MUMBAI: Writer-director Amole Gupte‘s Stanley Ka Dabba recently won a special award at the Giffoni Film Festival, one of the largest
children‘s film fest in Europe.

The award, "United Against Injustice: Depends on me", has been given by ActionAid.

The jury found Gupte‘s film as a tool to speak out about poverty and the need to go ahead with the struggle against hunger.

Gupte observed, "The issue of hunger and need for the entire world, including the medium of cinema, especially the so-called commercial one, to respond is very urgent. But sadly the world is not listening hard enough. My films are like a giant microphone that is intended to break the state of lull we seem to have slipped into on some of the gravest challenges of our time."

The festival took place in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy, from 12 to 21 July.