Indian Film Workshop for Children

During the Hooghly Heritage Hub festival we initiated a film workshop for children in the village of Naya in West Medinipur in the Indian state of West Bengal. 33 Indian children in the ages 5 to 15 created their own version of H.C. Andersen’s fairy tale “The Emperor’s New Clothes” as a stop-motion film. Picture backgrounds, masks, etc. were created by professional artists from the area’s villages. Along the way, the children gained insights and experience with storytelling, filming and editing.

Film Workshop for Children by Danish Film Makers

The workshop was organized and led by Rikke Halland and Claus Johnsen from the Danish film production company Perlefilm, in collaboration with Madhura Dutta and Manas Acharya from the Indian NGO BanglanatakDotCom. The Hooghly Heritage Hub was organised by the European Cultural Institutes in India with the support of EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture).

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