2012) to name a few. She currently works with Fox Star Studios as Chief Creative Ocer, and has previously worked at Disney UTV Studios. She has also independently produced Harud (2010), which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2010 and won the Don Quixote Award at the Fribourg International Film Festival in 2011. The film has been to over 35 international film festivals and also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Urdu in 2013. 6 #IKFFI 2017 Rasika Dugal is an actor who has starred in several Bollywood movies and is best known for her critically acclaimed performance in Kshay (2012) and Qissa (2015) . From theatre and web series to hosting and acting in TV shows and feature films, Dugal has been a part of every medium. Some of her popular work include the stage play The Vagina Monologues, short film Chutney (2016), and TV show POW - Bandi Yuddh Ke (2016). She has also appeared as a lead actress in TVF's web series Humorously Yours (2017). In her forthcoming biopic film, Manto, she is playing the famous short- story writer's wife Safia. Shahaha Goswami is a film and theatre actor who has starred in several Hindi films like Ru Ba Ru (2008), Firaaq (2009), Ra.One (2011) and Heroine (2012). She is known for her roles in such movies as Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007), Midnight's Children (2012) and Rock On (2008), for which she was awarded the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress in 2009. Her latest film release, Tu Hai Mera Sunday (2016), has received rave reviews both from the critics and audience. Goswami will next be seen in Dipesh Jain's upcoming movie, in The Shadows (2017), which will premiere at Busan International Film Festival. She will also be seen in the second season of Sacred Games, a Netflix original. Alaka Sahani Alaka Sahani is a film journalist who received the National Films Award for the Best Film Critic for the year 2013. She was presented the award for her writings that highlighted facets of cinema beyond glamour and gossip. She has also written extensively on Indian theatre and documentary films. Currently, she is working as a Senior Editor with The Indian Express, Mumbai. In the past, she has worked with some of India’s leading newspapers including Hindustan Times, Kolkata and Mumbai, and The Times of India, Kolkata. She has covered the Mumbai Film Festival, the International Film Festival of India, Goa, and Dharamshala International Film Festival during her journalistic career spanning nearly two decades. 7 ik.lxl.in Jury members Hemanti Sarkar is a freelance film editor. She holds a postgraduate diploma in film and video editing from the Film and Television Institute of India. She has been an associate editor to Renu Saluja, who was one of the earliest women editors in India and a pioneer in the New Age Cinema Movement. Hemanti has edited several feature films including Barah Anna (2009) and Parineeta (2005), for which she won the Producers Guild Film Awards for Best Editing. Among her many movie credits are Sankat City (2009), Peepli Live (2010), English Vinglish (2012), Shamitabh (2015), Airlift (2016), Dear Zindagi (2016) and Secret Superstar (2017). Gautam Benegal is a writer and a National Award-winning animation filmmaker. He has been associated with various publications as a freelance columnist and illustrator from the age of sixteen, starting with Sandesh where he was invited by filmmaker Satyajit Ray to contribute. Gautam has previously written a book of short stories, 1/7 Bondel Road, which received critical acclaim. Benegal has made animation promos for Channel V and MTV as well as assisted in documentary films for Shyam Benegal Sahyadri Films and the Spastics Society of India. Gautam Benegal’s main area of interest lies in developing original and indigenous IP’s and screenplays, storyboards and the creation of characters for emerging TV channels and other platforms that support children’s content. Bhakti Patwardhan is an experienced VFX producer who has engaged in digital production for the last 11 years. She has worked with some of the leading VFX and animation studios such as Industrial Light, and Magic and Prana.