The 5th Ahmedabad International Children Film Festival is set to kick off on Friday. The three-day film festival will be held at the Ahmedabad Management Association.
Bollywood actor Pavan Malhotra is set to be the chief guest, along with Japanese film director Fumie Nishikawa. Master Manjunath of Malgudi Days fame among others will be in attendance.
This year, the festival received an impressive 90-plus films from 24 countries, including entries from Iran, Italy, India, Turkey, China, Croatia, the United States, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Taiwan, Switzerland, Singapore, Nepal, Japan, Ireland, Germany, Czech Republic, Canada, Brazil, and the Republic of Korea,” a press release highlighted. Gujarati movie ‘Mara Pappa Superhero’ will be screened on the closing day.