madurai a large number of students are expected to take part and benefit from the 14th madurai international children film festival which is starting on friday a wide range of children films has been planned to be screened at this film festival where the entry is free the organisers of the event have sent invites to various schools encouraging the students to take part in large numbersthe festival will kick off with the screening of a monster calls directed by j a bayona a dark fantasy drama first released in spain in 2016 three more films heidi a 2015 movie directed by alain gsponer big fish a 2016 chinese movie directed by liang xuan and chun zhang and tiny giants a 2014 movie directed by mark brownlow are to be screened during the 3day film festivalthe screenings will take place in the evening at maniammai nursery and primary school in north masi street in the city it is jointly conducted by tamil nadu children film society and yadharthaa federation of film societies of india with the intention to create sensitisation on children filmsr s rajan festival director said that they have a collection of over 150 children films from various languages around the world the screenings take place throughout the year in various schools at free of cost