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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox film<br />
| name = The Unknown World<br />
| image = The_Unknown_World_Film_Poster.jpg<br />
| caption =Film poster<br />
| alt = A still from the animated film 'The Unknown World'<br />
| director = Varun Mehta<br />
| writer = Varun Mehta<br />
| producer = Wiz Motion Studio<br />
| released = {{Film date|2011}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = English<br />
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'''''The Unknown World''''' is a 2011 animated film from India about [[female infanticide]] or female foeticide, directed and produced by [[Varun Mehta]]. The film won an online film and animation contest in 2012. It was also screened at the [[Public Service Announcement]] Film Festival in [[Chennai]], India in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animationgalaxy.in/Newsindetail.aspx?Dept%3DInterviews%26PID%3D35 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=September 3, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406202017/http://animationgalaxy.in/Newsindetail.aspx?Dept=Interviews&PID=35 |archivedate=April 6, 2015 }}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
A young woman is about to give birth to a girl. In her mother's womb, the child sets her own world where she plays, dances, swings and jumps around happily. It's a world that is unknown to the real world. The child is awaiting happily for her arrival in the real world, but when her parents decide to abort the child is killed inside the womb. The child can only see her world being destroyed in front of her eyes.<br />
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==Reception==<br />
''The Unknown World'' was first screened at the first Public Service Announcement (PSA) Film Festival at Chennai. It received a special prize for its theme of 'Female Foeticide'. In 2012 it won an international short film contest organized by American website Buzzgoo.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animationxpress.com/index.php/animation/the-unknown-world-short-film-by-varun-mehta-wins-international-short-film-contest-online|title='The Unknown World' short film by Varun Mehta wins International Short Film Contest online|date=28 May 2012|work=Animationxpress.com|accessdate=28 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/6/prweb9628329.htm|title=buzzgoo Announces Winners of Inaugural Short Film and Photography Competitions|work=Prweb.com|accessdate=28 June 2016}}</ref><br />
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The film was screened in many cities throughout India. The Society of Animation In Delhi (SAID) honored the film in an award function in 2012. It was also honored by the government of [[Aligarh]] in a function organized by Manav Upkar, a social organization.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cite web|url=http://www.merinews.com/clogArticle/yet-another-animated-way-to-say-save-the-girl-child/15855516 |title=Yet Another Animated Way to say 'SAVE THE GIRL CHILD'! |website=Merinews |date=2011-12-01 |accessdate=2016-06-28}}<br />
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