The “Green Carpet” is organized for the first time and provides the audience with meeting directors and actors

Sharjah International Film Festival.. 6 days exploring cultures and films from 43 countries

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With the upcoming launch of the Sharjah Film Festival for Children and Youth 2022, the activities of its ninth session, which will be held in attendance over six days from the tenth to the 15th of this month, at the Al Jawaher Center for Events and Conferences, cinema and film lovers are preparing for an integrated adventure that begins with an exploration of the cultures of 43 countries around the world. The world, through acquiring knowledge related to this original art through discussion sessions, developing artistic skills and talents through interactive workshops, ending with meeting a selection of directors, and raising awareness of the most important ethical and environmental issues through the festival’s messages.

The festival will present a full range of films, including 95 films, selected out of 1,717 films, from 43 countries, in several locations, including the Al Jawaher Center for Events and Conferences, VOX Cinemas, City Center Al Zahia and Mirdif City Center, in addition to screenings. A mobile touring a number of schools in the Emirate of Sharjah.

Categories and speakers

The films are divided into 12 films in the category “children and young adults,” 16 films in the “student-made films,” eight films in the “Short Gulf films” category, eight films in the “international short films” category, and 28 films in the animation films category. In addition to 16 films in the category "Feature Films", and finally seven films in the "Documentary Films" category, including two films shown for the first time globally, 30 films shown for the first time in the Middle East, in addition to 11 premieres in the Arab Gulf region.

This year's edition of the festival will host a number of speakers, including Sheikha Jawaher bint Abdullah Al Qasimi, Director of the (Fan) Foundation, which is concerned with promoting and supporting media art for children and young people in the UAE, the Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Emirati director Fadel Al Muhairi, and Syrian artist Rasha Rizk. The Syrian director, Waad Al-Khatib, and the British actress, Dixie Ijrix.

discussion sessions

This year, the festival is organizing six discussion sessions, which are "Distribution of short films - who buys my film?"

With Ghilo Vita, Artistic Director of the Garimba International Film Festival in Italy, “Training Future Filmmakers” with Belgian director Siona Vidakovic, “How to Support Local and International Talent” with Jihad Darwish, and “Cinematic Culture” with award-winning director and producer Several Ferdows Polbulia, and “Why do we visit film festivals” with director and producer Mohamed Sindi, who has won several awards, and “Fin Programs” with Ms. Majd Al Farsi.

The (Fun) platform hosts a number of workshops in three studios: “Exploration Studio”, “Experience Studio” and “Entertainment Studio”.

green carpet

The festival will screen six films, and host their makers on the “green carpet” platform, which is organized for the first time and provides the audience with an opportunity to meet directors and actors and talk to them about their cinematic experience. Electrical Life of Louis Wain The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, while the Jewel Convention and Events Center will screen three films: Paper Flower, The Neighborhood Storyteller, and Farha's Joy.

Promising Arbitrators

The jury of the ninth session includes a group of filmmakers, directors, film experts, directors of television channels and film festivals, media professionals and university professors, from 11 Arab and foreign countries, namely the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Syria, Iraq, the United States, Canada, Belgium, Germany and Kenya, where the judges are divided into the rest of the categories. The six.

The festival will also host 25 promising children and young arbitrators, graduates of the “Qualifying Arbitrators” workshop, which was organized by the festival coinciding with the summer vacation.

Arbitration Committees

The jury for the “Student-Made Films” category includes Emirati filmmaker Amal Al-Duwailah, assistant professor at Zayed University in Dubai Nadia Rahman, and Belgian film expert Siona Vidakovic, while the “Gulf Short Films” category includes Kuwaiti writer Heba Mishari Hamada, and the Omani actress. Buthaina Al-Raisi, and Emirati director Hani Al-Shaibani.

The jury for the “Short Narrative Films” category is composed of Emirati director Masoud Amrallah Al Ali, writer, producer and director Yasser Al-Yasiri, and the “Animated Films” category includes Saudi expert Sarah Mohammed Waldada, Emirati producer and director Maryam Al Serkal, and Canadian-American director Laurie Gordon.

The jury for the “Documentary Films” category includes the media, writer and producer Ahmed Shehab El-Din, the Syrian media and director Waad Al-Khatib, and the Kenyan expert Susan Mbogo, while the jury for the “Feature Films” category includes Emirati director Nawaf Al-Janahi, and Aida Al-Hassani, co-founder of the Vereen Arab Festival. International in Zurich.

34 workshops

This year's session presents 34 educational and entertaining workshops targeting all age groups, to enrich the imagination of the next generation of cinema lovers, and presented by experts specialized in the film industry, with the aim of enhancing the spirit of innovation and enriching the imagination of participating children and youth, and acquiring a variety of skills and knowledge related to all aspects of the film industry. And skills in the art of Western animation "animation" and Japanese "anime", and techniques of video shooting and video blogging "VLOG", sound effects, and post-production, and they are trained in script writing and stories, and the principles of film budgeting.

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