| Posted by: supatra | Jul 14, 2005
A 15-minute film ‘Aamra’ made by Sahiful Mandal, 15, who has spent most of his life in a children’s destitute home has bagged the best film award at the International Kids for Kids festival at Naples.
Nearly two years ago, Sahiful and his friends shot into fame with the film making ripples at the international short film circuit.
Among the 45 films screened at the Naples festival, Aamra was the only Indian entry. The film is a brainchild of Swapan Mukherjee, director of Centre for Communication and Development, which runs the destitute home at North 24-parganas.
He said Aamra would be screened in a few more festivals. "The next stop for us is the Chicago children’s film festival and Indian film festival at Los Angeles. The response for the film has been tremendous," he said.
The film was declared the winner last Sunday at a colourful ceremony. The crew was present at the festival which started on June 30. Mukherjee said that Aamra had to compete with 35 films in the six to 12 category, selected from all over the world.
Mukherjee had handed over the camera to Sahiful and his friends who went around 10 villages near their home and put together a collage of nature and life in rural Bengal as they saw it.
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