Even More Festivals

I'd like to spread the good word about festivals of interest happening around us. I think it's utterly wonderful to know how many interesting issues are being recorded on tape, film, or digital media.

The Cairo -Chinh Children's film festival has just about come to an end.

Chinh is an organisation that's all about films made by children and films made for children.

March 18 to 20, 2010: THE CENTRAL Institute of Educational Technology (CIET), a constituent of the National Council of Educational Research and Training, is organising the 15th edition of the All India Children's Educational Audio-Video Festival .


The 3-day festival, to be held at the NCERT headquarters in New Delhi, is aimed at exhibiting the best educational audio and video programmes produced for children and teachers. In addition to showcasing and appreciating films made by children for children, the event will also encourage exchange of creative ideas between audio and video producers, researchers, writers, camerapersons, editors, other technical persons and educationists.

Winners will be awarded cash prizes in various categories, including the best audio and video programmes produced by the students. Eminent Actor Padmashree Mohan Agashe will inaugurate the festival and noted educationist and film critic Professor Vijaya Mulay will be the guest of honour on March 18, 2010. On the concluding day, March 20, 2010, eminent Director Padma Vibhushan Adoor Gopalkrishnan will give away awards to the winners in various categories.

'Talkies' a National Short Film Festival will be happening from 26th to 28th March at Jaipur