8th Lahore International Children’s Film Festival 2016

We are so excited to present the 8th Lahore International Children’s Film Festival. We are proud that through the past 7 editions, LICFF has become one of the most favorite festivals in the cultural life of youth and children in Pakistan.

Storytelling is unique in films, as it speaks to children in a visual language that they can relate to and learn from. Majority of the festival showcase presents films which are creative, and promote imagination to children at various levels. These are tasteful in design, music and tell stories that help children to become global citizens.

The program for this year is really interesting, as we had record submissions from all over the world – and also featuring some of the best selected films from last years of LICFF. The festival received nearly 1070 from 67 countries and we curated a show of 80 best films 26 Countries.

LICFF Young – Film making competition for children and youth is also growing in terms of the quality and the number of films submitted each year. Young students from all over Pakistan are telling stories through film and are being screened in cinemas at the festival. Our film workshops “Once Upon a Film” our film workshops program is building the capacity of children in not only cities but also remote areas to understand the art of storytelling through moving images.

It is the 8th year we are continuously growing in outreach, taking the festival to remote areas where children are in most need of exposure to creativity. It is a dream come true to see that the festival is expanding each year to reach children from various parts of Pakistan. We just held 6^th Karachi International Children’s Film Festival, and this year with the support of Danish embassy we have taken the festival events and film workshops to Jamshoro and Tando Jam in interior Sindh and Bhakkar in South Punjab.

We are thankful to CKU for extending their support for outreach of the festival and supporting the creative workshops.  I am also thankful to all the partners and sponsors for adding value and to make it all possible.

I am always pleased to work with The Little Art, a creative and visionary bunch of young people who put in their hearts to produce the festival each year.

We hope to have your support in contributing to the artistic and cultural life for children in Pakistan. I welcome you to enjoy and celebrate the experience of the 8th Lahore International Children’s Film Festival!

Let’s celebrate education with the magic of cinema!

Shoaib Iqbal
Festival Director
Lahore International Children’s Film Festival

Venue: Cinepax Cinema, Fortress Stadium, Lahore

Date: November 21-26, 2016

Evening Show: 
(Open to all): 6:00pm – 7:00p.m

Ticket for evening shows: 400/- Rs

For Reservation: 042 111 246 372

Venue: Alhamra Arts Council, Mall Rd, Lahore

Date: 21 – 26 November 2016

Evening Show: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Evening Shows at Alhamra: Free

The vision of aspiring education through films and media literacy is to put individuals in charge of their own learning. It will empower them to take an active rather than a passive role in acquiring new knowledge and skills.

Denmark prioritises films for children and youth and acknowledges a child’s right to experience artistic reflection on the realities of life. We believe that the best of cinema stirs and moves the heart and mind.

I am happy to see a festival that is not only a source of cultural development and entertainment, but is also working as an active instrument to educate and inspire the young minds of Pakistan. Films with peaceful and inspiring messages can bring the people of different countries closer on the basis of humanity. It has the potential to become a medium for peace-building among nations and cultures and can do wonders for the human society by bridging the differences.

I hope that 8th LICFF will promote inspiration among children to develop their creativity and a culture of social harmony.

I extend my best wishes for the festival, and hope that the initiative grows each year.

Ambassador
Embassy of Denmark in Pakistan

Pakistan is home to rich culture and classic music from Mughal era. Unfortunately in the recent decades we have not emphasized on the cinema driven entertainment resulting in deterioration of cinema in adjacent industries.

Cinepax has been the market leader in reviving cinema culture in Pakistan. With 28 screens at 11 location across 8 cities, cinepax is the biggest cinema company in Pakistan. Up keeping the same market leader tradition Cinepax holds children’s film festival across Pakistan. Children of Lahore are going to be benefiting for this festival from Nov 21^st to Nov 26^th, 2016.

