NEW DELHI: Children’s Film Society, India (CFSI) chairperson Nandita Das urged more schools to collaborate with the Society to show good children’s films to the young.

She said that the CFSI has a collection of around 250 films, and she has promised to show at least a 100 of these every year in schools and smaller festivals.

Das was inaugurating a three-day Festival of Children’s Films in the capital, which is screening eight select films.

Apart from the films, six different activities including workshops, film appreciation, competition and interaction will be held during the course of the three-day festival.

Das also informed the children and others present about the next International Children’s Film Festival in Hyderabad commencing from Children’s Day - 14 November - and concluding on 20 November. The festival is held every second year in Hyderabad.

The films being screened include Chutkan Ki Mahabharat, Karamati Coat, and Halo.

Workshops are being held in cinematography and review writing, and film appreciation among other themes.