Lucknow,
April 18 : The nine-day 12th International Children's Film Festival (ICFF-2023)
organized by City Montessori School at CMS Kanpur Road auditorium concluded
here today. A grand closing ceremony was held which was inaugurated by the
Chief Guest, Shri Upendra Rai, Chairman and MD, Editor-in-Chief, Bharat
Express, News Network, by lighting the lamp of learning. Addressing the
gathering on this occasion, Shri Upendra Rai expressed his happiness and said
that CMS organizes
this children's film festival for imparting good human values which lead to
character development and wholesome development of the children. I congratulate
CMS for this commendable work, he said. On
this occasion, Senior journalists Shri Swatantra Mishra, Shri Manoj Tomer, Shri
Vikas Shukla and Shri Sushil Tiwari graced the function by their benign
presence. Apart from these, Singer Shri
Vivek Prakash, Actress Ms Renita Kapoor, Theatre Artiste and Actor, Mr Anil
Rastogi, TV actress Ms Tulika Banerjee, Convener of Beti Bacho-Beti Padhao
programme, Ms Aparna Mishra and Film-maker Shri Diwakar Bhattacharya
entertained the audience, added sparkle to the festival and motivated the
students to see good children’s films. Today, over 12,000 students enjoyed
educational children's films whereas over one lakh students of the city and
nearby areas enjoyed more than 600 educative children's films from 104 countries over 9 days of the
festival and demonstrated eagerness to learn good moral and social values
through the films.
Singer Shri Vivek Prakash, Actress Ms
Renita Kapoor and Theatre Artiste and Actor, Mr Anil Rastogi interacted with
the journalists at a press conference today. Addressing the journalists,
Shri Vivek Prakash said that CMS was
truly innovative in its approach of teaching and films are one of the most
powerful and creative audio-visual mediums to communicate and inculcate
character building qualities in youth and children. Actress
Ms Renita Kapoor expressed the hope that children had learnt many good
things through these films. Mr Anil
Rastogi opined that this children's film festival will definitely take
humanity on the path of progress.CMS
Founder and renowned educationist, Dr Jagdish Gandhi, said that this film
festival had gained tremendous support of students, youth, teachers and parents
and he extended his heartiest gratitude to the people of Lucknow for making the
festival a grand success.
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