We shall be exhibiting several movies received from 67 countries exclusively from children’s chosen from 1080 films aging from 6 to 14 years. We hope to host approximately 10,000 children only in the city of Lahore.

We pay our respect to our cinema patrons, customers and loyalty program members besides honorable members of the armed forces and senior citizens.

We thank you for your patronage.

Mohsin Yaseen
GM Marketing
Cinepax Cinemas

Festival Director
Shoaib Iqbal

Festival Managers
Sahar U Ahmad
Omar Ijaz Khan

Event Production
Zeeshan Naveed

Media and Press
Muhammad Ajmal

School Liaison and Box Office
Awais Shafique

Festival Coordinator
Tooba Siddiqui

Volunteer Liaison
Shehzina Hassan

Festival Programmer
Irfan Fayyaz

IT Coordinator
Zubair Mushtaq

Website and Social Media
Umair Mushtaq

Festival Campaign Design
Duck

09:00 am to 10:00am
Age Group: 4 to 7 Years

(Films from USA, Russia, Chile, France, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Argentina)

Perfect Houseguest
Pik-Pik-Pik
Rummers
Bear Story
Delivery
Treasure Nest
Rita and Crocodile
Charlie’s Buck Teeth
One Rat Show

10:30 am to 11:30am
Age Group: 8 to 12 Years

(Films from Australia, USA, UK, Belgium)

Bunny New Girl
Canned
His Good Will
Letter from home
So Close
Stick Man

12:00 pm to 01:00pm
Age Group: 13+ Years

(Films from USA, Italy,  UK, France, Argentina, UAE, Pakistan)

His Good Will
Cinecittà On Wheels
Are You Proud of Me
A Ride Toward the Sea
Luminaires
I Am Not Different
The Realm of Sufism
A Tree in the Sea

06:00 pm to 07:00pm
Age Group: Open for All

(Films from USA, Russia, France, Australia, UK)

Perfect Houseguest
Pik-Pik-Pik
One Rat Show
Bunny New Girl
Letter from home
His Good Will
Stick Man

09:00 am to 10:00am
Age Group: 4 to 7 Years

(Films from France, Argentina , Korea, USA, Russia, Chile)

Head Up!
Sugar Rush
One Rat Show
Johnny Express
Cooped
Conte Oriental
Very lonely Cock
Charlie’s Buck Teeth
The Little Shoemaker
Kong Fu

10:30 am to 11:30am
Age Group: 8 to 12 Years

(Films from USA, Germany, France, Spain, Philippines, UK)

True Colors
The Moon and I
The Little Shoemaker
(un)Sunny
My 2014 Neighbor
Stick Man

12:00 pm to 01:00pm
Age Group: 13+ Years

(Films from Canada, France, USA, Argentina, Austria, Switzerland, Pakistan)

The Ghost of Grandpa Tong
TIS
His Good Will
One Moment for Poverty
Luminaires
Voller Kanton
Blinder Passinger

06:00 pm to 07:00pm
Age Group: Open for All

(Films from Germany, France, USA, UK, UAE)

Head Up!
The Little Shoemaker
Kong Fu
The Moon and I
One Rat Show
His Good Will
Letter from home
Baghdad Messi

09:00 am to 10:00am
Age Group: 4 to 7 Years

(Films from USA, Russia, Germany, Hungry, Belgium, Denmark, France, Argentina)

Perfect Houseguest
Pik-Pik-Pik
Rummers
The Tie
Silence! For Pete’s sake!
Hey Deer
Rita and Crocodile
Charlie’s Buck Teeth
One Rat Show

10:30 am to 11:30am
Age Group: 8 to 12 Years

(Films from Germany, UK, Australia, USA)

The Present
100 Miles
Bunny New Girl
His Good Will
Letter from home
Stick Man

12:00 pm to 01:00pm
Age Group: 13+ Years

(Films from USA, UK, Italy, Australia, UAE, Pakistan)

