Children's Film Society India (CFSI) is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, committed to nurturing a dynamic children's film culture in the country. CFSI's maiden production Jaldeep won the first prize for best Children's Film at the 1957 Venice Film Festival. Since then CFSI has continued to produce, exhibit and distribute quality content for children: from feature films, shorts, animations to television episodes and documentaries. Over the years some of the brightest talents of Indian Cinema – Mrinal Sen, Satyen Bose, Tapan Sinha, K Abbas, Shyam Benegal, MS Sathyu, Sai Paranjpe, Budhdhadeb Dasgupta, Santosh Sivan, Ram Mohan, Rituparno Ghosh and Pankaj Advani to name a few – have directed films for us.With an enviable catalogue of 250 films in 10 different languages, CFSI remains the prime producer of children's films in South Asia.