"The crocodiles" takes it all away at ICFF

The German film The Crocodiles bagged two of the six awards apart from special mention at the International Children Film Festival that wrapped up on Friday in the city.
Directed by Christian Ditter, The Crocodiles is about a group of kids who call themselves


“The Crocodiles” and manage to nab burglars using technology. The Crocodiles took home the best feature film, best screenplay and special mention awards in the International films category. Elephants from the UK walked away with the Golden Elephant for best documentary and Harald Hamrell bagged the best director award for his Swedish film A Witch In Our Family.
In the Asian films category, Half Mine, Half Yours, an Iranian movie, bagged the Golden Elephant for the best feature film. Tamil director Pandiraj was declared best director for Kids and the Chinese film Two Men’s Classroom was chosen by the children’s jury as the best film.



Child And The Angel an Iranian got the jury’s nod for best screenplay. Mahesh Gore, a Hyderabadi animation creative director, bagged the best animation award for Fuel Duel.
The Chief Minister, Mr. K Rosaiah, minister for information, Ms Geeta Reddy, and a few Tollywood personalities gave away the awards.

Meanwhile, mild tension prevailed at the venue when one of the CM’s security personnel slapped a photographer of a Telugu daily. The Chief Minister later apologised to the photographer and promised to look into the incident.