His Good Will
Cinecittà On Wheels
Are You Proud of Me
Ager Main Parh Sakti
Alone Together
Ari
A Tree in the Sea

06:00 pm to 07:00pm
Age Group: Open for All

(Films from USA, Russia, France, Germany, Italy, UK, Switzerland)

Perfect Houseguest
Pik-Pik-Pik
Rummers
The Present
Cinecittà On Wheels
Are You Proud of Me
Blinder Passenger

09:00 am to 10:00am
Age Group: 4 to 7 Years

(Films from Germany, France, Belgium, Korea, USA, Chile, Argentina)

Head Up!
Sugar Rush
Rummers
Johnny Express
The Law of the Jungle
Cooped
Zebra
One Rat Show
The Little Shoemaker
Kong Fu

10:30 am to 11:30am
Age Group: 8 to 12 Years

(Films from USA, Germany, France, UK, Viet Nam)

True Colors
The Moon and I
The Little Shoemaker
Bounce
Painted Flower
Voller Kanton
Stick Man

12:00 pm to 01:00pm
Age Group: 13+ Years

(Films from Canada, Argentina, Estonia, USA, Switzerland, Pakistan)

The Ghost of Grandpa Tong
Luminaires
Tik Tak
Child Labor
His Good Will
The Champion for Life™ Blinder Passenger

06:00 pm to 07:00pm
Age Group: Open for All

(Films from Germany, France, USA, UK, UAE)

Head Up!
The Little Shoemaker
Kong Fu
The Moon and I
One Rat Show
His Good Will
Letter from home
Baghdad Messi

09:00 am to 10:00am
Age Group: 4 to 7 Years

(Films from USA, Russia, Belgium, Chile, UK, Germany, Denmark, Argentina, Cyrups)

Perfect Houseguest
Agrinoui
Rummers
Bear Story
I am not a Mouse
Lamb
Stellar Moves- The Story of Pluto
Rita and Crocodile
Charlie’s Buck Teeth
One Rat Show

10:30 am to 11:30am
Age Group: 8 to 12 Years

(Films from USA, Germany, Netherland, France, UK, Canada, Spain)

True Colors
The Moon and I
Panic!
Anna
The Little Shoemaker
Heer
Mast Qalandar
The great adventure of Manel and the Magic Toothpicks

12:00 pm to 01:00pm
Age Group: 13+ Years

(Films from USA, Italy, UK, Japan, Sweden, UAE, Pakistan)

His Good Will
Cinecittà On Wheels
Are You Proud of Me
United
The Eye of the Storm
Hilma
A Tree in the Sea

06:00 pm to 07:00pm
Age Group: Open for All

(Films from USA, Russia, France, Germany, Italy, UK, Switzerland)

Perfect Houseguest
Pik-Pik-Pik
Rummers
The Present
Cinecittà On Wheels
Are You Proud of Me
Blinder Passenger

09:00 am to 10:00am
Age Group: 4 to 7 Years

(Films from Germany, France, Belgium, Korea, USA, Japan, Argentina)

Head Up!
Sugar Rush
Rummers
Johnny Express
The Peacock Who Wanted To Be A Star
Little Shimajiro
Light Motif
One Rat Show
The Little Shoemaker
Kong Fu

10:30 am to 11:30am
Age Group: 8 to 12 Years

(Films from Australia, USA, UK, Belgium)

Bunny New Girl
One Egg to Hell
Fridge Princess
Fulfilment
His Good Will
Letter from home
Stick Man

12:00 pm to 01:00pm
Age Group: 13+ Years

(Films from Canada, Argentina, USA, Russia, Switzerland)

The Ghost of Grandpa Tong
Luminaires
His Good Will
Big Boy
Blinder Passinger

06:00 pm to 07:00pm
Age Group: Open for All

(Films from USA, Russia, France, Australia, UK)

Perfect Houseguest
Pik-Pik-Pik
One Rat Show
Bunny New Girl
Letter from home
His Good Will
Stick Man