Short films on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to be screened at IFFI

The 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will have a special section to showcase award winning short films based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'.
The short films were awarded at the Swachh Bharat Film Festival, organised and curated by National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) on behalf of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, recently.
The festival received 4,346 entries, of which 20 were shortlisted and awarded.
Short film "Murga", helmed by debutant director Katyayan Shivpuri, will be the opening film at IFFI under the special section of short films.
"Murga" was awarded the first prize at the Swachh Bharat Film Festival at the hands of Information & Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu.

The film promotes the idea of clean India and has 'Murga' as the metaphor depicting the victims that citizens have made of themselves and of the children by not keeping the surroundings clean.

The short films, which have the underlying theme of Swachh Bharat, have been directed by filmmakers as young as 10 years old from various parts of the country namely, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Assam.
These short films have been shot in various official listed languages with subtitles in English and aim to connect with every citizen in view of their responsibility to keep the country clean.

Other short films that are slated to be a part of this special section include "Nanha Doot" by Sudhanshu Sharma, "Chembuku Moodindi" (The Dying Vessel) by KVK Kumar, "Sarkarmi Rati Wadho" by Akshay Danavale, "Manini" by Praveen Vyas amonng others.
The 47th International Film Festival of India will be held from November 20 to November 28 in Goa.