Ahmedabad: AICFF, Ahmedabad International Film Festival concluded with tremendous success. The 5th edition of Ahmedabad International Children Film Festival (AICFF) was held from 8th December, 2023 to 10th December, 2023 at Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad. AICFF is a testament to the empowerment of young talent, creativity, and culture from across the globe, providing a powerful platform for the younger generation to voice their beliefs and inspire positive change in our society. Over the past four editions, the festival has seen more than 500 films from around the globe. This year, the festival has received an impressive 90-plus films from 24 countries, including entries from Iran, Italy, India, Turkey, China, Croatia, United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Taiwan, Switzerland, Singapore, Nepal, Japan, Ireland, Germany, Czech Republic, Canada, Brazil, and the Republic of Korea. The festival concluded with the Gujarati language film ‘Mara Pappa Superhero’. Entire team of the film were present during the screening and audience has given the overwhelming response to the film. The closing ceremony and award night was attended by Master Manjunath (Malgudi Days).
“I really appreciate the way AICFF was organised in Ahmedabad, I wish and I fill that this kind of festival should happen all over India. All the parents, children and school should take part in it as its completely free and everyone should take benefit out of it. I was really privileged to be a part of the festival with jampacked audience on its closing day.” We had Shiladitya Bora, Abhisekh Jain, Ajitpal Singh and Vishesh Agrawal also presented at closing ceremony as we have recognized the talent through the presentation of awards.
Master Manjunath
The festival was opened with the Persian language film ‘Balit’ and grand opening ceremony was attended byBollywood actor Pavan Malhotra as the chief guest of the festival, along with Japanese film director Fumie Nishikawahas come all the way from Japan for three days of festival. The second day was a cinematic journey through films from various countries, complemented by enriching masterclasses with filmmaker Pankaj Roy, film critic Deepak Dua and our festival Director Manish Saini.
