Children's Film Society of India

The heartrending story of the friendship of a young boy with Black Mountain, an Indian elephant.

12 yr old Mahek wants to be the best in everything, but she doesn't know what she's best at. To complicate things further, an old magic-less modern fairy walks into her life. Will Mahek ever realize her true strength?

Lukka Chuppi (directed by Vinod Ganatra) follows two young boys, Vikram and Aditya, vacationing in Ladakh with their grandfather. Their fun companion is a 10-year-old cook’s assistant named Tsering.

Ambika, little Ishu's favourite aunt, has gone missing after the evil village quack has declared her as a witch. Will Ishu get her back

While looking for his lost dog, Babula finds a strange looking creature who is actually an alien from outer space. He brings the creature home and hides him in his room. Babula takes care of him and the two develop a loving bond. However, when his parents discover the alien, they try to kill him thinking it could harm their child. Babula is deeply upset by this reaction and tells his friend to escape the violence of his world and go back to his own planet. The film contrasts the suspicious nature of adults versus the trusting perspective of children, hinting that be it in this world or another, the most important emotion is compassion.

A Gram Panchayat (Village Governing Party) in rural India facilitates the functioning of a Makkala Samiti (Children's Committee). The committee acts as a pressure group in trying to get the local governance react to various social issues that it raises. Guided by a sympathetic school teacher, the children’s honesty and persistency ruffles many feathers among the adults, some of whom have been using the ‘Makkala Samiti’ for their own needs.

Three Nepalese children rely on each other for survival after they become separated from their parents while entering India.

Raja Roychowdhury and his nephew Santu travel to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to solve the mystery behind the continuous disappearance of researchers at a remote island inhabited only by a primitive tribe.

JOZE IS A YOUNG GOAN BOY GROWING UP DURING THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT OF THE STATE IN THE 60S. THOUGH YOUNG AND THUS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IGNORANT OF THE POLITICAL WINDS BREWING ALL OVER, HE BECOMES ACUTELY AWARE OF THE GRAVE INJUSTICE EVERYWHERE AND THE SACRIFICE MADE BY THOSE AROUND HIM. THIS INSTILLS IN HIM A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT BECOMES INSTRUMENTAL IN SAVING MANY LIVES DURING A CRUCIAL MILITARY OPERATION. THE FILM WON THE CHILD ACTOR THE AWARD FOR THE BEST CHILD ARTIST AT THE 52ND NATIONAL FILM AWARDS IN 2005.

Animated short about the nature of sharing.

Karamati Coat is an award winning children's movie, directed by National School of Drama alumni, Ajay Karthik. The movie revolves around Raju, a poor rag-picker, and his magical coat with a secret attached to it which changed his life. Soon, the secret is out to Raju's brother-in-law, who conspires to steal the coat even at the cost of harming Raju.

Sonu lives in a small village of Himachal Pradesh with her parents and grandmother. Her father works in Shimla. Intelligent & smart, she is the leader of her gang of friends, which include her neighbour Neelam, Ghanshyam the local grocers (Lalaji) son and Himanshu. Everyone in the village shows special concern towards her, though not in a manner that could embarrass or hurt her.

Gandharva Kumar's arrival disrupts the festival mood of Durga Puja at Ratanlal Babu's house. He captivates the grandchildren of Ratanlal — Babu, Habul, and Tinni — with his magic tricks. Gandharva Kumar then reveals a long-forgotten secret wherein he claims to be heir to the family property of Ratanlal Babu. This creates shock in the entire family and casts gloom, resulting in dramatic incidents.

The king of Meethapur has a witty court jester who is insecure about his position in life. When he hears of a famous fortune teller, he conceives a plan where the king is told that he will die two hours after his jester. The scared king now ensures that the jester is well taken care of. Comfortable in his position, the jester gets greedy and begins making absurd demands.

Amal, a young boy with an incurable disease is trapped inside the house by the local pandit-doctor’s orders. He spends the day chattering with passersby and villagers while daydreaming about those encounters later. When the chowkidar tells him the new building across the road from his house is a new Post Office belonging the Raja, Amal starts fantasising about visiting the King beyond the hills, and getting a letter or delivering the letters going all around, setting out from the confine of his house

When Junior forgets to write an essay for School, He narrates the story of a fun and bizarre Sunday to his Teacher to escape the punishment. He and his parents go through a series of adventures culminating in a colourful chaos.

Based on a Naga folk tale, this short film tells the story of Nokpokliba, a Naga mystic, who saves his people from the treachery of an evil merchant by using his magical powers.

Bright students Ravi, Adi and Surya are angry when they find out that their high school marks are just below the cutoff mark to get an entrance to the college of their choice. Out of frustration, Ravi twangs his guitar during his grandfather's classical music lesson. The old man, instead of getting angry at this behavior, challenges the boys first to a musical contest and then to a cycle tour to Kanyakumari. These challenges test the young kid's minds, characters and endurance.

It's a story of a shepherd grandson how he fulfills his grandmother's last wish, who has never been to her native village after marriage.