Official Competitions

The festival includes three official competitions:
1️⃣ International Competition – 25 short films and documentaries from around the world, including:

• Palestine: The Deer Age, Ten Small Minutes, One Two Three

• Egypt: Zeinab, Under Exposure, Disconnected, New Bedouins, The Player, Post-Sleep Lullaby, Soul, Girls’ Dreams, 8 Candles, Bird Trap

• Other countries: Tunisia, Morocco, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, India, Jordan, China, Turkey

2️⃣ Animation Competition – 25 films from France, Russia, UAE, Finland, India, Ukraine, Poland, Japan, and Egypt, featuring fun and inspirational stories for children, such as:

• Tiger and Fox: Animals grieve their loss too (France)

• Orange Tree (Russia)

• Children of Barzagh (UAE)

• Pappuvinte Paalappu (India)

• Taif, My Neighbor, The Bitter Orange (Egypt)

3️⃣ Local Competition – 22 Egyptian films including:

• Civilization and Culture

• I’m Not Different

• Confrontation

• Save Our Land

• The Last Message

• The Farm
  These films address social, environmental, and cultural topics ✨👦👧

Panorama Section

The panorama showcases 18 short and documentary films from Egypt, Arab, and international countries, such as:

• Islands of Palestine (France/Jordan) – a Palestinian girl’s story to make her blind grandfather happy

• The Zoo (Jordan/Germany) – a friendship between a child and a young tiger amid war debris

• The Pyramid (Egypt) – an old Egyptian building an inverted pyramid

• Animated films like He and She (Egypt) and Made with Precision (Australia)

The films address topics like refugees, resilience, environmental protection, and cooperation 🌿🌏❤️

Festival Support

The festival is held under the patronage of:

• Ministry of Culture

• Dakahlia Governorate

• Egyptian Filmmakers Syndicate

• National Council for Childhood and Motherhood

• Geziret El-Ward Club in Mansoura

It provides a platform for children and young filmmakers to explore the latest creative and educational cinematic experiences 🎬✨

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